This sound is short and it is not in the Spanish language but it is in Catalan and French. It is the neutral e sound. In English it is a sound that is very common although it is always in weak syllables. Examples for this sound are in the words: umbrella, cupboard. The transcription of these […]

No, it isn’t a sound made by cats! It’s the a sound that we have in the English word ‘cat’ which between slashes would be written as /kæt/ (which in any case would be ‘miau’). I’ve chosen a very simple English word to illustrate the sound of this very open ‘a’ sound because I know […]