Como Pronunciar ‘OUGH’ Em InglêsXOKenglish.com.br

Essa combinação de letras ‘OUGH’ é um dos mais

imprevisíveis para saber pronunciar pois há 6 variações

no inglês americano e 10 no inglês britânico 1

Have you thought this through thoroughly enough?

Orginalmente as palavras Anglo-Saxônicas eram escritas com a letra ‘H’

para indicar uma ‘fricativa velar surda’ em palavras

como ‘Bach’2

Esse fricativa velar surda é um som aspero no fundo

da garganta em palavras como ‘Loch’ 3

Mas ái no seculo 13 com a invasão dos franceses e a sua influência na língua inglesa… uma letra ‘G’ foi acrescentada na letra ‘H’ para representar

essa fricativa velar surda 4

Mais tarde, no seculo 17 essa fricativa velar surda

começou a mudar da seguinte forma.

Em algumas palavras, o som disapareceu completamente. Como nas palavras “through" e “bought". 

Em outras, o som foi convertida numa ‘fricativa labiodental surda’

(entre os dentes) que agora soa como a letra ‘F’ em palavras como

‘cough’ e ‘enough’. 5

OUGH as in ‘Though’EIGH as in ‘Neighbor’AUGH as in ‘Taught’

IGH as in ‘High’

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OUGH = /o / (Long O)ʊ• Dough• Furlough• Though • Thorough • Although

Pronunciadas como o som long da letra ‘O’ em palavras como 'toe‘, ‘no’ or ‘go’

I love mixing bread dough(Adoro misturar massa pra pão)

The missionaries are home on furlough

(Os missionários estão de férias em casa)

I like it even though it smells weird

(Gosto, apesar de ter um cheiro estranho)

He always does a thorough job

(Ele sempre faz o trabalho completo)

I understand. Although I don’t think it’s a very

good excuse(Compreendo, apesar de não achar que é uma boa desculpa)

OUGH = /u / (Long U) ː• Through• Throughout• Throughput• Throughway

• Pronounced with the ‘Long U’ (oo) sound in words like ‘too’, ‘threw’, or ‘shoe’

It was too big to fit through the door

(Era grande de mais para passar pela porta)

He puked several times throughout the day

(Ele vomitou várias vezes durante o dia)

They spent the day tryingto measure throughput

on the server(Eles passaram o dia tentando medir

os dados passando pelo servidor)

An accident prevented us from getting on

the throughway(Um acidente não nos permitiu subir na via Expressa)

OUGH / / = (AW sound) ɔː• Bought • Brought• Ought• Sought• Thought• Wrought

• Regularly used before the letter /t/ • One exception in the

word ‘Drought’

I bought a new house last year

(Comprei uma casa nova no ano passado)

She brought me some coffee(Ela me trouxe café)

You ought to go with them(Você deveria ir com eles)

They sought new ways to increase productivity

(Eles buscaram novas formas de aumentar a produtividade)

He thought she was nuts(Ele pensava que ela era louca)

It wrought a terrible plague(Isso causou uma praga terrível)

OUGH = /a / (OW sound)ʊ• Bough• Plough• Drought

• Pronounced with the 'Ow' sound in words like 'cow‘, ‘now’ or ‘how’

The bough fell off during the storm

(O galho caiu durante o tempestade)

He hates to plough his farm

(Ele odeia arar a sua fazenda)

They suffered a severe drought

(Eles sofreram uma seca severa)

OUGH = / f/ (ɒ OFF)• Cough (coff)• Trough (troff)

• Pronounced with the ‘Off' sound in words like ‘scoff‘or ‘stroganoff’

She was coughing all afternoon

(Ela passou a tarde toda tossindo)

The horses drank from the trough

(Os cavalos beberam da calha)

OUGH / f/ = (Uff)ʌ • Enough• Rough• Slough • Tough

• Prounced as ‘uff’ in words like ‘cuff’, ‘stuff’ or ‘buff’

That’s enough for today(Isso é o suficiente por hoje)

It was a rough game(Foi um jogo dificil)

He always sloughs off on the job

(Ele sempre enrola no serviço)

She is one tough boss(Ela é um chefe duro)

Uma exceção que você pode encontrar por aí é a palavra ‘hiccup’ (soluçar) que você

pode ver escrito como ‘hiccough’ no inglês britânico

Divirta se ao praticar a pronúncia dessas palavras

com a combinação de letras ‘OUGH’!

Bibliografia

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_(orthography)2. http://www.howtospell.co.uk/gh-words3. https://www.quora.com/Pronunciation/How-did-gh-at-the-end-of

some-words-become-an-eff-sound4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-g8iF3Fdk 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ-g8iF3Fdk

More ESL Info on ‘OUGH’

• http://rachelsenglish.com/pronounce-ough/• http://www.pronuncian.com/Podcast/Default.aspx?Episode=205• http://

www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/intermediate/unit-9/session-1