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Try LingUp Now!Step 1 for AmE: Start with 'day', with a long 'ay' sound as in 'say'.
Step 2 for AmE: End with 'time', with a clear long 'i' sound as in 'eye'.
Step 3 for AmE: Stress on the first syllable 'day'.
Pronouncing it as 'dah-time' (da-time)
Using a short 'i' sound in 'time' (tim)
Stress on 'time' instead of 'day' (day-TIME)
same as American
same as American
It is one word: 'daytime'.
The first syllable 'day' is stressed.
The 'i' in 'time' uses a long vowel sound like in 'eye'.
The period of time when the sun is up; not night.
/deɪ/
A period of 24 hours.
/taɪm/
Measured in hours and minutes.
/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/
The period of darkness between one day and the next.
- 'Daytime' has two syllables, 'day' only one.
- 'Daytime' starts with 'day', 'time' does not.
- Both have 'time', but start with different words.
Ensure the 'ay' in 'day' is pronounced long and clear.
Remember that 'day' is stressed more than 'time'.
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