How To Pronounce Pretty in American English
56,428 views ・ 2015-12-15
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Hello, everyone.
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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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I got a request on how to pronounce
the word "pretty", "pretty".
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So here we go.
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The word begins with a 'p' sound.
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'p' 'p'.
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For this, you have to bring your
lips together 'p' - and release air.
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Then you shift directly to the R - 'pr'.
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So here, you want to be prepared with the
R, so the tongue goes up as you pronounce
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the P - 'pr', and then you round your lips
right after the P for the R sound: 'pri-'.
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Then you shift to an 'i'
as in "ship" vowel sound.
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'pri' 'pri', for this, the jaw drops
a little bit, the lips are relaxed
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and the tongue pushes forward: 'pri'.
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It's not 'pree', okay?
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It's a relaxed 'i' sound: 'pri' 'pri'.
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Then the T sounds like a
D - it's a flap T, 'pridee'.
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It's a very light D, right.
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It's not 'priDee' or 'priTee',
it's a relaxed flap T.
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Pretty.
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Pretty.
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You can check out the
video for the flap T.
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Pretty.
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Pretty.
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The last vowel is a high E sound.
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So it's different than the first
'i', so it's 'pridee', right.
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It's not 'preetee',
it's not the same vowel.
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'pridee'.
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So the tongue has to move really
quickly from the relaxed 'i'
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to the flap T to the high E.
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For the high E the lips pull
to the sides a little bit, and
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the tongue pushes more forward.
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'pridee'.
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Pretty, pretty.
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Pretty good.
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It's very pretty.
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Pretty much.
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Pretty.
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Alright.
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Practice it, and I'm sure
you'll become pretty good at it.
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So, have fun with it.
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If you have any questions about
how to pronounce other words,
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please post them below this video.
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In the meantime, have a good week and
I'll see you next week in the next video.
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Bye.
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