hi everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday we have two
words of course today profit a financial gain and profit a person regarded as an
inspired teacher by the will of god both of these words are homophones and that means that
these words while they have different meanings and spellings are pronounced exactly the same
so here are the words we have prophet and profit so to say
these words correctly we're going to think about two beats or two syllables in the word
the stressed syllable
the syllable that will be loudest longest and highest in pitch is going to be syllable
number one with the second syllable being the shorter softer and lower in pitch
so to say the first syllable pra we're going to say that syllable with that open short oh sound to
do that we're going to start with the p actually let's start back there so to do this lips together
i like to have my tongue in the position that i will have it for the r before i start that p sound
so to get your tongue in that position the tip of your tongue will either be pointed
down with the back of your tongue pulled high up or the front of your tongue will
be flipped back away from your front teeth again the back of the tongue is pulled up
high in the back of the mouth almost touching if not touching the roof of the mouth
then when you start the p with your lips closed as you open your lips your tongue is all ready
for that r and then you won't get that sound that extra vowel sound in between the p and
the r okay so get your tongue ready for the r er then put your lips together pr pr pro
i already moved into that oh move there by opening your mouth wide your tongue
is going to be in a very similar position if the tip of your tongue is down for your
r the tip of your tongue will be down back of your tongue is pulled up for that short
ah sound keep your mouth nice and open do not pucker your lips around your lips that will make
it sound more like an o sound and we want it to be the oh so let's put this all together pro pro pro
and then we're going to end with fut and that is the short uh sound in there we are going to start
with the f sound fff to do that think of smiling lips your lips are pulled back a little bit and
the air is going to move out of your mouth could be gently biting the inside or outside of that
bottom lip just make sure that air keeps moving out just keep your mouth open relax tongue is
neutral for the uh super short vowel and end with the t by touching the tip of the tongue to the
back of the top front teeth and then just gently pulling that down and the air just puffs out
people will inevitably ask me can i say fit or fet
you sure can
the key is is that at the end of this word you just want that to be the shorter
and the unstressed of those two syllables so i can say profit with the short uh
profit with the short i or profit with the short e and if i say them quickly and unstressed you have
profit profit profit and they all sound very very similar so again if you've been watching my videos
you know i'm all about just being clear it is not about perfection there really is no perfect
just be clear and to do that do that second syllable unstressed
let's give those all a try profit profit profit and let me go slowly again profit
profit profit profit profit profit profit
and now for a sentence
the prophet advised his followers to use their profit for good works
so give it a try i know people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful
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