hello and welcome to speak American English with Lyman Holton my name is
Lyman Holton in this lesson we're going to talk about American English
pronunciation are you ready let's begin we're talking about silent consonants
silent consonants if you understand the consonants it's easier for you pronounce
the words you can make the sound of the consonant and you know where and how to
use it now silent consonants are very important the next six pronunciation
videos are going to talk about silent consonants these are going to be short
lessons so I'm going to take them one at a time this is number one here we're
talking about in words that begin KN the K is silent the K is silent all you hear
is an F for example we have the word knob knob take off the K and yep it'll
be knob now that's the sound not really a word KN is the correct spelling but
the K is silent if you don't pronounce it correctly you're going to say cut
knob turn the dork anam right that's what a knob is a knob is something that
you turn on the old television sets we used to turn a knob instead of click the
remote control or you had children and they turn the knob for you they were
your remote control but a doorknob go to the door turn it on now kanab know KN I
f e on ice a knife a sharp on a piece of metal usually metal and
you cut something maybe you cut a piece of string maybe you cut some meat when
you're eating dinner you cut with a knife if you don't say it correctly cut
knife could I borrow your connive please no no no nice nicking knit teen many
women enjoy knitting to knit they like to take too long needles and some yarn a
ball of yarn and they knit clothing perhaps a sweater that's very common
sweater a muffler scarf a cap to keep you warm in the winter stocking caps
knit knitting if you say it wrong khodeti can it no no no knitting knock
now we talked about a doorknob how about when someone comes to your home or your
office and they they knock on the door because they want to come in okay so
that's not there knocking on your door kanak no no ok so we covered knob knife
knitting and not there are many more words k and e w knew I knew you're going
to say that not canoe canoe is a type of a boat a narrow longboat that you paddle
down a river across the lake no no no I knew you were going to say that no a no
is no as in a negative no I'm not going to eat that piece of pie KN 0 W know now
that means I know something I have knowledge of something which also
knowledge begins with kay n so keep in mind the K is silent in words
that begin with KN and that's the end of this lesson thank you for watching this
video and I look forward to seeing you at our next lesson goodbye for now