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February 3, 2023
How to Pronounce BOWED & BOWED – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words BOWED & BOWED 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:Verb: /boʊd/
Adjective: /baʊd/
Definition:Verb: to bend over
Adjective: bent or crooked
Transcript:Hi there! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your heteronym lesson. I recorded a video a little bit ago about the word bow and bow and then I thought, oh, I should have added what happens when you add an ed to that. So here you go!
So our heteronym today is bowed which means to bend over and bowed which means bent. Oh my goodness! So confusing!
So we have bowed to bend over and bowed would mean bent or crooked. So to say these words correctly we’re going to start with that b sound- B. Lips are closed. They pop open. Air puffs out. Voice box on and moving.
We are going to end with a d for both of these words. To do that, touch the tip of the tongue to the spot where the teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth, air Puffs out, voice box is on and moving.
Now for the word bowed, we are going to add an ow. And to do this, you’re going to open in a really Wide Circle. Move to puckered lips – ow. As you do that, the tip of your tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then it ends in the middle – ow.
And then for the O, you’re going to have your mouth in more of an oval shape – o, and then you’re going to move to that pucker. When your mouth is in more of an oval shape, same thing, tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then you move to a flat tongue – o.
So we have ow which is round open to a pucker;
and o which is Oval open move to a pucker.
Let’s put these all together:
bowed bowed bowed
bowed bowed bowed
bowed bowed
bowed bowed
And now for a sentence:
The old man with bowed legs bowed to the queen.
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January 31, 2023
How to Pronounce ARE & the Letter R – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words R and ARE with this American English Homophone pronunciation lesson. These words are pronounce the SAME way but have different meanings and different spellings.
Definitions:ARE: second person singular present and first, second, third person plural present of be
R: The letter
Pronunciation:These words are pronounced exactly the same way! /ɑr/
This may be helpful:Two for Tuesday✌️Learn English HOMOPHONE Pronunciation
How to Pronounce ARE, OUR, HOUR – American English Pronunciation Variations
Transcript:Hi everyone it is 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.
I’m gonna do a little mini series here on our two for Tuesday with letters. I got a request recently on how do I pronounce the names of the letters of the alphabet and so in doing that I realized a lot of them are homophones. So here you go. Our first one for today is the letter r and the word are which is a form of to be.
I did not write a pronunciation on here. I’m just going to teach you what to do with your mouth because people get really confused with this. I also want to mention that R has different pronunciations regionally in the U.S and in Fast and connected speech. So you will hear variations. I have a few lessons on this words I will also link those below if you’re interested.
So to say R and are as homophones we are going to open the mouth wide. Tip of the tongue is going to be way low. Back of the tongue is pulled way high up. And then we are going to move to square tense lips with the tip of the tongue either pointed down or flipped back. But the key here is the back of that tongue needs to say stay high.
Let’s put it all together
are R are R are R
And now for a sentence:
Are there two r’s in your name?
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January 2023 Lessons from Tarle Speech English Pronunciation
How to Pronounce CHASED & CHASTE
How to Pronounce WE, WEE, WHEE
How to Pronounce SLIGHT & SLEIGHT
How to Pronounce ARE & the Letter R
Viewer Question of the WeekHow to Pronounce COMBINE & COMBINE
How to Pronounce CONDUCT & CONDUCT
How to Pronounce CONFLICT & CONFLICT
#Shorts Quick English Pronunciation LessonsHow to Pronounce PROFESSIONALLY
How to Pronounce WHOLEHEARTEDLY
How to Pronounce SUSCEPTIBILITY
How to Pronounce DESCRIBE & DESCRIPTION
How to Pronounce VENICE & FINISH
How to Pronounce METEOROLOGIST & METEOROLOGY
Playlist for January 2023 LessonsJanuary 2023 – Tarle Speech – English Pronunciation Playlist
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January 27, 2023
How to Pronounce AXES & AXES – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words AXES & AXES 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:/ˈæksɪz/
/ˈæksiz/
Definition:Plural of ax which is a tool to chop things
Plural of axes which is an imaginary line that bodies rotate around, or a math term
Transcript:Hello! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your Friday heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but they have different meanings and different definitions.
