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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 'time'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'time'. 'Time'
is a one-syllable word, and it is a content
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word, so it will be stressed in a sentence.
It begins with the True T, tt, tt. To get
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the True T sound, your teeth must be closed,
and your tongue should be at the roof of the
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mouth, far forward, tt, tt. You let the air
build up, and then you release by dropping
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the tongue and letting the teeth part just
a little bit, tt, tt. Then we have the AI
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as in BUY diphthong. Make sure your jaw drops
enough for the first sound of that diphthong:
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taa-, tai-, tai-mm. And finally, the M consonant
sound. The lips must come together. I've noticed
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some of my Spanish-speaking students don't
bring their lips together: time, and they
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make a nasal sound like that at the end. We
do want the M, where the lips come together.
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Time, time.
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It's time to go.
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try
it out yourself. Make up a sentence with
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the word, record it, and post it as a video
response to this video on YouTube. I can't
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wait to watch it.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's
English.
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