know are words that are spelled the same but have  different meanings and different pronunciations.  

We have a syllable difference today. Um  we have separate which is the adjective  

meaning not joined together and separate which  means to divide into groups and it is a verb.

Let's start with the adjective separate:  two beats here, two syllables, sep rit

To say these syllables we're gonna start with that  s. Move to that short e and then end with the t.  

Tip of the tongue is down for that s in the  middle of the mouth just peeking out between  

the top and the bottom teeth for that eh  and then mouth closes for the p. sep sep

Then we're going to move to RIT start  with that R ER. Square tense lips,  

tip of the tongue is down or flipped back, back  of the tongue is pulled high up. Move to the short  

e sound. Your tongue is a little bit higher than  it was for that e. You're gonna close your mouth  

a little bit and your tongue is just going to be  behind those top front teeth. That's not touching.  

And with the T touch the tip of the  tongue to the back of the top front  

teeth and let the air puff out.  sep rit separate separate separate

Now for the verb. We have three syllables,  that's most important. You have a couple of  

variations which sound the same to most people  but one might be easier than the other for  

pronunciation purposes. So we're going to start  with that sep. Again we know how to do that.  

Option number one is to say  ER next as a syllable. ER.  

And to do that square tense lips, tip of the  tongue is down, or flipped back. er er er

Then you end syllable number three with  

ate like I ate dinner. And to do that, open  your mouth wide a and then move to a closed  

mouth and then touch the tip of the tongue to  the back of the top front teeth for that t.  

Air Puffs out as your tongue pulls down a sep  er ate sep er ate separate separate separate

So you can all say also say sep uh with that  schwa then and the word with rate starting  

with that R and then adding the ate. So  sep uh rate separate separate separate

So we have the adjective two  syllables separate separate separate  

and then we have the verb separate separate  separate or sep uh rate separate separate

Now for syllable stress you're going to start  

by stressing syllable one in separate separate  separate. We're also going to draw syllable  

number one and separate separate separate. Which  you might be hearing a second stressed syllable  

that is less stressed than the sep it gets the  secondary stress which is that last syllable.

So let's put these all together again separate  separate separate separate separate separate

And now for a sentence: Please use  separate bins to separate the recycling.

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

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