How to Pronounce Karaoke in English

11 Feb 2022 · 0 min

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A short YouTube pronunciation tutorial (by Hadar Shemesh) that demonstrates how to pronounce the word "karaoke" in English. Speakers break the word into syllables and phonetic parts (K-, A as in "cat", R + high E, "yo", O as in "go", and final "key"), note the primary stress, and repeat the full word for practice.

How to pronounce karaoke.
You start with a K sound and.
Then the A as in cat.
But because it's before an R sound, a lot of times.
People just pronounce.
It as E. K, K. Then we.
Have re, an R sound and a high E. Carry. Carry. And then yo. A. Yes.
Sound.
And the O as in go, as in yo. Yo, yo. What's up, Yo, Kara.
That's the primary.
Stress, by the way. So it's a little longer than the rest of the syllables. And then key. Karaoke. Karaoke. Karaoke.