How to Say T in English Pronunciation like a Native Speaker | Go Natural English

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Hey there!
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How's it going?
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In this English tip episode, I have a question from Lamine.
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Lamine is a Go Natural English audience member, and Lamine wants to know, "why do we pronounce
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"natural" with a [ch] sound?"
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Didn't you say that a "T" between two vowels makes a "D" sound?
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Lamine, that's a great question.
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So, let's talk pronunciation.
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Yes, sometimes when you have a "D" (sic) between two vowels like "city" you have a "D" sound
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instead of a "T" sound.
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However, there are plenty of exceptions.
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As always, with English, there are exceptions.
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So, words like "nature", "adventure", "future" are all exceptions to that rule of vowel-T-vowel.
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So, these are words that instead of saying "t" we say "ch" especially in American English.
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So, one more time -- "nature" or "natural" like Go Natural English, "adventure" and future.
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So, that is how you really pronounce a "T" in those example words.
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Now, of course the "T" can be pronounced in many different ways in English.
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What I recommend is to have a lot of exposure to English.
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You can do this in many different ways.
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You can find some materials like music, or perhaps news, or stories in audio format in
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English and listen to English every day, especially when you have some time where your ears are
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free.
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A great way to do this is with podcasts.
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Go Natural English is also a podcast which you can download for free on iTunes for ios
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and on Stitcher for your Android device.
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That way when you're in the gym or when you're on the train or the bus or maybe when you're
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doing something at home like cooking or cleaning or whatever you have to do, you can listen
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with your ears while you do other things with your eyes, with your activities.
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You can make English a part of your life that way, and that is the way to really become
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comfortable with the different sounds of English.
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There are many different sounds, many different ways to say the same letter, and so it's important
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to have as much English in your life as possible.
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I invite you to visit me at gonaturalenglish.com where I'd like to give you a free eBook that
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will help you more with your English fluency.
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Also on the website you can find out about the Go Natural English premium course that's
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available for you to learn more natural fluent English, the way that Americans have conversation
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in daily life.
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This is not your traditional English class but I'd like you to come over to the site
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and learn more about it there.
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Now, I'll talk to you real soon in another English tip here on YouTube, but in the meantime
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why don't you come over and join the conversation with us on facebook.com/gonaturalenglish or
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Bye for now.
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