How to pronounce 'opportunity' | American English

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Farhan asked me to make a video on the word 'opportunity'.

So I figured, hey, it's a great opportunity to talk

about the word 'opportunity'.

Right?

Okay.

Let's just start.

We begin with the 'ah' as in 'father' vowel sound.

'ah'.

Relax your lips, drop your jaw, relax your tongue and pull it

back a bit, make sure it's flat.

'ah'.

It's not 'Opportunity', although it's spelled with an O, no.

Think about it like it has two A's - 'aa', 'aa', 'aapportunity'.

Then we shift to p'r, p'r, as in 'perfect' or 'person'.

It's a P, and then shifting to an R directly - p'r.

Then the primary stress is 'TU', like the word 'two', the number two.

It's a strong T sound and a long 'uw'.

Think like you're adding a small W at the end - TUW.

It's not 'TUnity', it's 'TUW'.

Then n'.

An N sound: lift the tongue up for the N, it's a nasal sound, and a schwa - n'.

And then the end - 'dee', the T is flat.

n'-dee.

aa-p'r-TUW-n'-dee.

Listen to the music of the word as well.

aa-p'r-TUW - I go higher in pitch for the primary stress.

aa-p'r-TUW-n'-dee.

Opportunity.

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