A short YouTube tutorial by Hadar Shemesh explaining how to pronounce the word "restaurant" in American English. The speaker compares three-syllable vs two-syllable variants, demonstrates articulatory steps (R, vowel, S, perceived T closure, N), gives example sentences, and ends with a call-to-action to visit her website.
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Hi there. It's hadar. And this is the accent's way. Your way to finding clarity, confidence, and freedom in English. Today I want to give you a quick tip on how to clearly pronounce the word restaurant. Restaurant. So I hear a bunch of different pronunciations of this specific word. So let's clarify what's the best way to go about it? So there you can pronounce it both ways. You can pronounce it as restaurant with three syllables, but I like the two syl pronunciation. Restaurant. So let's begin with the first syllable. Rest. Rest. As in the rest of them. So we begin with an R. So round your lips and pull the tongue up for the R. You can hold it out to make sure that you're pronouncing the R correctly. And then open your mouth to an. Then the tongue goes up for an S. Rest. And is abruptly stopped by the T. Rest. Rest. Okay, do you hear it? Actually, you're not supposed to hear it because there is no T here. It's not rest. It's res. Okay, I'm blocking the air with my tongue. Abruptly. And that is the T. That's what perceived. That's what is perceived as the T. Rest. And then you round your lips again and lift the tongue up for another R. Restaurant. And then again we have an N sound, so lift the tongue up for the N. Restauran. And then you stop it immediately with another T. Ron, Ron, Listen to the difference between just an N and an N that is stopped with the T sound. Restauran. Restaurant. Runt. Okay, so you can, like, block it here in your nose or in your mouth. Run. Okay. Restaurant. It's a great restaurant. I'm at a restaurant right now. Restaurant. All right, that's it. I hope it was helpful if it was. Please share this video with your friends and come on over to my website to check it out and get more great content for free. Have a wonderful week, and I will see you in the next video next week. Bye.
