How To Pronounce Federal, Military, And Leisure With An American, British & Australian Accent
Learn how to pronounce federal, military, and leisure with a U.S., British, and Australian accent!
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In this training video, I will teach you the difference in pronunciation for 3 common words with an American, British, and Australian accent.
1. The first word is federal.
With an American accent it’s pronounced:
federəl /ˈfed.ɚ.əl/
And now in a sentence: It’s a federal matter.
With a British accent it’s pronounced:
fedərəl /ˈfed.ər.əl/
And now in a sentence: It’s a federal matter.
For Australian English it can be pronounced 2 different ways:
federal /ˈfɛdərəl/ or fedral /ˈfɛdrəl/
And now in a sentence: It’s a federal matter.
2. The second word is military.
Said with an American accent it’s pronounced:
miləteree /ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i/
And now I’ll put it in a sentence: There was a large military base.
Said with a British accent it’s pronounced:
militeree /ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i/
And now I’ll put it in a sentence: There was a large military base.
And now said with an Australian accent:
milətree /ˈmɪlətri/
I’ll put it in a sentence: There was a large military base.
3. Let’s have a look at the last word, which is leisure.
For an American accent it’s pronounced as:
leezher /ˈliː.ʒɚ/
I’ll say a sentence with it now: We had plenty of leisure time.
For the British accent it’s pronounced:
lezher /ˈleʒ.ər/
And now in a sentence: We had plenty of leisure time.
For the Australian accent it’s pronounced:
lezhə /ˈlɛʒə/
Now I’ll put it in a sentence: We had plenty of leisure time.
Keep practising your clear pronunciation!
For more practise material, check this audio lesson on stress in compound nouns for British, American and Australian accents.
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