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I was talking to a non native speaker yesterday. He was having a lot of difficulty pronouncing 2 "T" sounds in a row. What do I mean?
I'm talking about when one word ends in a T sound and the next word starts with a T sound.
Look at these 3 example sentences:
"Where is the boat today?"
"What do you hate Tim?"
"What time is it?"
The words that were giving this guy trouble were "Boat today", "Hate Tim", and "What time"
All 3 of these examples have the same solution.
You need to pronounce the "T" sounds only once, but a little bit longer than usual, NOT TWO SEPARATE TIMES.
It should sound soft. Like this:
"BoaTToday"
"HaaTTIM"
"WhaTTime"
Simply make the first word sound like there is no "T" sound at the end of it, but then make the second word sound like it starts with a loud "T" sound. I'll make a video on this soon. In the meantime, listen to how Americans say these words and learn from that. Let this lesson be a starting point to making you aware that this is a problem for many non native speakers. Awareness works a lot, the video coming soon will help too.
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