SayIt™ is soon going to have you sing songs. ....Sound .mp3?
But first.....This is very important to review if you want to understand, and to be understood.
By now, you should put the stress on the right SYLlable in EVery word. ReMEMber?
And for many lessons now, you have learned to make some of the most difficult sounds. Now we put it all together.
When you speak, the first important part of pronunciation is to say the correct sound in the stressed syllable. That is the sound you hear the most. In the words above, if you say the correct sound in the stressed syllable, people will understand the word.
So in corRECT, the "e" sound is most important sound to say. Because that is what people hear the most.
And you also remember that the unstressed part of the word is one you don't hear very much.
Say these after me:...c r RECT.....d VEL p....POW r.....
See how the little sounds in the unstressed syllable are almost NOT EVEN THERE! We call the little sound we put in there the "Schwa" and you should already know that.
Now...you are ready!
Next lesson, we will start to show you how to make the "meaning" words in a sentence -- into a kind of song.
If you do, people will start to understand you better...We promise it...Absolutely!