今日のレッスンは – 同音異義語についてです
Today’s lesson is about – Homophones
Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelt different and mean different things.
You can see a version of this in Japanese, where the words – 箸and 橋 sound very similar. It is really only the intonation that allows you to hear the difference.
To me, as learner, I just hear “hashi” when both words are spoken. I need to seen them written down, or hope that the context of the sentence lets me know if we are talking about chopsticks, or a bridge.
This happens in English and the words below all sound the same … but have totally different spellings and meanings.
In the video below I go through each word and show the different meanings, so you should make sure watch this. You have probably already learned one meaning, but do you know both?
Vocabulary – 語彙
To Too Two
Their, There, they’re
Your, Your’re
Are, Our
By, Buy, Bye
Bear, Bare
Dear, Deer
Flew, Flu
Weather, Whether
Which, Witch
Flour, Flower
Hay, Hey
Sight, Site
Here, Hear
Meet, Meat
Nose, Knows
Eight, Ate
Affect , Effect
It is also important to notice that some words may be spelt differently, and sound the same …but they mean the same thing.
You will see this with American spelling. such as:
Gray – Grey
Colour – color
These are not homophones, they are just little differences between American and British spelling. This is why they both mean the same thing and are both said the same way. This is different to the words in the list above.
Video
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