How to pronounce GENRE in American English

Hi guys, it's Hadar and this is The Accents Way - your way to finding clarity,

confidence and freedom in English. Judy asked me to explain how to pronounce the

word 'genre'. Genre. Now, this word is derived from French. Now in French you

pronounce this word as one syllable. Something like this -

"genre" "genre"

Sorry French speakers, I'm not a French speaker. So I guess it's somewhat

close but it's not like how you pronounce it in American English,

although it's the same spelling. All right. So a lot of non-native speakers

still try to make it like the French pronunciation "genre" okay, and no. You have

to remember that it's two syllables. So the first syllable is "jaan". It's

a 'zh' sound, then the 'ah' as in "father" and then an 'N' sound - "jaan". The second

syllable is an 'R' sound and a schwa - "ruh" "ruh". So basically it's

just like you're making an 'R' sound and you forget to stop speaking - "ruh" "ruh".

Okay, so it's "jaan-ruh" - 'genre'. Genre. What's your favorite

genre? Genre. Alright? Good! I know it's not the most common word but

I know that a lot of speakers get stuck when they say this word

because they just don't know how to use it so they don't use it and then they

don't talk about sophisticated things like different literary genres. Alright?

So, there you go! I hope this solves your problems.

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