CON: stressed /ɑ/ unstressed /ə/

Speech Modification SMART American Accent Training

Mar 27 2024 • 10 mins

Words that begin with the letters CON usually say /kɑn/ "KAHN" when they are stressed, and /kən/ "kn" when they are unstressed. For example, "content" the noun sounds like "KAHN tent" and "content" the adjective sounds like "kn TENT."

We'll do a mix and match listen and repeat practice with this set of verbs, adjectives and nouns:

consider, concerned, convey, concludes, content, connect

concept, content, context, conduct, concert, contacts

See the video with visuals for this lesson here: https://youtu.be/pM36nnU0XXI