A bit of English every day
Welcome to my English learning support space! Here you’ll find some written explanations, as well as videos to help you become familiar with the sound of English from all around the world. Some of them are about learning the English language, but you can also find videos about traveling, cooking, music and many other topics. You’ll find shorts, reels, and longer videos so you can choose the format you like best. Just make sure you have your computer or phone settings on English in the language section! Learning to communicate in English with confidence can be a challenge, but there’s a secret to making it easier: put a little bit of English into your everyday life.
Sun and son - are they the same?
You might think that two words written with different vowels would be pronounced differently. But in fact the words “sun” and “son” sound exactly the same in standard English pronunciation - you just have to check in the dictionary and you’ll find they’re both written in phonetics like this: /sʌn/. This is because the letter “O” isn’t always pronounced in the same way, as we can see for example with the words “clock”, “phone” and “come”. The “O” in “son” is pronounced like the one in “come”. There are other words like this too: cover, mother, love, recovery, above. In all of these words the “O” is pronounced as /ʌ/. So how can we understand if we’re talking about “sun” or “son”? Don’t worry, it’s generally clear from the context.