hey guys what's up Stefanie the English coach here from EnglishFullTime.com
in this video we are going to talk about words that are difficult to pronounce in
English now I made a post on Instagram recently you can see it here well if it
focuses let me see there we go oh man okay so I made a post on
Instagram recently where I basically asked you guys what words are difficult
for you to pronounce and this post got lots of comments you guys there's lots
of words you're struggling with and some of you said the same words okay like the
word entrepreneur apparently that one is a very difficult word to pronounce and I
totally understand because I tried pronouncing it slowly and I was like
dang how do we say this okay so I am going to go through this list of words
with you guys that you helped me create if you're not following me on Instagram
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on YouTube let's get into it okay so like I said
the word entrepreneur entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur are you an entrepreneur
that word is very difficult the reason why is because people say this word
different ways so I'm gonna show you the way I say it and you can say it however
you want I say entrepreneur entrepreneur
entrepreneur okay and then if I say it quickly it does change a little bit okay
listen entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur
I'm saying it so fast that it's almost difficult to understand and to hear what
I'm saying right entrepreneur entrepreneur it almost sounds like
entrepreneur or entrepreneur entrepreneur oh man okay I'm
even having trouble showing you how to say this entrepreneur entrepreneur
entrepreneur by the way I forgot to say this earlier in the video if you're the
kind of person that likes to see the words written on the screen please turn
on the subtitles I don't add them to the video because the reason you struggle
with the pronunciation in the first place is probably the spelling the
spelling often has nothing to do with the way
words are pronounced and this is why I've actually had trouble with spelling
my entire life you probably don't know this about me but spelling has never
been easy for me and I still frequently misspell lots of words because I tend
to try to write things the way that they sound and English just is not a phonetic
language like that okay next word inevitably inevitably inevitably
inevitably okay I'm saying it quickly so you can see and hear how the word is
rolling around in my mouth and it just rolls off of my tongue okay inevitably thought thought now the
spelling of this word has a T at the end but we don't say thought okay you
have to make a glottal stop and say thought thought you're cutting off the
sound in the back of your throat okay next architecture architecture architect
architect architecture architecture architecture regularly regularly regular
regular regularly regularly question question question question question
question do you have a question do you have a question I have a question
unfortunately unfortunate unfortunately
unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately iron iron iron okay this
one is difficult I'm sure because of the R sound and a lot of people struggle with
this sound it's not "Irron" okay you're not gonna roll your tongue
or anything like that iron iron iron iron iron it sounds
like I earn like I earn money when I work iron okay anyways February February this
one of the words that I always misspell because the spelling looks like
February but the way we say it is February
February February literally literally she literally said that literally
literally litter litter litter so notice I'm not saying lit-er litter its
litter litter litter Li literally sixth sixth on the sixth day sixth sixth okay
so you have to get the KS sound in there the K s sound six so they are two
voiceless sounds next to each other the K and the S and then stick your tongue
between your teeth for the sixth sixth sixth okay I know it is difficult but
you got this keep practicing you will get it world world
now this is a weird word also because it has the R sound were were old world world
world and that D notice I'm not saying world okay I'm stopping the sound in the
back of my throat again world okay but I'm lifting my tongue in the front as if
I'm going to make the D sound but I don't bring it down I do not flap it for
the D okay I do not say world I don't bring the tongue down but I do stop the
sound in the back of my mouth and lift my tongue to get ready for the D sound
but I don't make it okay world try that daughter daughter
daughter daughter width width the width is 5 feet width now this word is
also difficult because of that glottal stop so I don't say wiDTh
okay I say width width width so you do have to make a glottal stop in
between the I and the TH sound that is the D it is not wiDTh okay its width width
width width the width is 5 feet next hallelujah
or hallelujah people pronounce this word a couple different ways right so you
have hallelujah hallelujah or you have hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
hallelujah congratulations congratulations this is a very important
word to know because you have to use it all the time but if you struggle with
saying the long version you can just say hey congrats Congrats the long version
would be congratulations congratulate
congratulate congratulations congratulations
changed she changed her hair color changed watched watched I hear a lot of
