how to pronunce the words ending -ed or -d?

[MNHashanah]

Hi everyone! I have a problem
about how to
pronounce the words that ending in -ed and -d, I was trying to record my voice and saying a few words with
the suffix ed or d, but the result of
my voice record is the pronunciation
sounds strange when there are some words
a bit difficult for me to say, for examples: LOOKED (sounded like locket),
LISTED, begged,
WATCHED, Walked , SOUNDED, LIKED, HATED and
almost all words ending in -ed or -d. I was listening to the English songs but that's
not too helpful, too many noises of musical
instrument sounds besides the singer itself. If you are native English speaker, I hope you can
help me by recording
your voice here. Thanks

Minah

[Xiaomuou]

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Hello Minah,

Well I can speak the words for you though I can't explain why some words ending in -ed or -d come off sounding more like a -t when being spoken. Hopefully someone else with that answer will see this thread and can answer that for you but here are how the words sound with a typical American accent.

looked
listed
begged
watched
walked
sounded
liked
hated

I hope that helps you a little.

Take care!
Megan
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[Alan]

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Hi MNHashanah,

I think you should try to pronounce 'liked' 'talked' 'looked' trying to make the end sound like a 'd'. For practical reasons in those examples you are forced to make the end sound as a 't'. Let me try and you'll hear how difficult it would be.

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[Our Tort System]

I've dug up a couple of good old rules of thumb on these types of situations:

1. If the last letter of the word is spelled with a d or t,
the e is not silent, and the ed is pronounced as /Id/:

Attended, spotted, sounded.

2. If the last letter of the word ends in a voiced consonant or a vowel sound,
the e is silent and d is pronounced as /d/.

Opened, begged, breathed

3. If the last letter of the word ends in a voiceless consonant,
the e is silent and the d is pronounced as /t/.

Looked, talked, watched.
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[Kiko]

My english teacher though me that if the last letter before ed is a vowel or Y like try= tried you pronounce like D or if it ends with any other consonant you should do it like T, the E is basically soundless, I don't know wheather is easier and right.

[Beeesneees]

Doesn't work for me.
I pronounce watched with a /d/ at the end.
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[Weaself]

[Beeesneees]

Phonetics can be variable. There are often instances when two phonetic versions of a word are correct, dependent on accent. It does not pay to be too prescriptive and to follow 'rules' slavishly.
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[Weaself]

That is very interesting. I'd love to hear your pronunciation of the word "watched". Could you record that? And I thought that only the rules of grammar tended to be bent :P

[Torsten]

Megan has already recorded the pronunciation of the word 'watched' here: http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic81181.html#390446

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[Alan]

HI Bev,

I would like to hear you say it sounding like a 'd'.

Alan
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[Weaself]

Sorry, I meant the recording of Beeesneees saying that word.

[Alan]

Hi Weaself,

That's what I've just said.

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Do you really say watch-t?
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[Alan]

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Yes, I do

I watched Strictly come Dancing last night. If I said it with a 'd' sound, it would come out like this - which I find very difficult to say.

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