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Try LingUp Now!Start with an 'h' sound by pushing air from your throat.
Move to the short 'e' sound /ɛ/, like in the word 'red'. Your jaw should be relaxed and slightly open.
Finish with a 'vuhn' sound. Touch your top teeth to your bottom lip for the 'v', then make a soft 'uhn' sound (/ən/).
Pronouncing 'ea' like in 'heat' (hee-ven). The correct sound is /ɛ/ like in 'head'.
Saying 'hay-ven' instead of 'heh-ven'. The first vowel sound is short.
Stressing the second syllable (hev-EN). The stress is on the first syllable: HEV-uhn.
same as American
same as American
Gently bite your bottom lip with your top teeth. Vibrate your vocal cords to make a buzzing sound. It is not a 'b' sound.
It is a short sound, exactly like the 'ea' in 'head' or the 'e' in 'bed'.
Stress the first syllable. Say it louder and a little longer: HEV-uhn. Do not say hev-UHN.
A place where good people are believed to go after they die; a very pleasant place or situation.
/ˈhɛvənli/
Like heaven; very beautiful or pleasant.
/ˈhɛvənz/
The sky, as seen from Earth.
/ʌnˈhɛvənli/
Not like heaven; unpleasant.
'heavenly' adds a 'lee' sound at the end, but the stress stays on the first syllable 'HEV'.
'heavens' simply adds a 'z' sound at the end.
'unheavenly' adds the prefix 'un-' and shifts the main stress to the second syllable 'HEV'.
The second syllable '-en' is weak and uses a schwa sound /ə/. It sounds like 'uhn'. Practice saying 'vuhn' softly.
The vowel sound is the same as in 'head'. Practice saying them together to train your mouth: 'head, heaven'.
