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How to Pronounce INVALID & INVALID – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words INVALID & INVALID with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈɪnvəlɪd/

Adjective: /ɪnˈvælɪd/

Definition:

Noun: an ill person; and invalid

Adjective: meaning not valid, not truthful, and not in keeping with the law

Transcript:

Hi everyone Jennifer with Tarle speech welcoming you back once again for another heteronym lesson. These are fan favorites and so I’m I’m loving this. We have two words today invalid, which is a noun meaning an ill person; and invalid which is an adjective meaning not valid, not truthful, and not in keeping with the law.

So to say invalid correctly we’re going to start with that syllable in. And to do this we’re going to start with that short ih sound. To say an ih sound, that short i, your mouth is slightly relaxed, your tongue tip is just behind the top front teeth, and your tongue is relaxed. It is not tense in your mouth but it is high and it is somewhat flat ih ih ih

Next touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for that n. nnnn

Air moves out of your nose: in in in

This is the first syllable in both words, exactly the same. Next we’re going to move to the vuh syllable for invalid. And to say vuh you are going to gently touch your teeth to the inside or the outside of your bottom lip, air moves out. And then you’re going to just open and relax your mouth for that short uh sound. Your tongue is just relaxed in the middle of your mouth.

Last we’re going to end with lid and to do this touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for that l.

Think about having your lips pulled back a little bit and not puckered. Then move to that short ih again. You know how to do this. Relaxed mouth tongue is high but relaxed in the mouth and it’s just behind the top front teeth, not touching anything, and then touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth for that d, d.

invalid invalid invalid

Now for invalid, syllable number two is going to be val. To do this start with that v and then move to that ah sound. To do that mouth is open wide, tip of the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then as you close your mouth move the tongue along and touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth for that l.

And then you’re going to end with either ud or id whichever way you hear it, I don’t care, it just needs to be a short relaxed vowel, and then you’re going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of the top front teeth for that d, d. In val id invalid

So you might be hearing one more difference and you are correct. It’s syllable stress. Syllables that are stressed are higher, louder, and longer. The reverse is needed for those unstressed syllables: softer, shorter, and lower in pitch. We’re going to stress syllable number one in invalid invalid invalid invalid.

And we are going to stress syllable number two in invalid.

invalid invalid invalid invalid invalid invalid invalid invalid

And now for a sentence:

If the invalid votes is the ballot invalid?

Give it a try i know people are going to notice the difference! If you found this helpful please share this with your friends. Give us a like, leave us a comment, and if you need more help, you can check out our products and our classes at Tarle speech.

Thank you so much everyone have an amazing weekend!

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How to Pronounce BOLDER & BOULDER – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words BOLDER & BOULDER with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

BOLDER: daring and less hesitant

BOULDER: a large rock

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

/ˈboʊldər/ or b-o-l-d-er

Sentence:

The work crews took a cruise.

This may be helpful:

Hospitality & Travel Vocabulary 🧳 English Pronunciation Lessons Playlist

Transcript:

Hello hello!

It’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson.

Homophones are words that are pronounced exactly the same way. They just have different spellings and different meanings. Our words today are boulder which is a large rock and bolder which means daring and less hesitant.

So let’s take a look at these words and we are going to start with that b sound. To do this your lips are together. Then we are going to move to that long o.

So to do this from that b open your mouth wide, tip of your tongue will be low, back of the tongue will be pulled high up, and then you’re going to move to a pucker. As you move to a pucker, your tongue will just flatten out in your mouth, and it’ll be in the middle.

Then touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth for that l. Pull it down for the d- d.

And then end with the er.  Think about having square tense lips here. The reason I teach it this way is because of the mistakes I see are:

people pucker too much or

they just have their mouth relaxed way too much

And then you don’t get your tongue in the right place and you have the incorrect sound. Tip of the tongue will be low, back of the tongue will be pulled high up, or you can flip the tongue tip back as long as the back of that tongue is nice and high and tense.

Let’s put it all together boulder bolder boulder bolder boulder bolder boulder

And now for a sentence:

After the hiker moved the small boulder he felt bolder!

Give it a try people will notice the difference!

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How to Pronounce RESUME & RESUME – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words RESUME & RESUME with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.

Pronunciation:

Noun: /ˈrɛzəˌmeɪ/

Verb: /rɪˈzum/

Definition:

Noun: a CV or record of your employment

Verb: to start again Pronunciation

Transcript:

Hey everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech.

