How to Pronounce ILL THINK ABOUT IT American English

in this American English pronunciation

video we’re going to study the

pronunciation of the phrase I’ll think

about it

this is part of a sentence study series

where we look at a short common phrase

and discuss its pronunciation I’ll think

about it what’s the most stressed

syllable there I’ll think about it

it’s think da da dadada I’ll think about

it

make sure it’s longer than your other

syllables also make sure every syllable

connects I’ll think about it uh it’s

four different words but there’s no

punctuation separating them so we want

them to link together smoothly I’ll

think about it first we start with a

contraction aisle in casual conversation

this will probably be reduced to all all

sounding a lot like all I’ll think about

it

actually when I say it quickly in that

sentence I’ll think about it I’ll think

about it

I’m really just making one sound and

it’s the dark sound of the dark L all my

tongue tip is here touching the back of

the bottom front teeth and the back part

is pulling back a little bit oh oh oh oh

that’s the dark sound I’ll think I’ll

think so I’m not bringing my tongue tip

up into the position of the L I’m just

making the dark sound I’ll think I’ll

think I’ll think about it then I have

the stressed word think it begins with

an unvoiced th a tough sound what you do

have to make it so your tongue and jaw

will come up enough so your tongue tip

can be lightly touching both the bottom

and the top teeth the tip will come out

just a little bit and you’ll see it the

tip doesn’t actually have to move much

to get into that position

oh just has to lift a little bit next we

have the ear as in sit vowel followed by

the ng consonant I tend to make the more

of an e sound when it’s followed by the

ng consonant think see

it’s sort of a mix between E and E my

tongue tip does go back down from the th

so it’s here again touching at the back

of the bottom front teeth but the front

part of the tongue stays pretty close to

the roof of the mouth off the then the

middle back part of the tongue goes to

the soft palate which is lowered to make

the ng all thing mmm

touching about here it’s now in position

for the K sound the only change that

happens is that your soft palate raises

it closes all thing this is probably

something that will happen on its own

the movement of the soft palate and you

don’t need to worry about it

to feel that make an NG sound and then

get ready to make the K but don’t

release it

did you feel anything move or tightening

your throat that’s the soft palate next

we lightly release the K but we want to

do it right into the next word which

begins with a vowel to connect so we

don’t want all think about it all think

about it with a separate release but

rather I’ll think about it I’ll think

releasing the K right into the next

sound in this case it’s the schwa so for

the schwa we want no jaw drop we want to

make it as quickly as possible

think about think about very short I’ll

think about now the lips come together

for the B I’ll think of I’ll think about

and we have the ow as in now diphthong

it’s not stressed so we don’t need too

much jaw drop I’ll think about bow bow

the lips will probably round a little

but not too much because again it’s

unstressed and we want to move on to the

next sound as quickly as possible the

next sound is the flap T so the tongue

will just bounce against the roof of the

mouth without stopping the flow of air

this will help us link to the next word

it you don’t need to think about making

the air really it will happen quickly

when you bring your tongue down from the

flap you actually want to just think

about bringing it right back up for the

T in it think about it think about it

think about it I’ll think about it

do you notice they don’t release the T

in it it it I just cut off the airflow

in my throat to make that stop think

about it think about it it makes the

word it abrupt it it about it I’ll think

about it and now let’s look at the

phrase up close and in slow motion

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