Learn how to pronounce the words entrance & entrance with this American English heteronym pronunciation lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.
Definition:
-an opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place
-fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention
Pronunciation:
/ˈɛntrəns / /ɛnˈtrɑːns /
Transcript:
Hi everyone! Jennifer from Tarle speech with your heteronym lesson. Heteronyms are words that are spelled the same but they have different pronunciations and different meanings. So our words today are:
entrance which is an entryway and
entrance which means to Captivate
We follow a general rule of thumb here in English and that is:
-nouns tend to be stressed with syllable one and
-verbs tend to be stressed in syllable number two
So both of these words start with the EN syllable. So to say syllable number one you’re going to start with that short eh sound. Mouth is relaxed and open. Tip of the tongue is just peeking out between the top and the bottom teeth, and then you’re going to touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth where the teeth meet the roof of your mouth. For the n air moves out of your nose.
EN EN EN
Then we’re going to move to that TR which is the beginning of syllable number two. for both of these. To do this you’re going to start by touching the teeth for the T then you are either going to flip the tongue back or point it down for that R . TR
For entrance when we’re going to stress syllable number one. You’re going to have the schwa the uh sound in syllable number two. So we’re going to add that short uh sound mouth is relaxed and open short quick vowel uh. Again add that n and then pull the tongue down it can either be behind the top front teeth or pointing down for that s.
tr tr tr
So we have entrance entrance entrance entrance entrance
For entrance we are going to stress syllable number two. We need to make that vowel longer and stressed. So we’re going to add that short ah and you’re going to do that by opening the mouth in a Wide Circle. Tip of the tongue is down, back of the tongue is pulled high up. en trans entrance entrance
So again we have
entrance entrance entrance entrance
entrance entrance entrance entrance
And now for a sentence:
Once we step through the entrance we were entranced by the beautiful space.
Give it a try people are going to notice the difference.
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