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Try LingUp Now!Start with the 'f' sound by gently blowing air between your lower lip and top teeth.
Create the 'ɔː' sound by rounding your lips slightly and producing a long 'o' sound.
Finish with 'rəm', pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth for the 'r', and softly say 'əm' with a schwa sound.
for-um instead of fo-rum
fu-rum instead of fo-rum
for-ram instead of fo-rum
Start with the 'f' by placing your upper teeth on your lower lip and blowing.
Use the 'ɔː' with rounded lips and a long sound as in 'saw'.
End with 'rəm', making a softer 'r' by keeping the tongue closer to the roof and relaxing as you say 'əm'.
same as American
same as American
same as American
The stress is on the first syllable: FOR-um.
Round your lips slightly and say a long 'o', like in 'law'.
Yes, but it is softer compared to American English.
A meeting or medium for exchanging ideas and views.
/fɔːrm/
Shape or structure of something.
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
Official or suitable for serious occasions.
/ɪnˈfɔːrm/
To give someone facts or information.
Form ends with the 'm' sound, unlike 'forum'.
Formal includes an 'l' sound at the end which 'forum' does not have.
Inform starts with an 'i' sound and ends with 'm', different from 'forum'.
Emphasize the first syllable 'fo' to help with the correct pronunciation.
Try rhyming 'forum' with words like 'bore' and 'roam' to get comfortable with the sounds.
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