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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