Nov 13, 2017 · No, NG is not understandable in common American English – its common use is Japanese English. I am a native speaker of American English, and first heard “NG” when …

5 Yes, native speakers can tell the difference. But, Mandarin has both of these sounds: /ŋ/ is the sound that is written with ng in Pinyin (e.g. at the end of 龙/龍 lóng). /n/ is the sound that is …

May 13, 2021 · Links Some previous posts about this topic on Stack Exchange: /i/ sound before “ng” and “nk” Why is /ɪŋk/ used with “ink” words when the actual pronunciation is /ijŋk/? …

You can probably find a definition for cya online. Here's Wiktionary's, for example: (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of see ya But gng might be harder to find. It's a simple non-standard …

Oct 20, 2018 · Hm, I would still distinguish between some of these, that are just the sounds of the two consonants “flowed together,” as in bl or gr or whatever, while others are distinctly …

Apr 7, 2021 · I am Filipino and I want to figure out the English term for "po". It's a term we add meaning respect. For example: Anong kailangan n'yo po? Which translates to …

Dec 27, 2022 · Used in that context,the apostrophe is meant to show that the speaker left out the sound of the g. It is an attempt to portray the sound of accented English, i.e., onomatopoeia for …

Apr 15, 2022 · The standard pronunciation of "-ing" uses a /ŋ/ sound (not /ng/). In most dialects, this sound is very close to /n/ and in casual speech /ŋ/ tends to get pronounced as /n/. To …

I wonder which form(s) are correct amongst the following: This is the i-th item in the sequence. This is the ith item in the sequence. This is the ith item in the sequence. Example: From …

May 5, 2015 · The spelling ‹ng› almost never † involves the sound /g/. ‹ng› is a 'digraph' (like ‹th›)—in almost all cases it represents the sound /ŋ/, the consonant at the end of sing, hang, …