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  • Hello everyone and welcome to ForB's English Lesson video.

  • I'm Robbie.

  • And today we're looking at the pronunciation of "McDonald's". Okay?

  • So the way Japanese people pronounce "McDonald's" is a little bit different from the way native English speakers pronounce it.

  • So, let's take a look at the way native English speakers pronounce it.

  • Uh...the first sound.....is

  • Mc, Mc, Mc. Okay?

  • It's a little nasal sound.

  • No vowel sound. Mc, Mc, Mc.

  • Okay? Now you try.

  • Next is

  • Don, Don, Don.

  • You try.

  • And then, ald's, ald's, ald's.

  • Okay? So....

  • Mc Don ald's.

  • Mc Don ald's.

  • Mc Don ald's.

  • McDonlad's.

  • Okay. You try altogether now.

  • Okay very good. Okay and a point here

  • apostrophe s.

  • Because the original McDonald's hamburger restaurant was called "McDonald's Hamburgers."

  • Today it's short.

  • McDonald's. Okay?

  • So I'm getting hungry, I'm going to McDonald's.

  • Okay. Thank you everyone for watching today's lesson.

  • I'm Robbie. See you next time.

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