G'day guys.
Welcome to this episode of Aussie English.
Here're 10 more words to mispronounce in order to sound more like a native English speaker. Let's go.
Family = fam-ly
We say this as "fam-ly".
Two syllables.
"Fam-ly".
I love my fam-ly.
Have you got a big fam-ly?
Fam-ly.
Finally = fin-ly
You can say, "finally".
But a lot of the time you're going to hear, "fin-ly".
Fin-ly
We fin-ly got here!
The postie fin-ly delivered the mail!
Fin-ly.
Every.
Ev-ry.
Two syllables.
Ev-ry.
I go to work ev-ryday.
That's a lie.
Is ev-ry one here yet?
Ev-ry.
Manually.
Manu-ly.
I have to ender the data into the computer manu-ly.
I prefer to do things manu-ly.
Manu-ly.
Itinerary = Itin-ry
What's on the itin-ry for your holiday?
Is there much on the itin-ry for today's meeting?
Itin-ry.
Because = 'cause / coz
I'm here, 'cause I have to be here.
I did it, coz I felt like it.
'Cause / coz
Business = bus-ness.
If you say "business" that is, like, the act of being busy.
This is pronounced, "bus-ness".
Two syllables again.
Bus-ness.
Mate, that's none of your business.
That is none of your business.
I just started this new business.
I sell secondhand coat hangers.
It's a lucrative business.
Bus-ness
Generally = gen-rally.
Gen-rally, I speak with an Australian accent.
But sometimes I don't.
Gen-rally, I don't eat much junk food.
That's another lie.
Gen-rally.
Comfortable = Comf-table.
Are you comf-table in that couch mate?
You guys look pretty comf-table over there.
Is it comf-table?
And you can also shorten this to just "comf-y".
Are you comf-y in that couch?
Oh, man, I'm so comf-y right here.
Oh, it's comf-y as!
Comf-y.
Comf-y, or comf-table.
And the very last one guys.
Evening = ev-ning.
This one is "ev-ning".
At the moment, it's not the evening.
It's the arvo!
It's the afternoon.
But in a few hours, it's gonna be ev-ning.
Ev-ning.
So, the biggest takeaway for today, guys, is that words that end in an "-ary" or "-ally"
kind of sound,
where you have a vowel sound, a consonant, and then another vowel sound, well the "y"
often have the second last vowel dropped.
And that's what we saw in words like "every" becoming "ev-ry", "finally" becoming "fin-ly",
"family" becoming "fam-ly", and "itinerary" becoming "itin-ry".
So, I hope that helps guys.
I hope that you can start mispronouncing these words and sound a lot more like a native.
This is how I'd say them.
And I'll see you soon!
Peace out, guys!