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Try LingUp Now!Start with a /d/ sound. Touch the tip of your tongue to the ridge behind your top front teeth.
Move to the /aʊ/ vowel sound, like in 'cow' or 'now'. Open your mouth for 'ah', then round your lips for 'oo'.
Finish with a crisp /t/ sound. Touch your tongue tip to the same ridge again and release a puff of air.
Pronouncing the silent 'b' (dowbt)
Using a short 'o' sound (dot)
Not finishing with the /t/ sound (dow)
same as American
same as American
No, the 'b' is silent. Do not make a 'b' sound. The word sounds like 'dowt'.
It is a moving vowel sound called a diphthong. Start with your mouth open for an 'ah' sound, then quickly round your lips as if you are saying 'oo'. It sounds like 'ow' in the word 'cow'.
It is only one syllable. Say it as one single, smooth sound: /daʊt/.
A feeling of not being sure if something is true or right.
/daʊt/
to feel unsure about something
/ˈdaʊt.fəl/
feeling or causing doubt
/ʌnˈdaʊ.tɪd.li/
without any doubt; certainly
'doubtful' has two syllables ('DOUBT-ful'), with stress on the first part.
'undoubtedly' has four syllables ('un-DOUBT-ed-ly'), with stress on the second syllable.
The 'b' remains silent in all related words like 'doubtful' and 'undoubtedly'.
Remember that when 'b' comes after 'm' (climb) or before 't' (doubt, debt), it is usually silent.
The vowel sound in 'doubt' is the same as in 'now', 'how', and 'brown'. Practice these words together to master the /aʊ/ sound.
