Hadar Shemesh shows two ways to say literature in American English. The three-syllable version drops the T sound and emphasizes the R. The four-syllable version flaps the T so it sounds like a D. Pick whichever feels natural.
Hi. This video is for Diego that asked me how to pronounce the word. So there are actually two ways to pronounce this word. One, three syllables, literature. Literature, literature. Notice that I'm not popping the T. I'm kind of like holding it back. Lit, then a R sound, beginning with a strong R lit R and then ch Ch. It's like a ch sound, like a ch sound. Although it's not in the spelling literature. The other option is to make it a four syllable word and it sounds like literature. Let's break it down. L de literature. The second syllable, liter. The T is flapped so it sounds like a D lit and then going back to richer, like in the first pronunciation. So literature or literature. Choose whatever is more convenient for you. That's it. And good luck.
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