WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.879 hey guys welcome to lingua Marina today 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:05.220 is my favorite topic but also today's 3 00:00:05.220 --> 00:00:07.980 the topic that makes me a little bit 4 00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:09.300 anxious because we're going to talk 5 00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:12.420 about American pronunciation and 6 00:00:12.420 --> 00:00:15.000 um I'm not a native speaker but what I 7 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:19.260 love doing is noticing how people talk 8 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:22.380 how they pronounce certain things 9 00:00:22.380 --> 00:00:24.720 and then you know just explaining them 10 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:27.119 to myself but of course I'm not a 11 00:00:27.119 --> 00:00:30.180 professor in linguistics who knows every 12 00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:33.059 single detail so the way I explain 13 00:00:33.059 --> 00:00:36.000 things on this channel is the way I hear 14 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:39.600 them but today we actually have a native 15 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:43.320 speaker and the teacher joining us her 16 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:45.540 name is Angela some of you already know 17 00:00:45.540 --> 00:00:47.040 her because she teaches one of the 18 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:49.260 courses on lingua trip intermediate to 19 00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:51.719 Advanced she has classes where she talks 20 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:53.399 about American pronunciation and she 21 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:55.559 explains uh some of the nuances of 22 00:00:55.559 --> 00:00:57.600 American culture and today Angela is 23 00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:59.399 gonna help me explain 24 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.340 all of the different ways oh my God and 25 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:04.880 there are so many that you pronounce 26 00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:08.880 letter T in English because it can be a 27 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:11.760 glottal stop it can be a flappy it can 28 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:13.860 be a d sometimes it almost sounds like 29 00:01:13.860 --> 00:01:16.020 an R you know if you've been watching 30 00:01:16.020 --> 00:01:18.360 this channel you know that there are so 31 00:01:18.360 --> 00:01:20.580 many ways how you can pronounce letter T 32 00:01:20.580 --> 00:01:24.180 So today we're going deep on this topic 33 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:27.360 I am super excited to welcome Angela hey 34 00:01:27.360 --> 00:01:29.938 Marina thank you so much for having me 35 00:01:29.938 --> 00:01:32.819 here today and hello everyone silky 36 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:35.520 Angela my question is how do we 37 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:39.000 pronounce the letter T so the letter T 38 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.060 is a really complex letter uh when it 39 00:01:42.060 --> 00:01:44.220 comes to pronunciation and if you are 40 00:01:44.220 --> 00:01:46.740 learning English you know that basically 41 00:01:46.740 --> 00:01:49.500 every letter is pretty complex in 42 00:01:49.500 --> 00:01:52.680 English the true T sound is what most 43 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:54.600 people learn right away and that's a 44 00:01:54.600 --> 00:01:56.880 great place to start so you're just 45 00:01:56.880 --> 00:01:58.979 gonna bring your tongue up to the roof 46 00:01:58.979 --> 00:02:01.320 of your mouth and it's gonna touch the 47 00:02:01.320 --> 00:02:04.439 inside of your top Front Teeth 48 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:07.020 here sorry I'm like in my mouth all 49 00:02:07.020 --> 00:02:08.819 right but you're gonna bring your tongue 50 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:09.780 up there 51 00:02:09.780 --> 00:02:13.640 and then you're gonna aspirate it 52 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.840 that's a great place to start that is 53 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.440 the true T sound but there are such a 54 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:22.800 variety of ways of saying the tea 55 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.560 especially it when we're speaking 56 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.780 naturally so we're gonna cover some of 57 00:02:27.780 --> 00:02:30.360 the basics today okay let's start with 58 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.400 the true tea how do we know if the word 59 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.620 is pronounced with the true T like this 60 00:02:34.620 --> 00:02:37.200 is this is also so confusing like how do 61 00:02:37.200 --> 00:02:40.560 you know like where is that sign from 62 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:43.680 above that tells you Marina this is a 63 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:47.160 true tea and this is a flap t 64 00:02:47.160 --> 00:02:49.680 okay so the true T sound is just that 65 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:52.680 regular pronunciation of tea like I 66 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:56.459 mentioned before and you use the true T 67 00:02:56.459 --> 00:02:59.819 sound usually when the word starts with 68 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:04.680 the letter t so for example top 69 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.720 10. 70 00:03:06.720 --> 00:03:09.440 teacher 71 00:03:09.540 --> 00:03:12.720 today I take the test top 10 top 20 72 00:03:12.720 --> 00:03:16.280 whatever it is so 73 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:22.680 so now there are a bunch of exceptions 74 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:24.959 just like everything in English for 75 00:03:24.959 --> 00:03:28.919 example the consonant blend TR that's 76 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:32.639 going to be more of the CH sound 77 00:03:32.639 --> 00:03:35.900 combined with r so for example 78 00:03:35.900 --> 00:03:40.500 t-r-y is not going to be tarai it's 79 00:03:40.500 --> 00:03:46.560 going to be try try travel not the true 80 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.280 T sound try travel if we're gonna work 81 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:51.720 together you might want to try trust in 82 00:03:51.720 --> 00:03:53.700 me a little bit but most words that 83 00:03:53.700 --> 00:03:56.519 start with T are going to be that true T 84 00:03:56.519 --> 00:03:59.459 sound now it's not just if the word 85 00:03:59.459 --> 00:04:02.640 starts with t lots of times if the 86 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:05.580 stressed syllable of a word starts with 87 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:09.180 t we are also going to use the true T 88 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:13.500 sound pretend so in the word pretend the 89 00:04:13.500 --> 00:04:16.519 stress syllable starts with t tend 90 00:04:16.519 --> 00:04:19.738 pretend right so we're going to use the 91 00:04:19.738 --> 00:04:21.900 true through T sound and then we can 92 00:04:21.900 --> 00:04:23.220 stop pretending like we have anything in 93 00:04:23.220 --> 00:04:26.100 common anymore Hotel 94 00:04:26.100 --> 00:04:28.259 until 95 00:04:28.259 --> 00:04:31.320 all of those words start the stressed 96 00:04:31.320 --> 00:04:33.960 syllable with t we're going to use the 97 00:04:33.960 --> 00:04:36.360 true T sound until that time there were 98 