Our words today are axes which is more than one ax and an axe is a tool that you use to chop something like a tree. And axes which is the plural of axis and an axis is an imaginary line that bodies rotate around or we also use that term in math.
So two options here and they both have two syllables or two beats. Let’s start with syllable number one because the sounds are exactly the same. Let’s start with that ah sound. Open mouth in a wide circle – very wide open no rounding. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled way high up. ah. Your tongue is going to stay in about that same position. Your mouth is going to close a bit and then you’re going to let the air puff out of your mouth for that k. ack ack. Okay we’ve gotten that out of the way.
Next we’re going to move to the s sound for the second syllable. This is the same in both words. And to say this sound, the tip of your tongue is either down or behind the top front teeth. Air moves out of the mouth and your tongue is not touching anything.
Now here’s where we start to say the words differently. For axes, the chopping tool, the plural of the chopping tool, we are going to end with is. And to do that we have that short i sound. The tip of my tongue is just behind my top front teeth. It’s not touching. And the rest of my tongue is flat and slightly relaxed in my mouth. My lips are also relaxed. They are not tense and smiling. They are a little relaxed for the e. Then we’re going to end with that z sound z. You can make this sound with the tip of your tongue at about the same spot or you can point it down to the bottom of the mouth. Voice box is on and moving.
zzz
Let’s put that all together. ack siz ack siz axes axes axes
Now for axes, which is the plural of axis, what we are going to do is we are going to end with ease. And to do this, your mouth is smiling and your tongue is very high, flat, and tense in the mouth – e. And then you’re going to end with that z again.
Let’s put that together ack seez ack seez axes axes axes
Now you might be wondering what about the word axis which is the singular form of axes. And for that I just want you to think about ending in us because that is the schwa vowel at the end there. So let’s try our two words that we’re targeting today.
axes axes axes and axes axes axes
And now for a sentence:
The mathematician made axes out of axes since he was chopping down some trees while he was trying to explain the problem to his friend.
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January 25, 2023
How to Pronounce TOES & TOWS – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words TOES and TOWS with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.
Definitions:toes: digits on a foot, to push or kick, or to walk with toes pointed in
tows: pulls or removes a vehicle
Pronunciation:These words are pronounced exactly the same way!
/toʊz/ or toz
This may be helpful:Two for Tuesday✌️Learn English HOMOPHONE Pronunciation
Transcript:Hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle Speech. It’s two for Tuesday – two words that are homophones that have different spellings and different meanings. And here’s the great part they’re pronounced exactly the same way.
Our words today are:
-Toes which are digits on a foot to push or kick or to walk with your toes pointed in and
-Tows which means pulls or removes a vehicle
So to say these words correctly we have three sounds. Let’s start with that t sound. To say this, touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth where the teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth. Pull it down as the air Puffs out.
Then we’re going to move to that long o. And to do this open wide in an oval and then move to a pucker. Your tongue will start low in your mouth but the back pulled up high. The back stays pulled up but the tip of the tongue will move to the middle of your mouth as you Pucker: o o
Then end with the z – z. Tip of the tongue is either pointed down or is behind the top teeth. It is not touching. Air moves out of the mouth and your voice box is on and moving.
Let’s put it all together
t-o-z
tows toes tows toes tows toes
And now for a sentence:
The boat tows the inner tubes. Just be careful that your toes don’t get hit by the rope.
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How to Pronounce WE, WEE, WHEE – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words WE, WHEE, & WEE with this American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson. These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way.
Definitions:We: the pronoun – used by a speaker to refer to himself or herself and one or more other people considered together
Wee: little or small
Whee: an expression of delight
Pronunciation:These words are pronounced exactly the same way!
/wi/ or w-e
This may be helpful:Two for Tuesday✌️Learn English HOMOPHONE Pronunciation
Transcript:Hi everyone it’s Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday homophone lesson. Homophones are words that are pronounced exactly the same. They just have different spellings and different meanings. We actually have a three for Tuesday today.
