How to Pronounce DEFINITELY -- American English -- Word of the Week

In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the pronunciation of the word 'definitely'.

在这个美国英语发音视频中，我们将对单词"肯定"的发音进行回顾。

This week's Word of the Week is 'definitely'.

本周的"一周之词"是"肯定的"。

Thanks to Mr. Ramirez from Colombia for the suggestion.

感谢来自哥伦比亚的拉米雷斯先生的建议。

It's a four-syllable word with stress on the first syllable.

这是一个四音节的单词，在第一个音节上带有重音。

Definitely, DA-da-da-da, definitely.

当然，DA-da-da-da，肯定。

Whenever we have a longer word like this, I think it's helpful to practice the unstressed syllables together.

每当我们有一个较长的词，像这样，我认为一起练习无应力音节是有帮助的。

So at the moment, I'm actually going to start with the second syllable, -fi-.

所以现在，我实际上要从第二个音节开始，-fi-。

It begins with the F consonant where the bottom lip will come up and touch the bottom of the top front teeth. ff. Then we have the schwa/N. You don't really need to try to make the schwa, just go straight to the N. For that the front part of the tongue has to go to the roof of the mouth, fn, fn, -finit-.

它从 F 辅音开始，其中下唇会向上触摸上前牙的底部。Ff。然后，我们有施瓦/N。你不需要尝试制作施瓦，直接去N。为此，舌头的前部必须去嘴的屋顶，fn，fn，finit-。

Now we have the IH vowel and a Stop T. The T is a stop because the next sound is a consonant.

现在我们有IH元音和停止T。T 是停止，因为下一个声音是辅音。

To make the IH vowel, you release the tongue.

要制作IH元音，你可以释放舌头。

To make the Stop T, you have to stop the air flow.

要使停止T，你必须停止空气流动。

The tongue needs to be here, at the roof of the mouth again for the L, so just do a quick stop of the air with your throat as your moving your tongue back up.

舌头需要在这里再次在口的屋顶上为L，所以，只要做一个快速停止空气与你的喉咙，你移动你的舌头回来。

After it touches the roof of the mouth for the L, it has to come back down again for the EE vowel.

在它触及了L的口的屋顶后，它不得不再次返回EE元音。

So, the tongue has to go to the roof of the mouth twice in these unstressed syllables.

所以在这些无应力的音节中，舌头必须两次到嘴的屋顶上。

But since these are all unstressed syllables, we don't want to take too much time with any of these sounds or positions, and the mouth shouldn't move too much.

但由于这些都是无应力的音节，我们不想花太多时间处理这些声音或姿势，嘴巴也不应该动得太多。

Practice them all together now: -finitely.

现在一起练习它们： -有限。

(fast and slow).

（快和慢）。

Practice these syllables together and work on simplifying the movements.

一起练习这些音节，并简化动作。

That's one of the greatest challenges for non-native speakers.

对于非母语人士来说，这是最大的挑战之一。

Now all we have to do to complete the word is add the beginning, stressed syllable.

现在，我们要做的就是完成这个词是添加开始，强调音节。

De-.

去.

It begins with the D sound.

它从 D 声开始。

The top front, flat part of the tongue at the roof of the mouth, and the teeth are together.

嘴顶的舌头顶部扁平部分，牙齿在一起

Allow a little bit of pressure to build, then release by dropping the jaw and tongue.

让一点点压力建立，然后通过掉落下巴和舌头释放。

For the EH vowel, the jaw needs to drop quite a bit, and the middle/front of the tongue will lift towards the roof of the mouth a bit.

对于EH元音，下颚需要下降相当多，舌头的中间/前部会向嘴的屋顶升一点。

De-, def-.

去，def..

Then you're moving into the F position.

然后你进入F位置。

Definitely.

绝对。

(fast and slow).

（快和慢）。

I'll definitely try to say it like that.

我一定会试着这么说的。

That's it, your Word of the Week.

就这个，你每周的词。

Try it out yourself.

自己试试吧。

Make up a sentence with the word, record it, and post it as a video response to this video on YouTube.

用单词做一个句子，记录它，并将其作为视频响应发布到 YouTube 上。

I can't wait to watch it.

我迫不及待地想看。

If there's a word you find difficult to pronounce, suggest it as a Word of the Week in the comments.

如果一个词你很难发音，建议它作为一个单词的一个评论。

That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

就这么，非常感谢她用瑞秋的英语。