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:38.279 three things that I was always afraid of 99 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:42.779 a job a bust in jail the true T sound 100 00:04:42.779 --> 00:04:45.419 can also be used when there is a Double 101 00:04:45.419 --> 00:04:49.680 T okay like in the word attire but be 102 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:52.919 careful because a lot of Double T uh 103 00:04:52.919 --> 00:04:57.300 words will sound like a fast D but a 104 00:04:57.300 --> 00:05:00.839 tire is an example of a Double T that 105 00:05:00.839 --> 00:05:03.240 sounds like a true T what's the attire 106 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:06.120 another word that I love for practicing 107 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:09.600 the true tea is tattoo we have two true 108 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.440 T sounds two true T sounds okay it 109 00:05:13.440 --> 00:05:18.360 starts with a t t and then two tattoo so 110 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.779 tattoo is a great word to practice when 111 00:05:21.779 --> 00:05:24.240 you're practicing the true T sound so 112 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:25.919 our tattoo is registered in the criminal 113 00:05:25.919 --> 00:05:28.860 tattoo database another trick is when t 114 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:31.800 comes after a consonant except for the 115 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:34.740 letter N okay the letter n and the 116 00:05:34.740 --> 00:05:36.660 letter T have a little bit of a 117 00:05:36.660 --> 00:05:40.259 difficult relationship but if a t comes 118 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:43.560 after any other consonant a lot of times 119 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.020 it's going to be pronounced as the true 120 00:05:46.020 --> 00:05:49.560 T for example actor 121 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:51.620 doctor 122 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:55.620 empty okay so we're going to be using 123 00:05:55.620 --> 00:05:58.500 the true T sound in those words Marina 124 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:00.720 can you try to pronounce some words with 125 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.300 the true T tell 126 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:04.919 taxes 127 00:06:04.919 --> 00:06:10.520 attack protect great tell taxes attack 128 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:14.639 protect makes sense son I pay taxes you 129 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.339 said something about aspirated how about 130 00:06:17.339 --> 00:06:20.880 when the letter T is not aspirated okay 131 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:24.360 so this is called the held T some people 132 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:27.539 call it the stop T all right and 133 00:06:27.539 --> 00:06:29.400 basically you're gonna do the same thing 134 00:06:29.400 --> 00:06:31.440 with your mouth as you would for the 135 00:06:31.440 --> 00:06:34.620 regular true tea so tongue to the roof 136 00:06:34.620 --> 00:06:35.759 of your mouth 137 00:06:35.759 --> 00:06:38.220 touching the inside of your front teeth 138 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:40.080 what you're going to be doing here 139 00:06:40.080 --> 00:06:43.259 though is instead of releasing it 140 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:45.779 instead of aspirating it instead of 141 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:48.779 pushing air through you're going to just 142 00:06:48.779 --> 00:06:50.279 stop 143 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.500 that's why it's called a stop T right 144 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:55.139 you're not going to aspirate it you're 145 00:06:55.139 --> 00:06:58.919 not going to push air through so it's a 146 00:06:58.919 --> 00:07:01.339 little hard to distinguish for 147 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:04.740 non-native speakers because sometimes 148 00:07:04.740 --> 00:07:07.199 they might think that you're just not 149 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:10.199 pronouncing the T but we actually are 150 00:07:10.199 --> 00:07:12.900 let me give you some examples most of 151 00:07:12.900 --> 00:07:15.000 the time the held T is going to be 152 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:18.600 pronounced at the end of a word okay so 153 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.780 when a word ends in t lots of times 154 00:07:21.780 --> 00:07:27.240 it'll be that held T So bought 155 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:30.060 my tongue is still up there but I just 156 00:07:30.060 --> 00:07:33.900 didn't release it I didn't say bought 157 00:07:33.900 --> 00:07:36.419 I didn't say ba 158 00:07:36.419 --> 00:07:38.819 I said bot 159 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:41.598 not 160 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:47.280 right I'm not saying nah 161 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:50.580 I'm saying not 162 00:07:50.580 --> 00:07:53.520 held T it's not like that I'm always a 163 00:07:53.520 --> 00:07:55.259 jerk maybe you should have thought of 164 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:56.940 that before you built the big dumb thing 165 00:07:56.940 --> 00:08:00.660 alright Marina your turn try these held 166 00:08:00.660 --> 00:08:04.199 t words pot 167 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.120 pot 168 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:09.539 oh yeah pot versus attack right 169 00:08:09.539 --> 00:08:14.639 aspirated attack not aspirated pot bet 170 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:18.860 cat there you go pot 171 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.240 I bet I can be one if I wanted okay this 172 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.460 is where I get confused a bit where is 173 00:08:26.460 --> 00:08:29.699 this difference between the hell T and 174 00:08:29.699 --> 00:08:31.979 the glottal stop like this is such a 175 00:08:31.979 --> 00:08:33.659 minor nuance 176 00:08:33.659 --> 00:08:36.300 that when I just listen to native 177 00:08:36.300 --> 00:08:37.440 speakers 178 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:40.860 I'm not really able to tell 179 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:42.659 but there is actually a difference so 180 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:45.600 let's dig deeper okay honestly Marina 181 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.120 this is a really good observation like 182 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.339 you being a little confused on this is 183 00:08:50.339 --> 00:08:53.220 totally normal it can be kind of hard to 184 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:56.760 differentiate between the held T and the 185 00:08:56.760 --> 00:09:00.179 glottal stop tea so let me try to 186 00:09:00.179 --> 00:09:03.120 explain this as easily as possible an 187 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:05.580 example that you can always find whether 188 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:07.200 it be like you know reading about 189 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:10.140 pronunciation uh hearing about it on 190 00:09:10.140 --> 00:09:13.920 Tick Tock is uh oh all right so when a 191 00:09:13.920 --> 00:09:16.500 child makes a mistake a lot of times we 192 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:20.940 will say or they will say uh-oh uh oh oh 193 00:09:20.940 --> 00:09:22.840 no uh-oh 194 00:09:22.840 --> 00:09:24.620 [Music] 195 00:09:24.620 --> 00:09:29.519 that uh oh is a perfect example of how 196 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:32.700 to use the glottal stop we aren't making 197 