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Daily wordsMots du 16 août 2026

The schwa that eats an unstressed vowel

Dinner is cleared, someone has dropped a box of old photographs on the table, and your whole family is crowded around it.

Dix mots pour tous les jours, en anglais : family, camera, memory, photograph, chocolate, vegetable, comfortable, interesting, several, together. Chacun avec sa prononciation et une phrase à dire à voix haute.

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  1. 1
    family/ˈfæməli/Se dit aussi ˈfæmli.nounParents and their children.
  2. 2
    camera/ˈkæmərə/Se dit aussi ˈkæmrə.nounA device for taking pictures.
  3. 3
    memory/ˈmeməri/nounSomething you remember from the past.
  4. 4
    photograph/ˈfoʊtəˌɡræf/verbTo take a picture of someone or something with a camera.Stress sits on the first syllable, and the middle 'o' is only a quick uh.
  5. 5
    chocolate/ˈtʃɔːklət/nounA sweet brown food made from cocoa beans.Two syllables in normal speech, CHOK-lut. The middle 'o' is gone.
  6. 6
    vegetable/ˈvedʒtəbəl/nounA plant part eaten as food, like a carrot or a bean.Three syllables, VEJ-tuh-bul. Nothing sounds between the j and the t.
  7. 7
    comfortable/ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/adjectiveEasy on the body, with nothing sore or pinching.Stress on the first syllable and everything after it goes flat. The 'fort' part sounds like 'fert'.
  8. 8
    interesting/ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/Se dit aussi ˈɪntərəstɪŋ ou ˈɪntərɪstɪŋ.adjectiveWorth paying attention to.Three syllables, IN-truh-sting. The 'e' after 'inter' disappears.
  9. 9
    several/ˈsevrəl/Se dit aussi ˈsevərəl.adjectiveMore than two, but not many.Two syllables, SEV-rul. The middle 'e' drops out.
  10. 10
    together/təˈɡeðər/adverbIn each other's company rather than alone.

Les phrases

  1. 1

    The whole family is crowded around these old pictures.

  2. 2

    Who was holding the camera in this one?

  3. 3

    This picture brings back such a good memory.

  4. 4

    He used to photograph us every summer.

  5. 5

    You had chocolate all over your face here.

  6. 6

    He grew every vegetable in that back yard.

  7. 7

    That old couch looks so comfortable in this picture.

  8. 8

    The clothes back then were more interesting than ours.

  9. 9

    There are several pictures of the same day.

  10. 10

    It's nice to see the family together again.