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  • Learn English - 15 wrongly pronounced words in English (English lessons for speaking)
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    When people speak English they make many pronunciation errors. If English (Speaking) is not your native language, it is inevitable to make pronunciation errors in English. In this English lesson today you will learn to pronounce the most commonly mispronounced words in English.
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    Here are 15 commonly mispronounced words
    Almond - The dry fruit. Correct way to pronounce it Ah-mund (L is silent)
    Dengue - The mosquito borne disease. Correct way to pronounce it Den-gee (as in cheese)
    Pizza - We all love the Italian pizza. Correct way to pronounce it peet-zha
    Sour - The sour lemons. Correct pronunciation is Sower (Rhymes to power)
    Coupon - The discount vouchers. The right way to pronounce it Cu-pawn(rhymes with lawn)
    Plumber - The trades-person is pronounced as Plumer (B is silent)
    February - The second month of the year is pronounced as Feb-roo-ary
    Debris - the scattered pieces of rubbish is pronounced as Deb-ree (S is silent)
    Asthma - The people who suffer from breathlessness. The disease is pronounced as Azma.
    Lingerie - the correct way to pronounce the word is Lawn-g-ray. Lingerie is women's under garments.
    Mojito - The cocktail drink is pronounced as Mo-hee-to (J is pronounced as H)
    Pronunciation - This word is pronounced just the way it is spelt.
    Espresso - The coffee shot is pronounced just the way it is spelt and not Ex-presso.
    Etcetera - And so. The correct way to pronounce it again the way it is spelt.
    Hierarchy -It is a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority. Hi-Rar-chy is the the correct way to pronounce this word.

Комментарии • 3,9 тыс.

  • @sazuki7501
    @sazuki7501 7 лет назад +453

    "Sour is something that's sour". Nice description.

  • @anti_fascist
    @anti_fascist 7 лет назад +325

    Dengue is pronounced as "Den-goo" in Hindi. So, basically, if you're mispronouncing it, and someone points that out, just say that you were actually speaking Hindi.

    • @deepanair2252
      @deepanair2252 7 лет назад +2

      Prashasti
      exactly

    • @riabanerjee8462
      @riabanerjee8462 7 лет назад +2

      Prashasti ..i agree with you

    • @gururajbachu
      @gururajbachu 7 лет назад +1

      I too agree with you. . .
      And the same goes with other Indian languages like Kannada, Telugu, Marathi and Tamil

    • @farzanaSuratwala
      @farzanaSuratwala 7 лет назад

      Prashasti hahahah well done

    • @Natasha-sx9wx
      @Natasha-sx9wx 7 лет назад +1

      Prashasti ahahaha

  • @aditirohira1855
    @aditirohira1855 7 лет назад +36

    ) sour is correctly pronounced as "sower" as you said but it doesn't rhyme with power because power is pronounced is "paar"

  • @arandombard1197
    @arandombard1197 7 лет назад +95

    "Sour means sour" 10/10 teaching technique.

    • @bhavnaalwani6298
      @bhavnaalwani6298 7 лет назад +6

      Random Ashe may b it was Shower :p

    • @GrinFlash007
      @GrinFlash007 7 лет назад +8

      Watch carefully, she acted that word to describe.

    • @utestm
      @utestm 6 лет назад

      Random Ashe 😂😂😂

    • @thejaswinichitturi3556
      @thejaswinichitturi3556 6 лет назад

      Random Ashe
      Haha

    • @nandinibhargava2948
      @nandinibhargava2948 5 лет назад

      Random Ashe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @anniefaucher8143
    @anniefaucher8143 8 лет назад +148

    English is my 1st language and I apparently can't speak correctly 😂, so don't worry about it

    • @moonchoudhryksa1828
      @moonchoudhryksa1828 8 лет назад

      hahahahahaha v funny

    • @MsNovazz
      @MsNovazz 8 лет назад

      Thanks for this!

    • @abhipatil1618
      @abhipatil1618 8 лет назад +3

      its ur 1st language that doesn't mean u should not correct it...one should aim for perfection.

    • @anniefaucher8143
      @anniefaucher8143 8 лет назад +5

      abhijeet patil I'm telling you, nobody talks like that, and I think you're forgetting, Perfection is impossible so it is unrealistic to expect to be perfect.

    • @maryaugustine2226
      @maryaugustine2226 8 лет назад

      +abhijeet patil u r right

  • @UrbanSipfly
    @UrbanSipfly 7 лет назад +298

    LINGERIE is best pronounced as LAWN-JER-RAY! as oppose to LAWN-GRAY!

    • @tvoommen4688
      @tvoommen4688 7 лет назад +1

      +UrbanSipfly This word is spoken in the early part of the movie Titanic when Rose mentions a lady as "designs naughty lingerie".I had that instance replayed many times just to catch the way it was pronounced. It agrees almost with yours. ( I am Indian )

    • @LordKnt
      @LordKnt 7 лет назад +4

      As a native french speaker, this triggers me

    • @UrbanSipfly
      @UrbanSipfly 7 лет назад

      I am not sure what you mean by the many words in English pronunciation as French, being disrespectful? What other way would you have such words pronounced?

    • @roscianyt
      @roscianyt 7 лет назад +3

      Which now makes them English words.

    • @cocaina7522
      @cocaina7522 7 лет назад +1

      but names as well? Pontius Pilates in English is Pontshs Paileyt..but..I mean its a name. Why not try to pronounce it in its known latin form :/

  • @pauswa1966
    @pauswa1966 7 лет назад +101

    It's best to learn English from native English speakers.

    • @samietanaka
      @samietanaka 7 лет назад +3

      pauswa1966 yeah you're right

    • @GrinFlash007
      @GrinFlash007 7 лет назад +1

      Yeah and overcomplicate things. Non native teachers simplify it in the way they learned to make things easier for learners.

