in this American English pronunciation video we're going to study the
pronunciation of the phrase
I'll think about it
this is part of a sentence study series where we look at a short common phrase
and discuss its pronunciation
I'll think about it what's the most stressed syllable there
I'll think about it it's think - dadadada
all think about it make sure it's longer than your other syllables
also make sure every syllable connects I'll think about it
uh it's four different words but there's no punctuation separating them so we
want them to link together smoothly
I'll think about it first we start with a contraction
I'll in casual conversation this will probably be reduced to all all sounding
a lot like all
I'll think about it actually when I say it quickly in that sense
I'll think about it I'll think about it I'm really just making one sound and
it's the dark sound of the dark L all all all my tongue tip is here touching
the back of the bottom front teeth and the back part is pulling back a little
bit
all all all all
that's the dark sound I'll think I'll think so i'm not bringing my tongue tip
up into the position of the l
I'm just making a dark sound I'll think I'll think I'll think about it then I
have this stressed word think it begins with an unvoiced th a tough sound which
you do have to make it so your tongue and jaw will come up enough so your
tongue tip can be lightly touching both the bottom and the top teeth the tip
will come out just a little bit and you'll see it
the tip doesn't actually have to move much to get into that position
all just has to lift a little bit
next we have it as in sit vowel followed by the ng consonant
I tend to make the
more of an e sound when it's followed by the ng consonant think
SI è it's sort of a mix between e and it
my tongue tip does go back down from the th so it's here again touching the back
of the bottom front teeth but the front part of the tongue stays pretty close to
the roof of the mouth off the e then the middle back part of the tongue goes to
the soft palate which is lowered to make the ng all thing
mmm touching about here it's now in position for the K sound
the only change that happens is that your soft palate raises it closes all
thing
this is probably something that will happen on its own
the movement of the soft palate and you don't need to worry about it to feel
that make an ng sound and then get ready to make the K but don't released it
did you feel anything move or tightening your throat
that's the soft palate next we lightly release the K but we want to do it right
into the next word which begins with a vowel
to connect so we don't want all think about it
all think about it with a separate release but rather I'll think about it
well think releasing the K right into the next sound in this case it's the
schwa
so for the schwa we want no jaw drop we want to make it as quickly as possible
think about think about very short
I'll think about now the lips come together for the B I'll think of all
think about and we have the now as in now diphthong
it's not stressed so we don't need too much jaw drop
I'll think about wow the lips will probably around a little but not too
much because again it's unstressed and we want to move on to the next sound as
quickly as possible
the next sound is the flap T so the tongue will just bounce against the roof
of the mouth without stopping the flow of air
this will help us link to the next word it
you don't need to think about making the a really it will happen quickly when you
bring your tongue down from the flap you actually want to just think about
bringing it right back up for the tea in it think about it think about it think
about it
I'll think about it do you notice they don't release the tea in it it it
I just cut off the air flow in my throat to make that stop
think about it think about it
it makes the word it abrupt it it about it
I'll think about it and now let's look at the phrase up close and in slow
motion
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