In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over
the pronunciation of the word 'really'.
This week's word of the week is 'really'.
This is a two syllable word
with stress on the first syllable.
DA-da, really.
Another acceptable pronunciation is to make
this a three syllable word re-a-lly
where you add a middle syllable the schwa.
Re-ally, re-a-lly.
It begins with the R consonant sound
as the beginning R you will have
quite a bit of rounding in the lips. r, r.
And your tongue will pull back and up
for that R position, r.
Tongue tip shouldn't be touching anything.
The vowel in this syllable is
the EE as in SHE vowel, rea-.
So your tongue will come forward
so the tip will press behind the teeth here.
And the front part of the tongue will stretch
up towards the roof of the mouth, rea-.
The corners of the lips
may pull a little wide. rea-.
The second syllable begins
with the L consonant sound,
so the tongue tip will come
to the roof of the mouth, real-.
Then we have again the EE as in SHE vowel.
So tongue tip down,
front part stretching towards roof
of the mouth and the corners pulling wide.
really, really.
You will hear some native speakers
make the first vowel sound,
the IH as in SIT vowel,
relaxing the EE as in SHE, rea-lly, rea-lly
I know I myself do that sometimes,
really, really.
I really like that movie.
That's it your "word of the week".
If there is a word you would like to suggest
for the "word of the week"
put it in the comments below.
That's it, and thanks so much for using
Rachel's English.