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à¾ÃÒÐ
Pronunciation: final consonant /k/; /d/; /n/, and cluster
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I. à¾ÃÒÐ

A.  as a conjunction = because

                   clause + à¾ÃÒÐ +

  clause

sound06.gif (916 bytes) »ÔµÔªÍºÇѹ¨Ñ¹·Ãì à¾ÃÒÐ ¤ÃÙ¾ÒÍÍ¡¡ÓÅѧ¡ÒÂ
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ÁҹժͺÇѹÍѧ¤Òà à¾ÃÒÐ ¤ÃÙÊ͹ãËé¤Ô´àÅ¢
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ªÙ㨪ͺÇѹÈØ¡Ãì à¾ÃÒÐ ¤ÃÙÊ͹Ãéͧà¾Å§
sound06.gif (916 bytes) àÁ×èÍÇÒ¹¹Õé©Ñ¹äÁèÁÒàÃÕ¹ à¾ÃÒÐ (©Ñ¹) äÁèʺÒÂ

Note: If the subject of the second clause is the same as that in the first clause, it can be omitted.

B.  as an adverb = beautifully

 subject + verb +

à¾ÃÒÐ
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¤ÃÙä¾ÅÔ¹¾Ù´ à¾ÃÒÐ
sound06.gif (916 bytes) áÁèÃéͧà¾Å§ à¾ÃÒÐ

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II.  Pronunciation & Spelling

A.  The final sound ¡ /k/ spelled with the consonants ¡ and ¢

sound06.gif (916 bytes) ÍÍ¡
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ÁÒ¡
sound06.gif (916 bytes) àÅ¢

B.  The final sound ´ /d/ spelled with the consonants ´ µ Ê and É

sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¡ÃÐâ´´
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¡ÃдÒÉ
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ÊѵÇì
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¾ÄËÑÊ

C.  The final sound ¹ /n/ spelled with the consonants ¹ Ã and Å

sound06.gif (916 bytes) §Ò¹
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ºéÒ¹
sound06.gif (916 bytes) Íѧ¤ÒÃ
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ºÍÅ

D.  In the clusters   ¢Â, the word will be pronounced as if there was a Ë in front of the second syllable. The tone of the second syllable will be low tone if it is a dead syllable, however, it will be rising tone if it is a live syllable.

word pronunciation meaning
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¢ÂР ¢Ð -ËÂР(low tone) garbage
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¢ÂÒ ¢Ð-ËÂÒ (rising tone) to enlarge; to elaborate
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¢ÂѺ ¢Ð-ËÂѺ (low tone) to move
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¢Âѹ ¢Ð-ËÂѹ (rising tone) to be industrious
sound06.gif (916 bytes) ¢ÂÒ´ ¢Ð-ËÂÒ´ (low tone) to be afraid of

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