SCHWA

                                                /ə/

                              Relaxed, used in unstressed syllables.

About, balloon, banana, problem, family, support, analysis, amazing, agree, ago, obtain, o’clock,
original, unoriginal, occasionally, internet, better, stronger, bigger, shorter, longer, faster,
doctor, father, mother, brother, sister, sofa, data, …

Articles: a, an, the

A man and a/the woman.


How many schwas?

The woman has a carrot an(d) a banana.

A man was sitting at home alone on a sofa.

The mother, the brother, the father and the sister were all together in a shopping centre.