Pronunciation - Tumblr Posts
i may have been fluent in english (b2) for like 4 years, but there are four letter words i cannot pronounce and there are words i do not know the exact translation of
American: Van Go!! :D
British: Van Goff :)
Dutch: You ignorant fools! How dare you!
Dutch: It's obviously pronounced Van GGCCHHHHOOOOOO o o o o o GGGGGGGGCCHCHHHHHgggg*gurgling*CHHCHHHH*choking noises*ggGGGGCHCHHkkkkKKHHhH
I'm not sure if this is an area based thing, but growing up in Flushing Michigan everyone pronounced it "Ah-Dee."
Do you guys call it aldi or aldis
British English v. American English
[British accent]
“I’ve [haired] you’re good at maths.”
“I’ve [herd] you’re good at math.”
“I’ve [heard] you’re good at math.”
“I’ve [huh'ed] you’re good at math.”
“I’ve [head] you’re good at math.”
This… THIS is why American English is superior.
These ALL sound the same to us.
~~CONSONANTS~~
(Try inserting these without any point of reference in the sentence. THEN it gets fun.)
“Ed said he’d huh'ed when he‘d heard Herd had herded haired heads of long-haired cattle.”
OKAY TUMBLR. IT'S TIME TO SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
Reblog this if you pronounce “.gif” as “GIF.”
NOT JIF,
GIF.
And here is the link for the opposite.
WE SHALL SEE WHICH ONE PREVAILS.
A list of places in Oregon that a lot of people pronounce wrong (but feel free to ignore this if you want)
Oregon: OAR-i-gin/OAR-uh-gin (soft g)
Yachats- YAH-hots
Coquille: Co-KEEL
Willamette Valley: Will-LAM-it (or et) Valley
Heceta: heh-CEE-ta
Chiloquin: CHILL-la-kwin
I always say it like "me-et-tea". I've seen so many people say it's "me-yet" and that makes more sense but I think it sounds cuter with the e sound 😅
learning that apparently several hundred people have been pronouncing 'miette' as 'mighty' has actively worsened my day
2024.04.09 Hour + 1hr 🇲🇽
Notes:
1.05 talking about family
d = "th" sound / stop air (mi padre) pronunciation
-r words emphasize last syllable (mi mujer) pronunciation
esté (masc.) vs. esta (fem)
Esté es mi hermano
Esta es mi hermana
Sey llama = His/her name is...(Pablo)
Sey = himself/herseld
r-flick rather than r-roll: American pronunciation of "otter." Notice sound/position of tongue for "tt" sound. THIS is the FLICK of the R. Now, try with Spanish word: ahora. pronunciation
🇲🇽 pronunciation:
In Latin America: Seseo — In areas with the seseo, you pronounce all three of these letters (s, c, z) like an English s. The verb for pronouncing like this is sesear.
In Spain: Uses the distinción, so you pronounce an s like an English s, but a c or z like a th.
2024.04.14 Hour +1.5 🇲🇽 - Coffee Break Spanish 1.06 & 1.07 + tumblr notes
Notes:
1.06 numbers
tu = yours (tu padre)
tú = you (y tú?)
the accent (e.g. on tú) changes where the STRESS is. The more stress on "you" the more "you" you are. It's like "YOUU!"
usually the emphasis is on the second to last syllable in Spanish (?)
mamá & papá - stress here, however, is on the last syllable
una va. un
plural: +s, unless word ends in consonant: +es. (tengo dos hermanos vs. tengo dos mujeres)
sey llaman = their names (tengo dos hermanos, sey llaman Jorje y Pablo)
sey llama = his/her name (tengo un hermano, sey llama Jorje)
Quien eres? = Who are you?
Soy tu hijo = I am your son
1.07 jobs
rev: Soy de... = I am from...
rev: "d" makes a more "th" sound. tongue goes between the teeth. (pronunciation)
dont need article "a" with occupations (soy fontanero = I am a plumber)
Enque trabajas? = (informal) "What do you work?"
Enque trabaja usted? = "What do you work?"
Trabajo en... = I work in...
Add "yo" to the beginning of the sentence to emphasize the "I" / the self
Te gusta tu trabajo? = do you like your job?
Sí, me gusta mi trabajo.
No, no me gusta mi trabajo.
