How to Pronounce GH in English | Hard G, Silent GH | Pronunciation Lesson

Let's get started.

让我们开始吧。

Let's take a list of words.

让我们列出一个单词列表。

ghost

现在

spaghetti

，

straight

如果我们看一下该列表，

enough

您 会注意到的

high

第一

longhand

件事

Now if we take a look at that list

是字母“gh”

the first thing you can notice

可以

is that the letters 'gh'

放置在单词的开头、

can be placed in the beginning of a word,

单词的中间

in the middle of a word,

或 单词

or at the end of a word.

的 末尾 。 一个字。

And as you can hear,

正如您所听到的，

the sound is different.

声音是不同的。

Now let's get to it together.

现在让我们一起来看看吧。

'ghost' is the first word.

“鬼”是第一个词。

Now what is the sound what can you hear?

现在你能听到什么声音？

What you can hear very clearly is this 'g' sound.

你能很清楚地听到的是这个‘g’的声音。

'ghost' it's called a hard 'g'.

“ghost”被称为硬“g”。

Most of the time

大多数时候

when you have the letters 'g'  'h' at the beginning of a word

，当单词开头有字母“g”“h”时，

it will be pronounced /g/ a hard 'g'.

它会被发音为/g/硬“g”。

The second word is 'spaghetti'.

第二个词是“意大利面条”。

Now the 'gh' is in the middle of the word

现在“gh”位于单词的中间

and what sound can you hear?

，您能听到什么声音？

Again, you can hear that very hard 'g' sound.

再次，您可以听到非常重的“g”音。

spaghetti

spaghetti

So when 'gh' is in the middle of a word

因此，当“gh”位于单词中间时，

it is sometimes pronounced /g/

有时会发音为/g/

but then if we take the third word,

，但如果我们采用第三个单词，

straight

则

again 'gh' is also in the middle of the word

“gh”也位于单词中间，

but the sound is different.

但发音不同。

It's what we call a silent 'gh'.

这就是我们所说的无声“gh”。

'straight' you can't actually hear anything

“直接”你实际上听不到任何声音

okay so sometimes,

，所以有时，

it's when gh is in the middle  of the word it's silent.

当 gh 位于单词中间时，它就会保持沉默。

Now our next example is a very interesting case.

现在我们的下一个例子是一个非常有趣的案例。

It's the word 'enough'.

就是“够了”这个词。

And as you can see

正如您所看到的，

'gh' is at the end of the word

“gh”位于单词的末尾

and what can you hear?

，您能听到什么？

Can you hear a 'g' sound or a silent 'gh'?

你能听到“g”的声音或无声的“gh”吗？

Well, no, actually you can hear an 'f' sound

嗯，不，实际上你可以听到“f”的发音，

enough

所以

So sometimes with some words in English,

有时在英语中的一些单词中，

'gh' is placed at the end of the word

“gh”放在单词的末尾

and is pronounced 'f' like enough.

，并且发音为“f”。

Our next example is the word 'high'

我们的下一个例子是单词“high”，

and again 'gh' is at the end of a word

“gh”再次出现在单词的末尾，

but the sound is not an 'f' sound this time

但这次的声音不是“f”音，

it's a silent gh

而是无声的 gh

high

high

so sometimes 'gh' placed at  the end of a word is silent.

，所以有时“gh”位于单词的末尾沉默了。

And our very last example was 'longhand'.

我们的最后一个例子是“手写”。

Now with longhand, as you know I'm sure it's a compound word 

现在用普通手写，如你所知，我确定它是一个复合词，

so it's an association of two different words it's a special case.

所以它是两个不同单词的关联，这是一个特殊情况。

So in this case, the sound is not 'gh' 

因此，在这种情况下，声音不是“gh”，

the two letters are separate because you first have the word long 

这两个字母是分开的，因为您首先有单词 long

and then you have the word hand so you can actually hear both sounds 

，然后有单词 hand，所以您实际上可以

in a separate way longhand.

以单独的方式用手写地听到这两个声音。

Okay.

好的。

So I hope you remember when 'gh' is at the beginning of a word

所以我希望你记住，当“gh”出现在单词开头时，

most of the time it's a hard 'g' sound like ghost.

大多数时候它是一个硬的“g”音，就像幽灵一样。

When it's in the middle most of the time it's silent

当它在中间时，大多数时候它会

like 'straight' but not all the time

像“straight”一样安静，但并非所有时候

we have examples of a heart  'g' sound like spaghetti.

