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In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of
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the word 'favorite'.
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This week's Word of the Week is 'favorite'. It can be pronounced with three syllables,
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but most of the time you'll hear it with two, favorite, favorite. So, it begins with the
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F consonant sound, ff, ff, then we have the AY as in SAY diphthong.
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Make sure your jaw drops for that first sound of the diphthong, fa-, fa-.
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Then we have the V consonant sound,
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same position as the F, only this time it's voiced, fav- fav.
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And the R consonant, IH as in SIT vowel, T, -rite, -rite. It's unstressed. -rite.
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We may release the T, to make a True T sound,
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or we may keep the tongue up in the T position, and not release the T,
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making it a stop sound. Favorite, favorite, or favorite, favorite, with a light release. Favorite.
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This is my favorite restaurant.
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That's it, your Word of the Week. Try it out yourself. Make up a sentence with the
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word, record it, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to
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watch it.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.