A short YouTube pronunciation tutorial by Hadar Shemesh that explains how to pronounce 'patriarchy' by breaking it into syllables: 'pay' (aspirated p + long A), 'tree' (t before r sounding slightly like 'ch' + high E), a connecting 'yar' (palatal glide like 'yard'), and 'key' — delivered with examples and repeats.
How to pronounce the word patriarchy. The first syllable is pay, as in I need you to pay for this a p sound and the A as in day. When the p appears at the beginning of words, it's aspirated. So it feels like there is a little H right after pay. Pay. Then we have tree, a t sound in R and a high E. Tree. When the t appears before an R, it has a ch sound to it. Tree. Tree. So it feels like we're adding a sh to the T. Tree. Then we have R as in car. But when we connect the tree to the R, we hear a small Y sound. Listen up, Patriar. Yar. So I want you to think of it more like yard. Okay, Patriar. And then you ended up with key. Patriarchy. Patriarchy. I am done with patriarchy.
