your pronunciation question today's question is how do i

pronounce the words modern current times and modem

a gateway to the web let's take a look at our words we have

modern and modem so to say these words correctly we're

going to think about two syllables ma

dern and mo dum these words really get confusing because

of the spelling but if you think about it this way it's

going to be much easier so let's start with

modern so to say modern we're going to think about this

short oh sound and to do this your mouth is going to be open in a wide

oval shape tip of your tongue is going to be low in the mouth and the back of

the tongue is going to be pulled up oh for the o

you are going to move from an open o to a puckered

mouth this is going to allow your tongue to move from

low to a little bit higher in the mouth o

o so we have ma and mo ma mo

then we're going to move to the endings the difference here is the

earn and the um so to say dern focus on this e r

n and to do this you're going to have square

tense lips for that er er tip of the tongue is either down or flipped back

whichever one it is just not touching the teeth

and then you're going to end by touching the back of the top front teeth for the

n earn earn

ma dern modern modern

modern and then for modem we're going to end with that um and to

do this your mouth is going to be open and

relaxed for that uh sound nice and short and then close your

lips for the m m dum

mo dum modem modem modem so again we have

modern modern modern modem modem modem

modern modem and now in a sentence a modern modem is required if you

work remotely give it a try people are going to notice the difference if you

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