english alphabet spelling exercises audio

So for ‘hml’, you would blow a puff of air out of your nose followed by making the ‘ml’ sound. In the following cases, pre-aspirated means you pronounce it exactly the same, except you first blow a puff of air out of your nose. What do the words “pre-aspirated” and ‘post-aspirated mean? What does ‘pre-aspirated’ mean? The D tone or ‘cim tod’ is pronounced exactly like the ‘v’ tone, it is just stretched out longer. The G tone or ‘cim neeg’ is a low, breathy tone, like getting the wind knocked out of you a little. The S tone or ‘cim mus’ starts and stays low and is drug out a bit. It is monotone, as in, ‘no tone.’ – cim ua S – cim mus – เสียง อ่ The ‘no tone’ is any word that ends in a vowel. The V tone or ‘cim kuv’ is a rising tone, like one would ask a question – cim kuv no tone letter – cim ua – เสียง อ The J tone or ‘cim ntuj’ starts high and falls. It is the tone of voice that your mother used to (or still does) yell at you in. The M tone or ‘cim niam’ is short, low, and clipped. The B tone or ‘cim siab’ is a tone that starts and stays high. Click on the image to open a pdf you can print. This is a set of mnemonic flash cards to help you remember the tones and how they are pronounced if you are just getting started. It was intended to be used to teach native speakers how to read. Book – Xyaum Ntawv Hmoob Thoob Tebīelow you will find a workbook that can be printed and used to practice the Hmong Alphabet. Some people write it together, some write it apart. For example the word ‘ntiaj teb,’ which means world or earth, is most commonly written together as, ‘ntiajteb.’ Unfortunately, this is not universal.

Whatever the true origin, many double syllable words are often written without a space between them. There are some words, however, that perhaps over time were so often pronounced together that they gained their own individual meanings as a double syllable word. For example, the word ‘miv’ means cat and it is just one syllable. Many of the words in the Hmong language are single syllable words meaning that just one syllable has its own meaning and is its own word. You can learn more about the tones in the tones section.

This visual chart gives a general idea how where each tone sound falls relative to the other.

English alphabet spelling exercises audio