How to say CORPORATE vs. COOPERATE | American English

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Today I want to talk about the two words:

'corporate' and 'cooperate'.

Corporate - cooperate.

The first word has two syllables.

The first one is 'core'. Core. Just like the word 'core' or 'four'. Core.

The second syllable is pr', pr'. So basically it's a P sound

and then an R and T at the end. Pr', pr'.

Since it's a stop T or a held T

you barely hear the T sound. It's just an abrupt stop of the R sound.

Listen. Pr't. Pr't.

And that's enough. Cor-porate. Corporate.

The second word - 'cooperate' has four syllables: co-o-pe-rate.

Alright? And basically it's two words that come together.

'Co' and 'operate'. 'Co' - a K sound, then O as in 'go' - 'Co'.

Then you open it to the A as in father sound - co-a. Now since you connect both vowels together

it feels like there is an intrusive 'wa' sound as a W sound right in the middle. Listen.

Co-wa. Co-wa.

Then you have P' -

a P sound and a schwa - co-wa-p'.

And the ending is 'reit'. Just like the word 'rate' - co-wa-p'reit.

Alright? So at the end of the word

'corporate' it's a there is a schwa sound there - 'core-pr't'.

And here it ends with 'reit', there is the A vowel - reit.

And the T again as a held T, so you barely hear.

You don't hear 'reiT'. Cooperate.

Corporate - cooperate.

Same goes for 'corporation' and 'cooperation'.

The ending is the same here: core-p'-(schwa)-REI-(primary stress)-sh'n.

A schwa again. Core-p'-rei-sh'n. And co-wa-p' - and the end again is the same - rei-sh'n.

Corporation - cooperation. Simple and quick.

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