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E e
Hear the sound of E
This plays the vowel sound itself, not a longer letter name. It uses browser speech synthesis, not a reviewed speaker recording.
Hear e on its own and find it in three positions. Word-initial e can have a slight glide in pronunciation.
First, hear the vowel sound by itself
E e
Sound: e
Listen and repeat the vowel clearly. Then find it in different parts of a word.
elev
student / pupil
telefon
telephone / phone
rece
cold