In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of
the word 'comfortable'.
This week's Word of the Week is 'comfortable'. If you look this up in a dictionary, you're
probably going to see something other than what I'm going to say now. I'm going to tell
you how people say it when they speak American English. COMF-der-ble. Three syllables. Stress
on the first syllable. Comf-, comf-. We begin with the K consonant sound, where the back
part of the tongue will reach up here and touch the soft palate, kk, kk. Then we have
the UH as in BUTTER vowel, where the tongue and lips are totally relaxed, co-. Then the
M consonant, where the lips come together: com-, com-, comf-. Then we have the F consonant,
so the lips will part so the bottom lip can be touching the top teeth, comf-, comf-. Then
we have an unstressed syllable: the D sound, schwa/R sound, -der-, -der-. It's going to
be short, flat, low in pitch, and quiet, -der-, -der-. Comf-der-. And finally, -ble, -ble.
The B consonant with the Dark L sound, -ble, -ble. Again, it's unstressed, so it's going
to be low in pitch and flatter, -der-ble, -der-ble. COMF-der-ble. Comfortable.
To make the Dark L, pull the back part of the tongue back towards the roof of the mouth.
You don't need to worry about bringing the front part of the tongue up if you make the
dark sound: ul, ul. Comfortable. Comfortable.
I hope you're comfortable.
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.