English WHY - words with -e at the end

[@corazondecocodrilo]

How crazy, I always speak about the e at the end modifying pronunciation of the last vocal, thought it was an open secret only natives knew about, but it's cool this clarifies it quite a lot! ❤

[@lindacherubino]

In addition to here, as someone mentioned, also mete, cede, sere, mere, sphere, these, scene

[@theschwa.english]

Hi @lindacherubino. Just to add that this video only focuses on words that are words without the 'e' ending e.g. cut and cute. Your examples are not words without an 'e' or 'mete' which is not a word with an 'e'. I hope that makes sense :)

[@robertoalbertini7405]

An example of the first rule using the vowel ''e'' is : ''her'' and ''here''

[@bable4027]

Thanks for sharing knowledge in such a smooth and easily understandable way... that was "brite"... as in Britain and as in bright mate

[@theschwa.english]

Thanks @bable4027. You're most welcome!

[@MohammedAli-o1c4f]

Oh my god. You are really good.thank you very much it was fantastic. You just blew my mind.

[@theschwa.english]

Thanks Muhammad :) You could try our website blog for more ideas for improving your english: bardslanguageschool.com/posts/. We also have two apps on the Appstore to help with vocabulary: Clever English Quiz and Clever English Mahjong.

[@MohammedAli-o1c4f]

@@theschwa.english thank you. I appreciate that ❤

[@PatriTicaCanada]

😀😀🤗

[@ThanksuGod]

Love it.

[@servanttoall4037]

It was wonderful!

[@theschwa.english]

Thank you. If you would like to see our pronunciation games you can find them on our channel page @theschwa.english

[@kookaburrakai8026]

What about words like Apostrophe? I found this video trying to figure out why English Speaking people use to pronounce the e in non-english words ending in e like "i:/i" And aside from monosyllabic words and derivates Apostrophe is the only one I can think of

[@theschwa.english]

The fourth rule states that every syllable must have a vowel, hence the 'e' in the 'phe' syllable. However, English went through a phase of trying to sound more latin or intellectual. I suspect apostrophe might have been the result of the same thing. For example most words with a silent 'b' such as 'debt' - originally dette in Olde English - changed to reflect the latin in this case 'debitum' to appear more intellectual. The development of the English language is a long and winding story :)

[@lindacherubino]

Generally, words such as apostrophe are from Greek. Also catastrophe, epitome, sesame, acne, and names such as Aphrodite, Hermione, Calliope, and Hecate.

[@theschwa.english]

English is a very mixed bag of languages!

[@sherinsimon3896]

Could you tell why giraffe has "e "at the end? why is it not giraf? My kid asked me and i was stumped..

[@theschwa.english]

It's originally a Middle French word (late 16th century), borrowed like many english words from other languages. (Which is one reason why English doesn't always make sense.)

[@khadijahz2534]

excellent explanation but so fast

[@theschwa.english]

you can read what is said in the description below GRAMMAR:A1, LISTENING B2 (click Show more)

[@lokeshkaushik4496]

App name

[@theschwa.english]

It isn't an app. Just a video :)