How to Pronounce FAMILY - Word of the Week - American English Pronunciation

In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of

the word 'family'.

This week's Word of the Week is 'family'. 'Family' may be pronounced with three syllables,

but more commonly you'll hear it with two. Family, family. it begins with the F consonant

sound, so the bottom lip will come up and touch the bottom of the top front teeth. Ff,

ff, fa-. Then we have the AA as in BAT vowel. It's followed by the M consonant, and whenever

the AA vowel is followed by an M consonant, actually by any nasal consonant, it's not

quite a pure AA vowel. The back part of the tongue will relax, and we'll get an uh-like

sound. Fa-, fa-, fam-, family. The second syllable, unstressed, has the L consonant

sound, ll, ll, tongue tip here, and the EE as in SHE vowel. So, the tongue tip will come

down, the corners of the lips will pull wide a bit, -ly, -ly. Family, family. I have family

in town.

That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it out yourself. Make up a sentence with the

word, record it, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to

watch it.

That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.