Silent K Words | Learn English Pronunciation Rules

Hi, this is Bill. And right now I have a very simple pronunciation

嗨，这是比尔。现在我有一个非常简单的发音

video to go through with you. Now, sometimes in English, we have silent letters.

视频可以和你一起看一下。现在，有时在英语中，我们有无声字母。

Now, these are letters that appear in a word

现在，这些字母出现在单词中

but we don't say them when we read that word. so it can be a little difficult when you're

，但我们在阅读该单词时不会说出它们。 所以当你

trying to listen or read. And I'm just going to explain this one idea

尝试听或读 时可能会有点困难 。 我将向

to you. And that is ‘k’ before ‘n’ at the

您解释这一想法。即

beginning of a word. Now, you can see all the examples behind me.

单词开头的“n”之前的“k”。现在，你可以看到我后面的所有例子。

But of course, in this case, if you see KN at the beginning of a word,

但当然，在这种情况下，如果您在单词开头看到 KN，则

you do not say the ‘K’ sound. Okay.

您不会说“K”音。好的。

Just forget the K's there. Well don't forget ,but ignore it.

忘记那里有 K 吧。好吧，不要忘记，但忽略它。

Okay. Don't make that sound.

好的。别发出那种声音。

So our first one here. This word is not ‘K-now’.

所以我们的第一个在这里。这个词不是“K-now”。

Alright. That's horrible right there.

好吧。那里太可怕了。

What you want to do is, you just want to think ‘no’.

你想做的是，你只想想“不”。

And you should know this is like, “I know how to speak English.”

你应该知道这就像“我知道如何说英语”。

Alright. These are the things you ‘know’ how to

好吧。这些是你“知道”如何做的事情

d. It's not ‘k-now’.

。这不是“现在”。

We just know. I know how to do things.

我们只知道。我知道如何做事。

Alright. And then down to ‘knowledge’.

好吧。然后再到“知识”。

Alright. Again, no ‘K’ sound.

好吧。再次，没有“K”的声音。

We have ‘knowledge’. Now, ‘knowledge’ is all the things you know.

我们有‘知识’。现在，“知识”是你知道的所有事情。

If you have a lot of knowledge, you're a very smart person.

如果你有很多知识，你就是一个非常聪明的人。

Alright.

好吧。

Stupid people, they have no knowledge. Okay.

愚蠢的人，他们没有知识。好的。

Or maybe you just don't know about a certain topic.

或者也许您只是不了解某个主题。

It's like I have no knowledge about the Chinese language.

就好像我对中文一无所知。

That's a true thing. I don't know anything.

这是真的。我什么都不知道。

All right. Next, we have ‘knight’.

好的。接下来，我们有“骑士”。

Now, this is not ‘night time’, like “Oh day is finished. It's night time.”

现在，这不是“夜晚”，就像“哦，一天结束了。现在是晚上了。”

Now, if there's a ‘K’ here, this is like the old style in England.

现在，如果这里有一个“K”，这就像英国的旧风格。

Like King Arthur and his knights. And they wear the armor and fight with swords.

就像亚瑟王和他的骑士们一样。他们穿着盔甲，用剑作战。

That sort of thing. That's what that night means.

之类的东西。这就是那个夜晚的意义。

We also have this one here. ‘knew’

我们这里也有这个。 “知道”

Okay Now, ‘knew’ is just the past tense of

好吧，“知道”只是

‘know’. It's okay, like “Many years ago, I knew

“知道”的过去式。没关系，就像“很多年前，我认识

someone named Paul.” Alright.

一个叫保罗的人”。好吧。

That was in the past. I don't know him anymore but I knew him many

那是过去的事了。我现在不认识他了，但我很多

years ago. All right.

年前就认识他了。好的。

We also have ‘knee’. That's a, that one right there.

我们也有“膝盖”。就是那个，就在那里。

Okay. It's like that middle part of your leg, where

好的。就像你腿的中间部分，

your leg bends. That's the ‘knee’.

你的腿弯曲的地方。这就是“膝盖”。

Again, not ‘k-nee'. Remember that.

