Short instructional video/transcript in which Hadar Shemesh demonstrates how to pronounce the word “alternative.” The speaker breaks the word into syllables, describes segmental sounds (dark /l/, schwa, flap t), marks primary stress on the second syllable, and provides repeated full-word examples.
How to pronounce the word alternative the first syllable is an ah sound and a dark l. Because of the dark l, the sound is a bit muffled and sounds a little bit like an sound, but it's still for the dark L, you don't have to bring the tip of the tongue to touch the upper palate. Then we have ter, a t sound, a stir sound, and an r T, just like the word turkey or term alter. That's the primary stress, so it's longer, louder, higher in pitch. Alter. Then we have n, an n sound in a schwa. And then we have dove. The t sound is a flap t, so it sounds like a very light d. And then we have another schwa and a v dove Alternative Alternative Alternative how to pronounce alternative.
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