How to Pronounce SEVENTY American English
In this American English pronunciation video,
we’re going to go over the pronunciation
of the word seventy.
This week’s Word of the Week is seventy.
This is a three-syllable word with stress
on the first syllable. Seventy. DA-da-da.
It begins with the S consonant sound, ss,
ss, teeth are together and tongue tip is down
here, corners of the lips may pull wide. Sssse-.
Then we have the EH as in BED vowel. And you
can see the jaw does need to drop for that
sound. Se-. Vv. Then the V consonant sound,
where the bottom lip comes up and touches
the bottom of the top front teeth. Sev-, sev-.
Seventy. Next we have the schwa-N sound. Don’t
worry about making a separate schwa sound,
seven-, seven-, just go straight into the
N sound, where the front part of your tongue
will lift, and the flat, top part will touch
the roof of the mouth.
Next we have the T. The T in clusters is usually
a True T. But sometimes, when it follows an
N, we leave it out altogether. In this particular
word, we have an exception. It’s a Flap
T. Seventy, seventy. Seven-ty. So the tongue
is already in position for the N, all you
have to do is pull it away to make the flap
T sound. Seventy, seventy.
Then we go straight into the EE as in SHE
vowel, where the tongue tip is down, and the
front part of the tongue is stretching up
towards the roof of the mouth. Seventy, seventy.
Tomorrow, my grandma’s turning 70.
That’s it, your Word of the Week. If there’s
a word you’d like to suggest for the Word
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That’s it, and thanks so much for using
Rachel’s English.