heteronym lesson. These are fan favorites and  so I'm I'm loving this. We have two words today  

invalid, which is a noun meaning an ill person;  and invalid which is an adjective meaning not  

valid, not truthful, and  not in keeping with the law.

So to say invalid correctly we're  going to start with that syllable in.  

And to do this we're going to start with that  short ih sound. To say an ih sound, that short i,  

your mouth is slightly relaxed, your tongue tip  is just behind the top front teeth, and your  

tongue is relaxed. It is not tense in your mouth  but it is high and it is somewhat flat ih ih ih

Next touch the tip of your tongue to the  back of your top front teeth for that n. nnnn

Air moves out of your nose: in in in

This is the first syllable in both words, exactly  the same. Next we're going to move to the vuh  

syllable for invalid. And to say vuh you are  going to gently touch your teeth to the inside  

or the outside of your bottom lip, air moves out.  And then you're going to just open and relax your  

mouth for that short uh sound. Your tongue  is just relaxed in the middle of your mouth.

Last we're going to end with  

lid and to do this touch the tip of your tongue  to the back of your top front teeth for that l.

Think about having your lips pulled back a little  bit and not puckered. Then move to that short ih  

again. You know how to do this. Relaxed  mouth tongue is high but relaxed in the  

mouth and it's just behind the top  front teeth, not touching anything,  

and then touch the tip of the tongue to the  back of the top front teeth for that d, d.

invalid invalid invalid

Now for invalid, syllable number two is  going to be val. To do this start with that  

v and then move to that ah sound. To do that  mouth is open wide, tip of the tongue is low,  

back of the tongue is pulled high up, and then  as you close your mouth move the tongue along  

and touch the tip of the tongue to the  back of the top front teeth for that l.

And then you're going to end with either ud  or id whichever way you hear it, I don't care,  

it just needs to be a short relaxed vowel, and  then you're going to touch the tip of your tongue  

to the back of the top front teeth  for that d, d. In val id invalid

So you might be hearing one more difference  and you are correct. It's syllable stress.  

Syllables that are stressed  are higher, louder, and longer.  

The reverse is needed for those unstressed  syllables: softer, shorter, and lower in pitch.  

We're going to stress syllable number  one in invalid invalid invalid invalid.

And we are going to stress  syllable number two in invalid.

invalid invalid invalid invalid  invalid invalid invalid invalid

And now for a sentence:

If the invalid votes is the ballot invalid?

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