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Session 3

How do you say the words you see and hear in the news? In Pronunciation in the News, we take a word that's dominating the headlines and teach you how to say it like a native speaker.

ክፍለ-ስራሓት ናይዚ ምዕራፍ

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Pronunciation in the News

Unicef

Syria's children "hit rock bottom" in 2016, with more killed than in any other year of the civil war, the United Nations children's organisation says. At least 652 children died - 255 of them in or near a school - last year, a 20% jump from the number killed during 2015, Unicef said. How do we pronounce the word Unicef? Watch the video and find out.

ነቲ ቪድዮ ብምዕዛብ ነቲ ስራሕ ዕመምዎ

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How do you say 'Unicef'?

  • There are three syllables: un-i-cef
  • The stress is on the first syllable: UNicef.
  • The 'u' is pronounced /juː/
  • In phonemic script, the word is written like this: /ˈjuːnɪsef/

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Try our quiz to see how well you've learned today's language.

The 'Unicef' quiz

3 Questions

Check what you know about the pronunciation of 'Unicef'.

ኣገናዕ፡ ፈተናኹም ዛዚምኩም
Excellent! Great job! ሕማቕ ዕድል! ዘመዝገብኩምዎ ነጥቢ ...:
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End of Session 3

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Session Vocabulary

  • Pronouncing 'Unicef'

    • There are three syllables: un-i-cef
    • The stress is on the first syllable: UNicef.
    • The 'u' is pronounced /juː/
    • In phonemic script, the word is written like this: /ˈjuːnɪsef/
ምሉእ መወከስ ማህደረ-ቃላት ተመልከት

መራገፊ ማእከል

ትሕዝቶ ናይ ሓድሽ ትምህርቲ