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Try LingUp Now!Start with 'ser' (/sɝː/). Your tongue is in the middle of your mouth for the 'er' sound, like in 'bird'.
Add 'tuh' (/tə/). This is a quick, unstressed sound. Your tongue taps the roof of your mouth just behind your teeth.
End with 'fy' (/faɪ/). This is a long 'eye' sound. Start with your mouth open for 'ah' and glide to 'ee'.
Pronouncing 'cer' as 'ker' (ker-ti-fy). The 'c' here sounds like 's'.
Stressing the second syllable (cer-TI-fy). The stress is on the first syllable: CER-ti-fy.
Pronouncing 'fy' as a short 'fee' sound (cer-ti-fee). It should be a long 'eye' sound.
Start with 'ser' (/sɜː/). This is a long vowel sound without an 'r' sound, like in the British way of saying 'bird'.
Add 'tih' (/tɪ/). This is a short 'i' sound, like in the word 'sit'.
End with 'fy' (/faɪ/). This is a long 'eye' sound, same as American.
Pronouncing 'cer' as 'ker' (ker-ti-fy). The 'c' sounds like 's'.
Stressing the second syllable (cer-TI-fy). The stress is on the first syllable: CER-ti-fy.
Adding an 'r' sound to the first syllable (SER-ti-fy). The British version is non-rhotic.
It sounds like 'sir'. Your lips are relaxed, and your tongue is pulled back and up in the middle of your mouth for the /ɝː/ sound.
The stress is on the first syllable: CER-ti-fy. Say the first part louder and longer than the others.
It is pronounced 'eye' (/aɪ/). It's the same sound as in the word 'my' or 'fly'.
To officially state that something is true or correct, often in writing.
/sərˈtɪf.ə.kət/
An official document.
/ˌsɝː.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The act of certifying or an official document.
/ˈsɝː.tə.faɪd/
Officially recognized as having certain qualifications.
In 'certify', the stress is on the first syllable (CER-ti-fy). In 'certificate', the stress moves to the second syllable (cer-TIF-i-cate).
In 'certification', the main stress is on the fourth syllable (-CA-tion), which is very different from 'certify'.
The ending of 'certify' is /faɪ/ ('eye'), but the ending of 'certificate' is /kət/ ('kit').
Notice how the stress changes in the word family. 'CER-ti-fy' vs. 'cer-TIF-i-cate'. Practice saying them one after another to feel the difference.
In this word and its family, the 'c' is always pronounced like an 's' sound, not a 'k' sound. Think of 'city' or 'center'.
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