/aɪ/ – as in “my,” “time”
This diphthong glides from /a/ to /ɪ/.
| Word | IPA |
|---|---|
| my | /maɪ/ |
| time | /taɪm/ |
| light | /laɪt/ |
| night | /naɪt/ |
| high | /haɪ/ |
| buy | /baɪ/ |
| cry | /kraɪ/ |
| sky | /skaɪ/ |
| fly | /flaɪ/ |
| try | /traɪ/ |
/eɪ/ – as in “say,” “day”
This diphthong glides from /e/ to /ɪ/.
| Word | IPA |
|---|---|
| say | /seɪ/ |
| day | /deɪ/ |
| play | /pleɪ/ |
| way | /weɪ/ |
| name | /neɪm/ |
| rain | /reɪn/ |
| face | /feɪs/ |
| cake | /keɪk/ |
| late | /leɪt/ |
| game | /ɡeɪm/ |
/oʊ/ – as in “go,” “home”
This diphthong glides from /o/ to /ʊ/.
| Word | IPA |
|---|---|
| go | /ɡoʊ/ |
| home | /hoʊm/ |
| no | /noʊ/ |
| show | /ʃoʊ/ |
| boat | /boʊt/ |
| road | /roʊd/ |
| phone | /foʊn/ |
| coat | /koʊt/ |
| stone | /stoʊn/ |
| joke | /dʒoʊk/ |
/aʊ/ – as in “now,” “house”
This diphthong glides from /a/ to /ʊ/.
| Word | IPA |
|---|---|
| now | /naʊ/ |
| house | /haʊs/ |
| how | /haʊ/ |
| down | /daʊn/ |
| town | /taʊn/ |
| loud | /laʊd/ |
| mouth | /maʊθ/ |
| shout | /ʃaʊt/ |
| brown | /braʊn/ |
| out | /aʊt/ |
/ɔɪ/ – as in “boy,” “choice”
This diphthong glides from /ɔ/ to /ɪ/.
| Word | IPA |
|---|---|
| boy | /bɔɪ/ |
| toy | /tɔɪ/ |
| joy | /dʒɔɪ/ |
| noise | /nɔɪz/ |
| voice | /vɔɪs/ |
| choice | /tʃɔɪs/ |
| coin | /kɔɪn/ |
| boil | /bɔɪl/ |
| point | /pɔɪnt/ |
| join | /dʒɔɪn/ |