Am English - Catalan

Consonants

Sounds only from Catalan

  • Dental - Plosive:
    Words like: taula 'table', bata 'housecoat', pot 'jar'
  • Bilabial - Approximants:
    Words like: llavi 'lip', alba 'dawn', esbós 'draft'
  • Dental - Approximants:
    Words like: fada 'fairy', acordió 'accordion', desdir 'to clash with'
  • Alveolar - Trill:
    Words like: rosa 'rose', parra 'grapevine', cor 'heart'
  • Palatal - Nasal:
    Words like: nyu 'gnu',canya 'cane',any 'year'
  • Palatal/Lateral:
    Words like: llibre 'book', colla 'group', all 'garlic'
  • Velar - Approximants:
    Words like: vaga 'strike', alga 'seaweed', esglaó 'step'

Sounds quite similar in Catalan and Am English

  • Bilabial - Plosive:
    Words like: pare 'father', sopa 'soup', pop 'octopus'
  • Alveolar - Flap:
    Words like: cara 'face', pare 'father'
  • Velar - Plosive:
    Words like: cotó 'cotton', taca 'stain', bloc 'pad'

Sounds that appear both in Catalan and Am English

  • Bilabial - Nasal:
    Words like: mà 'hand', poma 'apple', flam 'crème caramel'
  • Labiodental - Fricative:
    Words like: foc 'fire', cafè 'coffee', bolígraf 'pen'
  • Alveolar - Affricate:
    Words like: tsar 'tsar', plats 'dishes' | atzar 'random', setze 'sixteen'
  • Alveolar - Fricative:
    Words like: sal 'salt', passar 'to pass', cos 'body'
  • Alveolar - Lateral:
    Words like: lila 'purple', pala 'shovel', pal 'stick'
  • Postalveolar - Affricate:
    Words like: txec 'Czech', dutxa 'shower', mig 'half'
  • Postalveolar - Fricative:
    Words like: xic 'kid', ai 'this way', baix 'bass'
  • Alveolar - Nasal:
    Words like: nas 'nose', ona 'wave', tren 'train'
  • Palatal - Glides:
    Words like:iode,aire,noia
  • Velar - Nasal:
    Words like:cangur,càmping
  • Velar - Glides:
    Words like:cangur,càmping

Sounds only from Am English

  • Labiodental - Fricative:
    Words like: very 'molt', over 'sobre', love 'amor'
  • Dental - Fricative:
    Words like: thing 'cosa', Athens 'Atenes', path 'camí'
  • Postalveolar - Approximants:
    Words like: red 'vermell', carrot 'pastanaga', here 'aquí'
  • Glotal - Plosive:
    Words like: that 'aquell', to put 'posar'
  • Glotal - Fricative:
    Words like: here 'aquí', ahead 'davant'

Vowels

Sounds only from Catalan

  • Central - Half-open:
    Words like: os 'bone',cosa 'thing', arròs 'rice'
  • Front - Close:
    Words like: illa 'island', circ 'circus', camí 'path'
  • Front - Half-close:
    Words like: era 'era', llet 'milk', fer 'to do'
  • Central - Open:
    Words like: ànec 'duck', pal 'stick', aglà 'acorn'
  • Back - Close:
    Words like: ull 'eye', puça 'flea', tutú 'tutu'
  • Back - Half-close:
    Words like: ós 'bear', coca 'flat cake', botó 'button'

Sounds from Catalan and Am English

  • Front - Half-open:
    Words like: verd 'green', telèfon 'phone', caramel 'sweet / candy'
  • Central - Mid:
    Words like: paper 'paper', català 'Catalan', casa 'house'
  1. En aquesta taula pots seleccionar el so que vols practicar.

     
  2. Cada color de la taula correspon a un tipus de so. Els propis del Català els podeu trobar en color vermell.