How to Pronounce Numbers 11 19 American English

eleven I pronounce it with a schwa in

the first bubble but some people do

pronounce it with the e as in she vowel

sound so that would be either 11 or 11

in any case it’s the middle syllable

that is stressed 11 the middle syllable

begins with the L sound leg opens into

the air as in bed laughs 11 it then has

the V sound so the bottom lip comes up

mm-hmm to touch the top teeth elem and

it then has the schwa and the n sound 11

or 11 12 12 begins with the T sound and

then goes into the tight circle for the

W 2 to 12 n opens wide into the air as

in bed vowel sound to a

but then has the dark L all where you

make that all sound before the tip of

the tongue comes up 12 12 and finally

the V consonant sound to end 1212 a note

on the teen words if you were to hear

someone counting 11 12 13 14 15 16 you

would hear the stress on the 13-14 on

the first syllable however that is only

when you’re counting to differentiate it

from all the other teens if you were

gonna say a sentence like I’m 18 then

the stress comes on the word teen and

this is how it normally goes in

conversation if you wanted to stress the

age for example we all got cars when we

were 17 she got one when she was 16 then

you would stress the first syllable but

in general you will stress the teen when

you’re saying one of the teen numbers 13

13 begins with the unvoiced th sound so

the tongue must come through the teeth

sir it then has the ER as in her vowel

sound sir so the tongue pulls back

fattens up and raises some fur it then

has the T sound so the tip of the tongue

comes back forward to touch behind the

clothes teeth and pulls away to release

the air 13 it then has the EE as in she

vowel sound corners of the lips pulled

wide and then the N consonant sound 13

14 14 has the word for in it and just

like the word for it has the F consonant

sound the Oh as a no fo a and the R

consonant sound 14 however here it is

the unstressed syllable in the word 14

14 so all of the sounds are there and

they’re all pronounced the same but they

might be a little lower in pitch to

contrast with the word teen 14 15 15

begins with the F consonant sound it

then has the as in fit fit fit and then

once again the F consonant sound v so

the bottom lip has to start come down

and go back up into that position

v followed by the syllable teen 15 16 16

has again 6 just like 4 followed by teen

and it is pronounced the same way the S

consonant sound

the air as in sit sit the K consonant

sound sick the S consonant sound sick 6

16 17 17 again is the word 7 followed by

teen 17 so you have the S consonant

sound into the air as in bed vowel sound

say the V consonant sound the schwa and

the N consonant sound

7 7 17 18 again it’s the word 8 followed

by teen although here there is only one

T sound it is not eight teen it’s simply

the ay as in say diphthong a teen into

teen 18 19 again the word nine followed

by teen nine with the N consonant sound

and the AI as in buy diphthong Nye Nye

hmm followed by the N consonant sound

and teen 19 19