A short pronunciation-coaching podcast episode (How to Pronounce Friday) by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to pronounce the word “resolution.” The host breaks the word into syllables (re- / z(ə) / loo / shən), explains tongue/lip positioning and stress (primary stress on "loo"), gives an example question "What's your New Year's resolution?", and closes with subscription/Instagram calls-to-action.
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.
Hey, it's rar. And this is the accent's way. Your way to finding clarity, confidence and freedom in English. And today we're going to talk about how appropriately the word resolution. Resolution. So we begin with the re sound. Your lips pull the tongue in. There's a lot of tension there engaged in the tongue. And then you open it to an. Drop your jaw a little. Re. Then the next syllable is Z. Z. It's a schwa sound after a Z sound. Z. Z. Rezuh. Rezuh. So there is no O sound there, although it's spelled with an O. Resolution. Okay, it's not resolution. Resa. Za. Lution. Then we move on to the primary stress. Loo. Loo. It's an L sound, a little heavy L, and then an U vowel. It's a long vowel. Also, the primary stress is always longer, louder, and higher in pitch. We definitely hear it here. Resolu. And then again a reduced vowel. We shift from the sound to the N. Resolution. Resolution. Resolution. What's your New Year's resolution? All right, have a happy New Year and I'll see you next week. Next year. Bye.
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