Alphabet/Step by step/Consonants 2

2.4 Consonants 2

ත

ත is pronounced like thi in thigh.

Sounds that can be made with ත

තා - sounds like tha in Thai.

තැ - sounds like the word Thank you

තෑ - sounds like the word Thanks

ති - sounds like the word Theater

තී - sounds like thie in thief.

තු -

තූ -

තෙ - sounds like the word Theresa

තේ - takes the sound of තෙ held long.

තො -

තෝ - sounds like tho in thought.

තෘ - sounds like the word through

තෞ - sounds like the word thou in thousand.

ද

ද is pronounced like the word, the in English.

Sounds that can be made with ද

දා -

දැ - sounds like tha in that.

දෑ - takes the sound of දැ held long.

දි - sounds like thi in this.

දී - takes the sound of දි held long.

දු -

දූ -

දෙ - sounds like the in then.

දේ - sounds like the word they.

දො -

දෝ -

දෘ -

න

න is pronounced like n in nine.

Sounds that can be made with න

නා - sounds like the word Narcotic

නැ - sounds like na in natural.

නෑ - takes the sound of නැ held long.

නි - sounds like ni in nip.

නී - sounds like ne in neon. takes the sound of නි held long.

නු - sounds like no in noon.

නූ - sounds like noo in noodle.

නෙ - sounds like ne in nephew.

නේ - takes the sound of නෙ held long.

නො - sounds like no in nod.

නෝ - sounds like nau in naught.

නෘ -

නෞ - sounds like the word now

ප

ප is pronounced like pu in purple.

Sounds that can be made with ප

පා - sounds like the word Parliament

පැ - sounds like the word Panda

පෑ - sounds like the word Pan cake

පි - sounds like the word Pistol

පී - sounds like the word Peanut

පු - sounds like the word Put

පූ - sounds like the word Pool

පෙ - sounds like the word Pepsi

පේ - sounds like the word Payment

පො - sounds like the word Pop

පෝ - sounds like the word Poster

පෘ - sounds like the word approval

පෞ - sounds like the word Proud

බ

බ is pronounced like b in bus.

Sounds that can be made with බ

බා - sounds like ba in basket.

බැ - sounds like ba in baron.

බෑ - takes the sound of බැ held long.

බි - sounds like bi in biscuit.

බී - sounds like bee in beet.

බු - sounds like bo in book.

බූ - sounds like boo in boost.

බෙ - sounds like be in bell.

බේ - takes the sound of බෙ held long.

බො - sounds like bo in boss.

බෝ - sounds like ba in ball.

බෘ - sounds like broo in brooch.

බෞ - sounds like bau in baud.

ම

ම is pronounced like m in my.

Sounds that can be made with ම

මා - sounds like ma in march.

මැ - sounds like ma in manner.

මෑ - sounds like ma in man.

මි - sounds like mi in miss.

මී - sounds like the word me.

මු - sounds like the word muezzin

මූ - sounds like moo in moon.

මෙ - sounds like me in men.

මේ - takes the sound of මෙ held long.

මො - sounds like mo in module.

මෝ - sounds like the word word.

මෘ -

මෞ - sounds like mou in mouth.

ය

ය is pronounced like y in young.

Sounnds that can be made with ය

යා - sounds like ya in yard.

යැ - sounds like ya in yap.

යෑ - sounds like ya in yam.

යි - sounds like ye in year.

යී - sounds like yea in yeast.

යු - sounds like yu in Yugoslavian.

යූ - sounds like you in youth.

යෙ - sounds like ye in yet.

යේ - takes the sound of යෙ held long.

යො - sounds like yo in yon.

යෝ - sounds like yo in yoghurt.

යෞ - sounds like yow in yowl.