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Hadar Shemesh shows how to pronounce the -ed suffix after /t/ or /d/ sounds. It becomes either "id" or "əd", as in "needed" and "ended". Practice by repeating the examples until the sound sticks.

Hadar Shemesh shows how to pronounce the -ed suffix after /t/ or /d/ sounds. It becomes either "id" or "əd", as in "needed" and "ended". Practice by repeating the examples until the sound sticks.
Need, needed. Need, needed. When the -ed suffix appears after a T or a D, it is pronounced as id, a lax I and a D, id, or a schwa and a D, ud, ud. For example, need, needed. Need, needed. She needed some help with the dishes. She needed Some help with the dishes. Easy, right? End, ended. The meeting ended around 5. The meeting ended, ended, ended around 5.

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