How to pronounce "there are a number of "?
I would appreciate it if someone could let me know how to pronounce the following phrase in the connected speech. The reason for this question is I know that we should not pronounce each word separately. However, it is a bit difficult for me to pronounce "are a" in particular.
There are a number of teachers in the school.
The following are the IPA symbols of the way that I often speak.
/ðe?r/ /?r/ /?/ /'n?m.b?r/ /?v/ /'ti?.t??rs/ /?n/ /ð?/ /sku?l/
Furthermore, please let me know the IPA symbols of the correct pronunciation if possible. In addition, I would be grateful if you could give me some useful website links addressing these types of theories.
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dileepa I know that we should not pronounce each word separately. On the contrary—we should pronounce each word separately.
- dileepa I know that we should not pronounce each word separately.
- On the contrary—we should pronounce each word separately.
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dileepa I know that we should not pronounce each word separately.
On the contrary—we should pronounce each word separately.
0/ð?r?ar?'n?mb?(r)?v'ti:t??z?nð?'sku:l/
I use /?/ where you use /?r/ because I think it's more accurate, but the intended sound is the same.
"are" is stressed more than your transcription indicates.
"there are" is almost /ð??rar/.
Does this help?
(How about if I move this thread to the pronunciation forum? Will you be able to find it there?)
0To give full value to each of the words in "there are a" sounds perfectly fine, and I would normally say it that way because it's hard to pronounce any other way, but if I was in a hurry, I might say "there'r'a", like a growling dog.
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