How To Pronounce Enjoy

enjoy

Phonemic

/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/

Phonetic

[ɪ̃nˈdʒʷɔɪ]

Phonemic

/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/

In British English, enjoy is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃nˈdʒʷɔɪ]. In American English, it is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/.

Enjoy has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.

Syllables, Stress And Endings

Syllables And Stress

ɪndʒɔɪ

Enjoy has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the second syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is oO, where O is the stressed syllable.

enjoy + -s

-s (plural, possessive or singular verb) is /z/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.

/ɪnˈdʒɔɪz/

enjoy + -ed

-ed (past tense or past participle) is /d/ after a voiced consonant or a vowel sound.

/ɪnˈdʒɔɪd/

enjoy + -ing

-ing is always /ɪŋ/.

/ɪnˈdʒɔɪ.ɪŋ/

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Questions About Enjoy

How do you pronounce enjoy in British English?

In British English, enjoy is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ɪ̃nˈdʒʷɔɪ].

How do you pronounce enjoy in American English?

In American English, enjoy is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/.

How many syllables are in enjoy?

Enjoy has two syllables, /ɪn/ + /dʒɔɪ/.

Where is the stress in enjoy?

The main stress is on the second syllable, /dʒɔɪ/.

Do British and American English pronounce enjoy the same way?

Yes. Both are /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/.

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