pronouncing the word rat I often hear the word rat or rodent pronounced as rut

which means a hole in the ground and we often use this word to describe maybe

tire ruts which would be marks made in the ground from driving and we want to

say the word rat so to say the word rat correctly let's start with that R sound

to make the R sound correctly you want to make sure the tip of your tongue is

down point it down into the bottom of your mouth or the tip of the tongue is

flipped back do not touch your teeth for this sound another tip is make sure that

your mouth is Square and tense and this will help and make that sound long and

strong

next we're going to move to the AH sound and to do this helps of you open your

mouth wide because that will help you get the tip of your tongue low into your

mouth and the back of your tongue is going to be pulled up a bit ah and then

we're gonna end with the teeth and to do this touch the tip of your tongue to the

back of your top front teeth rat rat rat you will hear some people say rat and the

reason is is that they are not exploding that final T their tongue is just

staying behind the top of their back front teeth so again last time let's

give that a try rat rat rat happy year of the rat

wishing you all joy and happiness and prosperity in the year of the rat thank

you everybody have a happy Lunar New Year