How to Pronounce REALLY & RARELY - American English Pronunciation Lesson

hi everybody Jennifer from tles speech I Have a great viewer question today to words really which means an actual fact or to express surprise or doubt and rarely not often or seldom so we have two syllables in each of these words let's talk about the Lee first both of these words and in Lee to say this touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth where your teeth meet the skin on the roof of your mouth for that L then pull your tongue down for the E le le Lee for the E your tongue is high and flat in your mouth Lee then let's talk about the beginnings so for the r are you are going to think about Square t slips and the tip of your tongue is either pointed down or flipped back it really just depends on the person whichever one works for you just don't touch your teeth and don't move the tip of your tongue it just stays there now let's talk about really from the r you're going to move to the E high flat smiling and then I'm going to tell you to think about saying the L twice you're not really going to say it twice but this does help people to think about keeping their tongue in that spot for the L [Music] really really really really really if it helps you to think about saying really with just a re and then a Lee that's fine as long as it sounds okay just up to you how you think about it for rarely you got to get that second R in there okay so to do that you're going to say the first R open wide and then move to that square tth shape again rare rare rare rare rare so your tongue is going to be wherever you have it for the r and then you're going to drop it a little bit more for that middle sound rare okay let's put that together rarely [Music] rarely rarely rarely rarely really really really rarely rarely rarely really really really rarely rarely rarely and now for a sentence really I rarely do that really I rarely do that give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference I hope you found this helpful I'd love to hear what you thought in the comments below please give me a like and a share and if you were looking for more help check me out T.C thanks everyone have a great day