Inkcazo:
I-phoneme iyona yunithi encinane kunazo zonke izandi elineelwimi. Isandi esinentsingiselo siza kutshintsha elinye igama kwelinye igama. Umzekelo, amagama entaka kunye namafutha anamazwi ahlukeneyo ahlukeneyo, kodwa kukho isandi esisodwa esisodwa phakathi kwamagama amabini - isandi sokuqala. Oko kuthetha ukuba isandi "k" ekati kunye nesandi "f" kwioli zizinto ezimbini ezihlukeneyo.
Ngoku khawucinge ngamagama ekhumba kunye nesini . Zomibini amagama anezwi "k", kodwa zandila izandi ezahlukeneyo. Isandi "k" esikhumbeni sinqabileyo ukuba "k" isandi esilumkileyo . Ezi zandi zibini azikho iifonimesi ngesiNgesi. Zizo zibizwa ngokuthi "i-allophones," ezo zifani nje zeefoneme. Ngolunye ulwimi, ke, ezo zandi zimbini zingaba neefonem.
Oko kuthetha ukuba iindidi ezimbini zezandi ezinezo zimbini kuphela "k" zandila ngathi umahluko phakathi kwabo kuya kuba ngamagama amabini ahlukeneyo. Ukuzenza ngathi amaqela amabini wezandi "azinzi" (nge-k kome "k") kwaye "isiqabane" (nge-soft "k"), unamagama amabini ahlukeneyo kunye neentsingiselo ezimbini ezahlukeneyo. Unokuzama ukuthetha loo magama amabini, kodwa mhlawumbi uya kugqiba ukuthetha uthi, kodwa uqala elinye igama ngezwi "g" njengesiguqu. Isizathu kukuba sinobunzima bokuva nokuphinda izandi ezingabonakali ngeefowuni ngolwimi lwethu.
Kungekudala emva kokuzalwa, umntwana uqala ukufunda iiphonimesi zolwimi ezisetyenziswe kuye.
Inxalenye yento afundayo njengoko efunda ulwimi . Akudingeki sifundise iintsana ezo zandi; baqulunqwe nje ukuba bafunde njengoko bebenzisana nabantu. (Esinye sezizathu ezilungileyo ukuthetha neentsana kakhulu.) Njengoko abantwana beqhubeka befunda ulwimi, abaqapheli ngokucacileyo ukuba amagama afundayo ayenziwe izandi ezihlukeneyo kwaye zihluke kakhulu.