A brief pronunciation lesson (YouTube) by Hadar Shemesh teaching how to say the word "murderer." The host breaks the word into units — "mer," a light/unaccented "d" creating "murda," and a final elongated "r"—then demonstrates connecting them and advises stretching the first syllable for easier pronunciation.
How to pronounce the.
Word murderer. Let me give you a tip that is going to make this pronunciation a lot easier.
We're going to start with.
The first unit. The first unit is mer. Mer. Just like the end of the word. Summer. Mer. It's an M and an.
R. Mer.
Then we.
Have D.
Murda. Murda.
Because the D.
Is between those two sounds.
It's very light. Very, very short, very light.
Murder. Murder. Murder. It's not murder. Okay. And then the.
Last part is just.
R. It's just like one long emphasized R.
Murda. R. Murda.
R. Now connect it.
Murderer. Also stretch the first syllable a little bit.
It's going to make it easier.
Murderer. Murderer.
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