week. It's another heteronym in our mini  series on words that are spelled the same  

but have different meanings  and are pronounced differently.

Today we have intern which is a noun and that is  

someone that is in training and then we have intern which means to confine to an area

So both of these words have the same sounds.  The difference is going to be the word stress.  

What is word stress you might ask? When a  syllable is stressed, it is higher in pitch,  

louder, and the vowel is longer. Conversely when  a syllable is unstressed, it is lower, softer,  

and shorter, and quicker.

So the two beats or the two syllables.

And these words are intern and intern.  So let's talk about the sounds. For  

in we're going to start with that short ih sound.  Tongue is behind the top front teeth. Mouth  

is relaxed. Your tongue is not touching anywhere.  And your tongue is flat and high in the mouth.

Next we're going to touch the teeth with the tip  

of the tongue for that n and air  is going to move out of the nose.

in in in

For turn, going to touch the tip of your tongue  to the back of the top front teeth, pull it down,  

and air is going to puff out for that t, then  move to square tense lips for that er. The tip  

of your tongue is either pointed down or flipped  back. Back of the tongue is pulled way high up.  

er er. And then touch the tip of the tongue  to the back of the top front teeth for that n.

in-turn

So if you have a heteronym, the  general rule is the word stress  

is towards the beginning of the word  for a noun, and the end of the word for  

a verb. So we're going to stress syllable number  one for the noun: in turn intern intern intern

And now for the verb we're going to stress  syllable number two: in turn in turn in turn.

So we have intern intern intern  intern intern intern intern

And turn and now for a sentence:

The intern at the funeral  home will intern the body.

Give it a try i know people are going to  notice the difference. If you found this  

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