Today it's all about getting specific
with pronunciation. You already know this, English spelling and pronunciation they
often don't match they... Sometimes letters are silent like the s in island. Sometimes a long word has a very short
sound like: queue. Sometimes I don't know what's going on with the spelling. This
is spelled colonel, but it's pronounced, Colonel. What? But today, it's all about
the O U G H pronunciation. We're going to look at
seven different ways you can say that. Number one O U G H sounds like uff. Enough,
ruff, tuff. I've had enough food, I'm full. My Mandarin isn't good enough to have a
conversation. Mini grammar tip, we use enough + noun adjective + enough.
Remember that order. Rough. Rough is not smooth, sand paper is, is rough. In
informal English rough can also mean a very difficult situation. You know Brian?
Yeah. His mom and dad were both diagnosed with cancer. That's rough. Tough, we use
tough when something is very strong and cannot easily be damaged. Blue jeans are
tough. If you want to be a boxer, you need to be tough. Tough can also mean difficult. I
find English grammar really tough. It's tough finding a job when you've just
graduated. Enough, tough, rough. Number two: O U G H like: uff. Cough, trough. Now remember number one was enough, tough, rough. Number two is off, cough
trough. Cough is to... cough. I can't stop coughing! I need a drink!
Trough, this is a trough. No, those are pigs. That, that's a trough.
It's the container that animals feed and eat from. Just like in the picture. Cough, trough. Number three O U G H sounds
like ooh. Through-through is an adverb and preposition. It means
passing from one location to another. Usually through the middle, in the middle.
We drove through a tunnel. Through. Number four O U G H
sounds like Oh. Though, dough, thorough, thoroughly. Though is used to give
contrast. I love traveling, I don't like flying though. Dough. Dough is the stuff we
use to make pizza, bread, cookies. I always make my own pizza dough. Dough is also slang
for money. How much dough you got? Thorough. Thorough means complete.
Detectives carry out a thorough investigation of the crime scene. We also
have that adverb thoroughly. The doctor thoroughly examined her patient. Though,
dough, thorough, thoroughly. Now for thorough and thoroughly,
let's compare American and British pronunciation, because they're slightly
different. I would say thorough but, with a British accent you might say: thorough,
thorough, thorough. I would say thoroughly but again: thoroughly, thoroughly. Number five
O U G H sounds like oh. Thought, bought, fought. Thought is the past
tense of think. I thought about you a lot yesterday. Bought is a past tense of buy. When
I was a teenager I bought a lot of nail polish. Fought is the past tense of
fight. Oh when we were younger my sister and I fought like crazy. Again, let's
compare two types of pronunciation. Fought. Fought. Bought. Bought. Thought.
Thought. Thought, bought, fought. Number six, O U G H sounds like ow. Drought, plough. A drought is a long period
without rain. This is what happens when there is a drought. Plough. This is a plough of course in
day-to-day English this word isn't very common unless you're, you're a farmer. But,
the phrasal verb plough through is very useful.
Oh? OUGH-OUGH? But two different pronunciations: plough through - perfect. When
we plow through something, we complete something that's very difficult to do.
Like a plough in a field. I need to plough through all of this
paperwork before noon. Seven, O U G H sounds like cup. Hiccup. Now
normally we spell this word hiccup, it makes more sense. But, in many older
English texts you still might see this spelling: hiccough. But for you use the
second spelling. What's a hiccup? Hiccup is when you do
this... I think you know what I mean, it's difficult for me to actually do it!
Drinking water too quickly gives me hiccups.
Wow, we've looked at seven different ways to pronounce O U G H,
let's review: Enough, rough, tough, cough, trough, through, though, dough, thorough,
thoroughly, thought, bought, fought, plough, drought, hiccup. Thank you so much for
watching today's video on O U G H. I can't wait to see you soon, but don't forget to
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