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:35.760 the same mouth formation like we do for 198 00:09:35.760 --> 00:09:39.420 the true tea or even the held T it's 199 00:09:39.420 --> 00:09:43.980 coming from our throat throat okay uh oh 200 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:48.440 so say uh oh slowly uh 201 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:51.839 oh uh-oh is a really really great 202 00:09:51.839 --> 00:09:53.820 expression to help you practice the 203 00:09:53.820 --> 00:09:56.880 glottal stop when do we use it now we 204 00:09:56.880 --> 00:10:01.380 use it before a weak syllable that ends 205 00:10:01.380 --> 00:10:04.620 in the n Sound 206 00:10:04.620 --> 00:10:07.620 um so let's look at examples this is 207 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:11.220 going to help you a little bit eaten 208 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:16.200 eat in that t is followed by a weak n 209 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:17.940 Sound 210 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:18.660 um 211 00:10:18.660 --> 00:10:22.559 so we are not going to say eaten 212 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:26.760 we're going to say eat in Eaton now 213 00:10:26.760 --> 00:10:29.519 listen if I don't use the glottal stop 214 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.679 if I don't say any kind of T 215 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:33.420 pronunciation 216 00:10:33.420 --> 00:10:35.339 Ian 217 00:10:35.339 --> 00:10:36.839 Ian 218 00:10:36.839 --> 00:10:40.860 that does not work it's eaten we haven't 219 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:43.320 eaten in three days let's look at some 220 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:45.600 other ones with that weekend sound 221 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:47.880 button 222 00:10:47.880 --> 00:10:50.100 but in 223 00:10:50.100 --> 00:10:53.519 curtain Manhattan my parents are in 224 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:55.920 Manhattan right now miss you no 225 00:10:55.920 --> 00:10:58.920 Manhattan 226 00:10:59.540 --> 00:11:02.820 written just push that button right 227 00:11:02.820 --> 00:11:04.980 there hey guys you want me to tighten 228 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:08.160 this and another one for the glottal T 229 00:11:08.160 --> 00:11:12.899 all right when a syllable ends in t 230 00:11:12.899 --> 00:11:15.980 and it is followed by a consonant sound 231 00:11:15.980 --> 00:11:19.320 we're gonna use the glottal stop for 232 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:22.339 example football I'm not saying Football 233 00:11:22.339 --> 00:11:25.019 let's play football 234 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:28.980 now I'm saying football okay now some 235 00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:30.660 people think that the glottal stop 236 00:11:30.660 --> 00:11:33.120 remember that there's nothing there but 237 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:36.480 there is if I didn't pronounce the T it 238 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:40.078 would be Football let's play football no 239 00:11:40.078 --> 00:11:42.078 let's play football 240 00:11:42.078 --> 00:11:46.200 what the word what okay when especially 241 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:49.920 when we're speaking glottal stop what 242 00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:51.540 Witness 243 00:11:51.540 --> 00:11:53.700 Witness 244 00:11:53.700 --> 00:11:56.940 not witness Witness 245 00:11:56.940 --> 00:11:58.500 put it back on the witness stand if you 246 00:11:58.500 --> 00:12:00.600 don't believe me certain 247 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:02.600 Mountain 248 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:07.380 kitten kitten kitten good certain 249 00:12:07.380 --> 00:12:12.059 Fountain Mountain kitten and I'm not 250 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:14.220 certain you really understand this trade 251 00:12:14.220 --> 00:12:16.440 what 252 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.899 mountain bluebird now sometimes 253 00:12:18.899 --> 00:12:21.480 Americans do not pronounce tea at all 254 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.220 when they're talking I don't know if 255 00:12:23.220 --> 00:12:25.920 you've seen this uh Tick Tock but it's 256 00:12:25.920 --> 00:12:28.320 basically a video it says if you are 257 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:30.899 from California you do not pronounce the 258 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:34.740 letter T in major City's name in um in 259 00:12:34.740 --> 00:12:36.420 California and they give this examples 260 00:12:36.420 --> 00:12:39.240 and Californians are reading um the 261 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:40.860 names of those cities out loud and 262 00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:43.260 there's Santa Monica which is written 263 00:12:43.260 --> 00:12:44.519 with a t 264 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:48.420 and they're like what Sacramento Santa 265 00:12:48.420 --> 00:12:53.279 Cruz like in California Monterey 266 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:56.360 Huntington 267 00:12:56.839 --> 00:12:59.820 Sacramento and this is a super exciting 268 00:12:59.820 --> 00:13:01.980 I love this Tick Tock I love how it 269 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:04.980 illustrates the tea that is not 270 00:13:04.980 --> 00:13:07.679 pronounced or like the word center right 271 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.320 it sounds like there is no tea at all 272 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:12.899 Angela can you please explain all right 273 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:16.440 exactly finally we are at the silent t 274 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.240 Okay 275 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:20.339 um a lot of people think the health tea 276 00:13:20.339 --> 00:13:23.040 or the glottal stop tea are silent but 277 00:13:23.040 --> 00:13:25.380 they're not but we do have times where 278 00:13:25.380 --> 00:13:28.500 we do not pronounce the T at all I think 279 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:31.019 silent letters are probably like the 280 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:34.620 evil uh part of American English or any 281 00:13:34.620 --> 00:13:37.620 English pronunciation so let's look at 282 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:40.980 the silent T usually if the t comes 283 00:13:40.980 --> 00:13:44.220 after an N we drop that t and we do not 284 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:47.040 pronounce it Center 285 00:13:47.040 --> 00:13:48.360 Center 286 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:51.660 no it's not Center so almost like we're 287 00:13:51.660 --> 00:13:53.720 spelling it 288 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:57.059 c-e-n-n-e-r Center I'll meet you in the 289 00:13:57.059 --> 00:14:00.120 center of town not Center how many miles 290 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:03.120 outside City Center internet 291 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.800 internet 292 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:08.519 instead of internet right I use the 293 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:12.120 internet to do research instead of I use 294 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:16.860 the internet to do research internet I 295 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:19.500 don't know I can't even say it with the 296 00:14:19.500 --> 00:14:22.260 T all right A lot of times with I don't 297 00:14:22.260 --> 00:14:24.959 know we will say something like I don't 298 00:14:24.959 --> 00:14:27.959 know even with