And now our words are:
we the pronoun
whee an expression of delight and
wee meaning little
So to say these words correctly two little sounds. Start with a W sound. And all you’re gonna do is pucker. Tongue is flat and the mouth is not touching anything and the air moves out.
Next add that long e by smiling. Tongue again it’s not touching anything. It’s just flat and high in the mouth.
Put it all together:
we whee wee
we whee wee
And now for a sentence:
We all yelled whee as we pushed the Wee Ones on the swings.
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How to Pronounce SLIGHT & SLEIGHT – American English Homophone Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words SLIGHT & SLEIGHT with this American English Homophone pronunciation lesson. These words are pronounce the SAME way but have different meanings and different spellings.
Pronunciation:These words are pronounced the SAME way: /slaɪt / or s-l-i-t
Definition:Slight – to a small degree
Sleight – the use of cunning, especially to deceive.
Playlist:HOMOPHONES – words spelled differently, with different meanings, but are pronounced the same way.
Transcript:Hi everyone 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 slight a small degree or sleight the use of cunning to deceive or to insult. We often hear this in the phrase a sleight of hand meaning we’re going to deceive someone.
To say these words correctly we only have four sounds. So many letters that gets confusing. So to say this word correctly, let’s start with that s. Tip of the tongue is pointed down or behind the top teeth that’s not touching. Air moves out of the mouth continuously. Smiling for this letter.
Then we’re going to move to the L. You’re actually going to touch the back of your teeth. L Keep your lips pulled back almost in that smile shape.
Then we’re going to open wide for the I. And to do this open wide, tip of the tongue goes low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then we’re going to close to a smile again. I As you close to the smile your tongue ends high and flat in the mouth.
Then just touch the tip of your tongue to those teeth again for that t. T
sleight
slight sleight slight
slight sleight slight
And now for a sentence:
The sleight of hand led to a slight advantage.
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January 20, 2023
How to Pronounce CONFLICT & CONFLICT – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words CONFLICT & CONFLICT 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: /ˈkɑnflɪkt/
Verb: /kənˈflɪkt/
Definition:Noun: a fight or disagreement
Verb: to act against
Transcript:Hello!
Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your Friday heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same. They’re pronounced differently with different spellings.
I have two words today. And I think if you’ve been watching, you are almost going to be able to teach this lesson, because it’s the same pattern as the past few weeks.
Our words today are conflict which is a fight or a disagreement and conflict which is to act against.
So we have the same rule: nouns stress syllable one; verb stress syllable two. Another pattern you might be seeing is when we have a stressed syllable that begins with con, we tend to say cun. But when we have that unstressed syllable, we just relax our mouth, and make things short and simple, and we say that short uh sound. cun
All right! So let’s start with syllable number one in both of these words. For both of these words, we’re going to start with the k sound. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up. Air puffs out. Keep your tongue in that same spot. Open your mouth more for that oh and then move the tip of the tongue to the spot where your teeth meet the roof of your mouth for that m. Air moves out of your nose.
When you’re saying the syllable Kun, the unstressed syllable, just relax your mouth in the middle for that uh sound. cun cun cun.
Now Flict. This is a little complicated. Let’s take our time. We are going to start with that F sound. You can either bite the inside. Bite, I’m using that as a general term, meaning you are going to be touching your teeth to the inside or the outside of your bottom lip. Air moves out of the mouth. Next move the tongue to behind the top front teeth. It’s that spot where the teeth meet the skin on the roof of the mouth for that l. L. Hold it there for an extra second. fl fl fl.
You can see when I move from that F to the L my mouth is not moving a lot. All the action is happening inside of my mouth and do that so that you do not add an extra vowel which would equate to an extra syllable. You don’t want to say fuh l. We don’t want that. fl
Next we’re going to add that short e sound. To do that, your mouth is basically relaxed. The tip of the tongue is behind the top front teeth. It is not peeking out, but it’s just there, and your tongue is generally relaxed. eh eh
Next, move to that K. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled way high up. Then take the tip of the tongue and take it to the top of the mouth to the spot where the teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth for the t.
Put that all together
f lih ik t
fl ik t
flikt
flikt
flikt
flikt
flikt
flikt
So we have
conflict conflict
conflict conflict
conflict conflict
And now for a sentence:
There was a conflict in the schedule which led to a conflict between the colleagues.
