1045 - OUR Sounds Like ARE - Speak Naturally in a Minute

About this episode

Michael Digiacomo discusses the pronunciation of the word 'our' in American English and provides practice examples.

Hey there! It’s Michael here — and welcome back to Speak Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every week with a quick one-point lesson to help you improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation Today, let’s talk about another small word that changes in natural American English: our. In everyday conversational English, this word is pronounced like: "are" Our house is on the corner. Our house Our dog is noisy. Our dog Our friends are coming over. Our teacher is late. This happens because words like our, an, and the are usually unstressed in American English Let's practice. Repeat after me. Our house is brown Our dog is noisy. Our car is in the driveway Hey, thanks for listening! And remember to follow and subscribe so you won’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s Speak Naturally in a Minute. Until next time, keep learning and keep it cool. The Happy English Podcast Helping people speak English better since 2014 Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads 📘 Build your vocabulary with my free Vocabulary Workshop https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/vocabulary-workshop-signup 🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Digiacomo

Topics covered

• pronunciation
• American English
• language learning
• natural speech
• intonation

Keywords

• pronunciation
• our
• are
• American English
• language learning
• intonation
• natural speech

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Organizations: Happy English

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