How to Pronounce America American English
In this American English pronunciation video,
we’re going to go over the pronunciation of
the word America.
This week’s Word of the Week is America. ‘America’
is a four-syllable word with stress on the
second syllable. America. The first syllable
is simply the schwa sound, uh. Then we have
the stressed syllable, -mer-. It begins with
the M consonant where the lips are together.
Then we have the EH as in BED vowel. The jaw
has to drop for that, -mer-. Then the R consonant.
So, the tongue will pull back and up, and
the jaw will close as the tongue reaches towards
the roof of the mouth, -mer-rr-. Then we have
the IH as in SIT vowel, Ameri-. And finally,
the K consonant sound and schwa for the last
syllable. The tongue will reach up here, kk,
kk, and the back part of the tongue will touch
the soft palate and release to make the K
sound. America, America. She visited America
last May.
That’s it, your Word of the Week. Try it
out yourself. Make up a sentence with the
word, record it, and post it as a video response
to this video on YouTube. I can’t wait to
watch it.
That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s
English.