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p
This sound appears at the words:
pare 'father'
sopa 'soup'
pop 'octopus'
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b
This sound appears at the words:
bata 'housecoat'
ball 'dance'
bomba 'bomb'
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t
This sound appears at the words:
taula 'table'
bata 'housecoat'
pot 'jar'
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d
This sound appears at the words:
dia 'day'
dau 'dice'
dandi 'dandy'
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t
This sound appears at the words:
two 'dos'
attack 'atac'
hat 'barret'
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d
This sound appears at the words:
day 'dia'
ready 'llest'
red 'vermell'
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k
This sound appears at the words:
cotó 'cotton'
taca 'stain'
bloc 'pad'
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g
This sound appears at the words:
gos 'dog'
gat 'cat'
ganga 'snip'
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ʔ
This sound could appear at the words:
that 'aquell'
to put 'posar'
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ʦ
This sound appears at the words:
tsar 'tsar'
potser 'perhaps'
plats 'dishes'
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ʣ
This sound appears at the words:
atzar 'random'
setze 'sixteen'
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ʧ
This sound appears at the words:
txec 'Czech'
dutxa 'shower'
mig 'half'
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ʤ
This sound appears at the words:
viatge 'trip'
patge 'page'
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f
This sound appears at the words:
foc 'fire'
cafè 'coffee'
bolígraf 'pen'
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v
This sound appears at the words:
very 'molt'
over 'sobre'
love 'amor'
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θ
This sound appears at the words:
thing 'cosa'
Athens 'Atenes'
path 'camí'
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ð
This sound appears at the words:
that 'aquell'
other 'altre'
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s
This sound appears at the words:
sal 'salt'
passar 'to pass'
cos 'body'
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z
This sound appears at the words:
zebra 'zebra'
colze 'elbow'
casa 'house'
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ʃ
This sound appears at the words:
xic 'kid'
així 'this way'
baix 'bass'
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ʒ
This sound appears at the words:
jaqueta 'jacket'
ajornar 'to postpone'
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h
This sound appears at the words:
here 'aquí'
ahead 'davant'
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m
This sound appears at the words:
mà 'hand'
poma 'apple'
flam 'crème caramel'
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n
This sound appears at the words:
nas 'nose'
ona 'wave'
tren 'train'
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ɲ
This sound appears at the words:
nyu 'gnu'
canya 'cane'
any 'year'
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ŋ
This sound appears at the words:
cangur 'kangaroo'
càmping 'camping'
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r
This sound appears at the words:
rosa 'rose'
parra 'grapevine'
cor 'heart'
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ɾ
This sound appears at the words:
cara 'face'
pare 'father'
The sound [ɾ] exists in American English as a variation of <t> and <d>, especially in intervocalic position preceding an unstressed syllable. We can find it in words like city ('ciutat'), or wedding ('casament'). In Catalan this sound is represented by <r>: pare ('father'), drac ('dragon').
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l
This sound appears at the words:
lila 'purple'
pala 'shovel'
pal 'stick'
We are not proposing any materials for practising <l> because in English it appears in coda position, and because it is not possible to notice any significant difference between the Catalan <l> and the English <l>.
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ʎ
This sound appears at the words:
llibre 'book'
colla 'group'
all 'garlic'
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β̞
This sound appears at the words:
llavi 'labio'
alba 'alba'
esbós 'bosquejo'
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ð̞
This sound appears at the words:
fada 'fairy'
acordió 'accordion'
desdir 'to clash with'
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ɹ
This sound appears at the words:
red 'vermell'
carrot 'pastanaga'
here 'aquí'
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