people say watchED it it's not watchED it's watched with that T sound at the end
okay the T watched characteristic characteristic so again we're glottalizing
that C I'm not actually saying charaCteristic because it's really
difficult try saying CT CT it doesn't work so we say characteristic
characteristic characteristic characteristic
schedule schedule schedule I do hear a lot of people
mispronouncing this one schedule schedule should've should've you should
have told me should've should've okay this is the contraction of should have
and when people say this quickly they literally
just say should've and it sounds like should of okay and some people even
misspell it because it literally sounds literally literally literally it
literally sounds like should of so they spell should of when it should be the
contraction of should have okay should 've and could've could've could've
okay notice how the 'VE part is very reduced
I'm not saying could OF I mean some people do say that sometimes you could
have told me right but if you're saying it quickly you're just gonna say could've
you could've told me could've could've could've you could've
told me unconscious unconscious unconscious unconscious caught
caught caught so I'm not saying caughT right we are glottalizing that T I'm
saying caught I caught you I caught you vocabulary
vocabulary vocabulary okay I don't really say vocabulary no
vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary murderer that's a tough one
murderer he's a murderer or the guy in the TV show is a murderer murderer so
you're basically saying murder ER right you're adding your doing ER ER but it
almost sounds like one long ER murderer murderer so what I like to tell people
is just sit on it right murderer murderer murderer and try it again and
again until you get it right you will get it comfortable come come
comfortable comfortable comfortable 33 33 he is 33 years old 30
30 30 30 33 33 available available museum we're gonna go to the
museum museum later we're gonna go to the museum
later museum museum museum we are gonna go to the museum later
research research research worth worth
worth worth so I've noticed that you guys struggle a lot with the WOR sound world
worth word okay so these are words that you have to I was gonna say that you
have to struggle with these are words that you have to practice again and
again WOR get that sound in your head WOR so you can say it
automatically match the tone match the pitch match the sound you will get it
opportunity opportunity opportunity
this is a great opportunity opportunity to practice your pronunciation through
through through through though though though unfortunately unfortunate
unfortunate on for unfortune unfortunate unfortunately unfortunately
unfortunately unfortunately foreign foreign foreign foreign
throughout throughout throughout thoroughly thoroughly
thoroughly thoroughly posture posture I always have to work on my posture
posture posture truth truth be careful when you see the TR
together because most of the time it makes that CH sound truth tree treason okay
throw throw throw walk walk work work work work although although
although earthquake earthquake earthquake notice I'm cutting off the
K sound I don't really say earthquaKe okay it's earthquake earthquake you really
have to practice that glottal stop because we use it so much in English
rarely rarely rare rare rare rare ly rarely approximately approximate
approximate approximately approximately approximately approximately thirteen
13:13 jewelry jewelry Jewelry jewelry jewel jewel jewel
and some people say jewelry jewelry jewel jewel jewel jewelry
smoothie smoothie smoothie I've heard people mess this one up to
smoothie smoothie smooth smooth smooth smooth smoothie even
even even even even event event event tomorrow we're going to a
big event event event Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts
Massachusetts Massachusetts acquaintances
acquaintances acquaintances acquaint acquaint acquaint acquaintances ok
acquaintance phenomenon phenomenon phenomenon
phenomena phenomenon phenomenon
phenomenon phenomenon choir choir choir she sings in a choir choir choir battery
battery batter batter batter batter batter battery battery unbelieve believed
believable unbelievable unbelievable appropriate appropriate appropriate
appropriate appropriate appreciate appreciate appreciate
young young he is a young man young young bottle bottle battle
battle bottle bottle battle battle button button button button button
mountain mountain that's a big mountain mountain mountain mountain mountain
would would get some wood so we can make a fire wood we need wood to make a fire
wood good that's a good idea good good conscientious conscientious
anxious anxious anxious conscientious Rhapsody Rhapsody
Rhapsody Carol Carol this is a person's name Carol Carol
pearl pearl pearl the oyster had a pearl inside okay you guys that's all
I have time for in this video but if there are other words that you're
struggling with if you want me to make another video like this please let me
know in the comments let me know what words you struggle with let me know if
this video helped you I know it was really long and we covered lots of words
so maybe it was really boring sorry but I'm really hoping that I can help as
many of you as possible with as many words as possible by making videos like
this so again if you struggle with any words in English that I did not cover in
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