73 WORDS YOU CAN'T PRONOUNCE in American English... & how to say them correctly!

hey guys what's up Stefanie the English coach here from EnglishFullTime.com in this video we are going to talk about words that are difficult to pronounce in English now I made a post on Instagram recently you can see it here well if it focuses let me see there we go oh man okay so I made a post on Instagram recently where I basically asked you guys what words are difficult for you to pronounce and this post got lots of comments you guys there's lots of words you're struggling with and some of you said the same words okay like the word entrepreneur apparently that one is a very difficult word to pronounce and I totally understand because I tried pronouncing it slowly and I was like dang how do we say this okay so I am going to go through this list of words with you guys that you helped me create if you're not following me on Instagram feel free to do that right now pause the video go follow me no I'm just kidding do it whenever my Instagram handle is the English coach okay just like here on YouTube let's get into it okay so like I said the word entrepreneur entrepreneur I'm an entrepreneur are you an entrepreneur that word is very difficult the reason why is because people say this word different ways so I'm gonna show you the way I say it and you can say it however you want I say entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur okay and then if I say it quickly it does change a little bit okay listen entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur I'm saying it so fast that it's almost difficult to understand and to hear what I'm saying right entrepreneur entrepreneur it almost sounds like entrepreneur or entrepreneur entrepreneur oh man okay I'm even having trouble showing you how to say this entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur by the way I forgot to say this earlier in the video if you're the kind of person that likes to see the words written on the screen please turn on the subtitles I don't add them to the video because the reason you struggle with the pronunciation in the first place is probably the spelling the spelling often has nothing to do with the way words are pronounced and this is why I've actually had trouble with spelling my entire life you probably don't know this about me but spelling has never been easy for me and I still frequently misspell lots of words because I tend to try to write things the way that they sound and English just is not a phonetic language like that okay next word inevitably inevitably inevitably inevitably okay I'm saying it quickly so you can see and hear how the word is rolling around in my mouth and it just rolls off of my tongue okay inevitably thought thought now the spelling of this word has a T at the end but we don't say thought okay you have to make a glottal stop and say thought thought you're cutting off the sound in the back of your throat okay next architecture architecture architect architect architecture architecture architecture regularly regularly regular regular regularly regularly question question question question question question do you have a question do you have a question I have a question unfortunately unfortunate unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately iron iron iron okay this one is difficult I'm sure because of the R sound and a lot of people struggle with this sound it's not "Irron" okay you're not gonna roll your tongue or anything like that iron iron iron iron iron it sounds like I earn like I earn money when I work iron okay anyways February February this one of the words that I always misspell because the spelling looks like February but the way we say it is February February February literally literally she literally said that literally literally litter litter litter so notice I'm not saying lit-er litter its litter litter litter Li literally sixth sixth on the sixth day sixth sixth okay so you have to get the KS sound in there the K s sound six so they are two voiceless sounds next to each other the K and the S and then stick your tongue between your teeth for the sixth sixth sixth okay I know it is difficult but you got this keep practicing you will get it world world now this is a weird word also because it has the R sound were were old world world world and that D notice I'm not saying world okay I'm stopping the sound in the back of my throat again world okay but I'm lifting my tongue in the front as if I'm going to make the D sound but I don't bring it down I do not flap it for the D okay I do not say world I don't bring the tongue down but I do stop the sound in the back of my mouth and lift my tongue to get ready for the D sound but I don't make it okay world try that daughter daughter daughter daughter width width the width is 5 feet width now this word is also difficult because of that glottal stop so I don't say wiDTh okay I say width width width so you do have to make a glottal stop in between the I and the TH sound that is the D it is not wiDTh okay its width width width width the width is 5 feet next hallelujah or hallelujah people pronounce this word a couple different ways right so you have hallelujah hallelujah or you have hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah congratulations congratulations this is a very important word to know because you have to use it all the time but if you struggle with saying the long version you can just say hey congrats Congrats the long version would be congratulations congratulate congratulate congratulations congratulations changed changed chain changed changed she changed her hair color changed watched watched I hear a lot of people say watchED it it's not watchED it's watched with that T sound at the end okay the T watched characteristic characteristic so again we're glottalizing that C I'm not actually saying charaCteristic because it's really difficult try saying CT CT it doesn't work so we say characteristic characteristic characteristic