But comparing to traditional character, classical Chinese written language will be very difficult to understand. Because the means of the characters and the grammar were both changed. Traditional characters are easily understood and still used in art including paintings brands or something like that.

But writing isn’t the only difficult part of learning Mandarin. The tonal nature of the language makes speaking it very hard as well. Mandarin Chinese (the most common dialect) has four tones, so one word can be pronounced four different ways, and each pronunciation has a different meaning.

Definitely. Average Chinese requires knowledge of at least 3,000 characters, many more to be considered “educated.” In Japan, the maximum number of characters needed is about 2100, with most people using about 1800. The fact that we have two syllabaries makes Japanese easier, not harder.

“It’s pronounced JIF, not GIF.” Just like the peanut butter. “The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Wilhite told The New York Times. “They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.

No the letter ‘r’ is not silent. It’s pronunciation varies depending on the region where it’s being spoken (USA, Australia or the many British dialects). If the ‘r’ were silent, then under any rule/guideline of the English language the word would sound literally as ‘nomal'(no-maal).

In standard American English, yes. In standard British English, no. However, some American dialects don’t pronounce it and some British dialects do, although the kind of “r” sound varies.

the letter R is only pronounced when followed by a vowel. In American English (the USA and Canada), people pronounce this letter always. This final R that joins one word with the next is called a “linking R”.

Tired is a one-syllable word that feels like a two-syllable word. That’s because of the schwa-R sound.

These are known as ‘rhotic’ speakers. Those speakers who follow the silent < r > rule are known as ‘non-rhotic’, and these include most accents in England, Wales, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

The reason behind it is that it’s a part of rules that any word which has consonant after R, or nothing after R, there will be a stress on the syllable before R and R are silent while pronouncing, e.g., mart, fork, bird. R is pronounced after a Vowel.

The R in carrot is clearly pronounced because of the second syllable. R’s that are end the end of the word can fade away as well, or take an “uh” sound.

How to Spell Surprise. There is only one generally accepted spelling of surprise: two r’s and two s’s in total. Spelling the word without the first r—suprise—is an easy mistake to make.

In American English we maintain a real R sound. In British English, they don’t when it’s at the end of a word. Water, -er, -er. It’s a very closed sound.

The r in February has been dropped so that it is almost always pronounced Febuary–without the r. Perhaps this is because placing the r sound in the word makes it slightly more difficult to pronounce, and since laziness tends to get the upper hand when we speak, Febuary has become the common pronunciation.

In fact, we pronounce “wolf” and “roof” exactly as you have described, GWB. And, yes, we always pronounce the “L” in “wolf”.

“r” is silent in “iron”word. British pronunciation of “iron” is “aie(r)n”, where “r” is silent.