A short solo podcast episode (How to Pronounce Friday) hosted by Hadar Shemesh that teaches listeners how to pronounce the adjective "frustrating." The host breaks the word into sounds and syllables—F → R transition, schwa-like vowel in the first syllable, primary stress on 'frus', second syllable 'tray' with an A as in 'day', TR often sounding like 'ch', and using an American flap T for a smoother pronunciation—then closes with an example sentence and calls-to-action to subscribe and follow on Instagram.
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.
A word that keeps coming up when my students express their feelings, when they're communicating English, is the word frustrating. Frustrating. And there is nothing more frustrating than trying to say this word and not being able to say it or not getting it right. So today, I'm going to teach you how to say the word frustrating so you can express your frustration clearly and accurately. So let's start. Start with an F sound. For that, you bring the bottom lip to the top teeth, release air. And as you're pronouncing the F sound, you're already waiting with your tongue up there for the R. Fur. So the only thing you need to do when you shift to the R is just round your lips. Fur. Fur. And then you open your mouth to the as in cup. Fr. Fr, which is just like a schwa with a bit more emphasis. Frus. Fruss. That's the primary stress of the word Frus. The second syllable is tray. Trey. A as in day. So it's not frustrating. The second syllable is not stressed. It's not frustrating. It's not an sound. It's frustrate. When the TR go together, it often sounds like a ch sound instead of a T. Listen. Frustrating. Tray. Tray. Like train. Frustrate. And then you end it with a flap T. Frustrating. Ding. So it sounds just like a D. You can say frustrating. That's also okay. But you can make it a little smoother and softer and more American by making it a flap T. Frustrating. It's very frustrating to know what you want to say but not being able to say it. Frustrating. Wow.
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