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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 'burrito'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'burrito'.
Now, this word comes from Spanish, but it
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is oh so common now in American English, and
we do pronounce it differently. It's a three-syllable
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word, bu-rri-to, with stress on the middle
syllable. So, it starts with the B consonant,
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and we have the schwa vowel in that first,
unstressed syllable, bu-, bu-. Then we have
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the R consonant and the EE as in SHE vowel.
Burri-. So the tongue will pull back and up
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for the R sound, and then come back down with
the tip here for the EE vowel, -rri-. The
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front part of the tongue will stretch towards
the roof of the mouth for the vowel. Burrito.
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Then we have a T, but it comes between two
vowel sounds, so it is a Flap T. And finally,
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the OH as in NO diphthong in the last, and
unstressed, syllable. Burrito [3x]. I'm going
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to eat a burrito for lunch.
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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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