How to pronounce 'interpretation' | American English
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Howdy, it's Hadar.
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And this is the Accent's Way,
your way to finding clarity,
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Sucre asked me to explain how to
pronounce the word 'interpretation'.
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So we're going to talk about the
word 'interpretation' and the
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verb 'to interpret', 'interpret'.
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The word 'interpretation' begins
with 'in', as in 'come in'.
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'in'.
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It's a relaxed 'I' sound, and then we
lift the tongue up for the N - 'in'.
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Then we drop to a schwa sound: t'r.
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So it's a T sound, and then you
pull it in for the R directly.
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There is no vowel there, it's a reduced
vowel: 't'r' as in Turkey or terminal.
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t'r.
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The second syllable is
yet another schwa - pr'.
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So it's a P sound, then you pull
it in for an R - pr, and then you
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relax the tongue for a schwa - pr'.
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Then the primary stress - a
strong T with a long 'ei' - TEI.
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'in-t'r-pr'-TEI'.
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So you go higher in pitch
for the primary stress.
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And then you drop again to a
schwa - to reduced vowel - in sh'n:
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a SH sound, then directly N - sh'n.
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'in-t'r-pr'-TEI-sh'n'.
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Now, the verb 'to interpret' is almost
the same, except for the stress.
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So, the stress here shifts
to the second syllable.
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We begin the same: 'in' and then T'R.
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It sounds the same because
it's the 'ur' as in STIR vowel
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sound, it's just like the schwa.
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So, you don't pronounce...
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it's not 'in-TER', although
there is an E here.
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It's a T that shifts
to the R directly: T'R.
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'in-T'R'.
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And then you drop to 'pr't':
pr - pull the tongue in for the R,
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round your lips - pr, schwa- pr'.
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And then you close it with a T - pr't.
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You don't pop the T, so it
doesn't have to be 'interpreT'.
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No, a T at the end of the word
is sometimes just an abrupt
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stop of air: 'in-T'R-pr't'.
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All right?
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Good.
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