Words like ‘fork’ or ‘spatula’ can be tricky. In this video, you’re going to see various kitchen objects, and I’ll give you the IPA for each word. We’ll talk about the syllable stress of multi-syllable words, tricky sounds, or other noteworthy pronunciations,
if any, and practice each word slowly. I encourage you to practice out loud with this video. Let’s get started! Plate. Plate. Plaaate. Notice I pronounced this with a Stop T. Plate. Ending T’s are often pronounced this
way when they end a sentence or a thought. Stop the air, plate, that’s what makes it
sound different from ‘play’. Plate. Bowl Booowwl Fork. Fooorrrrkk. Here we have AW as in LAW vowel followed by the R consonant. In this case, the tongue is further back and the lips round more than when the AW vowel is not followed by R. Fooorrrk. Fork. Knife Kniiiiiife. Notice, the K is silent. Spoon Spooooooon. This has the OO vowel. Don’t start with
your lips in a tight circle, spooo-- but let them be relaxed and circle in.
Spooooon. Spoon. Spoon. We call this a butter knife so we know it's not a sharp knife. Butter knife. Buuhhhtter knife. The T is between vowels, so it’s a Flap T. Just a flap of the tongue against the roof of the mouth. Depending on your native language,
this may sound like an R to you. Butter. Buuuhtter. The plural of 'knife' is 'knives' Knives. The F changes to a V. Just like 'life', 'lives'. Wooden spoon The first syllable is stressed. Wood-en. After you put your tongue up for the D, you can
just leave it there for the second syllable. Wood-en, wood-en. Wooden. Tongs Toooongs Measuring cup The first syllable of ‘measuring’ is stressed. Measuring. DA-da-da. Try to make those second syllables flatter
and quicker, -suring, -suring, -suring. Meaaa-suring. Measuring. Measuring spoon Meaaasuring spoon Mixing bowl The ‘-ing’ ending is always unstressed. Try to make it quieter and lower in pitch than MIX: mix-ing Miiixing. Mixing. Colander. First syllable is stressed here.
Just like: ME-suring. COL-ander. DA-da-da. Col-ander. Tea kettle The double T comes between two vowel sounds. Just like ‘butter’, it’s a Flap T. Not tt, a True T. Kettle Cutting board What do you notice about the double T? That’s right. Another Flap T.
The -ing ending is unstressed. CUTT-ing. DA-da. Cutting. Baking pan or baking dish -ing ending unstressed. BAK-ing. ‘Pan’ Pan. Paaan... is a special word. We have the AA vowel
followed by a nasal consonant, N. So it’s not a pure AA, relax the tongue in the back to make ‘uh’. Paa-uhn. At the end of the video, I’ll put a link to another video that goes over this. Cookie sheet This could also be a baking sheet. Cookie, stress on the first syllable. Here, I pronounced the final T as a True T.