    • @animacs1
      @animacs1 6 лет назад +4

      pronounciation maybe, but not the grammar, most don't even know their own grammar. and certainly not the logic behind things. also, a nonnative speaker will have encountered all the problems a learner does, a native speaker will have no clue. take for example the languages where everything is female/male/neutral (French la/le, German der/die/das, Russian -it's the ending. a native will know instictively, for someone in whose language it doesn't exist it's not natural.

    • @angeldeschain0
      @angeldeschain0 5 лет назад

      Sure for practicing speaking. All the other skills doesn't make a difference.

    • @thecoolcarhd4402
      @thecoolcarhd4402 5 лет назад +2

      I'm a native english speaker,The only language i understand and know is english.

  • @rachayelle
    @rachayelle 7 лет назад +2

    Most pronunciations vary between different areas. Like in the south some people pronounce "Idea" as "Idear" or some people will say "Ax" instead of "Ask" it usually is pronounced differently depending on where you're from and your history, culture, etc. lol

  • @sammym2729
    @sammym2729 7 лет назад +93

    i think she mixed up British, America and something else English

  • @what0shit
    @what0shit 8 лет назад +73

    You lost me at 0:54 ! I will like to 'eats' ? Girl, you need a few grammar lessons before you try to educate others.

    • @reneemanzoor746
      @reneemanzoor746 8 лет назад +9

      My native language is English and trust me, I don't know how I landed on this channel when I was browsing RUclips, but I'm forgetting English after listening to this narcissistic tard.

    • @shettyvridhijairam
      @shettyvridhijairam 8 лет назад

      +Renee Manzoor I agree

    • @inkgirl4u
      @inkgirl4u 7 лет назад +15

      She says half of these words incorrectly. She puts the emphasis on the wrong syllable! DeB-ris? Hi-rarchy? Wtf?

    • @kritisisodia2173
      @kritisisodia2173 7 лет назад +1

      John Voss yess... I also heard that

  • @CloudSchoolPro
    @CloudSchoolPro 7 лет назад

    Her classes are so much useful and it is recommended to learn from this channel.

  • @humungous09
    @humungous09 7 лет назад

    Not bad, not bad. The guys designing these lessons deserve credit.

  • @Mariam-rp5wm
    @Mariam-rp5wm 8 лет назад +485

    Who the hell says pizza like peejjaa

    • @chadmuthu
      @chadmuthu 8 лет назад +13

      a lot of languages, especially in Asia, don't actually have a "z" sound, so a "j" sound substitutes it. People whose first language is one of those say pizza like that so

    • @qasimbilawal3746
      @qasimbilawal3746 8 лет назад +10

      typical indians pronounce it peeja thats why she said

    • @luna4cegaming
      @luna4cegaming 8 лет назад +4

      The description says 'Peetza' thoughXD

    • @frozenbear1888
      @frozenbear1888 8 лет назад

      lol sounds like the beginning of pyjamas.. :-)

    • @shawn.spencer
      @shawn.spencer 8 лет назад +5

      +Muthu Well, not having a particular sound in your language shouldn't be a problem, because you're learning a new language. So things are going to be different, anyway. They shouldn't stick to what they already know, or else they'll never learn anything new.

  • @c.d.9035
    @c.d.9035 7 лет назад +63

    "Pronownciation"? Um, try "pronunciation."

  • @talenthuntconsultants8619
    @talenthuntconsultants8619 7 лет назад +99

    Desi American.........

    • @tatheerali4294
      @tatheerali4294 7 лет назад +3

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    • @nandinibhargava2948
      @nandinibhargava2948 5 лет назад

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    • @nandinibhargava2948
      @nandinibhargava2948 5 лет назад

      Beti ko baal bhi American rakhne hai.....

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      @mujahidalikhan3621 5 лет назад

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    • @2minutesfacts40
      @2minutesfacts40 4 года назад

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  • @s.a.hbarmarymary9786
    @s.a.hbarmarymary9786 7 лет назад +76

    as long as people undertand u...thats valid..

    • @roscianyt
      @roscianyt 7 лет назад

      S.a.hbarmary Mary So, if I say 2 + 2 is 5, that's OK because you knew what I meant?

    • @fusionfall34
      @fusionfall34 7 лет назад +2

      it would be idiotic to compare a vocal action to a written one

    • @usharoy8763
      @usharoy8763 7 лет назад +1

      0

  • @chrissiesbuchcocktail
    @chrissiesbuchcocktail 8 лет назад +368

    You speak of correct and incorrect pronunciation all the time - but is there only one way to pronounce words? I guess not. There is British English, US-English, Irish English and many many more.... and even in one country pronuncation varies from north to south or east to west. So for me it sounds arrogant to say only this and that is correct and the rest is not. And beside this, if I use your correct english in a part of the world where nobody actually says it the same way - what's the use of being correct but causing a lot of laughs? And may I ask you - are you a native english speaker? Because for my (German) ears you don't sound like one.

    • @JessicaMartinezSosa2622
      @JessicaMartinezSosa2622 8 лет назад +12

      I totally agree with you, Christine. Also, I was excepting for the phonetic transcription here. Videos like these make real teaching and technical information to be misleading. I teach phonetics and phonology, that's why. I guess the IPA SYSTEM should be applied when teaching a language, any language. It is a pity that it has never been used as it should. We could learn in a very fast way.

    • @NarutoUzumaki-vg1im
      @NarutoUzumaki-vg1im 8 лет назад +1

      true
      i totally agree with u

    • @nobodysomebody8245
      @nobodysomebody8245 8 лет назад

      Yassss! Preach! 🙌

    • @rajajanjua7793
      @rajajanjua7793 8 лет назад +13

      when we say english then it only means british english. no one cares how australians or southafricans speak. british english is the only widely used in the world.

