Two words today equate which means to consider  

things to be equivalent and adequate meaning acceptable 

So we have a couple variations today - so we're  going to go ahead and talk about those . So our  

first word is equate - i'm saying it with the  schwa sound which is that short uh sound , uh  

it's unstressed it's super soft super short, lower  in pitch. My stress syllable here is going to be  

kwait, and to say that you're going to start  with the k - tip of the tongue is down, back of  

the tongue is pulled up, and then you're going  to round your lips for that w sound. kw kw kw 

You can see because I know how  to make this sound I actually  

start with my lips puckered and I say the  k sound while my lips are already puckered.

So you can do either next I'm  going to move to that long  

a sound, and to do that the tip of my tongue  is low in my mouth, and my mouth is open wide,  

then as I close to a smile,  my tongue gets high and flat a  

a a. Then i'm going to touch the tip of my tongue  to the back of my top front teeth for that t t. 

quait quait quait equate equate equate I do hear people say and it is acceptable  

to say equate, that is totally fine with that  long e sound, remember as I always say it is  

about being clear and understood, not about  being perfect, not about which word is perfect,  

so that's a variation that I do here and  people should understand you when you say that. 

Now for the word adequate, we are going to  stress syllable one which is the add add,  

to do that you're going to open your mouth wide  in a round circle for that ah sound, the tip  

of your tongue will be low, back of your tongue  will be pulled up, touch the tip of your tongue  

to the back of your top front teeth for that  d sound, the voice box is on, air puffs out. i

I'm going to move to that short unstressed  swa schwa syllable the uh sound uh 

A tip for you um people who might have trouble  with this is to try to link that schwa to the  

first syllable, so i'm not going to say  add a i'm going to say add a add a add a 

And then we're going to end with  quit, like the word quit q-u-i-t. 

The difference here is because this  is unstressed, we're going to use that  

short ih sound instead of the long a. Add a quit adequate adequate adequate 

If you're wondering how to say  this short i sound relaxed mouth -  

you can just see my tongue right about here,  right about at the um, bottom of my upper top  

teeth there, it's not touching anywhere, and  it is a little bit more relaxed in my mouth,  

so it's not an e it's an ih not an e ih - so you  can see just by relaxing my mouth, your tongue is  

going to pop down a bit, just like mine did, so  smile for the e, relax the lips, and the tongue  

will pop down slightly for that short ih sound So let's put these all together again 

equate equate equate adequate adequate adequate 

equate adequate and now for a sentence 

An adequate response does not always  equate to the expected response.

So give it a try i know people are going to notice  the difference! If you found this helpful please  

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