250. How to pronounce Corporate vs. Cooperate

9 Sept 2022 · 3 min

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9 Sept 2022 · 3 min

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This content was created by Hadar Shemesh. This content was uploaded by Hadar Shemesh. This is a podcast episode titled "250. How to pronounce Corporate vs. Cooperate" (PODCAST) recorded on 2022-09-09, hosted and spoken solo by Hadar Shemesh. It's a "How to Pronounce Friday" segment in which Hadar provides pronunciation guidance and phonetic breakdowns for the words "corporate" vs. "cooperate" (and related pairs like "corporation" vs. "cooperation"), covering syllable counts, vowel/consonant sounds, stress, and examples. The episode closes with a call-to-action to subscribe, rate/review, and a mention of Hadar's Instagram handle (Hadar Accentsway).

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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. Today I want to talk about the two words corporate and cooperate. Corporate, Cooperate. The first word has two syllables. The first one is core. Core. Just like the word core or four core. The second syllable is pr. So basically it's a P sound and then an r and a t at the end. Since it's a stop t or a held T, you barely hear the T sound. It's is just an abrupt stop of the R sound. Listen. Pr. And that's enough. Cor. Prit. Corporate. The second word cooperate, has four syllables, cooperate. All right, and basically it's two words that come together. Co and operate. Co, a sound. Then o as in go co. Then you open it to the ah as in father sound, ko. Now, since you connect both vowels together, it feels like there is an intrusive W sound as a W sound right in the middle. Listen, Ko kawa. Then you have a P sound at a schwa. And the ending is rate, just like the word rate cooperate. All right, so at the end of the word corporate, it's a. Is a. There is a schwa sound there, corporate. And here it ends with rate. There is the a vowel rate. And the T again is a healthy. So you barely hear it. You don't hear rate. Cooperate. Corporate, cooperate. Same goes for corporation and cooperation. The ending is the same here. Corpor, schwa, re, primary stress. Again, corporation and co, opa. And the ending is the same ration. Corporation, cooperation. Simple and quick. 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.