| Example Words | Other Examples | ||
| a | as in Aida (a-ee-dher) | coda (koh-da) | |
| ah | as in father (fah-dher) | clam (kahlm) | |
| ai | as in hair (hair) | fermata (fair-mah-ta) | |
| air | as in hair (hair) | fermata (fair-mah-ta) | |
| ar | as in bar (bar) | far (far) | |
| aw | as in law (law) | water (waw-ter) | |
| ay | as in say (say) | day (day) | |
| ch | as in chin (chin) | chain (chayn) | |
| e | as in bed (bed) | head (hed) | |
| ee | as in tree (tree) | meet (meet) | |
| eer | as in deer (deer) | fear (feer) | |
| eh | as in finale (fee-nah-leh), | fine (fee-neh) | |
| between the vowel sounds in bet and bate. |
Bold letters in brackets indicate an accented (stressed) syllable.
括號中的粗體字為重音節。