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Hey there, how are you? This is Ceema your trainer once again. Well what am I going to
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teach you today? I'm gonna teach you to speak like a native English speaker, which means
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that this video is for all of you. Now a lot of people tell me that they don't really sound
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like a native English speaker and you know why? Because they don't know how to pronounce
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words properly. So let me tell you, if you know how to pronounce words properly you will
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sound like a native English speaker. But the problem is that nobody in English class has
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ever taught you pronunciation. So I'm gonna help you understand that pronouncing words
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properly relates to syllable stress, which means if you know which syllable to stress
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in the word you are going to be able to pronounce that word properly. So I've got a list of
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all the rules pertaining to syllable stress and after we learn the rules we will then
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go through a passage to see how much you've learned. So it is important that all of you
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stay with me through the entire video, okay? So let's learn the rules and then see how
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we can apply that, right? Okay so let's go ahead with understanding syllable stress,
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but wait a minute, what is a syllable? Okay let me tell you every word has one two three
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or maybe ten parts depending on how big the word is. So every part of a word is called
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a syllable. But now the question is, how do I know how many syllables or how many part
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a particular word has? Okay let's try this little exercise what's my name? Ceema right?
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When I say this word which is my name let me put my hand below my chin and say it like
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that Cee-ma. How many times do you think my chin dropped? Let's see again Cee-ma, two
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times right? There you go so my word my name which is a word obviously has got two syllables
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that's how you will know exactly how many parts or how many syllables one word has,
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okay? So let's move quickly to understanding syllable stress, now if we have a word which
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has got two syllables and if that noun happens to be and if that word happens to be a noun
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or an adjective then you will stress on syllable number one. Let me repeat if the word has
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got two syllables which means your jaw drops twice while you say it and if that two syllable
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word happens to be a noun which could be a name, place, animal or a thing and or if it
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happens to be an adjective either which is a word to describe a noun
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then you will stress syllable number one. Let's see the example we have a word like
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‘contest’, let me say this word properly, let's see if it is really a two syllable word
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or not, so con-test. Well that is definitely a two syllable word and a contest means a
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competition, right? So because it is a two syllable word and because it is a noun I am
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going to stress syllable number one. So I will say contest. I can't say contest. If
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I'm talking about this word in the context of a noun, okay? The next word is record,
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not record but record. You need to keep a good record. So again this is a two syllable
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word, it is a noun and therefore I don't say record I stress the first syllable which is
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this part and I say record. We have another word which is rainy this is obviously an adjective
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because it will describe a noun. Okay so if I say, this is a rainy day. I can't say, this
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is a rainy day. It's rainy okay so that's again where I stress on syllable number one,
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okay? Is that easy? Okay, let's now move on to understanding something very important
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here. If we're talking about a two syllable word and if that two syllable word now happens
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to be a verb which is an action or a preposition words like in, on, between,
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among, off, etc. Then even though it is a two syllable word now you are now gonna stress
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syllable number two, okay? I'll repeat that again for those who did not understand at
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the first time. Okay, if we are now looking at a two syllable word and if that word is
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a verb which is a word that talks about an action or if that is a preposition then you
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are going to stress syllable number two, which means a word like this which is an action,
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I won't stress this syllable no that's not right. You're gonna stress syllable number
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two and you're gonna say receive. I can't say receive, that's wrong. You'll say I need
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to receive, I'm going to receive a gift, okay? So that's how you say it because it's a verb
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it talks about an action it's a two syllable word because it goes receive, right? So you
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say receive. Okay then we've got a preposition which again is a two syllable word right so
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I will say between. We stressing syllable number two again between and then we've got
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another word which is present I'm stressing this word this syllable which is the ‘sent’
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part and I say present. Now let me tell you something very interesting okay this word
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can also be used as a noun did you know that so let's say if I'm talking about this as
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a noun I will then stress on the first syllable and I will say present. Present as in a gift.
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You know I get a Christmas present. I cannot say I get a Christmas present but if I'm using
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this word as an action I will say let me present a new topic. So I get a Christmas present
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because it's a noun which is of two syllables but I'm going to present a new topic for all
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of you because it is a two syllable word which is a verb, is that a little easier now? So
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you've got to be very careful because some words can be a noun and a verb you know like
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an adjective and a verb so you've got to be a little careful but don't worry with practice
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you will be good. Okay then, shall we move on? Let's go to what happens if we use a three
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syllable word? Well you might think it's a little complicated right? No, it's not. It's
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really simple. Now if you have three syllables words which means if your jaw drops three
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times when you say the word and if that three syllable word ends with an ‘ER’ or an
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‘LY’ then you are going to stress syllable number one. So let's look at some words manager,
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okay let's understand the syllable stress here, three syllables, ‘ma-na-ger’ three
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syllable word but I'm going to stress syllable number one because apparently this word ends
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with an ‘ER’. So I know a lot of students who say the manager told me, the manager told
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me to come early that's wrong you will say the manager instructed me to come on time.
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The manager because again it's a three syllable word ending with an ‘ER’. Okay we have
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another word which is silently. Three syllables ‘si-lent-ly’ which means this word which
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is three syllable ends with an ‘LY’ and therefore I will stress on the first syllable
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which is ‘si’ and I will say I was sleeping silently, not silently. I was sleeping silently.
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Okay then, what happens if now you have a three syllable word but if that three syllable
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word ends with a ‘Y’ or a consonant, what do you do? You again stress syllable number
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one. That was a mistake. Syllable number one. So look at this word, it's a word which has
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got three syllables the word is clarity, ‘cla-ri-ty’ three syllables, sure? Good. And this word
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ends with the ‘Y’ which means I'm gonna stress syllable number one and say clarity.
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Please give me some clarity not clarity or clarity its clarity. Okay then now if you
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have a three syllable word which ends with a ‘Y’ or a consonant, a continent is anything
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apart from a, e, i, o, u, so if it's a three syllable word and if it ends with a consonant
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you are going to again stress syllable number one. Let's look at the word again ‘gen-er-ous’
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three syllables, right? So you will say generous you can't take generous, that's wrong. You
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are a generous man. You're not a generous man. You're a generous man, right? So these
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are the rules related to words having two syllables and words having three syllables,
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which are the most common words spoken in the English language. So please practice these
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words but what about practicing right now? Okay so I have got this passage that I've
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written especially for you so that we can check how much you've understood. Okay so
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we're gonna read that and see if we are applying all these rules properly, okay? So read with
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me, “The man gave the children a present.” “The children were told to present themselves
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orderly.” “This man is always generous.” “If you record, record his kind deeds, you
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won't be able to keep a record.” Notice what I did here, if you record his kind deeds,
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you won't be able to keep a record. “That's why we believe not believe but believe in
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living lovingly.” As you can see both these words are similar but over here this happens
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to be a noun over here it happens to be a verb and therefore the pronunciation changes.
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So, the man gave the children a present. The children were told to present themselves orderly.
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A three syllable word, you're stressing syllable number one because it ends with a ‘Y’.
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The man is always generous. If you record, this is a verb so you're stressing syllable
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number two if you record his kind deeds you won't be able to keep a record. Over here
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record refers to a noun and therefore you say record re, record. That's why we believe,
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we believe not we believe but we believe in living lovingly, okay? Well I hope you found
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this lesson really interesting because I'll tell you what, pronunciation is so much fun
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if you know the rules, because if you know the rules you are going to be really good
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at speaking like a native English speaker. So I've got syllable stress part number two
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coming up, this only the first part so stay tuned for part number two and I'll be back
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with some more lessons until then this is me saying,
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bye.