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Try LingUp Now!Start with 'hap'. Open your mouth wide, make a short 'a' like in 'cat'.
End with 'pen'. Keep your mouth relaxed and end with a soft 'n'.
hap-pened (adding extra syllable)
hap-pin (incorrect vowel sound in second syllable)
Start with 'hap'. Open your mouth wide, make a short 'a' sound.
Continue to 'pen'. End with a relaxed 'n' sound.
hap-pened (adding extra syllable)
hap-pin (incorrect vowel sound in second syllable)
Put the stress on the first syllable: HAP-pen.
The vowel is a schwa sound, which is soft and short.
They are mostly the same for this word.
To take place or occur.
/ˈhæpənɪŋ/
Something that occurs.
/pəˈhæps/
Possibly or maybe.
/ʌnˈhæpɪli/
In a sad way.
Happening has an extra syllable '-ning'.
Perhaps starts with 'per-', blending into 'haps'.
Unhappily adds a prefix 'un-' and suffix '-ly'.
The 'e' in 'happen' is a schwa, a quick, relaxed sound found in unstressed syllables.
Make sure to stress the first syllable 'hap' strongly to sound natural.
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