3. Non glottal-stopped vowel

Ko e vauele ‘ikai fakau’a. Ko hano ui ‘eni ‘e taha ‘o e  vauele angamaheni’ pe vauele ‘ikai tu’u ‘i mu’a ‘ia kinautolu ha faka’ilonga fakau’a pe ‘e fanongoa ha ongo ‘o ha fakau’a ‘o ka pu’aki kinautolu. Ko e vauele ‘eni ‘oku pu’aki ‘o hangē ‘oku hū  molemole pe hono ongo’ ki tu’a mei he ngutu’. Ko e ngaahi vauele ‘ikai fakau’a’ ‘eni. Ae Ee Ii Oo Uu. ‘Oku mau ngāue’aki ‘a e hingoa vauele ‘ikai fakau’a’ ke fakamamafa’i ‘emau feinga ke fakatonutonu ‘a hono pu’aki ‘o e ngaahi vauele’ ni ‘i he ‘alafapeti’. Neongo ko e ngaahi vauele ‘ikai fakau’a kinautolu ka kuo ta’u lahi hono ako’i hala he ngaahi ako’ ke pu’aki ko e vauele ‘oku fakau’a he taimi ‘oku lau  ai ‘a e ‘alafapeti’ neongo ‘a e ‘ikai ha ongo pe faka’ilonga fakau’a ‘e tu’u ‘i mu’a ‘ia kinautolu’

Kiliki heni ki he fakiikiiki: Lea faka’ilonga taimi, Veape, ‘Etiveape, Etisekitivi, ‘Ātikolo, Nauna   Peleposisini

Non-glottal-stopped vowels are the normal vowels or vowels without the ‘ symbol. These are the non-glottal stopped vowels – Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu. We used the phrase non glottal-stopped vowels  to emphasise our endeavour to teach the pronunciation of the normal vowels or short vowels in the alphabet correctly by emphasising that they are not vowels with glottal stop  sound or symbol in front of each of them. They have to be pronounced without any glottal stop symbol, despite it being taught in schools for years to be incorrectly spelt as glottal-stopped vowels. Click the links above for more exercises on this topic and some important information about the Akoola courses.