Again today I have another word I’m gonna ask for forgiveness from all of my french speakers and french students out there. Teaching these the American way, not the french way. So we have two words that are heteronyms. They’re spelled the same but they have different pronunciations, different meanings. We have the word resume which means to start and resume which is a document of your experiences.

So difference here: syllables!

For resume which is how you list all of your jobs and your education like a cv we are going to have three beats reh zuh may. Stress syllable number one. resume resume resume resume

And for resume we are going to stress syllable number two and only two syllables this time. resume resume resume

So we have:
resume resume
resume resume
resume resume resume
resume resume resume

And now for a sentence:

Please resume editing your resume.

Give it a try people are going to notice the difference. Please give us a like and a share and continued forgiveness for probably terribly mispronouncing that beautiful french word, resume. Um and if you need more help you can check us out at Tarle speech.

Thanks everyone see you soon.

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How to Pronounce SWAYED & SUEDE – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words SWAYED & SUEDE with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.

Definitions:

SWAYED: to rock back and forth; to persuade

SUEDE: leather with a soft surface

Pronunciation:

These words are pronounced exactly the same way!

/sweɪd/

Sentence:

He could not be swayed to buy the suede jacket.

This may be helpful:

Hospitality & Travel Vocabulary 🧳 English Pronunciation Lessons Playlist

Transcript:

Hello amazing students!

It’s Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson.

Homophones are words that are pronounced exactly the same way. They just have different spellings and different meanings.  So it’s a bogo:  buy one get one free!

Our words are:

swayed which means to rock back and forth or to persuade and

suede leather with a soft surface

To say these words correctly let’s start with that s sound.   To do this tip of the tongue is either pointed down or it’s behind those top front teeth. It’s not touching. Air continues out for that s sound. You can see my lips are pulled back a little tiny bit then what I’m going to do is move to a pucker for that w w.

Then I’m going to open for that long a and then move to a smile. When I open the tip of my tongue is low back of my tongue is high up. As I move to the smile my tongue is going to end high and flat in my mouth.

Then I’m going to touch the tip of my tongue to the back of my top front teeth for that d – d and pull it down while the air puffs out.

Let’s put it all together suede

suede suede suede

suede suede suede

And now for a sentence:

He could not be swayed to buy the suede jacket.

Give it a try people will notice the difference!

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How to Pronounce SAKE & SAKE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson

Learn how to pronounce the words SAKE & SAKE with this American English Heteronym pronunciation lesson.

Definitions:

Noun: a type of alcohol

Adjective: a purpose

Pronunciation:

Noun: /sɔ-ki/

Adjective: /seɪk/

Sentence:

For goodness sake, let’s just do another round of sake.

This may be helpful:

 Heteronyms

Transcript:

Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech. I have a word today that is a heteronym, actually two words. Heteronyms are spelled the same but they have different meanings and pronunciations. I ask humbly for forgiveness from all Japanese speakers and all of my Japanese students . I’m going to teach this the American way. It is not the Japanese way of pronouncing this word. um But my point in the lesson is to teach the difference. So we have sake which is how we pronounce it in America. I’m gonna try the Japanese way: sake. Um and that is the drink and then we have sake which means a purpose.

The big difference here is that there are two syllables in sake and one syllable in sake.

So we have sake sake sake sake and
sake sake sake sake sake sake sake

And now for a sentence for goodness sake, let’s just do another round of sake!

Give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference. If you found this helpful, please give us a like, and a share, and again asking for forgiveness from all of my students for mispronouncing that Japanese word. I’m just teaching the American pronunciation. And if you need more help you can check us out at Tarle speech.

Thanks so much everyone have an amazing weekend!

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September – Lunch Hour Pronunciation Q&A with Jennifer Tarle

Rebroadcast of Jennifer’s live stream.

Jennifer talked about the previous week’s lessons and tips & tricks to be clearer and better understood. Students had time to ask Jennifer questions about mistakes that they make when speaking English.

Improve your accent, speak clearly, and improve your speaking confidence with this English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

 

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Lunch Time Live Stream – New words added to the dictionary & Q&A

Great seeing so many of you today. In case you missed it, here is the live stream about new words in the dictionary and Q&A.

Power Point Presentation: lunch time live TARLE September 21 2022

Improve your accent, speak clearly, and improve your speaking confidence with this English pronunciation lesson. Learn how to pronounce English words correctly with Jennifer Tarle from Tarle Speech and Language. Lessons guide you through a quick pronunciation lesson with practice examples. Learn quick tips to have you sounding clearer in no time. Reduce your accent, gain confidence, and speak clearly today!

 

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Go Solo Interview: Gain Confidence & Improve Speaking – Tarle Speech & Language

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