Hadar Shemesh breaks down how to pronounce "congratulations" by dividing it into syllables and showing where the stress falls. The primary stress lands on the "lay" syllable with a higher pitch, while the word follows a short-long rhythm pattern.
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Welcome to the Influency Podcast. I'm Hadar and this is how to Pronounce Friday, where we take a confusing word or word pair. We learn how to pronounce it and how to use it with confidence. Let's get started. Let's say that your friend is celebrating something and you want to congratulate them on their that event. And you're coming up to them and you say, hey, congratulations. And you get stuck. Why? Because it's a long word and the spelling does not correspond with pronunciation. Exactly. And you get frustrated and then you get in your head and then you know, why feel that way? So let's practice the word congratulations so you can go ahead and congratulate everyone around you. So let's begin with the beginning. It's a k sound, a schwa and an n, a weak syllable. Then you have a secondary stress syllable, gra, It's a g sound, an r. Round your lips and open your mouth to the A as in cat, GRA as in the word gratitude or graduate. Then it's a weak syllable again, congra Jump. Alright. Although it's spelled with a T, it's actually pronounced as a. A d and a together and a schwa, of course, a weak syllable, congrad. Then the primary stress of the word l and then a as in day, lay as in late lay, and then another weak syllable, a sch, a schwa and an N, a Z at the end. Congratulations. Congratulations. Now, another interesting thing about this word is the rhythm. Okay? Not every syllable receives the same beat. So it's not congratulations, congratulations, but it's congratulations, short, longer, short, longer, short. Congratulations. While the lay is the primary stress, it's also higher in pitch. Congratulations. Congratulations on your anniversary. Congratulations for saying congratulations. Okay, that was your how to Pronounce Friday episode. I hope you enjoyed it. And if you like the podcast, then consider subscribing to the podcast. And if you feel really crazy, you can even rate and review the podcast. And you can find me at Hadar Accentsway on Instagram where you can DM me and ask for all the crazy, fancy, confusing words that you'd like to know how to pronounce. Have a beautiful day and I'll see you next time.
