Short YouTube pronunciation guide for the word "critical" (video by Hadar Shemesh, Jan 6, 2023). Two speakers walk through the phonetic segments: initial /k/, the r-sound, the short /ɪ/ vowel, a flap t that approximates a /d/, a schwa, and a final dark /l/. The video repeats key phrases for emphasis and ends by inviting viewers to write a sentence in the comments.
How to pronounce the.
Word critical. Critical.
It's critical to know how to pronounce critical. You start with a k sound, then.
The r ker.
And then it's the I as in.
Sit cri cri cri.
Then we have a flap t that sounds like a d, that sounds like a trilled r in some languages. Then you drop to a schwa right.
After krita.
Then you ended.
Up with cole.
It's a sound schwa, an l. When the schwa is before a dark l, an l that is at the end of the word, then it actually sounds a little bit like an o.
Cole Critical.
Critical. Now write a sentence in the comments.
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