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Letter p

CONTENTS: [ Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Writing Animation:
click on the letter-form label at left to open a pop-up window

The detached letter p: [voiceless bilabial stop] [SOUND]
A word-initial p: (sheet of) paper [SOUND]
pano
A word-medial p: cloth [SOUND]
kapiRo
A word-final p: knife [SOUND]
kapu

Pronunciation Notes

This letter represents the unaspirated consonant [p]. It's similar to an American English "p" sound, but it is pronounced softly and without a puff of breathy aspiration. In American English, this softer [p] sound is the one that occurs after "s", as in the word "spot".

Exercises

1. Visual Discrimination Exercise

Click here for an interactive game

[make sure to close each pop-up window before opening the next one]

2. Writing Exercise

Print out the PDF file and follow the instructions to practice writing p: p.pdf