    • @jannadeau9848
      @jannadeau9848 8 лет назад +5

      I so agree with your comment, Christine, very well put.

  • @rangartons
    @rangartons 8 лет назад +85

    first time in my life i heard, pizza is an english word :p
    Mojito, espresso :)

    • @DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer
      @DanniTheMagicJunkDrawer 8 лет назад +4

      Isn't lingerie French? These aren't English words...pizza or mojito ....Lol I have heard people say que-pon for coupon, but not how she said it.

    • @rangartons
      @rangartons 8 лет назад

      You probabely right and "asthma" is from latin i think :)

    • @alfredeneuman52
      @alfredeneuman52 8 лет назад

      +rangartons originally Greek

    • @CDCI3
      @CDCI3 8 лет назад +2

      Danni d'auria, some people say kyoo-pawn, some say koo-pon. I say koo-pawn, and most in my area say koo-pawn, but I definitely also know people who say it as you have written (which I assume is said like kyoo-pawn).

    • @mandieev___1393
      @mandieev___1393 7 лет назад

      or q-pawn

  • @alambinaslam
    @alambinaslam 6 лет назад +2

    I'm in spelling bee competition so it helps me a lot because I'm memorising dictionary by heart!thanxx😊😊

  • @safflatif
    @safflatif 5 лет назад

    Hi Niharka. I like your videos much. I do understand that you are a native English speaker as you were born and raised in the United Kingdom. I beileve your videos are helping many people learn correct English. Those who say you don't sound a native English speaker need to get their ears treated. Its not your fault at all. If someone still don't like your videos they should simply get lost! And you keep doing good job. Bless you

  • @jolevangelista
    @jolevangelista 8 лет назад +76

    I don't know why is this on the Internet. Simply skip it if you don't want to damage your English.

    • @User-vd9lu
      @User-vd9lu 8 лет назад

      very true

    • @Akishimatsu
      @Akishimatsu 8 лет назад

      well said, well said!!!

    • @miriolive1992
      @miriolive1992 8 лет назад

      yes true.. well said.

    • @MH-nc3wu
      @MH-nc3wu 7 лет назад

      haha! take it easy guys! :))) this video i think is just for indian themselves.

    • @miriolive1992
      @miriolive1992 7 лет назад +4

      Well it's OK if people don't speak good English because they're still learning. But if someone is a teacher, he or she MUST speak good English. Niharika is only confusing people who really want to learn good English. I really recommend the videos of Ganesh Kumar of Learn English Lab. He is also from India but he is a great teacher. He is the best!!

  • @bd3825
    @bd3825 7 лет назад +71

    She obviously isn't a native speaker. Her pronunciation is flawed as hell. Some of those words aren't English FYI.

    • @vegeta391_
      @vegeta391_ 7 лет назад +3

      I second that. It's kinda ironic, isn't it?

    • @Ronwang-yf4px
      @Ronwang-yf4px 6 лет назад

      Bass Mainer A

  • @christiannoynay4639
    @christiannoynay4639 7 лет назад +1

    I truly understand that you want to help a lot of people who cannot speak English well but sometimes we must be very careful to every detail that we are going to share with others especially English Language is very delicate and sensitive.

  • @shreyachowdhury1827
    @shreyachowdhury1827 6 лет назад +1

    Whatever others say. I trust you and for me this lesson was really helpful.

  • @EeriePancakeyyy
    @EeriePancakeyyy 8 лет назад +520

    In England, where I come from, Almond is pronounced " AL-MOND" not "AH-MOND".

    • @amberjackman2110
      @amberjackman2110 8 лет назад +3

      same

    • @shinmusashi44
      @shinmusashi44 8 лет назад +13

      I've heard it both ways in England.

    • @pradnyahirlekar4248
      @pradnyahirlekar4248 8 лет назад +34

      well Cambridge says its Ah mond

    • @shinmusashi44
      @shinmusashi44 8 лет назад +9

      *****
      So does Oxford. So does dictionary.com, Webster gives both.

    • @EeriePancakeyyy
      @EeriePancakeyyy 8 лет назад +15

      I believe AH-MOND is the correct way of saying it in England. But I think dialect has changed it over the years.

  • @againstcliche
    @againstcliche 8 лет назад +25

    who would mis pronounce pizza? Pizza is life

    • @BellaEnglishUSA
      @BellaEnglishUSA 8 лет назад +4

      good one! Everyone is the world speaks pizza!

    • @Ryan-xw5qb
      @Ryan-xw5qb 8 лет назад +1

      +Ngoc Le Actually, you english speaking people pronounce it bad.. It's piZZa, stop taking our words and tell us how to pronounce it. thanks

    • @mxhellfield
      @mxhellfield 8 лет назад

      +Ryan B.B. What are you talking about

    • @rommelcruzsager
      @rommelcruzsager 8 лет назад +1

      I actually heard a native english person say pitzes as in pizzas.. which is funny

    • @ClaudioCosta1900
      @ClaudioCosta1900 8 лет назад +3

      +Ngoc Le especially considering that it is an ITALIAN word! :-)

  • @Westberg001
    @Westberg001 7 лет назад

    Mojito is wrong pronounced. You need the phomene [x] for to get it right. It refers to Spanish.

  • @lundberglodge
    @lundberglodge 7 лет назад +11

    You did a good job of pronouncing the words in the list, but the phonetics leave a bit to be desired. First, lingerie you gave as lawn-gray, i.e., the second syllable being the light shade of black. Better would be lawn-zhuh-ray; #2 is pizza. The 'zh' sound is like the 's' in 'measure', so a better phonetic would be 'PETE-sah'.

