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Dear
learner, in this Programme we are introducing the sounds
e and e:
Listen to the sounds
e e:
Now listen and repeat
e e:
Before you listen to some
words with these sounds listen carefully the mechanism of articulation. While
you pronounce the sound [e] raise the front part of tongue towards upper palate
up to the middle level. Keep the lips unrounded and let the air pass through
smoothly.
While you pronounce the
sound [e] prolong the duration to speak its longer form [e:]
Sound [e] does not occur
in initial position of any word in Kashmiri.
Listen to the sound [e]
in the medial position of the following words:
beni reh
beh
Listen and repeat
beni reh
beh
Listen to the sound [e]
at word final position
khe
me
she
Listen and repeat
khe
me
she
Listen to the sound [e:]
in the initial position of the following words:
e:sa:n
e:tira:z
Listen and repeat
e:sa:n
e:tira:z
Listen to the same
sound in the medial position of the following words:
me:z
re:I
be:ka:r
Listen and repeat
me:z
re:I
be:ka:r
Listen to the sound [e:]
at the final position
ba:ze:
va:ze: he:
Listen and repeat the
words introduced
beni
reh beh
khe she
me e:sa:n
e:tira:z be:ka:r
me:z re:I
ba:ze: va:ze:
he:
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