How to pronounce the word SUCCESSFUL

14 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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A brief YouTube pronunciation lesson by Hadar Shemesh demonstrating how to pronounce the word "successful." The speaker breaks the word into syllables (suck-cess-ful), explains vowel reduction (schwa), stress placement (primary stress on the second syllable), consonant sounds (s, k, f, dark L), and provides example sentences.

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How to pronounce the word successful, as in you are such a successful learner. You start with a syllable suck, an s sound, a schwa, a reduced vowel, and a K S. Then the primary stress, you want to raise your pitch a little bit, and it's going to be longer. An s sound, an e, and an S. Success. And then fall an F, a schwa, and an L. Full Successful. The l is a dark L, so you hear that darkish o ish quality at the end. Successful. This was really successful. Successful.