No trabajo = I dont work
Estoy jubliado/jubliada = Im retired
Soy vs. Estoy comparison to come. In the mean time my previous notes are linked below (2).
teacher: profesor/profesora vs. maestro/maestra (1).
(1)
(2)
2024.04.20 — Hour +1 🇸🇪 did one CBS lesson and listened to one Oskar episode (#2).
Would like to:
1. listen to Oskar episode again. 2. Mimic (✅)
also write up my top CBS notes here (✅+1hr)
1. listen to CBS dialogue again. 2. Mimic (✅ + 35 min) 3. Write up English speech prompt (translation or questions) 4. Speak (and 5, if i cared about reading better -or at all- depending on the language, I would make a target language transcript of the speech to practice writing and/or spelling)
would like to do the above with Korean too. (first finish speaking review then reading/speaking correct transcript ✅)
CBS 1.13 Notes:
kort: card vs. short:
note the short vowel sounds due to the 2 consonants following.
CARD: like "oo" in Am. "foot" (closed mouth) — kort / kʊrt
SHORT: like "o" in Am. "fought" (open mouth) — kårt / kɔrt
Continuing:
the end of adjectives change depending on whether the following word is an en or an ett word. (ett vin = vitt vin, rött vin; en bil = vit bil, röd bil) Notice short vowel in "vitt" and long vowel in "vit."
något (nåt) - for ett words; någon (nån) - for en words; några for plural words.
att mosa - to smash/mash something
att gosa - to cuddle
jättegoda is for plural nouns. jättegod for singular.
Hardest part of Swedish: getting the en, ett, plural, and adjectives down.
strax - "in a minute"
notan = the bill (to pay)
bjuder = treating someone (as in paying for the meal)
valkomna åter = welcome again / come back soon
är ni redo att beställa? (redo - notice the long vowel "e," sounds like "ee" and "o" comes at the end so i think that's what makes it a short vowel, as in "oo" in Am. "foot.)"
dill stuva pottatis = dill creamed potatoes
att klada = to be messy
det nötter i kakan? are there nuts in the cookie?
det lär ni på notan? (30:44) are you (two) sharing the bill?
2024.04.21 — intonation practice
isolate intonation with 나
when comfy, bring back words, then meaning.
![The real reason why 뭐 and 네 sound like [bwo] and [de] in Korean](https://64.media.tumblr.com/b558a2e50a2f226c05373ca12b7b30d2/4a2c6ad203921549-e6/s1280x1920/efd411977d34b737e03ab86cefea85ca3c0480ac.jpg)
Amazing pronunciation video. I already kinda do the denasalization (is also called nasal voice, but this is not a linguistic term) but I still had some confusion behind it. This helped a lot.
Swedish Pitch Accent
The take-away: There are 2 pitches. Figuring out which words have which pitch is hard - just listen and learn.
Echo Method / Echoic Memory / Deep Listening
Found this video again. Her echo technique for improving pronunciation has stuck in my head. Thought it would be good to add it here.
START: Find an audio file with a written transcription and choose a short section from it. Read it carefully, and Google all the words, phrases and cultural allusions you don’t know, making sure you thoroughly understand everything in the whole section.
When you're ready to practice, press "play" and listen to three or four words, then press "pause".
Take a moment to listen to the "echo" in your head.
Then, after you've heard the words echo in your head, repeat them out loud.
Then, repeat directly after the original.
Then, finally, say it at the same time.
You must "overlearn", you must overdo it in order to remember it.
Practicing daily like this, you will learn, not just pronunciation, but also vocabulary and grammar at the same time.
10 minutes is in fact enough, but you need to do it every day.
Korean Double Consonants
Videos below
TTMIK
Fluent Forever: Part 1
IPA Cont.
Unaspirated [k]: KIN = [k^h in]; SKIN = [skin]
Unaspirated [k] vs. [g].
Remember [k] = [k^h] MINUS "h" (therefore, there is no time between the placement of the tongue and the production of the following vowel.)
IPA ⟨ɕ⟩ = "sha" for ㅈ [tɕ], ㅊ[tʰɕ], ㅉ [tɕ⁼]
Question: {ɕ vs. ʃ} & {(tɕ vs. tʃ) aka (Kr. ㅈ vs. Am. "Ch")} Bring tongue up like picture shows above.
TBC: Fluent Forever: Part 2
Bonus: Korean Vowels
