DAYS OF THE WEEK | How to Pronounce with an American accent

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Accent's Way English with Hadar


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Hey, it's Hadar, and this is the Accent's Way.
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Today, I'm gonna teach you how to say the
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Days of the Week.
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So it's pretty simple, they all end with day.
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To say the word day, you want to start with a D sound,
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and then it's ei as in day.
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So if you don't have the ei diphthong in your language,
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you're probably pronouncing is as de, de.
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You have to reach an I sound at the end, dei,
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and see that there is transition from one sound to another.
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Dei.
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The day is always the unstressed part.
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So whatever comes first, the first syllable of the
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days of the week, is always higher in pitch.
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So let's start with Sunday.
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Sunday, you start with an S and then it's a cup sound, cup.
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A cup is a stressed schwa.
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So you really don't need to do anything to make the sound,
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just push the voice out and don't
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open your mouth so much for it.
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Cup, suhn, suhn-dei, Sunday.
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The next word is Monday, although there is an O,
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it's not an ow, Mownday,
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but muhn, like month.
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Like cup, like sun, a stressed schwa, a cup sound.
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The tongue is pushed forward, the lips are relaxed
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completely, don't round then.
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Muhn, muhn, muhn-dei.
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Then we have Tuesday, here just think of saying
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the word tu, tu.
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You can also say tyuwz-dei, but I recommend
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you say tu, tu.
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It's more contemporary, tu.
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So it's a tʰ sound, there is a small breath there
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like an H because it's an aspirated T at the
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beginning of words, that's what happens.
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Tʰ, tʰ.
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And then it's the uw as in food.
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So there is transition there and then I close it
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with a round uw sound.
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Tuw, tuw.
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And then a Z sound.
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Tuwz, tuwz, dei.
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Tuesday, Tuesday.
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Wednesday, Wednesday.
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It is not wed - ends - day,
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but wen, as in when was the party?
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A Z sound again, and dei.
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Wenz-dei.
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We, drop your jaw a little bit for the e sound,
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so it's not super closed.
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We, we, wenz-dei.
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And make sure to go through the diphthong
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of the ei as in day.
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Imagine like you have a little yuh sound at the end.
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Wednesday.
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Thursday is always a tricky word for non-native speakers
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because you have the TH sound and the R,
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and all of it in one word, Thursday.
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So start with the tongue out for the TH
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and then pull it in for an R, th'r, directly.
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It's not there, it's not thuwr, it's a soft TH
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and then you pull it for an R and push your lips forward.
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Th'r, th'r.
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And then again a Z sound, and then the dei.
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Th'rz-dei
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By the way I have a video just about
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Tuesday versus Thursday if you're
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getting these two confused,
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so you can check it out on the link below.
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Friday, here it's an F sound that is
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moving directly for an R.
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So my tip here would be to bring the tip of the tongue
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up for the R, er, make sure the tongue is not touching
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anything and the lips are rounded.
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And then just pronounce the F sound for the R, fr.
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As your tongue is waiting there for the R,
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Fr, fr, then drop your jaw quite open and then pronounce
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the ai as in my.
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Frai, frai, and again, finish it up with dei.
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Frai-dei, frai-dei.
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And lastly, Saturday, Saturday.
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Three syllables.
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The first one is sa, sa, that's also the primary syllable
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so it's going to be longer and higher in pitch.
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Sa-d'r, flap t and a schwa.
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Sa-d'r, not sa-ter, but sa-d'r.
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Sa-d'r, and then dei at the end.
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Sa-d'r-dei.
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Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
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Wednesday, Thursday,
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Friday, Saturday.
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That's it, I hope this was helpful.
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Let me know in the comments below,
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what is the one day that you struggle with its
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pronunciation the most?
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And also tell me, what is your favorite day of the week?
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I really wanna know.
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Have a great week, don't forget to subscribe
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I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Bye!
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