Hadar Shemesh breaks down how to pronounce equality syllable by syllable. The light L at the start sounds different from the dark L at the end, the T between vowels sounds like a D, and the stress shifts from equal to equality.
Hey, it's hadar. And this is the accent's way. Thank you for joining me. And today we are going to talk about the important word equality. Equality. Equality has four syllables. We begin with as in sit. So it's not equality, but to make this sound, you want to drop your jaw a bit. The tongue rolls forward and the lips are relaxed. The second syllable is kwa, kwa, A K sound, then a W, a W sound and the ah as in father. The next syllable is l. An L sound and a schwa. L. It's a reduced vowel. The L is a little heavy, so it's not. It's not just the tip of the tongue touching the upper palate. You also engage the muscles here, but you don't want to make it too dark. L. L. That's a dark l. And we don't want to have it before vowels. In the middle of the word l. L. Equal. And then the last syllable is T. But when the T sound appears between two vowels, it becomes a flap T. And it sounds like a D, L, R, E. We ended up with a high E. Equality. Equality. By the way, when the relaxed sound, as in sit, appears in a secondary stress position, meaning we hear an sound but it's not the primary stress, we often drop it to a schwa, or we can drop it to a schwa. Equality. Equality. That's also okay. But the proper pronunciation is ick Ick. Equality. When you say the word equal, the primary stress falls on the e and that's a high e. Equal. But the word equality is a little different, where the stress shifts to qua and the tense e becomes e. Equality. Equal. Equality. We need more equality in the world. Equality. Okay, that's it. That's the pronunciation of this word. And now let's turn it into practice and write down in the comments below one sentence with the word equality. Okay? Not only that, you practice your vocabulary that way. You also help others by creating more sentences to practice. Because you always want to practice in context. Remember that. Okay, that's it. Thank you so much for watching. Please share this video with your friends if you liked it and come on over to my website to get your hands on my free audio crash course or my interactive list of the 50 most mispronounced words in English. You don't want to miss it out. Thanks everyone for watching and I'll see you next week in the next video. Bye.
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