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Press record, say "loved" once or twice at normal speed, then stop. You will see which syllables matched and what to change.
Loved syllables
Loved has 1 syllable: LUHVD.
- LUHVDlʌvd
One syllable: LUVD.
The -ed ending is pronounced as a d, not as a separate syllable, because the sound before it is voiced.
Sounds to watch
The l sound
Touch the tongue tip to the ridge behind your top teeth. At the end of a syllable the l is darker and the back of the tongue rises.
The v sound
Rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and add voice. Keep it distinct from w, which uses rounded lips and no teeth.
Loved in a sentence
- She loved the first draft and hated the second.
- The park is loved by everyone in the neighbourhood.
Read either sentence into the recorder above. The check judges only the target word, so the rest of the sentence can be rough.
What Speakeroo listens for
These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.
- Final -ed ending unclearUse the correct /t/, /d/ or /ɪd/ ending.
- /v/ and /w/ confusedUse teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- Final consonant devoicedKeep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Consonant cluster reducedBuild the cluster one sound at a time without deleting a member.
- Extra vowel after a consonantFinish directly on the consonant instead of adding a vowel.
Questions
How many syllables are in loved?
One. Loved is a single syllable: LUHVD.
How do you pronounce loved?
Loved is pronounced /ˈlʌvd/, or LUHVD in plain letters. It has one syllable.
How do you use loved in a sentence?
She loved the first draft and hated the second. The park is loved by everyone in the neighbourhood.
How is the ending of loved pronounced?
The -ed ending is pronounced as a d, not as a separate syllable, because the sound before it is voiced.
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