A short instructional YouTube video by Hadar Shemesh (Accent's Way) teaching how to pronounce the noun 'interpretation' and the verb 'interpret' in American English. The presenter breaks each word into syllables, explains vowel reductions (schwa), consonant placements (t, r, n, sh), stress placement differences between the noun and verb, and gives practice encouragement and calls-to-action.
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Howdy. It's hadar. And this is the accent's way, your way to finding clarity, confidence and freedom in English. Shukri asked me to explain how to pronounce the word interpretation. So we're going to talk about the word interpretation and the verb to interpret. Interpret. The word interpretation begins with in. In as in come in. In. It's a relaxed I sound. And then we lift the tongue up for the n in. Then we drop to a schwa sound. Ter. Ter. Ter, so it's a t sound. And then you pull it in for the r directly. There is no vowel there. It's a reduced vowel, Ter as in Turkey or terminal ter. Ter. The second syllable is yet another swab, so it's a p sound. Then you pull it in for an r pur and then you relax the tongue for a schwa. Pr. Then the primary stress, a strong t with a long a t. Interpret. So you go higher in pitch for the primary stress and then you drop again to a schwat or reduced vowel in a SH sound, then directly n. Shn. Interpretation, Interpretation. Now the verb to interpret is almost the same except for the stress. So the stress here shifts to the second syllable. We begin the same in. And then ter. It sounds the same because it's the er as in stir vowel sound. It's just like the schwa. So you don't pronounce. It's not inter, although there is an e here. It's a t that shifts to the r directly ter In Ter and then you drop to pr. Pr. Pull the tongue in for the r round your lips and then you close it with a t. Pr. You don't pop the t so it doesn't have to be interpret. Now you could just A t at the end of the word is sometimes just an abrupt stop of air. Interpret. Pr. Alright, good. That's it. Thank you for watching and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't yet. Please share this video with your friends if you liked it. And come on over to my website to get more great content and to put your hands on my free accent craft crash course. And remember that practice makes perfect. So keep on practicing and I will see you next week in the next video. Bye.
