Hadar Shemesh breaks down the word "genuine" into three syllables: Jen-you-ən. The J and E sounds come first, then a glide W appears when you say the middle syllable, with stress on the first syllable.
Three syllables.
The first syllable.
Today we are going to talk about how to pronounce the word genuine. I genuinely believe it is an important word to know how to pronounce genuine. Three syllables. The first one is Jen. Jen. It's like my best friend Jennifer's nickname. Jen. Hey, Jen. What's up? You start with a J sound, then the E as in red. And then you bring the tip of the tongue up for the N. Jen. Then it's the word you that's the middle syllable, but it sounds like the word you. Genu. Genu. And then finally, in the last syllable, we have a reduced vowel, the schwa and an n. But when you connect the u and the, you get something new. Can you guess what it is? You won. That's right. A W sound. You won, Jen. You won. The primary stress is on the first syllable, so it's higher in pitch and longer. GenU. 1. That was a genuine gesture. A genuine gesture. Genuine.
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