English Pronunciation | The Letter T | 5 Ways to Pronounce T in English!

hello and welcome back to easy English with James today we're going to learn all about the letter T in English the letter T is a consonant letter and it is the 20th letter in the English alphabet and there are a couple of different ways that we pronounce this letter in English it's also a very very common letter so it's very important that you learn this really well so if you want to master pronunciation of this letter stick with me for this important lesson okay so the first way that we can pronounce the letter T you probably already know because it's the same way that we pronounce it in the alphabet so how do we make this sound well we put our tongue on the roof of our mouth and then we blast it down and push air out of the mouth like this okay you can make this Softly or you can make it more powerful and either one is okay depending on what you want to say so let's practice this sound at the beginning of some words words like talk now talk has a really interesting vowel sound after the T or or so you can see my my mouth my jaw goes in talk talk talk talk or test test and time time and also toward toward I'm walking towards you I'm walking towards you okay toward so talk test time and toward okay let's practice T in the middle of some words words like Twitter Twitter actually has tea everywhere Twitter now of course you probably know Twitter from this guy Twitter Twitter or words like enter enter I enter the building or words like interesting interesting you'll notice there's a silent sound in that word somewhere interesting interesting and finally words like obtain obtain obtain obtain so practice again Twitter enter interesting obtain Twitter enter interesting and obtain okay let's practice T at the end of words like night night day and night or went I went he went she went or against against me against you me against him and finally accept accept accept so night went against and accept night went against accept night went against accept try this cool sentence it's time to test Twitter against Twitter Bots it's time to test Twitter against Twitter Bots it's time to test Twitter against Twitter Bots now a cool fact about English is that there are lots and lots of words in English that are just three letters that end in t and have different vowel sounds in the middle so we're going to have a look at those because it's a great way to practice the letter T and some vowel sounds in English so first of all look at this Matt sat fat and Cat with that sound mat sat fat and cat or sit fit bit and lit sit fit bit and lit or Get Set pet and let Get Set pet and let or put but root and Hut or finally bought pot rot and got bot pot rot and got go back and practice those many times because you're not only practicing the sound but you're also practicing a couple of different vowel sounds in there so it's really good practice and now try this amazing practice sentence I got the pot and put it next to the fat cat who was sat on the mat I got the pot and put it next to the fat cat who was sat on the mat I got the pot and put it next to the fat cat who was sat on the mat that's a really really cool sentence to practice the T sound and lots of different vowel sounds okay now the second way that we can pronounce the letter T in English is as a shh this is the same sound like when we're telling someone to be quiet shhh okay and when do we pronounce the letter T like this it's most often pronounced like this in Words With t-i-o-n or words with t-i-a or t-i-e let's look at some examples words like Nation Nation what nation are you from I am from England that is my nation Nation you might also see the word nationality nationality remember it's with that sh sound nation and nationality or words like patient patient and patience patient and patience be patient be patient or finally words like initial initial and action action or education education can you think of any more words that end in t-i-o-n here's a little test for you if you can think of any more words with that sh sound write them in the comments below how many can you find okay you'll notice in some words with the letters t and I the T and I can sometimes be pronounced like she as in the word she he and she and these are words like confidentiality confidentiality confidentiality or initiation initiation that's a tricky one initiation does anybody know what that word initiation means if you know what that word means write that also in the comments below initiation so practice with me confidentiality confidentiality and initiation initiation now let's try a practice sentence with t-i-o-n words have a look at this one the location of the station was partially mentioned in the optional information function the location of the station was partially mentioned in the optional information function one more time the location of the station was partially mentioned in the optional information function now the third way to pronounce this letter T in English is a little bit more rare I did not find many words with this pronunciation look at the word equation equation equation has that sound if you watched my previous video on the letter s up here you would learn a little bit more about this sound equation equation what is an equation here's an example this is an equation does anybody know what the answer to this equation is I wonder equation equation now this was the only word that I could quickly find with this pronunciation of tea but if you guys know any more words with this pronunciation of t feel free to write them in the comments and help out your fellow students but for now practice with me equation equation equation now the fourth way that we can pronounce the letter T in English is as a sound this is much like the CH sound chat or chip CH and one area where you often see this pronunciation of the letter T is in words that end in u r e words like Nature Nature Nature I love nature I love being outside in the forests in the fields in the mountains nature is amazing nature nature also words like capture capture capture to capture a photograph