How To Pronounce The Words Ending In “Cally
Learn how to pronounce the words ending in ‘cally’!
Hi Esther here! Welcome to this Speak More Clearly video on how to pronounce words ending in CALLY.
This word ending is pronounced the same way whether you are practising a standard American, British or Australian accent.
The trick is, that the ‘a’ is said as a very short schwa – it’s really hardly there at all.
So ‘cally’ /kaeli/ becomes ‘cly’ /kəli/. In other words it’s said, ‘klee’ like the famous artist’s name, Paul Klee -the English pronunciation of course.
Let’s say it together.
Cally (klee)
1. Practically
Practise sentence:
It’s practically over.
2. Radically
Practise sentence:
Her hairstyle was radically different.
3. Enthusiastically
Practise sentence:
Everytime his team scored a point, he shouted enthusiastically.
4. Realistically
Practise sentence:
Realistically , we’ll need two more weeks to finish.
5. Optimistically
Practise sentence:
The company optimistically predicted a 20 percent growth rate.
6. Symbolically
Practise sentence:
It was symbolically important for all cultures to be represented.
7. Statistically
Practise sentence:
The results were statistically significant.
8. Magically
Practise sentence:
My favourite biscuits all magically disappeared!
9. Cynically
Practise sentence:
She answered cynically.
If you are used to saying ‘cally’ instead of ‘cly’ for this word ending, you may need to practise with this training video a few times, so the new way of saying it becomes more automatic.
For more in depth training on how to speak confidently and clearly, check our Australian, American or British accent courses.
For more pronunciation tips, check this video lesson on how to pronounce words when ‘ch’ says ‘k’.
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