Cookie sheet. Tt- tt- Final T’s can be either Stop T’s or True T’s. Most Americans will make them Stop T’s most of the time. Tupperware Tuuuhhh-pperware This is a brand name of storage containers, but many people use the brand name to mean ANY food storage container. Tupperware. Cabinet It has three syllables, but most Americans will pronounce it with just two, dropping the middle syllable. Cabinet. Drawer This is a tough word. I have a video on phrases in the
kitchen that goes over the pronunciation of ‘drawer’. See that video at the end of this video. Sink Faucet Sink. Siiiii-nk. Faucet. Faaauu-cet. I pronounced the ending T as a Stop T. Dish towel Dish washer Dish towel. Towwwel. The first syllable is stressed. DA-da. Towel. Dish towel Dish washer. Diiiish washer. A compound word. Stress is on the first syllable in a compound word. Dish-washer. Dishwasher. Glass Glaaaass Wine glass Wiiiiine glass Mug Mmuuuhhg Refrigerator We usually call this 'fridge'. Refrigerator. At five syllables, this word is the longest word in this vocabulary list. Stress is on the second syllable: rih-FRIDGE-er-ay-der. The T between vowels is a Flap T. Refrigerator Fridge. Friiiidge. Freezer Freeeeezer First syllable stress. DA-da. Freezer. Paper towel Two words with the same stress: DA-da. DA-da DA-da. Paper towel. Paaaper towwel. Coffee maker Same stress pattern as ‘paper towel’! DA-da DA-da Coffee maker Coffee pot Same vowel in ‘co-‘ as in ‘pot’. Coffee pot. Oven Ohhhven Stove Stoooove Pot Lid Pot Lid Frying pan or skillet Frying, the –ing ending is unstressed. So ‘frying’ and ‘skillet’ have the same stress: DA-da Frying Skilet Ladle. That's a tough word. Ladle. Ladle, a tough word. It ends in the same sounds as ‘kettle’. I made a video on ‘little’ which also ends in the same
sounds, that might help you pronounce this word better. I’ll put a link to it at the end. Ladle Spatula Three syllables, stress on the first syllable. Spaaatula. Scissors Two syllables, first syllable stress. DA-da. Scissors. Sciiisors. Serving spoon -ing ending, unstressed.
Seeerrrrving spoon. Wisk WH words can pronounced “hw” or just “w”. I just make a simple W sound -ww. At the end of this video, I’ll link to a video that goes over more of these WH words. Whisk Can opener Can, just like ‘pan’: relax the AA into the UH.
Caa-uhn. Caa-uhn opener. Opener. Three syllables, first syllable stress. Thermometer Second syllable stress. da-DA-da-da.
Thermometer. Thermometer. Flap T. Grater What can you tell me about that T? Grater. Between vowels, a flap T. It’s a homophone
with this word, ‘greater’. That means they are pronounced exactly the same. Graaaaater. Funnel DA-da. First syllable stress. Fuuunnel. Funnel. Bottle opener. The double T is a Flap T again. Bottle opener. Hood Fan Hood Fan. Just like ‘can’ and ‘pan’ – AA-uh. Fan. Blender Blender. First syllable stress. DA-da. BLEND-er. Mixer. This is really heavy. Mixer. First syllable stress. MIX-er. Tin foil or aluminum foil Tin foil. Aluminum foil. Aaaaluuumiiinuuum. This is one of those words that is pronounced differently in British English. Luckily my friend Vicki is here, at the YouTube space and can help me with this word. In American English, it's aluminum. In British English, its: Aluminum Thanks Vicki. Baggie. Baggie. Two syllables. First syllable stress. DA-da. Have you noticed that first syllable stress is
much more common for two syllable words? Baggie Plastic wrap Plastic. First syllable stress. Plastic wrap. Hot pad The T in HOT is followed by a consonant. Make that a Stop T. Hot pad Trivet I made that ending T a Stop T. Trivet. Spices Spiiiiiiiices Microwave We think it's ugly so we keep it down here. Microwave. Three syllables, first syllable stress. Miiiiicrowave. Okay. Let’s look at all of those again.
You’ll see each clip twice. Listen the first time and say it out loud with me the second time. Plate Bowl Fork Knife Spoon Wooden spoon Tongs Measuring cup Measuring spoon Mixing bowl Colander Tea kettle Cutting board Baking pan or baking dish Cookie sheet Tupperware Cabinet Drawer Sink. Faucet. Dish towel Dish washer Glass Wine glass Mug Refrigerator Fridge Freezer Paper towel Coffee maker Coffee pot Oven Stove Pot. Lid. Frying pan or skillet Ladle. That's a tough word. Ladle. Spatula Scissors Serving spoon Whisk Can opener Thermometer Grater Funnel Bottle opener Hood. Fan. Blender Mixer Tin foil or aluminum foil Baggie Plastic wrap Hot pad Trivet Spices Microwave What did you think of this vocab-style video? What other vocabulary topics would you like to study? Let me know in the comments below. Here is the link to the video on the AA vowel
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