Hadar Shemesh breaks down three easily confused words: conscious means awake or aware, conscience is your inner moral guide, and conscientious describes someone careful and wanting to do what's right. The video includes phonetic breakdowns and example sentences like "I follow my conscience" and "She's a really conscientious person."
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Hey.
Today we're going to talk about the.
Three words conscious, conscience, and conscientious.
These three words are kind of similar both in meaning and pronunciation, so we're going to talk about both. The first word is conscious.
Conscious.
Conscious means to be awake or to be aware of your surroundings. And you pronounce it with a k.
Sound sound at the beginning.
Then the a as in father kaan. You close it with an n, con.
And then chus choos, a ch sound, a schwa, and an s. Chs Conscious.
Some people might pronounce it without the.
Ch sound, but a sh Conscious.
Conscious.
Both are okay.
The next word is conscience with an n sound.
Cons Con.
The beginning is the same and then chuns chins.
Conscience is an inner guide or feeling or voice that allows you to decide if someone's behavior is right or wrong. I follow my conscience. I know what's the right thing to do.
Conscience.
And now I actually want you to think of sentences with the word conscience and write them in the comments below. Then we have the word conscientious. Conscientious is an adjective that describes a behavior of someone wishing to do what's right. Right to do their job well and thoroughly.
Conscientious.
She's a really conscientious person. I love her work. Or conscientious could be relating to someone's conscience. To pronounce conscientious, you begin with con.
Con, and then it's a ch sound and a high e. Con, Chi, chi.
But know that you can also pronounce.
It just with a sh sound. Con, she, then n, N, and then you end it with sh. Sh.
Conscientious. Conscientious.
So now, as I said before, write in the comments below three sentences or just one with either one of those words or all three. I hope this was helpful. If you have any more questions, write.
