How to Pronounce TIME American English

In this American English pronunciation video,
we’re going to go over the pronunciation of

the word ‘time’.

This week’s Word of the Week is ‘time’. ‘Time’
is a one-syllable word, and it is a content

word, so it will be stressed in a sentence.
It begins with the True T, tt, tt. To get

the True T sound, your teeth must be closed,
and your tongue should be at the roof of the

mouth, far forward, tt, tt. You let the air
build up, and then you release by dropping

the tongue and letting the teeth part just
a little bit, tt, tt. Then we have the AI

as in BUY diphthong. Make sure your jaw drops
enough for the first sound of that diphthong:

taa-, tai-, tai-mm. And finally, the M consonant
sound. The lips must come together. I’ve noticed

some of my Spanish-speaking students don’t
bring their lips together: time, and they

make a nasal sound like that at the end. We
do want the M, where the lips come together.

Time, time.

It’s time to go.

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.