弱シュワ
ルールの核心
シュワ音 /ə/ は英語で最も頻出する母音で、非強勢音節に現れる中性音です。綴りではなくリズムが決定要因です。
発音ガイド
舌は中央で力を抜き、口は軽く開ける。短く弱く発音します。
語例分析
- able /ˈeɪbəl/：-ble の母音が弱化
- accountant /əˈkaʊntənt/：最初と中間音節が schwa
- adjustment /əˈdʒʌstmənt/：前後の非強勢音節が弱読
注意点
どの母音字も schwa になり得ます。
フォニックス分解
舌を中央でリラックス
発音参照
- 強勢を先に確認する
- 力を抜くことが重要
Common Mistakes
母音をはっきり読みすぎる
a だけが schwa だと思う
例の単語
All Words (114)
able accountant adjustment administrative afterward algebra amazement ambulance answer antagonism asian assurance attendant autonomous balance barbecue bargain businessman cereals chairperson circulate colon colourful component comprehensive consensus construct consultant creator cupboard dangerous decline derail determine distance distributive edinburgh elderly emit enormous enthusiasm everyday everything except exploit extraordinary favour favourable fluent focus geography giant hardware hesitant himalayas husband illustrative instrument interested interior irrigate irritable jewellery kettle korean lantern leverage liner luminous mechanism melodious metabolism metre motor negate nervous numerous opponent permanently photographic police popularity poster profitable pyjamas realise recruit regularly remnant representation representative riotous scandalous segregate skimmer slipper sovereign stipulate substance subtract sufficient suggest supposedly suppress trickle ultraviolet unfavourable unrelated vocabulary voluntary warrant weary wednesday zealous