How to Say SORRY -- American English Pronunciation

In this American English pronunciation video,

we're going to go over

the pronunciation of the word ‘sorry’.

This week’s word of the week is ‘sorry’.

It’s a two syllable word with stress

on the first syllable. DA-da, sorry.

It begins with the S sound

where the teeth are together.

Sss. tongue tip is down here.

Then we have either the AH as in FATHER

or the AW as in LAW vowel.

I make mine more like the AW as in LAW vowel.

So my lips will be rounded more. So-, So-.

But the tongue tip stays down here.

Then you have to pull it back for the R.

Make sure you don’t pull it back early.

Drop your jaw with the tongue down,

so we get that vowel sound. Sor-.

Then you can see the tongue

pulls back for the R sound.

The jaw will also lift as the tongue

goes to the roof of the mouth

in the middle for the R.

Sor-, sorr-y.

And to finish we have the ending

unaccented EE sound.

So the tongue tip is down here

and the front part is stretching up here

towards the roof of the mouth,

Ee, ee, ee, ee.

Since it’s unstressed it will be very fast,

ee. ee. Sorr-y, sorry.

So your tongue which has been back here

for the R will come forward again

for the EE vowel.

Sorry. I’m so sorry.

That’s it your “word of the week”.

If there is a word you would like to suggest

for the “word of the week”

put it in the comments below.

That’s it, and thanks so much for using

Rachel’s English.