How to Pronounce the Word OR: American English

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Rachel's English


ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุชุชู… ุชุฑุฌู…ุชู‡ุง ุขู„ูŠู‹ุง.

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In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to discuss how to pronounce the
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ููŠ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู†ุทู‚ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ ุŒ ุณู†ู†ุงู‚ุด ูƒูŠููŠุฉ ู†ุทู‚
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little word 'or'.
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ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุงู„ุตุบูŠุฑุฉ "ุฃูˆ". ุชุชู…
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The word 'or' is written in IPA with the 'aw'
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ูƒุชุงุจุฉ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ "or" ููŠ IPA ู…ุน "aw"
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as in 'law' sound followed by the R consonant sound. But I find actually, the vowel sound
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ูƒู…ุง ููŠ ุตูˆุช "law" ู…ุชุจูˆุนู‹ุง ุจุงู„ุตูˆุช ุงู„ุณุงูƒู† R. ู„ูƒู†ู†ูŠ ุฃุฌุฏ ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุฃู† ุตูˆุช ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ
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is more closed than that--- o, o, o, or, or. However, this word will generally be unstressed
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ู…ุบู„ู‚ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ --- o ุŒ o ุŒ o ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุŒ ุฃูˆ. ูˆู…ุน ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ูุฅู† ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุจุดูƒู„ ุนุงู… ู„ู† ูŠุชู… ุงู„ุชุดุฏูŠุฏ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง
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in a sentence. It is a conjunction. That is a function word. And function words will
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ููŠ ุงู„ุฌู…ู„ุฉ. ุฅู†ู‡ ุงุฑุชุจุงุท. ู‡ุฐู‡ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ูˆุธูŠููŠุฉ.
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normally be unstressed. In this case, it will be pronounced er, er. Very short, very low
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ูˆุนุงุฏุฉ ู…ุง ุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุงุช ุงู„ูˆุธูŠููŠุฉ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุถุบูˆุทุฉ. ููŠ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุญุงู„ุฉ ุŒ ุณูŠุชู… ู†ุทู‚ู‡ุง er ุŒ er. ู‚ุตูŠุฑ ุฌุฏู‹ุง ุŒ ู…ู†ุฎูุถ ุฌุฏู‹ุง
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in pitch, the schwa-R sound: er, er, er. Let's look at some examples. He'll come at
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ุŒ ุตูˆุช schwa-R: ุฅูŠู‡ ุŒ ุฅูŠู‡ ุŒ ุฅูŠู‡. ู„ู†ู„ู‚ู ู†ุธุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃู…ุซู„ุฉ. ุณูŠุฃุชูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ุณุงุนุฉ
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6 or 6:30, 6 or, er, er, 6 or, 6 or 6:30. Now, the thing to note, when you reduce a
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6 ุฃูˆ 6:30 ุฃูˆ 6 ุฃูˆ ุฃูˆ ุฅูŠู‡ ุฃูˆ 6 ุฃูˆ 6 ุฃูˆ 6:30. ุงู„ุขู† ุŒ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุฌุจ ู…ู„ุงุญุธุชู‡ ุŒ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจุงุฎุชุฒุงู„
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word, you must link it to the words that come around. You don't want to say 6---or---6:30.
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ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ู…ุง ุŒ ูŠุฌุจ ุนู„ูŠูƒ ุฑุจุทู‡ุง ุจุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุงุช ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุฏุฉ. ุฃู†ุช ู„ุง ุชุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ุชู‚ูˆู„ 6 - ุฃูˆ - 6:30.
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Six-er, six-er. 6 or 6:30. Very connected, very smooth. He'll come at 6 or 6:30.
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ุณุชุฉ ุŒ ุณุชุฉ ุฃุนูˆุงู…. 6 ุฃูˆ 6:30. ู…ุชุตู„ ุฌุฏุง ุŒ ุณู„ุณ ุฌุฏุง. ุณูŠุฃุชูŠ ุงู„ุณุงุนุฉ 6 ุฃูˆ 6:30.
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Do you want to leave now, or wait a while? Er-wait, er-wait. Did you notice? I did put
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ู‡ู„ ุชุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ุบุงุฏุฑุฉ ุงู„ุขู† ุฃู… ุงู„ุงู†ุชุธุงุฑ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ุŸ ุงู†ุชุธุฑ ุฅูŠู‡ ุงู†ุชุธุฑ. ู‡ู„ ู„ุงุญุธุชุŸ ู„ู‚ุฏ ูˆุถุนุช
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a gap before the word 'or'. That's ok. Just make sure that it links to either the word
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ูุฌูˆุฉ ู‚ุจู„ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ "ุฃูˆ". ูˆู‡ุฐุง ู…ูˆุงูู‚. ูู‚ุท ุชุฃูƒุฏ ู…ู† ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุฑุชุจุท ุฅู…ุง ุจุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ
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before or the word after. Do you want to leave now, or wait a while? I don't eat beef or
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ู‚ุจู„ ุฃูˆ ุจุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชู„ูŠู‡ุง. ู‡ู„ ุชุฑูŠุฏ ุงู„ู…ุบุงุฏุฑุฉ ุงู„ุขู† ุฃู… ุงู„ุงู†ุชุธุงุฑ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ุŸ ุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุขูƒู„ ู„ุญู… ุงู„ุจู‚ุฑ ุฃูˆ
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chicken. Beef-er, beef-er, beef or chicken, beef or chicken. I don't eat beef or chicken.
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ุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌ. ู„ุญู… ุจู‚ุฑูŠ ุŒ ู„ุญู… ุจู‚ุฑูŠ ุŒ ู„ุญู… ุจู‚ุฑูŠ ุฃูˆ ุฏุฌุงุฌ ุŒ ู„ุญู… ุจู‚ุฑูŠ ุฃูˆ ุฏุฌุงุฌ. ุฃู†ุง ู„ุง ุขูƒู„ ู„ุญู… ุงู„ุจู‚ุฑ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุฏุฌุงุฌ.
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Come here, or you'll be sorry! Er-you'll, er-you'll, or you'll be sorry. Come here,
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ุชุนุงู„ ู‡ู†ุง ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุณุชุฃุณู! ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡ู‡)) ุงูˆ ุณูˆู ุงุณู. ุชุนุงู„ ู‡ู†ุง ุŒ
01:58
or you'll be sorry. Reduction and linking are important concepts
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ุฃูˆ ุณุชุฃุณู. ูŠุนุชุจุฑ ุงู„ุงุฎุชุฒุงู„ ูˆุงู„ุฑุจุท ู…ูุงู‡ูŠู… ู…ู‡ู…ุฉ
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in American English. Saying 'or' this way will help to smooth out your language, and
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ููŠ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ. ุฅู† ู‚ูˆู„ "ุฃูˆ" ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุณูŠุณุงุนุฏูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ุชู„ุทูŠู ู„ุบุชูƒ
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will help you to be understood.
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ูˆุณูŠุณุงุนุฏูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู† ุชูู‡ู….
02:11
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
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ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุŒ ูˆุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ุฌุฒูŠู„ุงู‹ ู„ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู„ุบุฉ ุฑุงุดูŠู„ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ.
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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