text speech we will spell 299 00:14:27.959 --> 00:14:30.920 don't know 300 00:14:30.920 --> 00:14:36.000 d-u-n-n-o I don't know I don't know I 301 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:37.200 mean I don't know maybe you'll surprise 302 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:38.639 yourself and end up having a good time 303 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:42.060 also when the t is in between two 304 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:45.660 consonants except for the letter R all 305 00:14:45.660 --> 00:14:49.680 right so for example Christmas the t is 306 00:14:49.680 --> 00:14:53.300 in between two consonants S and M 307 00:14:53.300 --> 00:14:57.480 Christmas we don't say Christmas we say 308 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.839 Merry Christmas Christmas 309 00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:03.600 it's not Christmas give me the facts 310 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:05.279 that could be kind of confusing 311 00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:07.740 sometimes but luckily we don't really 312 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:10.320 use fax machines anymore okay some 313 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:13.940 people write I don't know but facts 314 00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:18.120 f-a-c-t-s so that would be a silent T 315 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:20.820 it's in between a c and an S two 316 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.880 consonant sounds facts and it sounds 317 00:15:23.880 --> 00:15:28.139 exactly the same as fax f a x then we 318 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:31.019 have something like just saying right 319 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:33.720 I'm just saying maybe you should ask for 320 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:37.699 help instead of saying I'm just 321 00:15:37.699 --> 00:15:41.820 saying maybe you should ask for help we 322 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:44.639 dropped that t we do not pronounce it so 323 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:49.100 just sounds like just right just an S 324 00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:53.339 I'm just saying all right now let's hear 325 00:15:53.339 --> 00:15:55.740 it like in a sentence come on just come 326 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:58.680 to the party I'm not saying come on just 327 00:15:58.680 --> 00:16:01.620 come to the party just 328 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:06.000 is followed by come so that t is in 329 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.040 between two consonants it's in between 330 00:16:08.040 --> 00:16:12.120 the S and the C of com so we're gonna 331 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:16.680 make it silent just come come on just 332 00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:18.959 come to the party just just come over 333 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:21.959 here okay now there are times where you 334 00:16:21.959 --> 00:16:24.420 can see a combination of letters in a 335 00:16:24.420 --> 00:16:26.880 word and know that the t is silent for 336 00:16:26.880 --> 00:16:32.279 example s t e n listen we're not saying 337 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.279 listen 338 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:39.720 silent T hustle s t l e lots of times 339 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:43.579 words with s-t-l-e will have a silent T 340 00:16:43.579 --> 00:16:49.940 hustle or f t e n silent t 341 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:51.660 often 342 00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:55.740 soften I'm not saying often I go to the 343 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:58.980 park often I go to the park often now 344 00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:01.440 again this will kind of depend on how 345 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:05.280 people speak and their accents Etc but 346 00:17:05.280 --> 00:17:08.579 try it out often something to soften the 347 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.720 blow 348 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.000 okay one more thing about the silent 349 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.100 teeth every single letter in the English 350 00:17:14.100 --> 00:17:17.880 alphabet at least has like one word that 351 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:20.280 it won't be pronounced in okay even 352 00:17:20.280 --> 00:17:22.859 though it's written there I think J is 353 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.839 one of the ones that's like it's really 354 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.380 rare uh for it to be silent but you will 355 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:30.480 have something like a borrowed word from 356 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.179 another language like jalapeno we'll say 357 00:17:33.179 --> 00:17:35.940 that with an H sound 358 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:39.299 um when we write it with a J but anyway 359 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:42.299 T is going to be silent in some words 360 00:17:42.299 --> 00:17:44.160 there might be words that are borrowed 361 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:45.780 from other languages 362 00:17:45.780 --> 00:17:50.340 Etc so things like ballet Gourmet we are 363 00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:52.799 not going to pronounce the T there she's 364 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:54.299 a ballet dancer they love to be 365 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:56.760 complimented discipline 366 00:17:56.760 --> 00:17:59.360 printer and 367 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:04.919 no there's pictures of them just a quick 368 00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:07.140 disclaimer there are so many versions of 369 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:09.600 English honestly and if somebody tells 370 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:12.440 you 100 you have to pronounce internet 371 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.299 and all of the other options are wrong 372 00:18:15.299 --> 00:18:17.580 stop learning wrong English this is not 373 00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.720 the way it works with the language 374 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:20.460 because a person who is from Great 375 00:18:20.460 --> 00:18:23.220 Britain would say internet in internet 376 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:24.720 internet 377 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:27.660 is this on internet so they would 378 00:18:27.660 --> 00:18:31.260 pronounce this uh this D here Angie 379 00:18:31.260 --> 00:18:33.480 is networking so with English just like 380 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:35.760 with anything in this life be open to 381 00:18:35.760 --> 00:18:38.580 different ways people pronounce certain 382 00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:40.500 things okay 383 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:44.100 thank you Angela now here's a big doubt 384 00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:47.640 a lot of non-native speakers have t 385 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:51.059 sounds like a d sometimes and yes 386 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:53.160 because I've been living in the U.S for 387 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:56.660 several years now I started saying water 388 00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:58.700 not water 389 