Hadar Shemesh breaks down how to pronounce "resolution" in American English, syllable by syllable, with stress on the "lu" sound. She shares her own 2016 resolution: make weekly videos, launch an audio course, and finish an online video course.
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December 29, 2015
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Hey, it's hadar. And this is the accent's way, your way to finding clarity, confidence and freedom in English. And today we're going to talk about how appropriately the word resolution. Resolution. So we begin with a re sound. R. Round your lips, pull the tongue in. There's a lot of tension there engaged in the tongue. And then you open it to an E, drop your jaw a little. Then the next syllable is Z. Z. It's a schwa sound after a Z sound. Z, Z Rez. Rezu. So there is no sound there, although it's spelled with an O. Resolution. Okay, it's not. Resolution. Resolution. Then we move on to the primary stress. Lu. Lu. It's an L sound. A little heavy L. And then an U vowel. It's a long vowel. Also, the primary stress is always longer, louder and higher in pitch. We definitely hear it here. Resolu. And then again a reduced vowel. We shift from the sh sound to the N. Resolution. Resolution. Resolution. What's your New Year's resolution? Let me tell you about my New Year's resolution. My resolution for 2016 is to keep on making awesome videos for you guys every single week. And after I launch my audio course next month, you to finish creating my complete online video course with everything I know about English training and with full support. So come on over to my website and subscribe to get great content and to make sure that I actually fulfill my resolution for 2016. Alright, thank you for watching. Have a happy new year and I'll see you next week, next year in the next video. Bye.