capture and also words like Rapture Rapture or rupture Rapture rupture good vowel sound practice Rapture rupture Rapture Rapture and also finally culture culture culture and picture all of those have that CH sound and it's because of the t-u-r-e okay now you'll also find this CH sound this CH pronunciation of the letter T in words that end in t c h words like catch or match or latch or fetch rich and Lech fetch wretch and Lech or pitch ditch and hitch pitch ditch and hitch or splotch and blotch splotch and blotch really weird Advanced words splotch and blotch and finally crutch crutch and Dutch crutch and Budge so try this practice sentence for this the Lech opened the latch to fetch the crutch and catch the match the Lech opened the latch to fetch the crutch and catch the match one more time the Lech opened the latch to fetch the crutch and catch the match now there are some rare occasions where words that end in t-i-o-n also the tea takes this CH sound think of words like question question it's not question or question it's Quest chin chin also in words like suggestion I have a suggestion for you suggestion question and suggestion so let's try another sentence where we practice t-i-o-n words that have this cha and we also practice words that end in u r e try this one the pictures suggestion captures the nature of the righteous culture the pictures suggestion captures the nature of the righteous culture the pictures suggestion captures the nature of the righteous culture now you'll see another word in there righteous righteous this is a weird and exceptional word that has a different ending but also that takes this CH sound repeat after me righteous righteous righteous well done okay and the final way that we can pronounce t in English is we don't pronounce it at all it is the silent T and this can be found in words like Castle Castle or whistle or listen or even Christmas Christmas I love Christmas it's my favorite time of the year Christmas so practice with me Castle whistle whistle listen listen and Christmas Christmas an interesting fact for you here about English is this word often or often often or often depending on where you go in the world different English speakers pronounce this word differently some pronounce it with that sound often often I often like to go to the cinema but some pronounce it with a silent T often I often like to go to the cinema so you can choose which one do you prefer often or often which one's better the silent T is also found quite often in words that come from French but are now used in English words like buffet buffet where the the tea is at the end it's often silent buffet or Chalet Chalet or ballet ballet or even Gourmet Gourmet gourmet food okay so when the tea is at the end in a word that often comes from French we don't pronounce the T we pronounce it more similar to the French pronunciation ballet Chalet buffet and Gourmet try this awesome practice sentence The Gourmet Buffet was before the ballet in the castle at Christmas The Gourmet Buffet was before the ballet in the castle at Christmas one more time the gourmet buffet was before the ballet in the castle at Christmas that's quite a tough one but practice it as many times as you need to okay now I want to finish this short lesson with a couple of really really cool tongue twisters that'll help you practice the letter T so what I want you to do is to listen to me say it a couple of times and then I'm going to give you a couple of seconds to practice so let's start with this one Tiffany tops who taught at the temple was the epitome of femininity Tiffany tots who taught at the temple was the epitome of femininity Tiffany tots who taught at the temple was the epitome of femininity now I want you to try I'll give you 10 seconds to practice Ready Set Go okay now let's try number two have a look at this one Tina takes two tiny tablets twice on Tuesdays Tina takes two tiny tablets twice on Tuesdays you can try this one really really fast it's quite fun Tina takes two tiny tablets twice on Tuesdays Tina takes two tiny tablets twice on Tuesdays okay I want you to practice that now for 10 seconds Ready Set Go okay well done so listen to them again and practice them as many times as you need to and I promise your pronunciation of the letter T will be absolutely perfect well done okay before we finish today's lesson I have a little test for you I want you to write your answer in the comments I want you to have a look at this list of words you can see on the screen now and I want you to tell me which word here does not have the CH sound which word here does not have the CH sound the answer is found somewhere in this lesson and if you know the answer write that in the comments below okay thank you very very much for watching it's absolutely awesome you are wonderful students I'm really really glad that you're getting all the way through this English pronunciation course uh thank you to all of those people who have subscribed to my channel thanks again for those who click like on this video and we're nearly finished the course the next video of course is going to be a nice big one all about the letter U in English the letter U that's a really tough sound so it's going to be a very big lesson okay so make sure you're subscribed so that you see that when I upload the video in a couple of weeks finally if you want to support me on this project to help you learn English pronunciation you can head over to Kofi Kofi here where you can buy me a coffee so that I can drink something while I'm working really hard to make these pronunciation lessons for you okay guys thank you again for seeing me today and watching this video I hope you have a fantastic day and I'll see you again very soon okay bye [Music]

Channel: Easy ENGLISH with James

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Keywords: Tongue Twisters, English Pronunciation, British English Pronunciation, How to pronounce, British English T, The Letter T in British English

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Length: 19min 20sec (1160 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 13 2023