English Pronunciation | The Letter ’D’ | 3 Ways to Pronounce the Letter D in English!

In this English Pronunciation lesson, we are going to learn how to pronounce the letter D in English. We will also learn about the Silent D letter. There are 3 ways to pronounce the Letter D in English. The first is as a /d/ in words like Dog and Do. This /d/ sound can be difficult because sometimes it is pronounced very strongly, for example at the beginning of words like Dear and Dinosaur, but, at other times, it can be pronounced in a more soft way such as at the end of words like ’rude’ and ’mood’. The second way to pronounce the letter D is as a /t/ sound in words like Kissed and Watched. The Letter D is pronounced as a /t/ only in regular verbs that finish in a voiceless consonant (e.g t/p/k/s) In the past simple these regular verbs always end in -ED but the ED is pronounced /t/. Finally, we can also pronounce the letter C as a /ʤ/ sound in words like Soldier and Edge. The Letter D in English is a CONSONANT letter and is pronounced in the alphabet as /di:/. I