  • @theviralstory3356
    @theviralstory3356 8 лет назад +21

    Debris is pronounced as deɪbri and not deb-ree, there is a slight difference between the two if you listen carefully.

    • @tahreemqureshi9146
      @tahreemqureshi9146 8 лет назад +2

      I know right she pronounced it wrong

    • @therra1101
      @therra1101 8 лет назад +2

      it can actually be pronounced as both an even like this dəˈbriː

    • @sebastianocostantino1
      @sebastianocostantino1 8 лет назад +2

      If you check Wordreference you will hear 8 different pronunciations depending on the 8 different types of English spoken in: US, UK, UK-RP, UK-Yorkshire, Ireland, Scotland, South US, Jamaica.
      Ironic, isn't it? :)

    • @sebastianocostantino1
      @sebastianocostantino1 8 лет назад +1

      +LondonJo I said "ironic" to point out that when we speak about languages there may be thousands of different pronunciations depending on thousands of factors. At the end of the day, I just meant to say the same thing you wrote afterwards.

    • @victoriahawes7118
      @victoriahawes7118 7 лет назад +1

      The stress should be on the second syllable, otherwise it sounded OK to me. De-BREE (Well, that's for me, an American English speaker)

  • @alexjmiranda4719
    @alexjmiranda4719 7 лет назад +168

    half of these words aren't english words. Are italian, french, spanish words: pizza, lingerie, mojito, dengue, espresso... '-'
    Are universal words everyone must (or should) know how pronounce them.

    • @roscianyt
      @roscianyt 7 лет назад +3

      Actually, all of these words are English words.

    • @alexjmiranda4719
      @alexjmiranda4719 7 лет назад +8

      These are words that originally came from other languages. They were incorporated into other languages, as well as English. They are words used in several other languages, so universal words.
      Espresso comes from the Italian name for the coffee, in full caffè espresso, literally "pressed-out coffee".
      Pizza comes from Medieval Greek to pie, was adapted to italian becoming pizza.
      Mojito and dengue are spanish...
      Lingerie derives from the French word linge, meaning linen.
      All are pronounced in the same way in most languages. Except for 'lingerie'. The 'r' sounds like 'h' in French.

    • @roscianyt
      @roscianyt 7 лет назад +1

      I will just quote my from my first reply to you, "all of these words are English words."

    • @alexjmiranda4719
      @alexjmiranda4719 7 лет назад +8

      all of these words are english, french, spanish, italian, portuguese, german... words

    • @tvmcmemelord8319
      @tvmcmemelord8319 7 лет назад +3

      English is mostly Old English and French, ever since 1033. We've been borrowing ever since. Of course we've made alterations to a lot of the words, but 29% of English is French-derived, and a lot from other languages.

  • @praveenpai1060
    @praveenpai1060 7 лет назад +2

    Hi Niharika, I just stumbled upon this video. Very nice. I love your teaching style. You could mention some rules so students could apply them in similar situations, eg pizza, Mozart, paparazzi etc (add a 't' when z is preceded by a vowel). Other commonly mispronounced words are berserk, duvet, pyjamas, restaurant, ambience, environment. Thanks and best wishes. Praveen

  • @ekinrade
    @ekinrade 7 лет назад +2

    In Canada we usually say DEN-gay as in "dengue fever"
    As with Spanish and French, English makes many detours when is crosses the Atlantic.
    Good lesson!

  • @tiago8480
    @tiago8480 8 лет назад +91

    Can you to put on subtitles in english on your lessons please?

    • @letstalk
      @letstalk  8 лет назад +18

      Click the subtitles button on the player, they would appear

    • @letstalk
      @letstalk  8 лет назад +7

      Subtitles are already there, turn them on your player.

    • @kennylogginscopyright
      @kennylogginscopyright 8 лет назад +17

      +Learn English with Let's Talk - Free English Lessons I think he's trying to be racist...

    • @hatimdebate
      @hatimdebate 8 лет назад

      +Learn English with Let's Talk - Free English Lessons which manner is more correct, listening with caption or not? or first without caption and repeating with caption?

    • @ChandramaniPandey
      @ChandramaniPandey 8 лет назад +1

      Its not for you..

  • @KayKozza
    @KayKozza 8 лет назад +88

    I think the most mispronounced word is "ask", rarely have I heard someone say "can I ask you a question?" it's always "aks"

    • @KayKozza
      @KayKozza 8 лет назад +2

      and I hate when people call eggs "aye-ggs" and coupon and "key-oo-pon"

    • @KayKozza
      @KayKozza 8 лет назад

      nah theres people with perfect english that say aks, and that pronounce it aye-ggs and key-oo-pon

    • @KayKozza
      @KayKozza 8 лет назад

      yeah i hate that too

    • @KalpeshPatel-ek2ri
      @KalpeshPatel-ek2ri 7 лет назад

      Hahahahaha that's funny

    • @patcoston
      @patcoston 7 лет назад

      As for pronouncing ask as aks, it depends where you live in the US. I've honestly only heard someone say aks once in my life.

  • @heyitscandy_gaming9599
    @heyitscandy_gaming9599 7 лет назад +39

    I have NEVER, in my entire life, EVER heard someone pronounce "Sour" as "Sar"...

    • @heyitscandy_gaming9599
      @heyitscandy_gaming9599 7 лет назад +3

      Also, I'm pretty sure "Coupon", is pronounced 2 ways, Cu-pawn, and Que-pawn.

    • @heyitscandy_gaming9599
      @heyitscandy_gaming9599 7 лет назад +1

      I'm gonna be saying "Also" a lot in my replies to myself XD
      Also, No one says Plum"B"er. It's just like Thum"b".

