How to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY Tricky Pronunciation SHORTS

It’s my son’s birthday!
Happy Birthday Sawyer! 

Birthday can be a really hard word 
for my students, let’s break it down.  

B consonant, that’s pretty easy but the 
/ɜɹ/ vowel, that can be tricky. Bir,  

just make the r sound. Don’t 
try to make a vowel. B-ir, Bir, 

Brrrr!
Bir,  

birth.
And we have the unvoiced th,  

your tongue tip has to peek just through but don’t 
hold it, don’t clench. Let the air flow freely. 

th-, birth, birth.
Birthday. 

And day is not the problem 
part of that word. Birth-day. 

Birthday.

Happy Birthday.