How to Pronounce FAVORITE - American English Pronunciation
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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 'favorite'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'favorite'.
It can be pronounced with three syllables,
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but most of the time you'll hear it with two,
favorite, favorite. So, it begins with the
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F consonant sound, ff, ff, then we have the
AY as in SAY diphthong. Make sure your jaw
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drops for that first sound of the diphthong,
fa-, fa-. Then we have the V consonant sound,
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same position as the F, only this time it's
voiced, fav- fav. And the R consonant, IH
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as in SIT vowel, T, -rite, -rite. It's unstressed.
-rite. We may release the T, to make a True
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T sound, or we may keep the tongue up in the
T position, and not release the T, making
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it a stop sound. Favorite, favorite, or favorite,
favorite, with a light release. Favorite.
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This is my favorite restaurant.
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it
out yourself. Make up a sentence with the
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word, record it, and post it as a video response
to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to
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watch it.
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That's it, and thanks so much
for using Rachel's English.
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