In Finnish, [t] and [d] are phonemes. This means that in Finnish: a. [kate] and [kade] have the same meaning, but one might sound odd b. [kate] and [kade] have different meanings c. None of the above d. [kate] and [kade] have different meanings depending on context

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Ray Bright

28 February, 14:52

In Finnish, [t] and [d] are phonemes. This means that in Finnish: a. [kate] and [kade] have the same meaning, but one might sound odd b. [kate] and [kade] have different meanings c. None of the above d. [kate] and [kade] have different meanings depending on context

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Kelvin Oconnor · Answer 1

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Hyvaa Pyvaa! (Good morning in Finnish if I'm not mistaken)

A phoneme is a unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another in a particular language. Hence the example of Kate and Kade in Finnish shows us that these are separate words (i. e. with different meaning) because they are distinguished by their respective phonemes, t and d.