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  • In this American English pronunciation video, were going to go over how to pronounce

  • and use the phraseexcuse me’.

  • The phraseexcuse mecan be used in different situations to mean different things.

  • But first, let’s talk about the pronunciation of the wordexcuse’. I’m going to say

  • it two different ways. Can you hear the difference? Excuse, excuse. Excuse, excuse. It’s a subtle

  • difference, and it’s in the ending sound. If the ending sound is voiced, in this case,

  • a Z sound, excuse, then it’s a verb. If it’s unvoiced, excuse, then it’s a noun.

  • It’s a verb in the phraseexcuse me’. So, for the most part, we will be using a

  • Z sound.

  • The different ways to use this phrase. First, you can use it to get someone’s attention.

  • >> Excuse me, where’s the bathroom? >> Around the corner.

  • >> Excuse me, do you have the time? >> Ah, it’s about 9:15.

  • >> Thank you sir. >> Youre welcome.

  • Because were using it to get someone’s attention, excuse me, it has to be very clear

  • and a little bit louder. So, we begin with the IH as in SIT vowel. Ih, ih, ih, a little

  • jaw drop. Ex-, ex-, ex-.

  • To make the K, the back part of the tongue reaches up and touches the soft palate. Ex-,

  • kk, kk, ks, ks. Do you see how my jaw closes? That’s because the teeth have to be together

  • to make the S. The tongue tip is down, pressing here, to put a little tension in the tongue,

  • behind the bottom front teeth. Ex-, ex-.

  • The back part of the tongue reaches up and touches the soft palate, kk, kk, kk.

  • da-DA-da, excuse me. It has the EW as in FEW diphthong. So, the tongue tip is down, pressing

  • behind the bottom front teeth. For the first half of the diphthong, the front part of the

  • tongue is reaching towards the roof of the mouth, yy, yy, to make that Y sound. Excu-,

  • yy, yy, yy. Then we have the OO vowel, excu-, so the lips will round. Excuse me, -se me,

  • -se me. Then we have the Z sound, the M consonant, and the EE vowel. So, to make the Z sound,

  • the tongue is here, touching the back of the bottom front teeth, and the teeth are closed,

  • zz, zz. It’s just like the S except I’m vibrating the vocal cords with my voice, zz.

  • ZZ-mm. Then we just close the lips to go into the M sound. Excuse me, ee. And then the EE

  • as in SHE vowel. Lips will part, jaw won’t drop much because the tongue is lifting pretty

  • high here to the roof of the mouth. The tongue tip is down, but the front part lifts. Excuse

  • me, excuse me.

  • Let’s watch one more time.

  • >> Excuse me, where’s the bathroom? >> Around the corner.

  • >> Excuse me, do you have the time? >> Ah, it’s about 9:15.

  • >> Thank you sir. >> Youre welcome.

  • We also use this phrase to get around somebody, or if we accidentally bump into somebody in

  • a crowd. Now here, we don’t really need to get someone’s attention, so we might

  • really mutter it, excuse me, ‘scuse me, ‘scuse me, dropping the first syllable altogether.

  • I’ve noticed sometimes I even almost just whisper it if I accidentally bump into somebody,

  • or if I need to slide between two people, ‘scuse me [3x]. So this is very different

  • from the first case where we needed to get someone’s attention, and we had to say it

  • really clearly. Excuse me, ‘scuse me, ‘scuse me.

  • >> ‘Scuse me, ‘scuse me. >> ‘Scuse me, ‘scuse me, thank you. ‘Scuse me.

  • We can also use this phrase if we don’t understand, and we need somebody to repeat what

  • theyve said. Excuse me? Excuse me? Here again I’m dropping the first syllable. You

  • don’t have to. Excuse me? But it doesn’t have to be so clearly pronounced because were

  • not getting someone’s attention. We don’t have to get the focus here, we already have

  • the focus. Excuse me, excuse me? Notice also, the voice is going up in pitch. That means

  • it’s a question. That’s the signal to the person that I didn’t understand. Excuse me?

  • >> So I don’t know what I’m going to get. >> Excuse me?

  • >> I don’t know what I’m going to get. >> Ah.

  • >> How about three? >> Excuse me?

  • >> How about three? >> Yeah, three works.

  • >> Okay.

  • >> Excuse me? [6x]

  • It’s just like sayingWhat did you say?’, only it’s a little faster. Excuse me, excuse

  • me?

  • This phrase can also be used sarcastically, as a response to somebody overreacting to

  • something. For example, ‘Rachel, you always make a mess in the kitchen.’ ‘Excuse me.’

  • Now, when we use it sarcastically like that, we tend to really stretch out the stressed

  • syllable, excuse, excuse. Well excuse me. Of course, it’s a little bit rude, you would

  • be using this, maybe, in an argument with somebody.

  • >> Dad, I can’t believe you ate the last cookie!

  • >> Well excuse me!

  • So there you go, four different ways to use and pronounce the phraseexcuse me’. So the

  • pronunciation matters. Are we trying to get somebody’s attention? Then we need to be

  • really clear. Are we signaling that we don’t understand? Then we need to phrase it as a

  • question with the pitch going up. Excuse me? Instead of, excuse me.

  • >> [burp] Excuse me! >> Hi.

  • >> Hi.

  • I hope this video has helped you figure out how and when to use this phrase. Don’t forget

  • to like and share this video!

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

  • >> Did you touch your mic? You can’t touch it. >> Well excuse me!!

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英語でのexcuse meの言い方・使い方 (How to Say and Use EXCUSE ME in English)

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