How to pronounce Angry, Hungry and... Hangry! | American Accent

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Hi, 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 talk about the two words: angry and hungry.
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Angry and hungry.
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I often hear my students confuse these two words.
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So let's break down the differences between those two.
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Let's begin, actually, with the end- 'gry'.
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We start with a G sound and then we move to an R.
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Lift the tongue up, round your lips: 'gr', 'gry'.
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And then open it to an 'ee' as in "see" - 'gry'.
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The beginning is different.
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In the word 'angry' as "I'm angry at you", the vowel at the beginning is
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basically an A as in cat sound - A.
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And then we move to an NG sound: 'an'.
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But in American English, when the A as in cat appears before an
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NG sound, it reduces to an 'ei' sound: 'ein(g)-gry', 'ein(g)-gry'.
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All right?
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So again, long 'a', getting to an NG sound: the tongue goes up in the back, and
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the air is coming out through the nose.
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'ein(g)-gry', and then a 'gry' sound - 'ein(g)-gry'.
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The word 'hungry' is a different.
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Here we begin with an H sound, all right, it's like I'm whispering.
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And then it's a reduced 'uh' sound - huh, huh.
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It's like a schwa - huh - 'huhn(g)-gry', 'huhn(g)-gry'.
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You hear the difference?
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angry - hungry.
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If I reduce the 'h' in the word hungry, it's going to sound like this,
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listen: 'ein(g)-gry' - 'uhn(g)-gry'.
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Pretty similar, right?
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So we want to distinguish the two, therefore the H sound is pretty important.
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So again, just release air before the word "hungry".
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It's like the H in the word "Hi", right?
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You don't say "'ai', how are you?", you say "'hai', how are you?"
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So you say 'huhngry' and 'eingry".
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"I'm pretty hungry right now".
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"I'm angry at you".
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Good.
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Now, did you know that there was a new word in American
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English, and it is "hangry"?
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Hangry.
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It's actually a combination of the two words: angry and hungry.
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And do you know what it means?
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I bet you do, because it's a very valid feeling that you feel when
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you're angry because you're hungry.
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And that's what I feel right now.
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So, I'm going to go and eat something, and you are going to subscribe to
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my YouTube channel in the meantime.
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And that's it.
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Thank you for watching.
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I will see you next week in the next video.
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Bye.
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