A short podcast episode (How to Pronounce Friday segment) in which host Hadar Shemesh teaches listeners how to pronounce the word “opportunity.” The episode breaks the word into syllables, demonstrates vowel/consonant articulation, identifies primary stress on the second syllable, and offers pitch and practice tips; includes intro and outro with subscription/social info.
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.
Farhan asked me to make a video on the word opportunity. So I figured, hey, it's a great opportunity to talk about the word opportunity, right? Okay, let's just start. We begin with the ah, as in father vowel sound.
Ah.
Relax your lips, drop your jaw, relax your tongue and pull it back a bit. Make sure it's flat.
Ah. Ah.
It's not opportunity, although it's spelled with an O. No, Think about it like it has two A, A's. Ah, Ah, Opportunity. Then we shift to per. Per as in perfect or person. It's a P and then shifting to an R directly. Per, Per. Per. Then the primary stress is two. Two, like the word two, the number two. It's a strong T sound and a long U. Think like you're adding a small W at the end. 2. It's not Trinity, it's 2, 2, then n, n, an N sound. Lift the tongue up for the N. It's a nasal sound and a schwa. N, N, N. And then the. And D. The T is flat. Listen to the music of the word as well. Opera 2. I go higher in pitch for the primary stress. Opportunity. Opportunity. That's it.
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