two words today data and total so data is information that you do have and

total means complete okay so let's take a look at our words what these words

have in common and the mistake that I hear the most is that when people want

to sound a little more native is they say a T for both of these T's we're

going to use the flap T for this which I teach as a very quick D sound all right

so what do we do at the beginning at the beginning we are going to start data

with the word day we're gonna have a nice long vowel there so to say that

start with the D d tip of the tongue behind the back of the top front teeth

and then move to the a by opening wide and then smiling day and then we're

gonna end with da yes that's super short uh sound day da I do hear people say

day ta and that is fine and I also hear people say Dada da and that is fine the

mistake that I think you want to avoid is saying da da which sounds like a

little child saying daddy or Dad so again super long syllable one and

super short syllable two day da data data data again you have options key is always

making sure people understand you if that's what's most important and then

for total we're gonna say the word toe and to do that touch the tip of your

tongue to the back of your top front teeth and then move to that o sound by

opening your mouth and then puckering your lips toe and then we're gonna end

move to that D d and then let the tongue go down and then come back up for

that l so dl dl dl

yeah you do hear a little bit of a vowel there I just caution you not to try to

add too much of a vowel because then it'll make that second syllable sound

incorrect so let's put that together toe dl toe dl total total data data data

total total total and now for a sentence data entry requires total concentration

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