How to pronounce
'ed' at the end of a verb
It's difficult to know how to pronounce 'ed' in English, because it's pronounced in three different ways. It depends on the letter before:
The
three ways are:
1.
'id' (like in wanted 'paint-id')
2. 'd' (like in 'played')
2. 'd' (like in 'played')
3. 't'
(like in 'stopped')
POINT
TO REMEMBER
If the verb ends
a 'd' or a 't' SOUND before 'ed' you need to pronounce
'id'.
If the verb
doesn't end a 'd' or a 't' SOUND before 'ed', don't
pronounce an extra syllable.
It's the SOUND, not the letter:
'abraded'
is pronounced 'abrade-id'
even though 'abrade' ends in 'e',
because we don't say the 'e',
so the last sound is 'd'.
Abrade
(مانجھنا / رگڑ نا)
So
for example:
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started
(start-id)
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suggested
(suggest-id)
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decided
(decide-id)
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intended
(intend-id)
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ended
(end-id)
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wanted
(want-id)
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hated
(hate-id)
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admitted
(admit-id)
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recommended
(recommend-id)
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abraded
(abrade-id)
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For all other words, 'ed' is pronounced 'd':
↷ allowed
↷ cried
↷ enjoyed
↷ cleaned
↷ imagined
↷ cried
↷ enjoyed
↷ cleaned
↷ imagined
If
the word before 'ed' ends in
the sounds 'p', 'f', 's', 'ch', 'sh', 'k', then 'ed' is pronounced 't':
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Words
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Pronounced as
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'ch'
watched
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Wocht
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's'
promised
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pro·muhst
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'p'
stopped
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Stopt
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'f'
laughed
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Laaft
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'sh'
finished
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fi·nuhsht
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'k'
walked
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Wawkt
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