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Can you tell me the pronounce word STAGE?

Is steig..or stag?
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Hi Giovanna!

It's pronounced "STAYDGE" Like the word "stay" with the "juh" sound of "just."

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ok ...
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betty967;971164 wrote: Can you tell me the pronounce word STAGE?

Is steig..or stag?


In Italian "Spelling is clearly phonemic [=the way it sounds] and difficult to mistake given a clear pronunciation" - that's from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language#Sounds

English "presents many challenges due to its very irregular spelling pattern, despite many "general rules" that exist within English. The pronunciation behavior of the letter g in English can be especially challenging to master" - that's from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_G

As far as STAGE goes, "A silent e sometimes occurs at the end of a word — or at the end of a component root word that is part of a larger word — with g immediately before the silent e. In this situation, the e usually serves a marking function that helps to indicate that the g immediately before it is soft".

I just looked through both of those English articles and I didn't understand a lot of it. Does the Italian Wikipedia at http://it.wikipedia.org have something about English pronunciation that helps you?
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You are very very KIND:yh_kiss
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fuzzy butt;971825 wrote: So another words "age" with an "st" at the beginning of the word.:)

Age

page

stage

cage

Rage

wage

sage


oh, very good! this one would have helped me the most i'm thinking..:thinking:

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