is how do i pronounce the word curious  which is eager for knowledge or strange  

here is our word curious so we're gonna have  a few options here most of the time i say  

curious and to do this we're going to have  three syllables and let's start with the  

endings because that's the easiest we are going  to have the middle syllable e long e smile and  

then us to do that relaxed mouth and then the  s sound tip of the tongue is down or behind the  

top front teeth air just moves out yes yes yes  easy breezy now what about the beginning this  

is the confusing part for most people we're  going to start with the k tip of the tongue  

is down and the back of the tongue is pulled  up air is going to puff out voice box is off

then we're going to move to the yeah sound to  do this keep the tip of your tongue down if you  

need to you can gently bite the outsides of the  back of your tongue for the sound the key here  

is do not touch your teeth you do not want to  touch your teeth with the tip of your tongue  

you want to keep it down and away then you're  going to move into square tense lips for that  

er sound i think it's easiest here just to keep  your tongue down the whole time but if you're  

one of those people that flip your tongue  back for your r that's fine just remember  

do not touch your teeth and do not let the tip of  your tongue move for that er sound cure cure cure  

i do hear some people say cure and round their  lips more cure either is fine just pick one and  

stick with that remember it's all about clarity  it's not about perfection and there really is no  

perfect because there are all types of variations  so let's give this a try and put it all together  

cure e us curious curious curious or you can  say curious curious curious whichever you prefer  

what about curiously all we're going to  do is add the lee at the end curiously  

curiously curiously so for curiosity the  difference is we are going to shift the  

syllable stress to the os right before the a d  and what we're doing here is we're using a schwa  

and then we're moving to that flap t which  i say think of as a very fast d sound adi  

curios adi curiosity curiosity  curiosity let's give them all a try

curious curious curious curious curious  curious curiously curiously curiously  

and curiosity curiosity curiosity that was  a tough one i was getting some tongue issues  

there myself so take it slow and here we are in  a sentence if you are curious about pronunciation  

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