我们都有心形“g”听起来像意大利面条的例子。

When it's at the end of the word,

当它位于单词末尾时，

most of the time it's silent like high

大多数时候它都是沉默的，

but not all the time we have example...  examples sorry of an 'f' sound like enough. 

但并不是所有时候我们都有例子......例子抱歉“f”听起来就足够了。

And finally we have compound nouns which are a special case, okay. 

最后我们有复合名词，这是一个特例，好吧。

Well, let's now review other words and find out how this 'gh' sound is pronounced.

好吧，现在让我们回顾一下其他单词并找出这个“gh”的发音。

Let's get started guys please repeat after me  

让我们开始吧，伙计们，请跟我重复一遍，

it's very important that you practice.

练习非常重要。

This first category is for the hard 'g' sound

第一个类别是硬“g”音

spaghetti

spaghetti

aghast

aghast

ghost

Ghost

ghetto

ghetto

ghoul

ghoul

ghastly

ghastly

Ghana

加纳

Afghanistan

阿富汗

Let's continue with the 'f' sound this time.

这次我们继续使用“f”音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

enough

现在 让

cough

我们

laugh

看看包含不发音“gh

rough

”

tough

的

draft

单词

And now let's look at words  containing the silent 'gh'.

。

It's a big list.

这是一个很大的清单。

Now listen very carefully

现在仔细听

and repeat after me.

并跟着我重复。

ought to

应该

drought

干旱

thought

思想

slaughter

屠宰

straight

直

slay

杀

thigh

大腿

naughty

顽皮

caught

抓住

daughter

女儿

eight

八

height

身高

weight

体重

neighbor

邻居

might

可能

bright

明亮的

light

光

night

晚上

tight

紧

high

高

sigh

叹息

bought

买了

although

虽然

thought

经过

through

深思熟虑

though

现在

And now a few examples of compound nouns.

现在有一些复合名词的例子。

Now because compound nouns are two separate nouns,

现在因为复合名词是两个独立的名词，所以

you can clearly hear the sounds of the letter 'g'

你可以清楚地听到字母“g”

and the letter 'h'.

和字母“h” 的声音

Okay, repeat after me.

。 好，跟着我重复一遍。

foghorn

Foghorn

jughead

jughead

longhand

longhand

egghead

Egghead

bigheaded

bigheaded

And finally, let's practice four sentences.

最后，让我们练习四个句子。

Now remember, be very careful

现在记住，要非常小心，

listen very carefully

非常仔细地听

and try to remember how these  'gh' sounds are pronounced.

，并尝试记住这些“gh”的发音。

Repeat after me.

跟着我重复一遍。

The ghost had a light cough.

鬼魂轻轻咳嗽了一声。

My neighbor had enough spaghetti.

我的邻居有足够的意大利面。

His daughter went to the ghetto at night.

他的女儿晚上去了贫民窟。

We ought to laugh at the neighbor.

我们应该嘲笑邻居。

Great job guys.

干得好，伙计们。

One final word I want to talk to you about

我想和你们谈谈的最后一个词

is the word hiccup.

是打嗝这个词。

Now most of the time the  word hiccup is spelled c-u-p

现在大多数时候，“hiccup”这个词的拼写是“cup”

okay the American spelling

，美国拼写

and it's pronounced hiccup

，它的发音是“hiccup”

but if you ever go to the UK,

，但如果你去过英国，

you might see the old British spelling.

你可能会看到古老的英国拼写。

It's spelled with 'gh'

它的拼写是“gh”

and it's still pronounced hiccup.

，但仍然发音为“hiccup”。

It's the same pronunciation it's the p sound

发音相同，都是 p 音

but the spelling is different  so that's an interesting one.

，但拼写不同，所以这是一个有趣的问题。

Thank you for watching this video,

感谢您观看此视频，

I hope you now have a better sense

我希望您现在能够更好地了解

of how to pronounce these words

如何发音

containing the letters 'g' and 'h'.

包含字母“g”和“h”的单词。

Don't hesitate to watch this video again

不要犹豫，再次观看该视频

and please keep practicing.  Practice makes perfect. 

并继续练习。熟能生巧。

Thank you for watching my video  and see you in the next videos.

感谢您观看我的视频，我们在下一个视频中再见。