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==== Contrasting Vowels ==== | ==== Contrasting Vowels ==== | ||
Brooding has a concept of contrasting vowels. These are pairs of vowels that are used in various grammatical operations. Some processes require you to take a vowel from a word and change it to its contrasting vowel. For example, if the vowel is ‘oo’, it changes to ‘o’. If it is ‘o’, it changes to ‘oo’. | Brooding has a concept of contrasting vowels. | ||
These are pairs of vowels that are used in various grammatical operations. | |||
Some processes require you to take a vowel from a word and change it to its contrasting vowel. | |||
For example, if the vowel is ‘oo’, it changes to ‘o’. If it is ‘o’, it changes to ‘oo’. | |||
Here are the pairs of contrasting vowels: | Here are the pairs of contrasting vowels: | ||
{| | {| cellspacing=0 style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | ||
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| ''' | ! align="left"| Diphthongs: | ||
|style="width:50px; height:50px; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|style="width:50px; background-color: #ccccff; border-top: solid 2px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''ai'''</big><br />/ai/ | |||
|style="width:50px; background-color: #ccccff; border-top: solid 2px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''au'''</big><br />/au/ | |||
|style="width:50px; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | ! align="left"| High: | ||
|style="height:50px; background-color: #ccffff; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 2px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''ee'''</big><br />/i/ | |||
|style="background-color: #ccffff; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''i'''</big><br />/ɪ/ | |||
|style="border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|style="background-color: #ffccff; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 2px #000000;"| <big>'''oo'''</big><br />/u/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | ! align="left"| Mid-High: | ||
|style="height:50px; background-color: #ccffcc; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 2px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''ae'''</big><br />/e/ | |||
|style="border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|style="border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|style="background-color: #ffccff; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 2px #000000;"| <big>'''o'''</big><br />/o/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''' | ! align="left"| Mid-Low: | ||
|style="height:50px; background-color: #ccffcc; border-left: solid 2px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''e'''</big><br />/ɛ/ | |||
|style="border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|style="background-color: #ffcccc; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''uh'''</big><br />/ʌ/ | |||
|style="background-color: #ffcccc; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 2px #000000;"| <big>'''aw'''</big><br />/ɔ/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! align="left"| Low: | ||
|- | |style="height:50px; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| | ||
| ''' | |style="background-color: #ffffcc; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 2px #000000;"| <big>'''aa'''</big><br />/æ/ | ||
|style="background-color: #ffffcc; border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-bottom: solid 2px #000000; border-right: solid 1px #000000;"| <big>'''a'''</big><br />/ɑ/ | |||
|style="border-top: solid 1px #000000; border-left: solid 1px #000000;"| | |||
|} | |} | ||