Tuesday, 15 July 2008

words ending in -able and -ible

words ending in -able are mostly the same in english as in spanish but are pronounced differently.

for words ending in -able the syllables are pronounced able with the a as in apple and the ble as in bled. (emphasis is placed on the syllable in bold, in this case, a)

for words ending in -ible the syllables are pronounced eeble (but still spelt -ible) with the ee as in eel and the ble as in bled.

so possible would be pos•i•ble and probable would be prob•a•ble

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