    • @GrinFlash007
      @GrinFlash007 7 лет назад +7

      This video is suited for Indian viewers. I've heard all those words pronounced incorrectly by some of my school teachers.

    • @augustine76
      @augustine76 6 лет назад +5

      This video is not meant for native speakers. There are millions of people from all over the world, trying to learn English as their second or third language. All I can say is, her list of mispronounced words is very useful for Indian speakers.

    • @thrkaurwahla3110
      @thrkaurwahla3110 5 лет назад

      HeyItsCandy_ Gaming yup I don't even like the wrd sower like what...!?

  • @apexschoolsystem856
    @apexschoolsystem856 7 лет назад

    Using attending these classes i have learnt much more.

  • @WisamAyCee
    @WisamAyCee 8 лет назад +38

    Bit ironic from someone who can't pronounce the word pronounce correctly

    • @WisamAyCee
      @WisamAyCee 8 лет назад +2

      one more thing, its not DEBBRY, its pronounced DEB-RY with a small pause between the DEB and RY

    • @shinmusashi44
      @shinmusashi44 8 лет назад +2

      +Wisam AC Actually it's "de-bry.

    • @WisamAyCee
      @WisamAyCee 8 лет назад

      shinmusashi44 yeah i meant de-bry not debb-ry my bad

    • @namu512
      @namu512 8 лет назад

      Hahahhaha hah so true thats what I first observed!

    • @namu512
      @namu512 8 лет назад

      Hahahhaha hah so true thats what I first observed!

  • @jcxmej
    @jcxmej 8 лет назад +125

    You first learn to pronounce 'pronunciation' correctly!!

    • @Connect_with_Yourself
      @Connect_with_Yourself 8 лет назад +5

      I am a native English speaker (British) and you are right. She can't pronounce herself.

    • @sumedhapaul2389
      @sumedhapaul2389 8 лет назад +9

      she pronounced "pronunciation" correctly..you must check again..

    • @jcxmej
      @jcxmej 8 лет назад +9

      Also her language is too accented to teach pronunciations. Stresses on some syllables too much. Well anyways its just my opinion.

    • @udasgupta601
      @udasgupta601 8 лет назад +1

      yup true

    • @jcxmej
      @jcxmej 8 лет назад +1

      +PoetOfDarkness haha I don't think I have had a nicer insult ever.

  • @anti_fascist
    @anti_fascist 7 лет назад +252

    The way she said "Niharika" (her name). Lol I paused the video and laughed...over the fact that she's just another wannabe-American. 😂

    • @abhayupadhyay7379
      @abhayupadhyay7379 7 лет назад +20

      Prashasti yeah she's trying to sound like americans and even mispronounces her own name ,😁😂😂😂

    • @crazyforcats19
      @crazyforcats19 7 лет назад +14

      +Abhay Upadhyay I'm pretty sure she knows how to pronounce her name better than the viewers do

    • @deepshikhayadav9675
      @deepshikhayadav9675 7 лет назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @muditgupta698
      @muditgupta698 6 лет назад

      Lol 😂

    • @filmishit
      @filmishit 6 лет назад

      lol same

  • @Gutoknust
    @Gutoknust 7 лет назад +10

    February is definitely correctly pronounced Febuary by many Americans....

  • @MrChandrashekar11
    @MrChandrashekar11 7 лет назад +19

    we spoke different English like Indian English, American English, British English for same
    word they pronounce differently but the expression is same.

  • @bellajuventina
    @bellajuventina 8 лет назад +15

    I think that If you're going to use pronunciation aid you should use phonetic symbols

    • @shilpachristine
      @shilpachristine 8 лет назад +6

      i do agree with you - Bella,..however..not everybody understands phonetic symbols....tthis would help them..

  • @keerthikumaran2308
    @keerthikumaran2308 7 лет назад

    great job out there mam... some people whine, neglect them. But, I'm really following your lectures and they are helping me a lot.

  • @JohnOShaughnessy
    @JohnOShaughnessy 7 лет назад +5

    coupon is more like "koo-pon"; the stress falling on the first syllable, the second one being short. "Pawn" is a long sound.. Check phonetic references on either the online Oxford or Cambridge English dictionaries.
    Once again, hierarchy has the stress on the first syllable and not the second syllable, as you suggested'

    • @robertallanfox
      @robertallanfox 7 лет назад +2

      About half the people I know say CUE PON. I'm surprised she didn't even bring that up.

  • @toujoursbelle5722
    @toujoursbelle5722 8 лет назад +10

    now I conclude English is definitely the CRAZIEST language ever.

  • @kaelyntai7433
    @kaelyntai7433 8 лет назад +11

    Srsly? This girl can't pronounce any of these words correctly unless I'm speaking my only language incorrectly. There is no hate towards Indian accents, but if you are teaching non-English speakers English, make sure you ENUNCIATE correctly. This could mess someone up...

  • @Clarkthek
    @Clarkthek 7 лет назад

    Your enthusiasm is adorable.

  • @Pillurits
    @Pillurits 7 лет назад +45

    At 0:56 - I like to "eats" 5 almonds!!! WTF

  • @SoniaLawliet
    @SoniaLawliet 7 лет назад +25

    I'm French and I knew all of these except for "dengue" since I didn't know this word in the first place xD
    By the way, thank you for the video ! English is an awesome language ^-^

    • @anemok-poplover1273
      @anemok-poplover1273 7 лет назад +2

      that name tho :)

    • @SoniaLawliet
      @SoniaLawliet 7 лет назад +5

      Rainbow Lazuli ARMYYY♡

    • @SoniaLawliet
      @SoniaLawliet 7 лет назад

      So CueGon
      Oh okay, thank you for the information ! ^^

    • @elsefine4261
      @elsefine4261 7 лет назад +1

      oui une française ! la prononciation change pas tant au final pour certain mots de plus beaucoup ne sont pas vraiment anglais mais universel

    • @SoniaLawliet
      @SoniaLawliet 7 лет назад

      when the excuse me change your life
      Je pensais pas rencontrer de française ici justement 😄
      Exactement! ^^
      Et j'adore ton pseudo au fait ! ❤

  • @roseoxlade4629
    @roseoxlade4629 8 лет назад +40

    No. It is not Feb-roo-aree its Feb-u-aree

    • @Florita111
      @Florita111 8 лет назад

      Uhm, no. it's pronounced "Febroo...". You may wanna look it up.