00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:00.440 water water 390 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:04.740 almost like a d slash R even so what's 391 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:07.559 the rule here I actually love this one 392 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:12.720 this is called the flap t or the fast D 393 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:15.780 okay the quick D I'm gonna call it the 394 00:19:15.780 --> 00:19:18.119 quick D all right but it's called the 395 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:22.380 flap T this is when T sounds like a very 396 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:25.559 quick D very big in American 397 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:29.760 pronunciation so when the letter t 398 00:19:29.760 --> 00:19:33.359 is in between two vowel sounds or 399 00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:36.480 diphthong all right we're going to use 400 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:41.100 that quick D so city right I'm not 401 00:19:41.100 --> 00:19:42.720 saying City 402 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:46.559 it's in between two vowel sounds so 403 00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:49.880 quick D City 404 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.660 pretty 405 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:53.280 not pretty 406 00:19:53.280 --> 00:19:58.400 pretty beautiful nope beautiful quick D 407 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:01.080 now it's a quick D I'm not saying 408 00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:04.320 beautiful I'm not saying pretty 409 00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:07.020 let's go to the city that's a hard D 410 00:20:07.020 --> 00:20:11.460 it's a quick D City pretty beautiful 411 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:13.980 this really is a beautiful city very 412 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:17.940 important pay attention if the t is in 413 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:21.119 between vowel sounds or a diphthong in a 414 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:26.400 sentence so I caught a fish 415 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:29.039 okay caught that's in between a 416 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:32.039 diphthong that t diphthong and a vowel 417 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:35.600 sound so instead of I caught a fish it's 418 00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:40.140 icata I caught a fish or I gotta go 419 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:42.179 right 420 00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:45.119 um this is a really popular way of 421 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:47.520 speaking so instead of saying I got to 422 00:20:47.520 --> 00:20:50.660 go we say gotta 423 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:53.580 g-o-t-t-a we'll even write it like that 424 00:20:53.580 --> 00:20:56.820 okay like if informally obviously but 425 00:20:56.820 --> 00:21:01.140 gotta I gotta go I'm sorry I gotta I 426 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:02.940 gotta go work and just be careful 427 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:05.220 because sometimes you know words will 428 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:07.320 sound exactly the same but ones written 429 00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:09.960 with a d and one with a t so for example 430 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.460 metal 431 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:14.400 and metal both of them sound the same 432 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:16.200 but they are two different words 433 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:20.640 or leader and leader sound the same so 434 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:23.820 be careful with vocabulary you won't run 435 00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:25.679 into too many problems with that though 436 00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:28.740 but I would definitely suggest using 437 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:33.299 that quick D and practicing it computer 438 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:36.419 better great idea 439 00:21:36.419 --> 00:21:39.840 great idea great idea great idea wait a 440 00:21:39.840 --> 00:21:42.600 second wait a second it sounds like a 441 00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:44.640 great idea I love Google Calendar okay 442 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:46.799 Angela you were talking about TR before 443 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:49.200 what about th I'm gonna take an 444 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:51.179 opportunity to shout out our new 445 00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:54.659 pronunciation guide pronunciation 2023 446 00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:56.760 that Benya and I worked on and the whole 447 00:21:56.760 --> 00:21:57.900 team 448 00:21:57.900 --> 00:22:02.340 um but the pronunciation of th is really 449 00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:04.080 interesting there are two different 450 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:07.559 sounds for it and venue goes into detail 451 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:11.760 um in the letter T about th so let me 452 00:22:11.760 --> 00:22:13.859 kind of pull what we have in the guide 453 00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:16.980 and show you what we got about th so 454 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:20.820 first we have the voiced th voiced means 455 00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:24.480 your vocal cords are going to vibrate so 456 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:25.799 you're going to put your tongue in 457 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:27.600 between your teeth and your vocal cords 458 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:29.700 are gonna vibrate when you aspirate the 459 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:32.419 sound so 460 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:36.780 that's the voiced th let's practice to 461 00:22:36.780 --> 00:22:39.780 some words from the guidebook now this 462 00:22:39.780 --> 00:22:41.520 though 463 00:22:41.520 --> 00:22:45.419 father their Gathering was ruined by the 464 00:22:45.419 --> 00:22:48.659 weather other than that I rather not 465 00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:51.659 bother him well I have one more story to 466 00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:53.880 type before I put it in the mail but 467 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:56.280 other than that we're done I love other 468 00:22:56.280 --> 00:22:59.520 than that for practicing that th voiced 469 00:22:59.520 --> 00:23:00.919 other 470 00:23:00.919 --> 00:23:04.260 other than that other than that other 471 00:23:04.260 --> 00:23:07.679 than that let's go on to the unvoiced th 472 00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:10.619 sound which means our vocal cords are 473 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:14.520 not going to vibrate so it's going to be 474 00:23:14.520 --> 00:23:16.559 thing 475 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:18.500 thank you 476 00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:21.480 pathetic admittedly I do check his 477 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:23.400 Facebook like every day and see if he's 478 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.780 dating somebody maybe which is so 479 00:23:24.780 --> 