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  • This is a follow up video to different pronunciations for the T. If you haven't watched that video,

  • you should, because everything that was learned there is going to be reviewed via testing

  • in this video. First what we're going to do is look at a list of words and decide how

  • the T is pronounced in the word.

  • First, this word. How do you pronounce that T? It is at the beginning of the word, therefore

  • it is pronounced with the real T sound, T, time. This word. How to pronounce this T?

  • This T comes between two vowel sounds. Therefore it is pronounced as the flap/tap T, or, in

  • other words, the D sound. Water, water. How do you pronounce the T in this word? It comes

  • at the end of a syllable in the consonant cluster FT. Therefore, as it is part of this

  • cluster, it is pronounced as a real T sound. Softer, tt, tt, softer.

  • How do you pronounce the T in this word? In this word it is followed by a schwa and

  • the N sound. Therefore it is pronounced as a stop. Fountain, fountain. How do you pronounce

  • the T in this word? It ends the word. It is not part of a consonant cluster. Therefore,

  • it is a stop. Carpet, carpet. How do you pronounce this word? It is part of a consonant cluster,

  • therefore, it is pronounced as a real T. St, st, string, string. How do you pronounce the

  • T's here? They come between two vowel sounds. Therefore, it is the flap/tap T or the D sound.

  • How do you pronounce the T here? It is beginning a stressed syllable. Therefore, it is pronounced

  • as the real T. Tt, tt, until, until.

  • Let's compare these two words. In one of the words, the double T is pronounced as the tt,

  • real T sound. In the other word it is the flap or tap T, in other words, the D sound.

  • Which is which? The first word: the stress falls on the second syllable, which is begun

  • with the T sound. Therefore, it is a true T. A real, tt, T sound. Attack, attack. In

  • the second word, it begins an unstressed syllable, and it falls between two vowel sounds. Attitude.

  • Attitude. Therefore it is the flap/tap T or, dd, the D sound.

  • Let's look at some sentences now. How do you pronounce the first T? The T at the end of

  • the word 'what'. Well, the T is at the end of the word, it is not part of a consonant

  • cluster, and it does not link to a next word that begins with a vowel or diphthong. Therefore,

  • it must be a stop. The second word, how do you pronounce that T? It begins the word.

  • Therefore, it is the, tt, actual T sound. What time, what time. And the next T, also

  • it's beginning a word. Therefore, it is the actual T sound. What time tomorrow? And the

  • answer, how do you pronounce that T? Again it is ending a word, and the word that comes

  • after does not begin with a vowel or diphthong sound. Therefore, it's a stop. At, at, at,

  • at seven. At seven. What time tomorrow? At seven.

  • This sentence. How do you pronounce that T? It's at the end of a word, but it does link

  • to the next word, which begins with a vowel sound. Therefore, the sound comes between

  • two vowel sounds. It is then going to be pronounced as the flap/tap T, or, in other words, the

  • D sound. I'm outta, I'm outta. Now, in this particular phrase, the word 'of' is generally

  • reduced to simply being the schwa sound. No consonant. I'm out of here. I'm out of here.

  • How do you pronounce the T in this sentence? Not the TH. It begins a word, so it would

  • be the tt, real T sound. But as I said in the different T pronunciations video, it is

  • a reduced word, and it might be reduced to the point of actually having a voiced sound

  • there. Dd, dd, rather than tt, tt. I'm going to the bank, I'm going to the bank, I'm going

  • - to - the bank.

  • How do you pronounce the Ts in this sentence? In the first word, it begins the word, so

  • it is the tt, actual T sound. Tell. The next T is part of the TR consonant cluster, and

  • also, it's beginning a word. Again, it's the tt, real T sound. Tell me the truth.

  • How do you pronounce the Ts in this sentence? In the first word. It is part of a consonant

  • cluster at the beginning of a syllable. It is pronounced as a real T. Tt, chemistry.

  • Chemistry. How do you pronounce the next T? It's at the end of a word, not part of a consonant

  • cluster, but it does connect to the next word, which begins with a vowel sound. Therefore

  • it would be dd, dd, the flap T sound, or, the D sound. At eight, at eight. I just gave

  • away the next word. How do you pronounce that T? Well, the next word, Anatomy, does begin

  • with a vowel. But there's a comma there, which means we're not going to connect it. Therefore

  • it is a T at the end of a word, not part of a consonant cluster, it's a stop. At eight,

  • at eight. Chemistry's at eight. how do you pronounce the T in the next word? Again it

  • is a T between two vowel sounds. Anatomy, anatomy. Therefore it is the flap T sound,

  • or, D. Anatomy. And again, the T in the next word is pronounced as a stop. It comes at

  • the end of the word. At, at. And finally, it begins the word. Therefore it is pronounced

  • as the real T. Tt, ten.

  • How do you pronounce the T's in this sentence. The first T. It's followed by the schwa and

  • N sounds. Therefore, it is a stop. An acquaintance, an acquaintance. And the next T? It begins

  • a word. Therefore it is, tt, the actual T sound. An acquaintance told me. How do you

  • pronounce the Ts in this sentence? The first T finishes the word, but it is part of a consonant

  • cluster, therefore it is pronounced as the actual T. I slept, tt, tt, I slept. The next

  • T? Again, it is part of a consonant cluster at the end of a word. It is pronounced, tt,

  • as an actual T. I slept well last... And finally, the T here is the end of the word. Not part

  • of a consonant cluster. It is a stop. I slept well last night.

  • How do you pronounce the T in this sentence? It's an ending T, it's part of a consonant

  • cluster, but remember NT was the exception consonant cluster. So the T here is a stop.

  • I was sent, I was sent, I was sent home. I was sent home.

  • I hope this has helped to clarify this pretty complicated situation: how to pronounce a

  • T, depending on where it falls in a word or in a sentence. That's it, and thanks so

  • much for using Rachel's English.

This is a follow up video to different pronunciations for the T. If you haven't watched that video,

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