How to pronounce EQUALITY (and hear the difference between the light😇 and dark👹 L)

Hey, it's Hadar and this is the Accent's Way. Thank you for joining me and today

we are going to talk about the important word 'equality'. Equality. Equality has four

syllables. We begin with "i" "i", as an 'sit' - "i". So it's not 'ee' - "ee-quality" - but "i". To

make this sound you want to drop your jaw bit, the tongue rolls forward and the

lips are relaxed - "i" "i". The second syllable is 'qwaa' - "qwaa". A 'k' sound then a "wuh", a W sound and

the 'ah' as in 'father' - "i-qwaa" "i-qwaa". The next syllable is 'luh'. An L sound and a schwa -

"luh". It's a reduced vowel "uh" "uh" "luh". The L is a little heavy so it's not "la"

"la". It's not just the tip of the tongue touching the upper palate. You also

engage the muscles here - "luh" - but you don't want to make it too dark - "la" "la".

That's a dark L and we don't want to have it before vowels in the middle of the word.

"Luh" "luh". "I-qwaa-luh" and then the last syllable is 'ty', but when the 't' sound appears

between two vowels, it becomes a flap T and it sounds like a D - "luh-dee" "luh-dee". We

ended up with a high E - "luh-dee". "I-qwaa-luh-dee". Equality. By the way, when the relaxed 'ih'

sound, as in 'sit', appears in a secondary stress position, meaning we hear an 'ih'

sound but it's not the primary stress, we often drop it to a schwa, or we can drop

it to a schwa. Equality. Equality. That's also, okay but the proper pronunciation

is 'ick' 'ick' - "i-qwaa-luh-dee". When you say the word 'equal', the primary stress falls on

the E, and that's a high E - "equal" - but the word

'equality' is a little different, where the stress shifts to 'qwaa' and the tense E

becomes 'ih'. "I-qwaa-luh-dee", "EE-qw'l". Equality. We need more equality in the world.

Equality. Okay, that's it! That's the pronunciation of this word and now let's

turn it into practice and write down in the comments below one sentence with

the word 'equality'. Okay? Not only that you practice your vocabulary that way, you

also help others by creating more sentences to practice because you always

want to practice in context. Remember that. Okay, that's it! Thank you so much for

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