    • @VintageLilacMemories
      @VintageLilacMemories 8 лет назад +3

      That is how the majority of people pronouce it - but it is Feb Roo Airy

    • @shithi30
      @shithi30 8 лет назад +1

      Right you are.

    • @luna4cegaming
      @luna4cegaming 8 лет назад +2

      lol true. Feb roo ary sounds werid af

    • @jomc20
      @jomc20 8 лет назад +2

      No! it's not pronounced 'Feb-u-aree' in England. I'm English, so trust me!

  • @srinivasaraopola8640
    @srinivasaraopola8640 6 лет назад

    These lessons are very useful to learning in english

  • @jyothisharma6887
    @jyothisharma6887 5 лет назад

    You are always been my inspiration niharika! Tysm

  • @minzungopa
    @minzungopa 8 лет назад +3

    I believe this video is meant to show NON-NATIVE speakers, yet many native speakers come here bashing the teacher saying you never heard someone say pizza incorrectly. In fact, in many countries, the word "pizza" is always pronounced incorrectly because they dont have the sound /z/ in their language. They would say something like pissa which to your native ears will be quite different from the correct pronunciation.

  • @drawnshare
    @drawnshare 8 лет назад +26

    I think you are saying "Pronounciation" instead of "Pronunciation". It's not proNOUN, it's proNUN.

    • @slimkaijalunlhouvum4180
      @slimkaijalunlhouvum4180 8 лет назад

      +Pritam Shaw lol

    • @com8312
      @com8312 8 лет назад

      this word can say by two ways.
      pronoun
      and
      pronun

    • @frondescenceful
      @frondescenceful 8 лет назад

      +Mohamed Mamdoh Lol not really, mate. This word "can say by" one way and that is proNUNciation. But proNOUN.

    • @com8312
      @com8312 8 лет назад

      +Raxacorico Falapatorius
      so what is the meaning of pronounciation

    • @frondescenceful
      @frondescenceful 8 лет назад +1

      It's just a misspelling of "pronunciation".

  • @gayatrirajguru1718
    @gayatrirajguru1718 7 лет назад +3

    Oh My Goodness!
    I mispronounced 'almond' my entire life😂😂😂😂
    #stayblessed Niharika❤

  • @fatemakhatun2044
    @fatemakhatun2044 7 лет назад

    your presentation is very clear. thanks

  • @vishakhajaswani12
    @vishakhajaswani12 7 лет назад +255

    am i the only one who thinks that there are many loop holes in english😂😕

    • @poojarawat1565
      @poojarawat1565 7 лет назад +1

      Vishakha Jaswani Ofcourse Not.

    • @IMChrysalis
      @IMChrysalis 7 лет назад +7

      It's because it's a hodge-podge of languages from all over, Great Britain having been invaded so many times by all kinds of different cultures... and throw in American and boy what a mess! LOL

    • @roscianyt
      @roscianyt 7 лет назад +1

      pizza ! No English has set rules. If people don't follow them, it's not the language's fault.

    • @killbilpandey7550
      @killbilpandey7550 7 лет назад +15

      English is very funny language

    • @roscianyt
      @roscianyt 7 лет назад +2

      PRANJAL PANDEY What do you mean by that?

  • @kerensabirch5214
    @kerensabirch5214 8 лет назад +8

    Sour (and power) are not generally said as two distinct syllables. The second part of the word is added on lightly, without actually pronouncing the W as a consonant. It's more like SOW-UH than SOW-WER, as you say here.

    • @kerensabirch5214
      @kerensabirch5214 8 лет назад

      *****
      That's American English then. She's talking about the 'correct' way to pronounce it.

    • @kerensabirch5214
      @kerensabirch5214 8 лет назад

      *****
      As I said, it's not two 'distinct' syllables. Check out Oxford Dictionary's pronunciation, if you're not sure what I'm talking about. I tend to follow the original 'British' English version.. It's their language, after all.

    • @kerensabirch5214
      @kerensabirch5214 8 лет назад

      Hector Bolivar
      Hey, I'm not American and don't particularly like what they've done to the language but even I accept that they do have their own version over there. I would never use it, nor accept their misspelling of so many words, even if I ended up living the rest of my life in the States for some reason. I think the term was invented for dictionaries so Americans didn't feel they were getting everything wrong. lol

    • @hectorbolivar3777
      @hectorbolivar3777 8 лет назад

      😆👍

    • @debbielough7754
      @debbielough7754 8 лет назад +5

      Hi, English English speaker here - it's sower in a large proportion of England.
      That's the real problem with the pejorative 'correct' and 'incorrect' - they don't actually exist in reality.
      And it doesn't really matter that much, provided the meaning is understood.

  • @pinayenglishteacher
    @pinayenglishteacher 4 года назад

    This is absolutely helpful!

  • @bvalentina8940
    @bvalentina8940 5 лет назад +1

    thanks for the wonderful explanation and for the description box
    lovelyy

  • @afrozeibrahim3690
    @afrozeibrahim3690 8 лет назад +3

    Many of the words you noted have multiple pronunciations. Just because you don't know them, doesn't make them incorrect.

