How to pronounce New-York, Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx and Staten Island
yo yo what's up its tada and this is the accents way and today we're gonna talk
about how to pronounce the name of my favorite city in the whole world New
York and it's five boroughs Queens Manhattan Brooklyn the Bronx and Staten
Island so let's begin with a name New York a lot of you might be saying New
York new and n sound and then a yeah and then the ooh as in food new but to be
honest you don't have to add that yeah Sam you can just say no no and end sound
and then ooh new then you have a young sound and the or as in for York York and
ended with a sound New York the stress falls on the second word but no is kind
of stressed to because it is an important word New York
the first borough is going to be Manhattan here you may find several
pronunciations of the same word manhattan manhattan manhattan but we'll
talk about the way people usually pronounce it in New York which is kind
of a generalization because there are so many different dialects so it would be a
lie to say that there is only one way to say it but anyway let's begin with the
first syllable men men it's an M sound than a schwa and an N meant a reduced
vowel so technically there is no vowel between the M and the N min the second
syllable is have an H sound and you have to pronounce it so it's not man attan
but men hat and drop your jaw for the ass as in cat Manhattan and then that's
the trick we have a T SWA N and when there is a T a schwa a reduced vowel and
then an N we release the T through the nose I call it the nasal teeth hmm hmm
Manhattan so I bring the tongue up block the air in the mouth but instead of
releasing it here I block the air with my tongue and I release it through the
nose hmm hmm man hat hmm does it sound when you have a cold but the Hat you
can't make it you have to have open passages there in your nose Manhattan
Manhattan however you'll notice that a lot of people pronounce it slightly
different and that is because they're not even ringing the tip of the tongue
up here they block the air in the throat it's called a glottal stop a glottal
stop is when you abruptly stop your breath with your vocal cords it sounds
when you're about to say something like a head uh that's the sound a head or
when you agree with someone my daughter always does this mmm
when she understand something hmm that mmm sound
is the glottal stop and some people substitute the T with a
glottal stop and you keep the tongue up as you do it so you do hear something
that resembles the end at the end Manhattan mmm so it's not Manhattan
right I cannot close my lips the tip of the tongue needs to be up Manhattan mmm
but I blocked the air here it wasn't a Realty Manhattan so Manhattan hmm
through my nose Manhattan will have mentioned that Bronx and let's talk
about the word Queens Queens here we have a sound and a W qua qua and then we
shift to a high E as in ce qui it's not quince quince but qui so it needs to be
a little longer than what you're used to probably Queen then we have an end sound
and a Z Queens Queens not Queens Queens following that we have my favorite bar
Oh Brooklyn here we have a B sound and an R around your lips pull the tongue
back not Brooke but for so you need to be able to hold out the sound forever
Brooke Brooke it's not ooh it's on Brooke Brooke it's somewhere between o
and O and ah Brooke imagine like you have a hot potato in the back of your
mouth Brooke Brooke and then from the sound that is in the back of your throat
you move to the L immediately Brooke Lynn you don't release the K it's not
Brooke Lynn Brooke Glen you release it into the owl and for the L the tip of
the tongue has to touch the upper palate Brooke Lynn if you tend to confuse the L
with the R and then it sounds something like Brooklyn Brooklyn right make sure
that the tip of the tongue touches the upper palate hold it out if you need to
Brooke cool to make sure that you actually pronounce the L correctly
Brooklyn vents the relaxed is sound and an N Brooklyn the Bronx for the word
Bronx we start with a B sound than the our bra and open it to the Oz and father
bra then we move on to the ng brung feathers released to the sound wrong and
then immediately you want to shift to the ass Bronx Bronx the S consonant
sound right not in the selling Bronx don't add any vowels I know it's
sometimes difficult to move from one continent to another but practice it
brung hold out the consonant bro right Bronx and lastly Staten Island Staten
Staten here we have an S and then a T right after Stan and we open it to the
ads and cat Stan stag drop your jaw pull the lips to the sides of it the tip of
the tongue is pushing forward and the back of the tongue is up the baguette
the front of the tongue is flat staff like staff or stack stack and then again
we have the T schwa and we already know how to pronounce it Staten Staten or
stat hmm when I release it through the nose Staten do whatever is easier for
you Staten Island Island of course there is no s here we begin with I as in I am
I and then lund London not lend not land
London it's an L sound schwa and ND lund Island Staten Island
Staten Island stress falls on Island Staten Island okay that's it thank you
so much for watching let me know in the comments below which of the five is your
favorite borough and if you live in New York
let me know in the comments as well so I know where you live when I
come visit so we can hang out okay thank you so much for watching again have a
lovely lovely week and I'll see you next week on YouTube not in New York