Learn how to pronounce the words SUBJECT & SUBJECT 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.
Pronunciation:
noun: səbˈʤɛkt or SUB ject
verb: ˈsʌbʤɪkt or subJECT
Transcript:
Hey it’s Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your question of the week.
We have another heteronym this week. Heteronyms are words that are spelled exactly the same. They just have a different pronunciation and a different meaning.
So we have the word subject which is a noun meaning a theme; and to subject which is the verb meaning to force upon someone.
So we’re really only going to focus today just on word stress. To stress the syllable you are going to make it louder, higher in pitch, and longer. The unstressed syllable, this is important, must be shorter, softer, and lower in pitch. So that difference is key. This is a great word to practice because we have only two beats, or two syllables, so you can practice shifting those.
So again for the noun, and let me write that on here so you can remember, this is the noun and this is the verb. So for the noun, we’re going to say subject subject subject.
Then for the verb it will be subject subject subject.
subject – subject
subject – subject
subject – subject
And now for a sentence:
The subject of the essay is interesting. I’ll give you a summary so I don’t subject you to the lengthy reading passage.
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