How to pronounce the word 'frustrating'

Hey, guys, it's Hadar. And this is The Accent's Way.

A word that keeps coming up when my students

express their feeling when they're communicating in English

is the word 'frustrating'.

And there is nothing more frustrating

than trying to say this word

and not being able to say it,

or not getting it right.

So today, I'm gonna teach you how to

say the word 'frustrating' so you can

express your frustration clearly and accurately.

So let's start.

Start with an F sound.

For that, you bring the bottom lip to the

top teeth, release air. And as you're

pronouncing the F sound, you're already

waiting with your tongue up there for the R.

[fr-]

So the only thing you need to do when

you shift to the R is just round your lips.

[fr-]

And then you open your mouth to the 'uh' as in 'cup'

[fruh-]

Which is just like a schwa with a bit more emphasis.

[frus-]

That's the primary stress of the word.

[frus-]

The second syllable is [chrei]

Ei as in 'day'.

So it's not frus-TRA-ting,

the second syllable is not stressed.

It's not frust-REH-ting, it's not an 'eh' sound.

It's [frus-chrei], [chrei].

When the TR go together it often sounds like

a CH sound instead of a T.

Listen: [frus-chrei], [chrei], like 'train'.

[frus-chrei]

And then you end it with flap T:

[frus-chrei- ding], [ding], so it sounds just like a D.

You can say [frus-chrei-Ting], that's also okay

but you can make it a little smoother and softer

and more American by making it a flap T.

[frus-chrei-ding]

It's very frustrating to know what you wanna say

but not being able to say it.

Frustrating.

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