    • @afrozeibrahim3690
      @afrozeibrahim3690 8 лет назад +1

      And some of your pronunciations are incorrect as well, for example: debris.

  • @bobmaki3000
    @bobmaki3000 8 лет назад +18

    According to the dictionary, almond is pronounced
    ˈælmənd/

    • @bobmaki3000
      @bobmaki3000 8 лет назад

      Sherry Akmar
      She's referring to a British pronunciation. However, most of the English speaking world pronounces it with a non silent "L".

    • @Bynbrooke
      @Bynbrooke 8 лет назад +3

      Yes, she isn't doing the American pronunciation of most of them. Such as also February.
      I also think she is just wrong with Debris. It's De-bree. Not deb-bree like she is saying.

    • @spoonerpurple
      @spoonerpurple 8 лет назад +2

      I think she is getting english lessons and feels like she can teach it now

    • @frostbite1159
      @frostbite1159 8 лет назад

      +Jennie Spooner Hah!

    • @JadedBeast
      @JadedBeast 8 лет назад

      +Jennie Spooner lol right

  • @wilsonmulongo3368
    @wilsonmulongo3368 7 лет назад

    THANKS, YOUR CLASS DOES ME A GREAT DEAL

  • @rabiawasi7367
    @rabiawasi7367 7 лет назад +10

    thanks for the lovely video but it's not proNOUNciation rather it is proNUNciation😃

    • @boissypierre236
      @boissypierre236 4 года назад

      Indeed ! But It's no use complaining with Lazier.... or Lazy Ahaha!!!

    • @apriljoe444
      @apriljoe444 4 года назад

      Not in American English

    • @rabiawasi7367
      @rabiawasi7367 4 года назад

      @@apriljoe444 here in India we do not follow American English... We follow British English since Americans do not follow grammar to the point!.

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston 7 лет назад +198

    At 1:00 you pronounce pronunciation wrong as pronounciation then later tell us not to do that. LOL!

  • @nikitasharma9227
    @nikitasharma9227 7 лет назад +15

    Learn how to speak first okay... U bore everyone... most of us... stop exagerrating things with overly done expressions and come to the conclusion faster...

    • @sharonox78
      @sharonox78 7 лет назад +12

      I don't find her boring, she is very lively and helpful. Speak for yourself, and most of all stop watching if you find it boring.

    • @unboxingfun3933
      @unboxingfun3933 7 лет назад

      sharonox78 yes u r right

    • @rabiaahmed7414
      @rabiaahmed7414 7 лет назад +2

      Nikita Sharma I really like her way of teaching.She is not boring at all.I always find her lectures very helpful

    • @GrinFlash007
      @GrinFlash007 7 лет назад +1

      Many jealous Indian women in this comment section. 😓

  • @TB-kk1ro
    @TB-kk1ro 7 лет назад +1

    As a native English speaker from the UK we would always pronounce the L in Almond. I think you're teaching English USA. Plus you have Italian and Spanish words in your list.

  • @niketajoshi5523
    @niketajoshi5523 5 лет назад

    I read some negative comments but if they know how to pronounced these words so they couldn't come here to see th video.. Nd u r doing vry great job u r way of talking attracts me so much.. You also improved my English tysm for this.. 😁

  • @Yabanese
    @Yabanese 7 лет назад +30

    you missed a few more common words: debut, itinerary, and vulnerable or vulnerabilities !
    Anyways, what I gather from this lesson is that is that I can have a Pijja topped with Al monds and a shot of Mo Jeeto on the side that's not too Sower! Before I pay and use my Coo Pun, I would like a dessert and a cup of Ex Presso, otherwise I might end up with AsThema. During the month of Fb-oo-ary, most shops have huge SALE on Linger Eee.

  • @ikkirr
    @ikkirr 7 лет назад +30

    The irony here is she keeps saying "proNOUNciation" instead of "pruhNUHNciation."

  • @urvashisingh2202
    @urvashisingh2202 7 лет назад +97

    over acting😐

  • @rosellemartinez7467
    @rosellemartinez7467 7 лет назад +1

    It really depends on how the alphabet in your school or country is taught and learned. Every word is acceptable however one pronounces it, as long as one knows the definition.

  • @revmeister007
    @revmeister007 8 лет назад +7

    love how she mispronounced pronunciation...

  • @darklausal23
    @darklausal23 7 лет назад +57

    how to pronounce correctly words in English that are not English words: mojito

  • @jimmynoronha9959
    @jimmynoronha9959 7 лет назад

    I certainly gained quite a bit from this well narrated lesson. Thanks.

  • @tysokhun1109
    @tysokhun1109 6 лет назад +1

    Good explain

  • @talals7029
    @talals7029 7 лет назад +20

    Saying almond with an L is not wrong , it is just another way of saying it !

  • @superdrew8564
    @superdrew8564 8 лет назад +7

    Its funny everyone has mentioned mojito being spanish and Pizza being italian...but as far as I saw in the comments no one has mentioned that lingerie is FRENCH

    • @lucasm4299
      @lucasm4299 8 лет назад +1

      AND
      Et cetera being Latin

  • @jayaram.ramanarayanan
    @jayaram.ramanarayanan 7 лет назад

    Well, your mispronounciations made me smile

  • @wilsonmulongo3368
    @wilsonmulongo3368 7 лет назад

    Thanks Niharika, i discover something new every time i listen to you...

