Proper Pronunciation Guide

written

[rɪt̚ ṇ]

Tips:

  • Stop-but-do-not-explode the letter “t”—/t̚ /—and release the air on the following syllabic “n”—
    /n̩/, which forms the unstressed second syllable.
  • The letter “w” is not pronounced because it precedes the letter “r.”

Practice Sentence:

 Dora has finally written the third chapter of her book.

Definition:

  • (verb) The past participle of “write” (write, wrote, written).

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