00:23:28.020 pathetic I thought your 13th birthday 480 00:23:28.020 --> 00:23:32.880 was on Thanksgiving he needs strength to 481 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:36.780 get through Thursday's exam 482 00:23:36.780 --> 00:23:38.700 well 483 00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.960 the thing is 484 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:43.080 I love you okay so you can't always tell 485 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:46.559 if a th is going to be voiced or 486 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:49.919 unvoiced all right but usually the 487 00:23:49.919 --> 00:23:52.200 function words that we use in English 488 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:56.659 are going to be voiced for example the 489 00:23:56.659 --> 00:24:00.900 than this that and lots of times if 490 00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.700 they're not function words they'll be 491 00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:07.679 unvoiced okay thumb think thought all 492 00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:10.380 right but that's not always the case so 493 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:12.419 you can just start there but keep in 494 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:15.299 mind that that might change one last 495 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:17.820 thing before we stop talking about th 496 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:20.159 all right I want to look at two common 497 00:24:20.159 --> 00:24:23.720 mistakes with th the voiced th 498 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:27.000 lots of English Learners will pronounce 499 00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:30.840 it like a d so instead of saying they 500 00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:34.380 they'll say something like day all right 501 00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:38.220 so they went to the park they might say 502 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:40.380 that day went to the park 503 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:44.000 so keep that in mind it's not a d it's 504 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.220 they nothing has changed but the weather 505 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:50.100 then we have unvoiced a lot of times 506 00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:51.720 they will say 507 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:55.440 like a t the true T sound so they'll say 508 00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:58.500 something like thank you instead of 509 00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:02.240 thank you now for American pronunciation 510 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:06.359 thank you is not correct so we say thank 511 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.320 you 512 00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.580 um but those are just some common 513 00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:11.340 mistakes if you said Thank you to me I'm 514 00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:12.900 going to know that you're saying thank 515 00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:15.240 you but if you want to practice you know 516 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:20.000 American pronunciation check out the 517 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:23.220 as you bring your awareness back to your 518 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:25.020 breath and leave you with this thought 519 00:25:25.020 --> 00:25:27.419 today Angela this is super helpful thank 520 00:25:27.419 --> 00:25:30.179 you so much any other tips you have for 521 00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:33.179 the letter T hmm good question 522 00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.200 um 523 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:37.140 so honestly while we're here I always 524 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:40.980 love talking about Ed endings whenever 525 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:43.940 I'm talking about pronunciation with 526 00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:47.520 D or t because this is a really common 527 00:25:47.520 --> 00:25:51.299 mistake Ed endings are super super 528 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:55.200 important in English why because all of 529 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:57.900 the regular verbs in the past simple or 530 00:25:57.900 --> 00:26:00.840 in their past participle forms have Ed 531 00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:04.260 endings so you're using the 532 00:26:04.260 --> 00:26:07.740 pronunciation of Ed a lot in your speech 533 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:09.960 there are adjectives with Ed endings too 534 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.820 I just want to talk about the verb Ed 535 00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:13.080 endings 536 00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:16.740 um there are three different ways to 537 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:21.119 pronounce e d endings not one all right 538 00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:24.059 A lot of people think Ed endings are 539 00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:28.039 pronounced ID but it's pronounced ID 540 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:33.240 or t or d so I think it's a good idea to 541 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:36.600 review that as much as possible in the 542 00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:39.720 uh pronunciation 2023 handbook there is 543 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:42.960 an exercise for classifying uh Ed 544 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:45.900 endings I think it's in letter D but 545 00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:48.539 that's a really good thing to take note 546 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:52.740 of when you are practicing verbs okay in 547 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:55.020 the past simple or they're past 548 00:26:55.020 --> 00:26:57.000 participles everyone focuses on 549 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:59.760 irregular verbs but those Ed endings 550 00:26:59.760 --> 00:27:01.619 like when someone mispronounces that 551 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.539 it's kind of a dead giveaway that 552 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:05.520 they're a non-native speaker which is 553 00:27:05.520 --> 00:27:09.779 okay but sometimes it could 554 00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:12.900 make communication difficult so let's 555 00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:15.539 practice uh what I'm talking about if a 556 00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:19.200 verb ends in t or d The Ed ending will 557 00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.880 be pronounced ID 558 00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:24.600 want ends in a t wanted 559 00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:29.760 need ends in a d needed pasted painted 560 00:27:29.760 --> 00:27:32.760 so if the verb ends in a t or a d you're 561 00:27:32.760 --> 00:27:37.559 going to use that ID ending wanted I 562 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:40.140 never accepted that I had an illness you 563 00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:44.059 know I needed to do it now things 564 00:27:46.020 --> 00:27:48.659 we're talking about t or d okay 565 00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:52.080 pronunciations of e d sorry if this