* a: /æ/ (as in "cat")
* e: /ɛ/ (as in "bed")
* i: /ɪ/ (as in "bit")
* o: /ɔ/ (as in "cot")
* u: /ʊ/ (as in "put")
Important Notes:
* These are the most common pronunciations in English. There are other, less common pronunciations of these letters in English (and in other languages). For example, the "a" in "father" is a different sound than the "a" in "cat."
* IPA symbols are designed to represent sounds, not letters. The same letter can represent different sounds, and different letters can represent the same sound.
* The sounds represented by these IPA symbols can vary slightly depending on the dialect of English.
Let me know if you'd like to explore other vowel sounds or how to use IPA symbols in more detail!