How to pronounce 'CONGRATULATIONS' | American English

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Hi guys.
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It's Hadar, and this is the Accent's Way, your way to finding clarity,
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confidence, and freedom in English.
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Let's say that your friend is celebrating something, and you want
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to congratulate them on that event.
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And you are coming up to them and you say, "Hey, congratu..."
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and you get stuck.
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Why?
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Because it's a long word, and the spelling does not correspond with pronunciation
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exactly, and you get frustrated.
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And then you get in your head and then, you know, why feel that weight?
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So, let's practice the word 'congratulations' so you can go ahead
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and congratulate everyone around you.
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So let's begin with a beginning.
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"k'n" - it's a 'k' sound, a schwa, and an 'n', a weak syllable.
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k'n.
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Then you have a secondary stress syllable - 'gra'.
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It's a G sound, an R - round your lips, and open your mouth to the
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A as in cat: 'gra-', as in the word 'gratitude', or 'graduate'.
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'gra-'.
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Then it's a weak syllable again: 'k'n-gra-dj'.
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Although it's spelled with a T, it's actually pronounced as a
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'dj' - a D and a J together - 'dj'.
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And a schwa, of course, a weak syllable.
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'k'n-gra-dj-'.
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Then the primary stress of the word: L, and then EI as in
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'day' - LEI, as in "late" - LEI.
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And then another weak syllable - 'sh'n-z': a 'sh', a schwa, and
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an N - 'sh'n-z', a Z at the end.
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'sh'n-z'.
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'k'n-gra-dj'-LEI-sh'n-z'.
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Congratulations.
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Now, another interesting thing about this word is the rhythm, okay?
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Not every syllable receives the same beat.
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So it's not con-gra-tu-la-tions, con-gra-tu-la-tions, but it's
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'k'n-gra-dj'-LEI-sh'n-z': short, longer, short, LONGER, short.
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ta-da-da-DA-da.
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'k'n-gra-dj'-LEI-sh'n-z'.
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While the LEI is the primary stress, it's also higher in pitch.
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Congratulations.
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"Congratulations on your anniversary".
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Congratulations for saying 'congratulations'.
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All right, that's it.
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I think we had enough for today.
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Have a great week, and come on over to my website to check it out and get
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more great content every single week.
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Have a great, great week.
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And I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Bye.
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