User:Rëdbl Speling/Decöding the letr S

The letr S, löercäse s (pronounced /es/) has four pronunciätions: /s/ as in sä or mouse, /z/ as in cusn or choos, /ʃ/ as in sugr or extension and /ʒ/ as in plesure or vision.

As /s/ or /z/
Së män articl Pronunciation and decoding exercises: /s/ vs /z/.

Së alsö Pronunciation of the morpheme “-s”.

As /s/

 * initial /s/:
 * säm - sä - scar - scool - së - sing - sit - skÿ - slëp - smïl - söp - some - song - spëk - stä - stop - study - sun - swim


 * final /s/:
 * bus - gas - this - yes
 * as morpheme “-s” for words ending in /f/, /k/, /p/, /t/, and /θ/:


 * plurals: chëfs - duks - cups - stüdnts - months
 * third person singular: laghs - thinks - helps - gets
 * possessives: staff's - Mïk's - troop's - Egypt's - Edith's
 * with "se": dense - goose - house - loose - mouse - promise - relëse - tense


 * in mid-position:
 * awsome - bäsic - nüsnce
 * awsome - bäsic - nüsnce


 * homophones: C - së; cel - sel; cent - sent; cït - sït

As /z/

 * with final /z/:
 * advïs - as - brows - chës - choos - does - has - his - is - lose - plës - thës - üs - wïs - was
 * morpheme “-s”
 * plurals: bugs - churches - dens - kës - phöns - shoes - toys
 * third person singular: comes - drïvs - givs - knös - tels
 * posessivs: Alice's - Bob's - Carol's - Däv's - Ëthiöpia's - Finlnd's - Germny's
 * with "s":


 * in mid-position:
 * busy - cusn - desert - desrt - ësy - houses - music - poisn - presnt - presidnt - prisn - rësn - visit


 * homophones: nös - knös; sïz - sïs
 * homophones: nös - knös; sïz - sïs

As /ʃ/

 * controversial - füsia /ˈfjuːʃə/ - sugr - sür

As /ʒ/
See IPA phoneme /ʒ/.

There is no silent S

 * ïl - debri - ïlnd


 * Arknsa /ˈɑːrkənˌsɔː/- Ilinoi /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/

S in combinations

 * Old "ps" as /s/
 * psam
 * sÿcology


 * Old "sc"
 * as /s/: diciplin - facinät - sën - sent - sïence - sisrs
 * as /ʃ/: concience - crecendo - facism
 * as /sk/: scale - discovr - descrïb - discusion - scor - scrën


 * "sh": as /ʃ/
 * cash - crash - dish - fashn - flash - push - shë - shïn - shoe - shop - shoud - wash
 * Exceptions, when "s" and "h" are in different syllables
 * /sh/: dishartning - mishandl - mishap - mishër
 * There is no silent "h": disonest - disonr


 * "ss": see Decoding exercises: "ss"