characteristic schedule schedule schedule I do hear a lot of people mispronouncing this one schedule schedule should've should've you should have told me should've should've okay this is the contraction of should have and when people say this quickly they literally just say should've and it sounds like should of okay and some people even misspell it because it literally sounds literally literally literally it literally sounds like should of so they spell should of when it should be the contraction of should have okay should 've and could've could've could've okay notice how the 'VE part is very reduced I'm not saying could OF I mean some people do say that sometimes you could have told me right but if you're saying it quickly you're just gonna say could've you could've told me could've could've could've you could've told me unconscious unconscious unconscious unconscious caught caught caught so I'm not saying caughT right we are glottalizing that T I'm saying caught I caught you I caught you vocabulary vocab vocab vocabulary vocabulary okay I don't really say vocabulary no vocabulary vocabulary vocabulary murderer that's a tough one murderer he's a murderer or the guy in the TV show is a murderer murderer so you're basically saying murder ER right you're adding your doing ER ER but it almost sounds like one long ER murderer murderer so what I like to tell people is just sit on it right murderer murderer murderer and try it again and again until you get it right you will get it comfortable come come comfortable comfortable comfortable 33 33 he is 33 years old 30 30 30 30 33 33 available available museum we're gonna go to the museum museum later we're gonna go to the museum later museum museum museum we are gonna go to the museum later research research research worth worth worth worth so I've noticed that you guys struggle a lot with the WOR sound world worth word okay so these are words that you have to I was gonna say that you have to struggle with these are words that you have to practice again and again WOR get that sound in your head WOR so you can say it automatically match the tone match the pitch match the sound you will get it opportunity opportunity opportunity this is a great opportunity opportunity to practice your pronunciation through through through through though though though unfortunately unfortunate unfortunate on for unfortune unfortunate unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately unfortunately foreign foreign foreign foreign throughout throughout throughout thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly posture posture I always have to work on my posture posture posture truth truth be careful when you see the TR together because most of the time it makes that CH sound truth tree treason okay throw throw throw walk walk work work work work although although although earthquake earthquake earthquake notice I'm cutting off the K sound I don't really say earthquaKe okay it's earthquake earthquake you really have to practice that glottal stop because we use it so much in English rarely rarely rare rare rare rare ly rarely approximately approximate approximate approximately approximately approximately approximately thirteen third third 13:13 jewelry jewelry Jewelry jewelry jewel jewel jewel and some people say jewelry jewelry jewel jewel jewel jewelry smoothie smoothie smoothie I've heard people mess this one up to smoothie smoothie smooth smooth smooth smooth smoothie even even even even even event event event tomorrow we're going to a big event event event Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts acquaintances acquaintances acquaintances acquaint acquaint acquaint acquaintances ok acquaintance phenomenon phenomenon phenomenon phenomena phenomenon phenomenon phenomenon phenomenon choir choir choir she sings in a choir choir choir battery battery batter batter batter batter batter battery battery unbelieve believed believable unbelievable unbelievable appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate appropriate appreciate appreciate appreciate young young he is a young man young young bottle bottle battle battle bottle bottle battle battle button button button button button mountain mountain that's a big mountain mountain mountain mountain mountain would would get some wood so we can make a fire wood we need wood to make a fire wood good that's a good idea good good conscientious conscientious anxious anxious anxious conscientious Rhapsody Rhapsody Rhapsody Carol Carol this is a person's name Carol Carol pearl pearl pearl the oyster had a pearl inside okay you guys that's all I have time for in this video but if there are other words that you're struggling with if you want me to make another video like this please let me know in the comments let me know what words you struggle with let me know if this video helped you I know it was really long and we covered lots of words so maybe it was really boring sorry but I'm really hoping that I can help as many of you as possible with as many words as possible by making videos like this so again if you struggle with any words in English that I did not cover in this lesson please let me know in the comments two let me know if this was helpful and three go follow me on Instagram so you can see all my random pictures and stories and participate in whatever i post there last thing if you're not subscribed to my email list at EnglishFullTime.com go ahead and sign up i send emails almost every day with tips and stories and lots of stuff to help you with your english and there's also free guides that you can download on my website I have a pronunciation guide a writing guide a guide to help you practice your English with native speakers and meet native speakers online lots of stuff so go check it out again that's EnglishFullTime.com and I will see you in another video bye

Channel: The English Coach

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Length: 18min 39sec (1119 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 19 2018