British English Pronunciation Practice - "Inconsistent" Poem & Explanation

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Hello everyone, Anna here  from English Like a Native.
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Hello lil kulħadd, Anna hawn mill-Ingliż Like a Native.
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Today we're doing something  a little bit different.
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Illum qed nagħmlu xi ħaġa xi ftit differenti.
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We are delving into the world of poetry.
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Qed nidħlu fid-dinja tal-poeżija.
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Now I have a series of  pronunciation poems coming your way.
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Issa għandi sensiela ta’ poeżiji tal-pronunzja ġejjin fi triqtek.
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And today I'm going to be breaking  down the poem “Inconsistent”.
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U llum ser inkun qed inkisser il-poeżija “Inkonsistenti”.
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So, let's hear the poem. First of all
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Mela, ejja nisimgħu l-poeżija. L-ewwelnett
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English pronunciation is quite tricky, it’s true,
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il-pronunzja Ingliża hija pjuttost delikata, huwa veru,
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As blue, and blew too, they rhyme with two.
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Kif blu, u nefaħ ukoll, jirrimaw bi tnejn.
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There’s little consistency between fear and bear,
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Ftit hemm konsistenza bejn il-biża u l-ors,
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The latter rhyming with there, their, and they’re.
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L-aħħar rhyming ma hemm, tagħhom, u dawn qed.
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And that’s not the worst of it, consider the ‘o’,
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U dak mhux l-agħar minnha, ikkunsidra l-'o',
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Lacks consistency between dot, do and don’t.
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M'għandux konsistenza bejn tikka, tagħmel u ma tagħmilx.
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What has not got an ‘o’, nor has because.
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Dak li m'għandux 'o', u lanqas għandu għaliex.
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A cause of confusion is has and was.
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Kawża ta' konfużjoni hija għandha u kienet.
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Though, thought and through boggle the mind.
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Għalkemm, ħsieb u permezz boggle-moħħ.
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Tough stuff our words, they are not well designed
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Jittieħed iebsa kliem tagħna, mhumiex iddisinjati sew
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Fork rhymes with walk, and bird with word,
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Furketta rhymes ma walk, u għasfur bil-kelma,
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Foot rhymes with put, not boot. I heard…
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Foot rhymes ma put, mhux boot. Smajt...
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…learning English is hard, so here’s what to do,
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...titgħallem l-Ingliż huwa diffiċli, allura hawn x'għandek tagħmel,
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Prioritise pronunciation and you will fly through.
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Ipprijoritizza l-pronunzja u int se ttajjar.
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Did you enjoy that?
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Ħadt gost hekk?
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If you did, and you'd like to print out your  own copy of this poem with my signature on it,  
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Jekk għamilt, u tixtieq tipprintja l-kopja tiegħek ta' din il-poeżija bil-firma tiegħi fuqha,
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then you can I'll leave a link down below.
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allura tista' nħalli link hawn taħt.
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Okay, so let's break this poem down.
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Tajjeb, mela ejja nkissru din il-poeżija.
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Let's start!
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Ejja nibdew!
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English pronunciation is quite tricky, it's true...
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Pronunzja Ingliża hija pjuttost delikata, huwa veru...
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And this is the first of our /u:/, sounds.
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U dan huwa l-ewwel /u:/, ħsejjes tagħna.
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It's true. As blue and blew  too. They rhyme with two.
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Hija l-verita. Kif blu u nefaħ ukoll. Jirrimaw bi tnejn.
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So here we have a repeat of this long /u:/ vowel  in ‘true’, ‘blue’, ‘blew’, ‘too’ and ‘two’.
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Allura hawnhekk għandna ripetizzjoni ta’ din il-vokali twila /u:/ f’‘veru’, ‘blu’, ‘blaw’, ‘wisq’ u ‘tnejn’.
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Now the word ‘rhyme’, ‘rhyme’  that has an unusual spelling.
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Issa l-kelma 'rima', 'rima' li għandha ortografija mhux tas-soltu.
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But the pronunciation is /raım/, /raım/, /raım/.
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Iżda l-pronunzja hija /raım/, /raım/, /raım/.
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Okay?
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Okay?
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English pronunciation is quite tricky, it's true
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Il-pronunzja Ingliża hija pjuttost delikata, huwa veru
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As blue and blew too, they rhyme with two.
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Kif blu u nefaħ ukoll, jirrimaw bi tnejn.
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There's little consistency (in  pronunciation) between fear and bear.
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Ftit hemm konsistenza (fil-pronunzja) bejn il-biża u l-ors.
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Now, hear that difference.
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Issa, isma 'dik id-differenza.
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Fear /fıə/.
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Biża /fıə/.
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Bear /beə/.
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Ors /beə/.
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Fear, /ıə/, like your ear. 
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Biża, /ıə/, bħal widnejk.
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Bear /beə/, like chair /ʧeə/,  hair /heə/, where /weə/.
