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