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January 17, 2023
How to Pronounce ENTRANCE & ENTRANCE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words entrance & entrance 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.
Definition:-an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place
-fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention
Pronunciation:/ˈɛntrəns / /ɛnˈtrɑːns /
Transcript:Hi everyone! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but they have different pronunciations and different meanings. So our words today are:
entrance which is an entryway and
entrance which means to Captivate
We follow a general rule of thumb here in English and that is:
-nouns tend to be stressed with syllable one and
-verbs tend to be stressed in syllable number two
So both of these words start with the EN syllable. So to say syllable number one you’re going to start with that short eh sound. Mouth is relaxed and open. Tip of the tongue is just peeking out between the top and the bottom teeth, and then you’re going to touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth where the teeth meet the roof of your mouth. For the n air moves out of your nose.
EN EN EN
Then we’re going to move to that TR which is the beginning of syllable number two. for both of these. To do this you’re going to start by touching the teeth for the T then you are either going to flip the tongue back or point it down for that R . TR
For entrance when we’re going to stress syllable number one. You’re going to have the schwa the uh sound in syllable number two. So we’re going to add that short uh sound mouth is relaxed and open short quick vowel uh. Again add that n and then pull the tongue down it can either be behind the top front teeth or pointing down for that s.
tr tr tr
So we have entrance entrance entrance entrance entrance
For entrance we are going to stress syllable number two. We need to make that vowel longer and stressed. So we’re going to add that short ah and you’re going to do that by opening the mouth in a Wide Circle. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up. en trans entrance entrance
So again we have
entrance entrance entrance entrance
entrance entrance entrance entrance
And now for a sentence:
Once we step through the entrance we were entranced by the beautiful space.
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January 6, 2023
How to Pronounce COMBINE & COMBINE – American English Heteronym Pronunciation Lesson
Learn how to pronounce the words COMBINE & COMBINE 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: KOM-bin /ˈkɑmbaɪn/
Verb: kum-BIN /kəmˈbaɪn/
Definition:Noun: a threshing machine
Verb: to put together
Transcript:Hello Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your heteronym lesson of the week. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but they have different meanings and different pronunciations.
We have a word today. There is our word. And we have two definitions of course. We have combine which is a threshing machine and combine which means to put together.
So let’s start with the sounds that are the same in each word. We have that K and that M. So let’s start with combine. To say this word, you’re going to start with that k sound. Tip of the tongue is low, back of the tongue is pulled high up, air Puffs out of the mouth. Keep your tongue in the same spot and just open your mouth more – oh – for that oh vowel. cah cah
Then close the mouth completely. Lips together air moves out of the nose for the m. com com com
Next we’re going to move to that b – b. Your lips are closed and they open. Air Puffs out. Voice box is on and moving.
Then we’re going to move to the long i. To do that, open wide. Tip of the tongue is low. Back of the tongue is pulled high up. Move to smiling lips as the tongue flattens out – I.
Keep going with that tongue. Touch the tongue to the back of the top front teeth, specifically, to where the teeth meet the skin on the roof of the mouth for the n – nnnnn. Air moves out of your nose. bin
com bin
combine combine combine
Yes, I am stressing syllable number one here. Our rule pertains. Syllable number one is typically stressed in nouns and syllable number two in verbs when they are heteronyms. A stressed syllable is louder, longer, and higher; and the unstressed syllable is shorter, softer, and lower.
Next for combine, since syllable number one is unstressed, we’re going to have that short uh sound, the schwa sound in there. cum cum cum
So the difference here is you’re not opening your mouth wide for that oh. It’s just relaxed and open, tongue is relaxed in the middle of the mouth for that short uh. cum cum
And then we’re gonna end again in bin.
But this time the bin is stressed. combine combine combine
So we have
combine combine
combine combine
And now for a sentence:
I’m having a really hard time thinking about how to use combine and combine in a sentence. So why don’t you give it a try and give me a sentence with those words. And if you found this helpful please leave us a comment give us a share and a like and if you need help check us out at Tarle speech.
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