Friday, 10 December 2010

Proč většina lidí nezvládne cizí jazyk?

Proč většina lidí nezvládne cizí jazyk?


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Saturday, 17 July 2010

I’m finally swimming in the Vltava!

I’m finally swimming in the Vltava! - Konečně plavu ve Vltavě!

Vltava Asistence 2010 update

Paul Whitaker

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Business-English – Communication

Business-English – Communication

Generator for Business Letters

Guide for the Generator
Enquiry
Offer
Order
Order Confirmation
Dispatch Note and Acknowledgement of Receipt
Invoice and Overdue Notice

Conversation - Word Lists

Introducing and Greeting People
Hotel and Restaurant
Asking for and Giving Directions
Phone
Presentation
Opinion and Statements
Agreeing and Disagreeing
Linking Arguments

Business Correspondence

How to Structure an English Business Letter
Word List Salutation, First / Final Paragraph and Greeting
Word List Enquiry, Offer and Order
Word List Dispatch Note + Acknowledgement of Receipt
Word List Invoice + Reminder

Other Word Lists

Departments and Jobs in a Company

Other Related Topics on ego4u

Cover Letter
Resume / Curriculum Vitae
Comma Rules
Punctuation Marks that End Sentences
Full Stop (Period)
Semi-Colon
Dash
Brackets
Numbers (Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers)
English Date
English Time

Saturday, 30 January 2010

Buy a pie for the spy - pronunciation

Buy a pie for the spy - pronunciation

...Why does the ‘p’ in spy sound somewhat different from the ‘p’ in pie, and in fact, for Chinese speakers, the same as ‘b’ in buy?
 
The answer is simple: because they are different.
 
In IPA, the three words buy, pie and spy are represented as [baɪ], [pʰaɪ] and [spaɪ] respectively. In other words, they are three different sounds. This distinction also exists in other plosive/stop triplets, namely d, t, (s)t (dear [diɚ], tear [tʰiɚ], steer [stiɚ]) and g, k/c/q, (s)k/c/q (gill [gɪl], kill [kʰɪl], skill [skɪl]). Putting it differently, p, t, k/c/q are normally pronounced as [pʰ], [tʰ], [kʰ], but when they are preceded by an ‘s’, they are pronounced as [p], [t], [k]. Here are some more examples:
 
beer [biɚ] dink [dɪŋk] gate [geɪt]

pear [pʰiɚ] tink [tʰɪŋk] Kate [kʰeɪt]

spear [spiɚ] stink [stɪŋk] skate [skeɪt]
 
Regarding these these triplets, a few questions arise. For simplicity, we will only talk about the triplet b, p, sp below, but the principle ...
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negative prefixes

negative prefixes
typical      atypical
hydrous    anhydrous
social       antisocial
honest      dishonest
legal         illegal
possible   impossible
active      inactive
regular     irregular
existent    nonexistent
kind         unkind