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"T" for American English

"T" FOR AMERICAN ENGLISH

The American T is influenced very strongly by intonation and its position in a word or

phrase.

- When [t] is the first letter of a word it is pronounced like [ tse ]

Eg : Tea, tie, Teacher , ten , trip, training , table.

- When t,tt,ttl, r t, is in the middle of two vowels it is pronounced like a soft D sound ( d+r).

Eg: I am not afraid of making mistakes, Native, negative, positive, better, matter, letter, bitter, little, party, martin, thirty ...    

- When [t] is the first letter of the second syllable is silent:

Eg: Martin, lutter, king, printer, Alary, cliton.

       I am eating, eaten, eat

    - When [t] comes after n it is silent and also when it is at the end of a word.

Eg: silent, about, what about you? Internet, international, president, first.