2015年12月3日 · "Ph" is most commonly used in words that come from Greek, like "philosophy". The Greek letter that makes the "F" sound is "phi", written like φ. As for "Gh", most of the words containing it come from German and old English. It was pronounced then as "ch" is in German today - as a rasp in the back of the throat, like the "ch" in "Loch Ness".

Rule The letter “f” is not allowed long words, and if a word is long (more than one or two syllables) as in “geography,” then the sound of “f” is spelled with a “ph.” Note that the origin of the “ph” is derived from the Greek language. As in “enough,” the “gh” that sounds like an “f” occurs in approximately seven words.

2022年10月1日 · However, native Latin words carrying the “f” sound are written with “f”. So why the “ph”? But here is the kicker. When the “ph” entered use in Latin, neither Latin nor Greek realised this (nor phi) as an “f” sound. Instead, it was a sound we have mentioned before — the aspirated “p” sound, or [pʰ].

2008年5月28日 · PH is a letter team for the sound of F. This is a Greek spelling. Notice the examples of Y within the word. Once in a while, P and H belong to different root words, and retain their normal sounds, as in loophole. 239 words have the team PH.

多数包含ph的单词来源于希腊语phi, 后来被替换成ph，在很多单词中可以看到它，比如photo, 既是法语也是英语；f和ff来自拉丁语，例如法语词diffusion。 题主提到的问题，很多词汇的相似性并不一定是同源，也是历史上彼此交流的产物。

The /f/ sound is usually spelled with the letter f, or ff if after a short vowel - this is covered in Unit 4. In some words, the /f/ sound is spelled using the digraph ph . These are often words from the ancient Greek language.

More accurately, the Greek letter φ was pronounced in Classical times as an aspirated /pͪ/ (a bit like /ph/ in "uphill"), and when the Romans borrowed Greek words with that letter they transcribed it as 'ph'.

But sulphur with a ph is standard in British English and sulfur with a f is used in American English. 4. Let's look at words with the - ugh - patterns that are pronounced "f" such as: rough, cough, enough, trough, tough, laugh.

Learn how to read the letters F, FF, PH, GH. The letters F, FF, PH, GH are pronounced as the F sound. Learn how to pronounce the F sound correctly with thi...

2017年7月7日 · 在法语中，辅音[f]有三种拼写方法：f, ff和ph。虽然没有明确的书写规则，但是[f]是写作f, ff还是ph，还是有一定规律可循的。 下面让我们一起区分一下它们的区别：