Pronunciation | Silent Letters - AIRC86

If you are a new listener, welcome!  With over 40 years of teaching between us, we'll help you improve your English and take it to the next level.Grow your grammar, vocalize your vocabulary and perfect your pronunciation. Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ In this episode: Pronunciation | Silent Letters Feedback: Thanks to all of you who have left us reviews and stars on iTunes. It's a huge help for us because we become more visible and more people find us.If you want to show us some iTunes love I'll put a link in the shownotes (inglespodcast/86 or just put ingles in the search box and you will see us (La Mansión del Inglés) We practised the pronunciation of some words that have silent letters in episode 38( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/12/21/must-ought-to-and-should-vocabulary-in-the-home-the-kitchen-and-pronunciation-of-difficult-words-airc38/ ) Today we're going to give you a longer list and focus on groups of words that have the same silent letter. Silent letters (I say the Spanish word, you say the English word before you hear it) /t/ listen - escucharsoften - ablandarse, suaveizarsewhistle - silbar (chiflar in Mexico)fasten - atar, abrocharChristmas - Navidadcastle - castillo /k/ knife - cuchilloknee - rodillaknowledge - knowledgeknit - tejer, hacer puntoknob - pomo, picaporte (a knob of butter)know - conocer, saberknot - nudo Italki are offering a special deal to listeners of Aprender Ingles con Reza y Craig – 100 free italki credits (ITCs) when you sign up for their paid service. Buy 1 get 1 free! Find a teacher and improve your speaking with italki Reza and I want to thank italki for sponsoring Aprender Inglés con Reza y Craig   /p/ receipt - recibopseudonym - seudónimopsychic - psíquico/a psychology - psicologíapsychiatry - psiquiatríapneumatic - neumático /b/ climb - subir, ascender, escalardebt - deudasubtle - sutilcomb - peinilla, peine, peinetanumb - entumecido/a, adormecido, insensibledumb - tonto/a, estúpido/adoubt - dudar, duda womb - úterolamb - corderotomb - tumba, sepulcro /h/ hour - horahourly - una vez por horahonest - honesto/a heir / heiress - heredero / heredera honour - honorhonourable - honorable (dishonourable) /e/sitelanguageridenotecarecurve /t/gourmetdebut /ed/stoppedkissedhelpedtravelled ...and now it's your turn to practise your English. If you have a comment or question, please record a voice message and send it to us. www.speakpipe.com/inglespodcast We'll be happy to speak about your message and answer your questions in future episodes. Send us an email with a comment or question to [email protected] or [email protected].   Más podcasts para mejorar tu ingles en: http://www.inglespodcast.com/  More podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/    On next week's episode: Academic English The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'