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Ors /beə/, bħal siġġu /ʧeə/, xagħar /heə/, fejn /weə/.
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Like the air we breathe.
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Bħall-arja li nieħdu n-nifs.
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So, we have ‘ear’ and ‘air’,
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Allura, għandna 'widna' u 'arja',
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‘ear’ and ‘air’.
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'widna' u 'arja'.
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Fear /fıə/. Bear /beə/.
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Biża /fıə/. Ors /beə/.
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Okay, so they are different even  though that spelling is the same.
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Tajjeb, allura huma differenti minkejja li dik l-ortografija hija l-istess.
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The latter, rhyming with there, their and they’re.
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L-aħħar, rhyming ma hemm, tagħhom u dawn qed.
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Okay, so the word ‘latter’ means  the last in the previous list.
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Tajjeb, allura l-kelma "tal-aħħar" tfisser l-aħħar fil-lista preċedenti.
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So, the last in the previous list was a list of  two ‘fear’ and ‘bear’ and the latter was ‘bear’.
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Għalhekk, l-aħħar fil-lista preċedenti kienet lista ta' żewġ 'biża' u 'ors' u din tal-aħħar kienet 'ors'.
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And it's saying the last one ‘bear’ rhymes  with ‘there’, ‘their’ and ‘they’re’.
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U qed tgħid li l-aħħar wieħed ‘iġorr’ jirrima ma’ ‘hemm’, ‘tagħhom’ u ‘huma’.
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Three different words.
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Tliet kelmiet differenti.
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And they all have the same sound.
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U kollha għandhom l-istess ħoss.
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Exactly the same sound.
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Eżattament l-istess ħoss.
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The last one as well.
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L-aħħar wieħed ukoll.
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Pay close attention to contraction pronunciations  because many students don't like to pronounce  
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Oqgħod attent ħafna għall-pronunzji tal-kontrazzjoni għax ħafna studenti ma jħobbux jippronunzjaw
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contractions in a different way to the  single words, many students would see  
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kontrazzjonijiet b'mod differenti mill-kliem waħdieni, ħafna studenti jaraw
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that word and say ‘they’re’ but try to pronounce  the contraction ‘they’re /ðeə/’, ‘they’re /ðeə/’.
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dik il-kelma u jgħidu 'huma' iżda jippruvaw jippronunzjaw il-kontrazzjoni 'huma /ðeə. /', 'huma /ðeə/'.
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Let's move on.
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Ejja nimxu fuq.
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And that's not the worst of it. Consider the ‘o’,
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U dak mhux l-agħar minnha. Ikkunsidra l-'o',
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Lacks consistency between dot, do and don't.
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M'għandux konsistenza bejn tikka, tagħmel u ma tagħmilx.
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So, look at these three words ‘dot’, ‘do’,‘don't’.
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Allura, ħares lejn dawn it-tliet kelmiet 'tikka', 'tagħmel', 'ma tagħmilx'.
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How are we pronouncing that ‘o’? In the first we have /ɒ/, in the second we  
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Kif qed nippronunzjaw dik 'o'? Fl-ewwel għandna /ɒ/, fit-tieni għandna
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have /uː/, in the third we have /əʊ/. /ɒ/, /uː/, /əʊ/
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/uː/, fit-tielet għandna /əʊ/. /ɒ/, /uː/, /əʊ/
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/dɒ/, /duː/, /dəʊ/ dot /dɒt/, do /duː/, don't /dəʊnt/.
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/dɒ/, /duː/, /dəʊ/ tikka /dɒt/, tagħmel /duː/, ma /dəʊnt/.
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So, there is a lack in pronunciation  consistency then we go on to say
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Allura, hemm nuqqas fil-konsistenza tal-pronunzja allura nkomplu ngħidu
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What has not got an ‘o’ /ɒ/...
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What does not got an 'o' /ɒ/...
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but we still pronounce it like it has ‘o’ /ɒ/,
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imma xorta nippronunzjawha qisu għandha 'o' /ɒ/,
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/wɒ/, /wɒt/.
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/wɒ/, /wɒt /.
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But it has not got an ‘o’ in the way it's written.
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Imma m'għandux 'o' fil-mod kif inkiteb.
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... nor has because.
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... u lanqas għandha għaliex.
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Because /bɪˊkɒz/.
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Minħabba li /bɪˊkɒz/.
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Now here that -ause /ɒz/, /ɒ/, /ɒ/
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Issa hawn li -ause /ɒz/, /ɒ/, /ɒ/
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-cause /kɒz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/
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-cause /kɒz/, għax /bɪˊkɒz/
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So, ‘what’ and ‘because’  both have this ‘o’ /ɒ/ sound.
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Mela, 'xiex' u 'għax' it-tnejn għandhom dan il-ħoss 'o' /ɒ/.
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What has not got an o, nor has because. A cause of confusion is has an was.
