{"id":5008,"date":"2019-04-12T01:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=5008"},"modified":"2019-05-20T16:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T07:34:40","slug":"min-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/min-8\/","title":{"rendered":"\u540c\u3058\u30b9\u30da\u30eb\u306a\u306e\u306b\u610f\u5473\u3084\u767a\u97f3\u304c\u9055\u3046\u540c\u5f62\u7570\u7fa9\u8a9e\u3001\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3068\u4f7f\u3044\u5206\u3051\u3067\u304d\u3066\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey there, it\u2019s Min again!<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, I have been thinking about the struggles one may have when learning English and realized that pronouncing homographs is definitely one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Homographs\u30fc\u540c\u5f62\u7570\u7fa9\u8a9e\u3068\u306f\uff1f<\/span><\/h2>\n

Homographs are words that are spelled the same but are not necessarily pronounced the same, and may have different meanings.<\/span><\/p>\n

These words may cause us to pronounce them incorrectly because it can be one or the other. The only clue to choosing the right pronunciation is to understand the context of the writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3082\u3063\u3068\u3082\u3088\u304f\u76ee\u306b\u3059\u308b\u540c\u5f62\u7570\u7fa9\u8a9e<\/span>\u306e\u201ctear\u201d \u3068 \u201cbow\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Two commonly known homographs are \u201ctear\u201d and \u201cbow\u201d. Their pronunciations and meanings are as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n

TEAR<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201ct-air\u201d: to rip<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201ct-ear\u201d: to cry<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

BOW<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cb-au\u201d: to nod\/lower one\u2019s head (when greeting to show respect)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cb-ou\u201d: a weapon commonly used for shooting arrows<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cb-ou\u201d: decorative ribbon<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Even I sometimes pronounce homographs incorrectly at the first reading. For example, I may pronounce \u201ctear\u201d as \u201ct-ear\u201d because I come across the meaning \u201cto cry\u201d more often. On the other hand, I may pronounce, \u201cbow\u201d as \u201cb-ou\u201d since I love crafting and work with ribbons and bows a lot more. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u307e\u3060\u307e\u3060\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\uff01\u4ed6\u306e\u4f8b\u3082\u898b\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\uff01<\/h2>\n

Other homographs include:<\/span><\/p>\n

LEAD<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cl-ad\u201d: a kind of metal<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cl-eed: be at the front showing something\/someone the way, guide<\/span><\/p>\n

WIND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cw-ind\u201d: moving air<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cw-aind\u201d: to turn something (usually in a circular motion)<\/span><\/p>\n

MINUTE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cmin-it\u201d: a period of time<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cmai-nyut\u201d: extremely small or tiny<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you come across other homographs in your daily lives that aren\u2019t listed here? Feel free to share!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey there, it\u2019s Min again! Recently, I have been thinking about the struggles one may have when learning English and realized that pronouncing homographs is definitely one of them. Homographs\u30fc\u540c\u5f62\u7570\u7fa9\u8a9e\u3068\u306f\uff1f…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":5009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[276,5],"tags":[418,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-5008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-native","8":"category-learning","9":"tag-418","10":"tag-22","11":"article cf"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5037,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5008\/revisions\/5037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}