Hadar Shemesh breaks down how to pronounce August. The first syllable is an ah sound like in father, the second is gust with no ooh sound despite the spelling, and stress falls on the first syllable.
How to pronounce the word August. You can start with the ah as in father sound, which means you drop your jaw, relax your lips, keep the tongue down. Ah. Ah. You can also pronounce it with a more rounded version, as in ah, Ah as in daughter. So basically you're doing the same thing, but you rounding the lips a bit more. The second syllable is gust. It's a g sound. Schwa. So that means it feels like there is nothing there. An s and a t. Gist. There is no ooh sound there, even though it's spelled with a U. Gist. August. August. The primary stress is on the first syllable. August. My birthday is in August. August.
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