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Dak li ma ltqajna o, u lanqas għandu għaliex. Kawża ta' konfużjoni hija għandha kienet.
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Did you hear the difference between  how I pronounce ‘cause’ /kɔːz/ when  
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Smajt id-differenza bejn kif nippronunzja 'cause' /kɔːz/ meta
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it's on its own as opposed to when  it's in the word ‘because’ /bɪˊkɒz/.
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tkun waħedha għall-kuntrarju ta' meta tkun fil-kelma 'because' /bɪˊkɒz/.
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Cause /kɔːz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/.
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Ikkawża /kɔːz/, għax /bɪˊkɒz/.
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Cause /kɔːz/, because /bɪˊkɒz/.
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Ikkawża /kɔːz/, għax /bɪˊkɒz/.
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In ‘because’ /bɪˊkɒz/ it’s short /ɒ/, but  in cause /kɔːz/ we have this long /ɔː/. 
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F''għax' /bɪˊkɒz/ huwa qasir /ɒ/, iżda f'kawża /kɔːz/ għandna dan /ɔː/ twil.
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/ɒ/ - /ɔː/
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/ɒ/ - /ɔː/
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/ɒ/ - /ɔː/ because /bɪˊkɒz/ – cause /kɔːz/
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/ɒ/ - /ɔː/ għaliex /bɪˊkɒz/ – kawża /kɔːz/
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A cause of confusion is has and was.
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Kawża ta’ konfużjoni hija għandha u kienet.
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They both have an ‘-as’, but ‘has’  is /..əz/ and ‘was’ is /..ɒz/
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It-tnejn għandhom '-as', iżda 'għandha' hija /..əz/ u 'was' hija /..ɒz/
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/..əz/ - /..ɒz/
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/..əz/ - /..ɒz/
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So confusing.
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Allura konfuża.
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Next.
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Li jmiss.
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Though, thought and through...
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Għalkemm, ħsibt u permezz...
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Though /ðəʊ/, thought /θɔ:t / and through /θru:/
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Għalkemm /ðəʊ/, ħsibt /θɔ:t / u permezz /θru:/
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they boggle the mind.
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iħaffu l-moħħ.
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They look so similar but they're so different.
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Jidhru daqshekk simili imma huma tant differenti.
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Tough stuff...
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Tough stuff...
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They both rhyme, tough – stuff.
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It-tnejn jirrimaw, tough - stuff.
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Tough stuff our words, they are not well designed.
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Jittieħed iebsa kliemna, mhumiex iddisinjati sew.
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Fork rhymes with walk, bird with word Foot /fʊt/ rhymes with put /pʊt/, not boot /bu:t/.
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Furketta jirrima bil-mixja, għasfur bil-kelma Sieq /fʊt/ jirrima ma put /pʊt/, mhux boot /bu:t/.
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I heard…
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…learning English is hard, so here’s what to do, Prioritise pronunciation and you will fly through.
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Smajt... ...titgħallem l-Ingliż huwa diffiċli, allura hawn x'għandek tagħmel, Ipprijoritizza l-pronunzja u int se ttajjar.
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So, ‘foot’ /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/,
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Allura, 'sieq' /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/,
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‘foot’ /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/
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'sieq' /fʊt/, boot /bu:t/
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/ʊ/ – /u:/, /ʊ/ – /u:/
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They are different.
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/ʊ/ – /u:/, /ʊ/ – /u:/ Huma differenti.
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Foot /fʊt/ rhymes with put /pʊt/, not boot /bu:t/.
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Is-sieq /fʊt/ jirrima ma’ put /pʊt/, mhux boot /bu:t/.
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I heard... 'Cause ‘heard’ /hɜ:d/  rhymes with ‘word’ /wɜ:d/.
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Smajt... 'Għax 'heard' /hɜ:d/ jirrima ma' 'kelma' /wɜ:d/.
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I heard learning English is hard, so here's what  
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Smajt li titgħallem l-Ingliż huwa diffiċli, għalhekk hawn x'għandek
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to do. Prioritize pronunciation  and you will fly through /θru:/.
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tagħmel. Ipprijoritizza l-pronunzja u int se ttir minn /θru:/.
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I hope you have enjoyed learning a  little bit more about pronunciation.
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Nispera li ħadt gost titgħallem ftit aktar dwar il-pronunzja.
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If pronunciation is important to you, then why  not join my free Pronunciation Masterclass?
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Jekk il-pronunzja hija importanti għalik, allura għaliex ma tingħaqadx fil-Masterclass tiegħi tal-Pronunzja b'xejn?
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To learn how to truly  transform your pronunciation.
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Biex titgħallem kif tassew tittrasforma l-pronunzja tiegħek.
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I'll put the registration  link in the description below.
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Se npoġġi l-link tar-reġistrazzjoni fid-deskrizzjoni hawn taħt.
06:39
Until next time, take care and goodbye!
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