Alphabet/Step by step/Consonants 2
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2.4 Consonants 2
ත
[edit | edit source]ත is pronounced like thi in thigh.
Sounds that can be made with ත
[edit | edit source]- තා - sounds like tha in Thai.
- තැ - sounds like the word Thank you
- තෑ - sounds like the word Thanks
- ති - sounds like the word Theater
- තී - sounds like thie in thief.
- තු -
- තූ -
- තෙ - sounds like the word Theresa
- තේ - takes the sound of තෙ held long.
- තො -
- තෝ - sounds like tho in thought.
- තෘ - sounds like the word through
- තෞ - sounds like the word thou in thousand.
ද
[edit | edit source]ද is pronounced like the word, the in English.
Sounds that can be made with ද
[edit | edit source]- දා -
- දැ - sounds like tha in that.
- දෑ - takes the sound of දැ held long.
- දි - sounds like thi in this.
- දී - takes the sound of දි held long.
- දු -
- දූ -
- දෙ - sounds like the in then.
- දේ - sounds like the word they.
- දො -
- දෝ -
- දෘ -
න
[edit | edit source]න is pronounced like n in nine.
Sounds that can be made with න
[edit | edit source]- නා - sounds like the word Narcotic
- නැ - sounds like na in natural.
- නෑ - takes the sound of නැ held long.
- නි - sounds like ni in nip.
- නී - sounds like ne in neon. takes the sound of නි held long.
- නු - sounds like no in noon.
- නූ - sounds like noo in noodle.
- නෙ - sounds like ne in nephew.
- නේ - takes the sound of නෙ held long.
- නො - sounds like no in nod.
- නෝ - sounds like nau in naught.
- නෘ -
- නෞ - sounds like the word now
ප
[edit | edit source]ප is pronounced like pu in purple.
Sounds that can be made with ප
[edit | edit source]- පා - sounds like the word Parliament
- පැ - sounds like the word Panda
- පෑ - sounds like the word Pan cake
- පි - sounds like the word Pistol
- පී - sounds like the word Peanut
- පු - sounds like the word Put
- පූ - sounds like the word Pool
- පෙ - sounds like the word Pepsi
- පේ - sounds like the word Payment
- පො - sounds like the word Pop
- පෝ - sounds like the word Poster
- පෘ - sounds like the word approval
- පෞ - sounds like the word Proud
බ
[edit | edit source]බ is pronounced like b in bus.
Sounds that can be made with බ
[edit | edit source]- බා - sounds like ba in basket.
- බැ - sounds like ba in baron.
- බෑ - takes the sound of බැ held long.
- බි - sounds like bi in biscuit.
- බී - sounds like bee in beet.
- බු - sounds like bo in book.
- බූ - sounds like boo in boost.
- බෙ - sounds like be in bell.
- බේ - takes the sound of බෙ held long.
- බො - sounds like bo in boss.
- බෝ - sounds like ba in ball.
- බෘ - sounds like broo in brooch.
- බෞ - sounds like bau in baud.
ම
[edit | edit source]ම is pronounced like m in my.
Sounds that can be made with ම
[edit | edit source]- මා - sounds like ma in march.
- මැ - sounds like ma in manner.
- මෑ - sounds like ma in man.
- මි - sounds like mi in miss.
- මී - sounds like the word me.
- මු - sounds like the word muezzin
- මූ - sounds like moo in moon.
- මෙ - sounds like me in men.
- මේ - takes the sound of මෙ held long.
- මො - sounds like mo in module.
- මෝ - sounds like the word word.
- මෘ -
- මෞ - sounds like mou in mouth.
ය
[edit | edit source]ය is pronounced like y in young.
Sounnds that can be made with ය
[edit | edit source]- යා - sounds like ya in yard.
- යැ - sounds like ya in yap.
- යෑ - sounds like ya in yam.
- යි - sounds like ye in year.
- යී - sounds like yea in yeast.
- යු - sounds like yu in Yugoslavian.
- යූ - sounds like you in youth.
- යෙ - sounds like ye in yet.
- යේ - takes the sound of යෙ held long.
- යො - sounds like yo in yon.
- යෝ - sounds like yo in yoghurt.
- යෞ - sounds like yow in yowl.