Name: How to Pronounce SECRET & SACRED - American English Pronunciation Lesson
Uploaded: 2022-04-16T17:50:07.000Z
Duration: 4 min 24 s
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Hey there! Jennifer from Tarle  speech. We have two words today.  

We have secret not known or seen by others  and sacred connected to god or religion.

Past simple

So we have secret and sacred. Okay! I wrote the  first part as real words. A lot of people like  

that. It makes it so much easier to remember. We  are going to start with SEE and to do this tip  

of the tongue is down for that s. It can also  be behind the top front teeth. Air moves out  

and then smile nice high and flat tongue  for the e. See See like I see you.  

Say I say a lot of things. Yes I talk for a  living and to say that a in say you're going  

to open your mouth wide, tip of the tongue  is low, back of the tongue is pulled up,  

and then your tongue moves to flat  as your mouth closes. A A A A A

Now let's look at the ending part of these  words. We're going to start with that k  

r combination, that blend. There's no vowel  between these two sounds. So your tongue is  

low in the front, high in the back for  the k, and then for the r, er, it just  

moves a little bit in my mouth K ER as I round  my lips into that square tense shape. So KR KR KR

So my tongue is really in the same  spot. Tip of the tongue is low  

back of the tongue is pulled high up. I don't  really move my tongue with the exception of when  

my mouth closes. There isn't as much space, so  my tongue has to move a little bit as my mouth  

moves to that square tense shape. So  let's look at that one more time. KR KR KR

Now let's do krud first for that short u sound uh  and then end with the d - d. Touch the tip of your  

tongue to the back of your top front teeth.  Voice box is on and moving. krud krud krud

Now for krit for that short ih sound, your tongue  is going to be just behind your top front teeth.  

Your mouth is relaxed and your tongue is slightly  relaxed in your mouth even though it is high.  

And then you're going to end with that t - t.  Touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your  

top front teeth and air just puffs out. Some  people, if you watch my videos you know this,  

this short i sound and the short u sound  are so similar in unstressed syllables  

that you might be hearing see krut and that's okay  because the key here is - is that is an unstressed  

vowel in that syllable. And when we have those  unstressed vowels oftentimes people will vary  

whether they're saying the short ih, eh, or uh Because  they're all super short and a little more relaxed.

All right, let's put these together. I'm  going to do the krit for you. Okay see krit  

see krit secret secret secret. You can  also say secret or secret. Totally fine.  

And then say krud say krud sacred sacred sacred 

There are many times in history where sacred  rituals had to be performed in secret.

Give it a try people are going to  notice the difference. If you found  

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How to Pronounce SECRET & SACRED - American English Pronunciation Lesson

slightly

spot

combination

sentence