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In the dictionary, I saw that masked pronunciation is written as :
/mɑːskt/ Does that mean that after saying mask, we emphasize saying kt?
So there should not be any sound of the letter d when saying masked?
Is that correct?

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  • We don't emphasize kt, but it IS correct to say nothing is voiced after the long vowel mɑː If the d was voiced, "masked" man would sound like "mask de_man_"
    – Old Brixtonian
    Commented Jun 2, 2022 at 13:17

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It's not emphasised. But the pronunciation there is correct. Although the word is written with "ed", the sound is /t/.

This is usually the case with words ending in voiceless consonants Eg

  • walked : /wɔːkt/
  • paced : /peɪst/
  • capped : /kæpt/

Be aware that this is the English /t/ and will be aspirated or not according to English rules. Some other languages use the same letter for a subtly different sound (Eg Pinyin uses "t" for the aspirated unvoiced sound and "d" for the unvoiced unaspirated sound. In English these two sounds are the same phoneme.)

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  • Thanks for your response. One more doubt along this lines. I found the following on the internet These are the voiceless consonants: Ch, F, K, P, S, Sh, T, and Th This is confusing aren't the consonants English letters that are not vowels? Then how is Sh and Th could be consonants too? Thanks
    – nick shetty
    Commented Jun 2, 2022 at 18:12
  • Those are the letters and digraphs that usually represent the voiceless consonants /tʃ/, /f/ /k/, /p/, /s/ /ʃ/, /t/, /θ/ You need to use phonetic symbols to represent phonemes, For example /ʃ/ is a single consonant phoneme, but it is usually written in English by the digraph "sh". There are also voiced consonants like /b/ or /d/ -- If you are Chinese, this will cause you much difficulty.
    – James K
    Commented Jun 2, 2022 at 18:25

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