Youre Saying Comfortable WRONG American English Pronunciation shorts

You know what word is hard for my students? 

Comfortable
It kind of looks like it should  

be comfortable but no one says it that way.
Or comfortable or truly available self. 

Greater extent than they always 
feel comfortable articulating. 

That drill was to make you 
comfortable being uncomfortable. 

You go ahead and sit back 
in your comfortable chair. 

Pretend it’s spelled like this:
How would you say that word? 

comf-der-bul
Comfortable 

That’s how most Americans say that word most 
of the time not com-for-ta-ble. It’s simpler,  

it’s smoother, just make it three syllables.
Comf-der-bul 

Comfortable
Let’s get comfortable with the word ‘Comfortable’.