Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.
00:00
In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over the pronunciation of
0
220
4699
00:04
the word 'money'.
1
4919
2000
00:13
This week's Word of the Week is 'money'. 'Money'
is a two-syllable word with stress on the
2
13420
5779
00:19
first syllable. Money. It begins with the
M consonant sound, lips are together, mo-,
3
19199
10560
00:29
mo-. Then we have the UH as in BUTTER sound.
This is the core sound of American English.
4
29759
6691
00:36
Nothing should be engaged. The tongue should
be relaxed, the lips should be relaxed. Mo-,
5
36450
6290
00:42
mo-. Then we have the N consonant sound and
the EE as in SHE vowel. The tongue tip will
6
42740
6340
00:49
come to the roof of the mouth, mon-, and the
flat part will lift here, making contact for
7
49080
6430
00:55
the N sound, mon-ey, ee. Then the tongue tip
will come back down for the EE as in SHE vowel.
8
55510
8600
01:04
Money, money.
9
64110
2350
01:06
I can lend you some money.
10
66460
2530
01:08
That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it
out yourself. Make up a sentence with the
11
68990
6940
01:15
word, record it, and post it as a video response
to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to
12
75930
5950
01:21
watch it.
13
81880
1090
01:22
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's
English.
14
82970
4000
New videos
About this website
This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.