is 566 00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:53.340 confusing 567 00:27:53.340 --> 00:27:57.000 um but T okay let's talk about the t 568 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:00.500 ending if the verb ends in an unvoiced 569 00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:03.659 consonant sound remember unvoiced means 570 00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:06.659 your vocal cords are not vibrating 571 00:28:06.659 --> 00:28:09.659 if it ends in an unvoiced consonant 572 00:28:09.659 --> 00:28:12.059 sound you're going to say 573 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:15.119 for Ed this takes practice you know just 574 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:17.039 pay attention next time you hear someone 575 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:20.640 speaking in your favorite show or in you 576 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.679 know a conversation all right are they 577 00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:26.159 saying ID or D for the e d let's look at 578 00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:30.140 some examples for tea popped 579 00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:33.320 walked bluffed 580 00:28:33.320 --> 00:28:37.260 laughed I'm not saying laughed I'm not 581 00:28:37.260 --> 00:28:40.440 saying laughed I'm saying laughed 582 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:44.279 laughed attached 583 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:47.700 mashed crossed 584 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:50.539 danced 585 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:53.880 mixed but I developed a system which 586 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:56.460 rapidly transmits changes to every 587 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:59.580 strand of DNA in the host's body we've 588 00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:01.700 been very impressed with your portfolio 589 00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:04.380 and the exceptional commendations of 590 00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:07.980 your teachers now for D sounds if the 591 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:11.820 verb ends in a vowel sound or a voiced 592 00:29:11.820 --> 00:29:15.480 vibrating a voiced consonant sound we're 593 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:17.600 going to pronounce e d 594 00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:20.700 the D sound let's look at some vowel 595 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:25.320 sound examples okay employed 596 00:29:25.919 --> 00:29:29.100 cry cried 597 00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:30.480 clay 598 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:34.020 Ed at least I stayed at the post office 599 00:29:34.020 --> 00:29:36.299 now let's look at some voiced consonant 600 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:38.640 ones failed 601 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:42.000 cleaned I'm not saying clean it or 602 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:45.360 cleaned saying cleaned when I went back 603 00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:47.700 to check it someone had cleaned up the 604 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.679 blood yeah 605 00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:52.260 this is exactly how I imagined it 606 00:29:52.260 --> 00:29:54.240 answered 607 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:56.279 robbed 608 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:59.700 mugged hummed 609 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:02.039 used 610 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.899 quizzed 611 00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:08.399 lived not livid that's another word not 612 00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:10.020 live it 613 00:30:10.020 --> 00:30:13.020 lived I wished I lived in that house and 614 00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:14.399 like I mentioned before when we're 615 00:30:14.399 --> 00:30:16.679 speaking naturally in conversation many 616 00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:18.960 words are going to link together so you 617 00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:21.720 have to pronounce things 618 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.880 um as a whole when we're talking about a 619 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.580 sentence where is the T what's coming 620 00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:29.159 after that t in the next word the same 621 00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:32.460 goes with Ed endings for example he 622 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:36.240 popped in to say hi all right popped 623 00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:39.779 after there is going to be that vowel 624 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:41.419 sound so a lot of times we're gonna 625 00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:43.980 connect that t to the vowel sound so 626 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:46.380 popped in all right instead of heat 627 00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:50.039 popped in I'm gonna say popped in he 628 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:52.440 popped in to say hi I don't know just 629 00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:54.720 popped in my head they walked around the 630 00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.799 park 631 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:59.279 they walked around the park they walked 632 00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:02.240 around the park they walked around 633 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:05.399 walked around we're gonna connect walked 634 00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:08.640 and around they walked around she walked 635 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.840 around the city for two weeks 636 00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:12.659 blindfolded an excellent place to start 637 00:31:12.659 --> 00:31:16.080 practicing this is by putting it after 638 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:21.419 an ed word so for example we needed it 639 00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:24.000 instead of saying it separately we 640 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:29.279 needed it we can combined needed it we 641 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:32.640 needed it did it did it we needed it 642 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:34.320 where was all this confidence when you 643 00:31:34.320 --> 00:31:36.539 needed it in the audition I attached it 644 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:40.140 in the email attached it attached it 645 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:43.860 instead of saying attached it attached 646 00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:47.159 it I attached it in the email attached 647 00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:48.539 it to the ribbon 648 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:51.299 and he ate it she cleaned it already 649 00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:53.760 it's so hard for me to even like say it 650 00:31:53.760 --> 00:31:59.580 separately so she cleaned it right we're 651 00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:02.880 gonna tag that it on she cleaned it 652 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:05.880 cleaned it cleaned it all right she 653 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.559 cleaned it already I cleaned it up 654 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.480 