再说一次，不是“k-nee”。请记住这一点。

Now, ‘kneel’. Very similar to ‘knee’.

现在，‘跪下’。与“膝盖”非常相似。

Just plus an ‘L’. Now ‘kneel’.

只需加一个“L”即可。现在‘跪下’。

It's now sometimes people sit down on a chair, but then kneel just means to go down on your

现在有时人们坐在椅子上，但然后跪下只是意味着跪下

knees. Okay.

。好的。

Probably because you don't have a chair. So you have to kneel on the floor.

可能是因为你没有椅子。所以你必须跪在地板上。

Down on your knees. Okay.

跪下。好的。

Another one, ‘knife’. Very simple.

另一种是‘刀’。很简单。

You have to cut something. ‘knife’

你必须剪掉一些东西。 ‘刀’

Okay. If you ever cook food or prepare food you

好吧。如果您曾经做饭或准备食物，您

might need a knife to cut your vegetables. So remember, not ‘K-nife’, just ‘knife’.

可能需要一把刀来切蔬菜。所以请记住，不是“K-nife”，而是“knife”。

After that, another example is ‘knit’. Okay.

之后，另一个例子是“针织”。好的。

You know if you have a handmade scarf or maybe a handmade sweater that means you knit the

您知道，如果您有手工制作的围巾或手工制作的毛衣，则意味着您会编织围巾

scarf. Okay.

。好的。

It's the old style - making a scarf. You knit the scarf - handmade style.

这是老式的风格——制作围巾。您编织围巾 - 手工风格。

Alright. Then there's ‘knob’.

好吧。然后是“旋钮”。

All right. Now ‘knob’ is on some doors.

好的。现在有些门上有“旋钮”。

Some doors have a handle, but some doors have a knob.

有些门有把手，但有些门有旋钮。

And this is you grab it and just turn it. It's almost like a ball shape.

这就是你抓住它并转动它。它几乎像一个球的形状。

Grab the knob. Turn the knob. It's good thing.

抓住旋钮。转动旋钮。这是好事。

All right. Also for a door, you have ‘knock’.

好的。对于一扇门来说，你也需要“敲门”。

This is ‘knock knock’. Anybody home?

这就是‘敲敲门’。有人在家吗？

Alright. You're going to visit your friend.

好吧。你要去拜访你的朋友。

Don't just open the door. Well maybe but it's polite - knock knock.

不要只是打开门。也许吧，但这是有礼貌的——敲门。

Then someone will come and open the door for you.

然后会有人来给你开门。

Okay. Then, we also have ‘knot’.

好的。那么，我们还有“结”。

Okay. Now, this isn't like, “I am NOT going home.”

好的。现在，这不像是“我不会回家”。

No. with a ‘k', ‘knot’ is kind of like when

不，带有“k”的“结”有点像

you tie something like your shoes. Okay.

你系鞋带之类的东西。好的。

You take your shoe strings and you tie them into a knot so that they don't fall down,

你拿起鞋带，把它们打成一个结，这样它们就不会掉下来，

fall apart. Okay.

散开。好的。

Tie your shoes in a knot. All right.

把你的鞋子打个结。好的。

And then down here we have ‘knuckle’. All right.

然后在这里我们有“指关节”。好的。

‘knuckle’ Kind of like how ‘knee’ is on your leg,

“指关节” 有点像“膝盖”在腿上，

a ‘knuckle’ is on your finger. All right.

“指关节”在手指上。好的。

Right there where your fingers bend. Those are my knuckles.

就在你手指弯曲的地方。那是我的指关节。

All right. So as you can see here, there's many words.

好的。正如你在这里看到的，有很多单词。

There's more than these, but these are just 12 of these words,

还有更多，但这只是其中的 12 个单词，

where it starts with ‘K’ but we can't say the ‘K’.

它以“K”开头，但我们不能说“K”。

Well can't? We just don't say the ‘K’ or… it's you're going to look silly.

那么不能吗？我们只是不说“K”，否则……这样你会看起来很傻。

I hope that helps you and I hope you can remember it.

我希望这对你有帮助，也希望你能记住它。

Thank you.

谢谢。