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Phonemes are anything but phony. They're kind of like the building blocks for any sounds or words you can make. Take a look at this video to learn more.

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English Language

Transcript

00:03

[Dino and Coop singing]

00:13

Repeat after us: [Girl making the sounds]

00:15

Ee.

00:16

Ooh.

00:16

Ah.

00:17

Sh.

00:18

Th.

00:19

Ng.

00:20

Err.

00:20

Heh, well, that was fun.

00:22

See you next time! [Girl looks shocked]

00:23

Okay, just kidding.

00:24

We did that for a reason, and it wasn’t just to make you look silly. [Girl walking away]

00:27

All those sounds?

00:28

They’re examples of phonemes.

00:30

A phoneme is exactly what you just heard – a unit of sound that is combined with other [Coop pointing at a blackboard]

00:34

units of sounds to make words.

00:36

When you read a word and say it out loud, you're using phonemes.

00:40

It's the difference between saying ki-ck and ki-ss.

00:43

Or ruh-ea-ch and tuh-ea-ch. [The sounds are highlighted]

00:47

The different phonemes or sounds are what allow us to listen and distinguish words from

00:51

one another.

00:52

Which means – whether you realize it or not – you're using phonemes every day. [Phonemes shown on a calendar]

00:56

Each language has its own set of phonemes, and the English language has 44 in total. [Dino pointing at a blackboard]

01:01

“Segmenting phonemes” is the act of breaking a word down into its individual sound units. [Coop pointing at a blackboard]

01:05

Take the word cat. [A cat walking in a field]

01:07

It has three phonemes, written like so: cuh, ah, tuh.

01:12

In order to segment a word into its phonemes, simply say the word out loud and listen to [Dino pointing at a blackboard]

01:16

the sounds that make up the particular word.

01:18

Okay, okay, we hear all you dog people complaining. [Man looks annoyed]

01:20

Sure, we can segment “dog,” too. [Dog walking on grass]

01:23

Dog.

01:23

Duh.

01:24

Aw.

01:24

Guh.

01:25

Dog.

01:26

Happy?

01:27

The nice thing about phonemes is that if you know how to speak, then they should come naturally [Baby in a basket]

01:31

to you.

01:32

If you're someone who spent your early years being raised by apes…this might be a little

01:37

harder to grasp. [Ape appears]

01:38

So just in case you happen to be Tarzan and you want a cheat sheet, here's a table of [Man swinging on a jungle vine]

01:42

every single phoneme in the English language.

01:44

You can print it out and put it on your bedroom wall!

01:46

That's what we did!

01:47

…Okay, so we have a weird decorating style. [Girl's room covered in phonemes]

01:49

Don't judge us…

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