really well and Marina I think that's it 655 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:12.059 for me today with the pronunciation of 656 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:14.279 letter t Okay Angela thank you so much 657 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:16.320 what will be your biggest recommendation 658 00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:19.260 for all of the English language Learners 659 00:32:19.260 --> 00:32:21.899 out there oh God I could do a whole 660 00:32:21.899 --> 00:32:24.600 other video on this uh there's a lot to 661 00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:26.580 say uh I guess the first thing in 662 00:32:26.580 --> 00:32:29.760 regards to actual pronunciation it would 663 00:32:29.760 --> 00:32:33.240 be to consider the sounds uh not the 664 00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:37.320 letters and consider sentences and wear 665 00:32:37.320 --> 00:32:41.039 those letters are placed are they at the 666 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:42.840 end of the word are they at the 667 00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:44.640 beginning of a word that's going to 668 00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:47.399 influence pronunciation A lot so pay 669 00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:49.320 attention to that 670 00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:51.720 um if you are having difficulty 671 00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:55.020 pronouncing a word on its own maybe put 672 00:32:55.020 --> 00:32:59.039 it in a sentence and try to see how you 673 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:01.320 can make it flow better with a sentence 674 00:33:01.320 --> 00:33:03.600 just try it out it might work that's 675 00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:05.399 probably my first tip 676 00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:07.380 and then my second tip is a little bit 677 00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:10.620 more like philosophical I guess 678 00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:13.559 um but just be patient with yourself I 679 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.600 think you know in my experience as a 680 00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:17.880 teacher so many people are really 681 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:20.640 worried about their pronunciation and 682 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:23.159 their accent and trust me I'm learning 683 00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:25.500 different languages also 684 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:28.019 um and the pronunciation can really get 685 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:30.419 you down sometimes because you feel like 686 00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:33.720 stupid or that you're talking like an 687 00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:37.200 infant no offense to infants okay but 688 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:39.240 don't worry about it you're going to get 689 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:41.399 better just because you're interested in 690 00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:43.380 getting better all right and it takes 691 00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:46.559 time and your accent is not ugly I love 692 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:48.840 accents and English is one of those 693 00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:51.360 languages where there are so many 694 00:33:51.360 --> 00:33:54.120 different accents it's not just American 695 00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:58.080 or British or Australian there are so 696 00:33:58.080 --> 00:34:00.899 many English language speakers so just 697 00:34:00.899 --> 00:34:03.899 be patient be kind to yourself of course 698 00:34:03.899 --> 00:34:07.320 learn and get better but just take your 699 00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:09.719 time Angela thank you so so much that 700 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.040 was super helpful I hope everyone 701 00:34:11.040 --> 00:34:13.739 watching really got something from 702 00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:15.899 today's video and that you enjoyed it 703 00:34:15.899 --> 00:34:18.540 and I hope to see you guys soon 704 00:34:18.540 --> 00:34:20.940 Marina thanks again thank you guys so 705 00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.440 much for watching this video up to the 706 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.839 very end uh thank you so much for 707 00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:26.700 trusting this Channel with your English 708 00:34:26.700 --> 00:34:29.399 language learning needs guys please 709 00:34:29.399 --> 00:34:31.560 comment down below let us know if this 710 00:34:31.560 --> 00:34:33.780 video was helpful for you uh please do 711 00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.940 not forget to subscribe do not forget to 712 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:39.060 share this class with everyone you know 713 00:34:39.060 --> 00:34:41.159 who want to sound more American again 714 00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:43.800 this is a process guys and just a couple 715 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:45.899 words of encouragement it's an endless 716 00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:48.359 process I see so many people here in the 717 00:34:48.359 --> 00:34:50.820 US who have been living here for 718 00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:53.460 20 years 30 years and they're still 719 00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.560 working on their pronunciation like this 720 00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:57.300 is something that 721 00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:59.160 people who were born here they just 722 00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:02.099 learn it as they grow we have this 723 00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:05.339 additional task in our lives to master 724 00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:07.320 another language and you should be proud 725 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:10.079 of it and don't get ashamed if you make 726 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:12.660 any mistakes they're fine you know I 727 00:35:12.660 --> 00:35:14.160 sometimes punish myself for 728 00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.780 mispronouncing something especially if I 729 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.099 have a conversation with a native 730 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.900 speaker I mispronounce something 731 00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.520 and like 732 00:35:20.520 --> 00:35:22.320 five seconds later I realized I 733 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:24.300 mispronounced something like Marina how 734 00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.079 bad 735 00:35:25.079 --> 00:35:26.700 but I know like it doesn't really matter 736 00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:29.040 because we're building relationships 737 00:35:29.040 --> 00:35:31.380 here not trying to be perfect in every 738 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:34.320 single aspect thank you guys so much for 739 00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:35.880 watching this video up to the very end 740 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:38.760 uh check out languageherb.com and see 741 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:42.320 you very soon bye bye