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In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over the pronunciation of
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the word 'tomorrow'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'tomorrow'.
'Tomorrow' is a three-syllable word with stress
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on the middle syllable. So, we have da-DA-da.
Tomorrow, tomorrow. The first syllable follows
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the same rules as the word 'to'. So, the vowel
will reduce to the schwa. To-, to-, just like
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the word 'to'. You may even make the first
sound, the True T, a Flap T, depending on
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the sound before. Check out the video on how
to say the word 'to' for those rules.
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The second syllable, stressed, begins with
the M consonant sound: tom-, tom-, tom-. Then
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we have the AH as in FATHER vowel, so the
jaw will need to drop. Tomo-, tomo-. Then
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the tongue will pull back and up for the R
consonant sound. Tomor-. And the jaw will
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close for that somewhat as the tongue raises
towards the roof of the mouth: tomor-, tomor-.
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And finally, in the last syllable, we have
the OH as in NO diphthong. Tomorrow, tomorrow.
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So make sure your lips round for that. Tomorrow.
What are you gonna do tomorrow? Did you notice?
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I didn't make a True T, I made it a Flap.
Do tomorrow. Do to-, do to-, do tomorrow.
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What are you going to do tomorrow?
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try
it out yourself. Make up a sentence with
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the word, record it, and post it as a video
response to this video on YouTube. I can't
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wait to watch it.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using
Rachel's English.
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