hit, hat, hot, hut...

Today, we'll have a quick little pronunciation lesson. Let's look at the difference between these four words.

hit

This means that one thing knocks into something else. It has a flat mid-tone intonation - hit.

hat

This is a piece of clothing people wear on their head. It has a rising intonation // hat.

hot

This means that the temperature is high. It has a flat high-intonation ─ hot.

hut

This is a sort of simple house, often found on tropical islands made out of reeds. It has a low flat intonation hut.

Now let's practice~~!

He hid his hat in the hot hut.
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So the intonation is constant for "He hid his" then it rises on "hat" then is a flat high tone for "hot" before being a low flat tone for "hut".

Have a nice night,

Phil

O + vowel

Here's another simple little pronunciation lesson to help you sound more natural when speaking English.

When we have an O followed by a vowel (a, e, i, o, u & sometimes y) we get a W sound linking them!

O + vowel = Ow+vowel

For example:

I go out for drinks every Friday.

becomes

I goWOUT for drinks every Friday.

go away = go-WA-WAY

go on TV = go-WON TV

go in = go-WIN

to a movie = to-WA movie

So you can have a sentence like this:

I'm goWINg to WA movie.

Anything questions?

Phil