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Try LingUp Now!Start with 'tie' as in 'tie your shoe', emphasizing the long /aɪ/ sound.
Add the second syllable with a loud 'foon', like 'spoon' but with an 'f'.
Stress the second syllable more.
tai-foon (wrong stress)
tee-foon (incorrect vowel sound)
tai-phun (incorrect vowel sound in second syllable)
Start with 'tie' as in 'tie your shoe', emphasizing the long /aɪ/ sound.
Add the second syllable with a loud 'foon', like 'spoon' but with an 'f'.
Stress the second syllable more.
tai-foon (wrong stress)
tee-foon (incorrect vowel sound)
tai-phun (incorrect vowel sound in second syllable)
In English, some two-syllable words have stress on the second syllable for emphasis.
It is 'ty-foon' with a long /aɪ/ sound like 'tie'.
Focus on making the 'foon' sound similar to 'spoon' with an /uː/.
A very strong, destructive storm in the Pacific region.
/ˈhɜːrəˌkeɪn/
A storm with high winds.
/stɔːrm/
Weather with wind and rain.
/ˈsaɪkloʊn/
A large-scale air mass rotation.
'Typhoon' has a /taɪ/ sound, while 'hurricane' starts with /ˈhɜː/.
'Typhoon' and 'storm' differ mainly in their vowel sounds and syllable count.
'Typhoon' has a /fuːn/ ending, while 'cyclone' ends with 'lown'.
Put extra emphasis on the second syllable to pronounce it correctly.
Focus on the long /aɪ/ and /uː/ sounds for clarity.
