Lessons Unit 2, lesson 9
ɔː + endings
Every ending the ɔː vowel takes, one row at a time. Say the vowel, let the ending close it, and check yourself against the words — all of them real, all verified by the engine.
What do the marks mean?
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ɔːthe aw in law
Open your mouth, round your lips a little, and hold: law. Deeper and longer than the short o in cot.
ɔː + every ending
One row per combination. Tap any word to hear it — every sheet comes straight from the tool.
| ɔː d | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɔː k / ck | |||
| ɔː l | |||
| ɔː n | |||
| ɔː s | |||
| ɔː th | |||
| ɔː ng |
One vowel, a short list of endings
ɔː, the deep aw in law, only closes a handful of ways in this dictionary's data — you'll drill all of them here, from talk and all to dawn and long. Round your lips a little and hold the vowel longer than you would the short ɑ in cot. The s row is a good one to start with — loss, cross, sauce — since it's short and lets you focus purely on holding the rounded vowel steady.
A note on accents
If your accent doesn't separate ɔː from the vowel in the earlier cot table, that's common in American English — many speakers merge them. Use this table for the vowel quality anyway: dawn, long, and cloth should all sound rounder and a bit longer than their ɑ cousins, even if a full merger blurs that for you. Drill talk against all to keep the rounding consistent across a whole row.