How to pronounce EQUALITY (and hear the difference between the light😇 and dark👹 L)
Hey, it's Hadar and this is the Accent's Way. Thank you for joining me and today
we are going to talk about the important word 'equality'. Equality. Equality has four
syllables. We begin with "i" "i", as an 'sit' - "i". So it's not 'ee' - "ee-quality" - but "i". To
make this sound you want to drop your jaw bit, the tongue rolls forward and the
lips are relaxed - "i" "i". The second syllable is 'qwaa' - "qwaa". A 'k' sound then a "wuh", a W sound and
the 'ah' as in 'father' - "i-qwaa" "i-qwaa". The next syllable is 'luh'. An L sound and a schwa -
"luh". It's a reduced vowel "uh" "uh" "luh". The L is a little heavy so it's not "la"
"la". It's not just the tip of the tongue touching the upper palate. You also
engage the muscles here - "luh" - but you don't want to make it too dark - "la" "la".
That's a dark L and we don't want to have it before vowels in the middle of the word.
"Luh" "luh". "I-qwaa-luh" and then the last syllable is 'ty', but when the 't' sound appears
between two vowels, it becomes a flap T and it sounds like a D - "luh-dee" "luh-dee". We
ended up with a high E - "luh-dee". "I-qwaa-luh-dee". Equality. By the way, when the relaxed 'ih'
sound, as in 'sit', appears in a secondary stress position, meaning we hear an 'ih'
sound but it's not the primary stress, we often drop it to a schwa, or we can drop
it to a schwa. Equality. Equality. That's also, okay but the proper pronunciation
is 'ick' 'ick' - "i-qwaa-luh-dee". When you say the word 'equal', the primary stress falls on
the E, and that's a high E - "equal" - but the word
'equality' is a little different, where the stress shifts to 'qwaa' and the tense E
becomes 'ih'. "I-qwaa-luh-dee", "EE-qw'l". Equality. We need more equality in the world.
Equality. Okay, that's it! That's the pronunciation of this word and now let's
turn it into practice and write down in the comments below one sentence with
the word 'equality'. Okay? Not only that you practice your vocabulary that way, you
also help others by creating more sentences to practice because you always
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