How to pronounce 'Eventually' and 'Actually' | American English

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I got a question from Rim Halil asking me how to pronounce the word 'eventually'.

There are actually two ways to pronounce this word.

One is 'uh-VEN-chuw-uh-lee', and the other one is 'uh-VEN-sh'-lee'.

You can see that the second pronunciation is a bit more casual,

more reduced, and this is what we're going to focus on today.

We begin with a schwa sound - 'uh' - very reduced.

Relax your jaw, relax your tongue and release a really quick sound: 'uh'.

Then we move on to 'VEN'.

It's a V sound, so bring your bottom lip and teeth together, and

open it to an 'e' as in red: VEN.

Don't drop your jaw too much, then it's going to sound like 'VAN', all right?

'VEN'.

'uh-VEN', and then it's a SH sound and a schwa - sh'.

'uh-VEN-sh'.

Then you end it with 'lee': 'uh-VEN-sh'-lee'.

The VEN is the primary stress, so you also go a little higher in pitch.

'uh-VEN-sh'-lee'.

Eventually.

Notice that the word 'actually' sounds pretty much the same.

I can say 'AK-chuw-uh-lee', right?

That's the longer pronunciation.

And you can reduce it to 'AK-shuh-lee'.

The ending is the same: 'shuh-lee'.

'uh-VEN-shuh-lee' - 'AK-shuh-lee'.

Actually.

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