How to Pronounce the Months of the Year American English
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today I’m going to go over by request
the months of the year January January
starts with the J’son jar consonant
sound where you are making sound with a
vocal chords as it is voiced the lips
you can see take a position where the
corners come in but the lips stretch
away from the face which shows the teeth
JIT the next sound is the ad as in bat
followed by the N consonant sound when
the as in bat is followed by the N the M
or the ng consonant sound it is somewhat
affected by that consonant ah uh-hmm
so does this uh that is thrown in that
does not appear in the IPA transcription
but that happens as you pass from the
ass into the N consonant sound ah hmm
Jan Jan January the next syllable is the
U as in few diphthong Jan you Jan you
and finally the open air as in bed Jan
you a
the R consonant sound and the EE as in
she Airy so the corners of the lips pull
wider for the EE as in she after having
been in the circle for the our January
January it’s the first syllable here
that is stressed January January
February begins with the F consonant
sound so the bottom lip moves up to
touch the bottom of the top teeth and
it’s unvoiced so you just let air pass
through fat it opens into the air as in
bed vowel sound Feb and then has the B
sound where the lips come together
to make that B sound the second syllable
can be pronounced one of two ways you
can pronounce the R and then have the as
in boo vowel Roo Favreau although I
don’t feel like I hear this very much in
America I know it is an accepted
pronunciation but I think much more you
will hear you the U as in few diphthong
rather than an R sound so in most cases
this first our sound is left out Feb you
Feb you and then the end just like
January the air as in bed the R
consonant sound and the EE as in she
February February again it is the first
syllable fat that is accented February
February March March begins with the M
consonant sound and then has the AH as
and father followed by the R consonant
sound when the is and father is followed
by the R consonant sound the R has a way
of taking over the vowel so it’s not aa
as we think of it this very relaxed ah
drop of the jaw relaxed lips relaxed
forward tongue but rather mar the lips
begin to already sort of form the
slightly circular position for the R and
the tongue begins to already draw back
into that position R Mar Mar it is
followed by the Chas inch our consonant
sound which is just like the djinn
January but it’s not voiced so you just
pass air through your vocal cords March
April April begins with the ay as in say
diphthong and this is the accented
syllable a April it then has the P
consonant sound followed by the R / /
the schwa and the dark L Oh Oh April
April May
maybe Ginn’s with the M consonant sound
and is followed by the ay as in say
diphthong which is also the first
syllable of April May May June like
January begins with the J’son jar sound
it then has the e as in boo vowel and
the N consonant sound June June July
like June and January begins with a
consonant sound the first syllable can
be pronounced one of two ways
it can either have the e as in boo July
or it can have a schwa JA July July July
so with the Oh as in boo the lips would
be more rounded and with the schwa more
relaxed at any rate it’s the second
syllable that is accented just do you
lie July and the second syllable has the
L sound followed by the AI as in buy
diphthong July August in August it is
the first syllable that is accented all
August and it is the all as in law vowel
sound the second syllable begins with
the G consonant sound good which is
voiced so you do make sound with your
vocal cords good and the tongue reaches
up to the soft palate and pulls away it
then has the UH as in butter very
relaxed two vowel sound
Agha Agha and finally the s and T
consonant sounds
August September here it is the middle
syllable that is stressed Sept 10 /
September both the first and second
syllables have the as in bed vowel sound
but the second one because it’s in the
accented syllable will be a little
longer and a little higher in pitch
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September so it begins with the S
consonant sound on
has the as in bed set the P consonant
sound set but here you don’t release
because you do that in the tea set septa
the as in bed and the M consonant sound
September the B consonant sound
schwa and R consonant sound bur
September October November and December
are all similar to September and that it
is the middle syllable the distressed
and they all end with the same syllable
BER so October begins with the AH as in
father sound followed by the K sound
which is unvoiced where the tongue pulls
away from the soft palate Auk Auk the
accented syllable is the T consonant
sound followed by the Oh as in no
diphthong
octo-octo-octopus ultros M November
November December it begins with the G
consonant sound followed by the e as in
sit vowel sound did did de say it then
has the S consonant sound and the air as
in bed followed by the M consonant sound
December December and now a sentence for
each month listen and repeat I’ll see
you in January in February it snows a
lot in March it seems like it’s always
raining
last April we went to Europe my birthday
is May 5th in June summer begins in July
we celebrate the birthday of America in
August it’s always so hot in September
we begin our school year October is the
beginning of fall November is my
favorite month in December we have
Christmas