Homofony w języku angielskim: wstęp
Homofony to wyrazy, które brzmią tak samo, ale mają inne znaczenie i inną pisownię. Przykłady homofonów w języku polskim to: morze i może, bóg i buk, lód, lud. Homofonów w języku angielskim mamy całkiem sporo i łatwo o pomyłkę. Wtedy, musimy ratować się kontekstem. Oto lista homofonów w języku angielskim.
Uwaga!
Homofony to nie jedyne wyrazy, które sprawiają problemy podczas nauki języka angielskiego. Uważajmy również na false friends – angielskie słowa pisane podobnie do polskich, ale znaczące zupełnie co innego.
Homofony w języku angielskim
| ad | add | [æd] | ||
| air | heir | [er] | ||
| aisle | isle | I’ll | [aɪl] | |
| allowed | aloud | [əˈlaʊd] | ||
| ate | eight | [eɪt] | ||
| band | banned | [bænd] | ||
| be | bee | [biː] | ||
| bear | bare | [ber] | ||
| berry | bury | [ˈberi] | ||
| bite | byte | [baɪt] | ||
| blew | blue | [bluː] | ||
| boar | bore | [bɔːr] | ||
| bored | board | [bɔːrd] | ||
| brake | break | [breɪk] | ||
| bread | bred | [bred] | ||
| but | butt | [bʌt] | ||
| buy | bye | by | [baɪ] | |
| cache | cash | [kæʃ] | ||
| cell | sell | [sel] | ||
| cereal | serial | [ˈsɪriəl] | ||
| cite | sight | site | [saɪt] | |
| chilli | chilly | [ˈtʃɪli] | ||
| coarse | course | [kɔːrs] | ||
| currant | current | [ˈkɜːrənt] | ||
| days | daze | [deɪz] | ||
| deer | dear | [dɪr] | ||
| dew | due | [duː] | ||
| die | dye | [daɪ] | ||
| doe | dough | [doʊ] | ||
| draft | draught | [dræft] | ||
| earn | urn | [ɜːrn] | ||
| eye | I | [aɪ] | ||
| fair | fare | [fer] | ||
| flea | flee | [fliː] | ||
| flew | flu | flue | [fluː] | |
| flower | flour | [flaʊər] | ||
| for | four | [fɔːr] | ||
| grate | great | [ɡreɪt] | ||
| gorilla | guerrilla | [ɡəˈrɪlə] | ||
| hare | hair | [her] | ||
| hear | here | [hɪr] | ||
| he’d | heed | [hiːd] | ||
| he’ll | heel | heal | [hiːl] | |
| hi | high | [haɪ] | ||
| him | hymn | [hɪm] | ||
| hole | whole | [hoʊl] | ||
| horse | hoarse | [hɔːrs] | ||
| hour | our | [aʊr] | ||
| in | inn | [ɪn] | ||
| it’s | its | [ɪts] | ||
| knight | night | [naɪt] | ||
| know | no | [noʊ] | ||
| leak | leek | [liːk] | ||
| lie | lye | [laɪ] | ||
| links | lynx | [lɪŋks] | ||
| male | [meɪl] | |||
| maze | maize | [meɪz] | ||
| meat | meet | [miːt] | ||
| missed | mist | [mɪst] | ||
| moose | mousse | [muːs] | ||
| mussel | muscle | [ˈmʌsəl] | ||
| none | nun | [nʌn] | ||
| one | won | [wʌn] | ||
| pair | pear | [per] | ||
| pea | pee | [piː] | ||
| peace | piece | [piːs] | ||
| peak | peek | [piːk] | ||
| plain | plane | [pleɪn] | ||
| principal | principle | [ˈprɪnsəpəl] | ||
| rap | wrap | [ræp] | ||
| red | read | [red] | ||
| reed | read | [riːd] | ||
| right | wright | rite | [raɪt] | |
| road | rode | [roʊd] | ||
| root | route | [ruːt] | ||
| rose | rows | [roʊz] | ||
| sale | sail | [seɪl] | ||
| sea | see | [siː] | ||
| sees | seize | [siːz] | ||
| sew | sow | so | [soʊ] | |
| sole | soul | [soʊl] | ||
| son | sun | [sʌn] | ||
| stair | stare | [ster] | ||
| stake | steak | [steɪk] | ||
| steal | steel | [stiːl] | ||
| storey | story | [ˈstɔːri] | ||
| sweet | suite | [swiːt] | ||
| tale | tail | [teɪl] | ||
| tea | tee | [tiː] | ||
| their | they’re | there | [ðər] | |
| through | threw | [θruː] | ||
| tide | tied | [taɪd] | ||
| thyme | time | [taɪm] | ||
| tic | tick | [tɪk] | ||
| toad | towed | toed | [toʊd] | |
| vain | vein | vane | [veɪn] | |
| wail | whale | [weɪl] | ||
| waist | waste | [weɪst] | ||
| wait | weight | [weɪt] | ||
| way | weigh | whey | [weɪ] | |
| we’d | weed | [wiːd] | ||
| we’ll | wheel | [wiːl] | ||
| we’re | weir | [wɪr] | ||
| we’ve | weave | [wiːv] | ||
| weak | week | [wiːk] | ||
| wear | where | ware | [wer] | |
| weather | whether | [ˈweðər] | ||
| which | witch | [wɪtʃ] | ||
| wine | whine | [waɪn] | ||
| who’s | whose | [huːz] | ||
| wood | would | [wʊd] | ||
| you’ll | Yule | [juːl] | ||
| you’re | your | [jɔːr] |
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