  • @juliegupta4846
    @juliegupta4846 7 лет назад +14

    as we pronounce shower as shaar or shower and power as paar or power both r correct like that only sour can also b pronounced as Saar or sower both are absolutely correct

  • @4Deepak13
    @4Deepak13 7 лет назад +11

    Ma'am the correct data for you.....
    Mandarin Chinese. Native speakers (2010): 955 million. ...
    English. Native speakers (2010): 360 million. ...
    Spanish. Native speakers (2015): 427 million. ...
    Hindi. Native speakers (2010): 310 million. ...
    Arabic. Native speakers (2010): 295 million. ...
    Malay/Indonesian. Standard Malay native speakers (2007): 77 million

  • @Challo_sk
    @Challo_sk 7 лет назад

    I really like your style of teaching

  • @informationdesk5137
    @informationdesk5137 6 лет назад

    I am see Bangladesh.your lecture is very nine.

  • @KayKozza
    @KayKozza 8 лет назад +87

    HOW SHE PRONOUNCES DEBRIS!! why is she teaching people when her pronunciation is worse than the average American, "deb-ree" rally? it's "duh-bree"

    • @KayKozza
      @KayKozza 8 лет назад +1

      really*

    • @KayKozza
      @KayKozza 8 лет назад

      i know but why would she be teaching people how to pronounce words if she can't do it herself

    • @susannecarter2341
      @susannecarter2341 8 лет назад +7

      It's de bree in Australia. She mis pronounces pronunciation several times. i thought the spelling should have given that away

    • @Livinlaguna
      @Livinlaguna 7 лет назад

      Well, duh!

    • @lydiajanesmith5057
      @lydiajanesmith5057 7 лет назад

      Thanks, buddy, comparing two different dialects of English. Also, I think you might be right because I believe you speak proper English.

  • @lundberglodge
    @lundberglodge 7 лет назад +7

    Oops! Missed one! Hierarchy is pronounced "higher-ark-ee".

  • @swapnilwankhede3440
    @swapnilwankhede3440 2 года назад

    Thanks for uploading useful information

  • @pratima9977
    @pratima9977 7 лет назад

    My goodness.... How intellect you are..... beautifully you explained each and every word.... Ravi ☺🙏

  • @erinlawrie
    @erinlawrie 7 лет назад +7

    English isn't the most widely spoken language. Chinese is.

    • @ratnadas1020
      @ratnadas1020 7 лет назад +2

      its not Chinese but Mandarin

    • @erinlawrie
      @erinlawrie 7 лет назад +1

      Which is Chinese.

    • @ethelmini
      @ethelmini 7 лет назад +1

      Mandarin is one Chinese language, same as dog isn't the same as poodle. Also widely doesn't mean the same as most common. You are more likely to find people that understand English in more places around the planet - so widely spoken.

    • @erinlawrie
      @erinlawrie 7 лет назад

      Semantics.

  • @sanaatta4296
    @sanaatta4296 7 лет назад +13

    No one says Pigga to pizza ok stop lying.

  • @uvanjalis6474
    @uvanjalis6474 7 лет назад

    Thank u niharika.u r the best teacher😍

  • @pushpankarboss9582
    @pushpankarboss9582 6 лет назад

    Thanks for this lesson .
    I love let's talk.

  • @AliciaAnne85
    @AliciaAnne85 7 лет назад +51

    I want to know how many people are now going to be saying things improperly because of this video. Love how wrong she is.

    • @samietanaka
      @samietanaka 7 лет назад

      A. Vrana 😂😂😂

    • @TheCherrySoup
      @TheCherrySoup 7 лет назад +8

      Fatimah Ali LOL, no. It's "love how wrong she is."
      So A. Vrana is right. No offense but if you're going to correct someone, at least know what you're talking about.

  • @unmukt
    @unmukt 8 лет назад +9

    Please correct me if I am wrong. I thought that pizza is pronounced as peet-sa and not as peet-zha.

    • @Athenanguyen1505
      @Athenanguyen1505 8 лет назад

      You r right

    • @mrinals6129
      @mrinals6129 8 лет назад

      you are right

    • @tabsontube
      @tabsontube 8 лет назад

      yes it is an Italian word and taken into English, part of English as well. the Italian way to say it is peet-saa.

    • @captcrouton
      @captcrouton 8 лет назад

      +tabsontube I might mention that Italian style pizza and American style pizza are different too. I mean in the recipes.

    • @saylumlokiamericanbulldogh2759
      @saylumlokiamericanbulldogh2759 8 лет назад +2

      c'mon! pizza is italian wtf.

  • @deepjyotsinghkapoor1955
    @deepjyotsinghkapoor1955 6 лет назад +1

    I like ur beauty of presentation and your smile.

  • @roshankishorefilms123
    @roshankishorefilms123 7 лет назад

    So sweeet of you niharika... Thanks for teaching us

  • @juanpimienta3921
    @juanpimienta3921 8 лет назад +4

    I am a non native English teacher. My concern here is your intonation, for the most part is misleading. Secondly, you should stick to a specific way of pronouncing words you have a mixture of your mother tongue, some American English (valley girl) and a little bit of British English. Thirdly, you are being quite rough when addressing pronunciation problems when you say, most people tend to say or most people misprounce that's sort of insensitive. You should be careful of which words you use. Finally make sure you can pronounce the words correctly, pay close attention to the examples you set since they are not precise. Make sure you go right to the point, you don't have to beat around the bushes mentioning a thousand impossible ways to go about one word, be more gentle and set the right example in a proper context. You can do so much better. I hope these suggestions help a bit.

  • @vanknip4320
    @vanknip4320 8 лет назад +6

    Hmmm. How to pronounce words by the person who pronounces words incorrectly. For example, you say ''cawll'' instead of ca-all, when you say the word call.

  • @gayanudawaththa3336
    @gayanudawaththa3336 7 лет назад

    Superb..thank you very much for your lessons and appreciate..you are requested to do more words same like those please..

  • @rajsanty9838
    @rajsanty9838 7 лет назад

    Lovely Lessons