Numbers pronounced wrong

in English
By Ansh Lodha
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wʌn
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tuː
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the unvoiced /θ/ θriː the long E

TH sound and
the /r/ consonant
vowel sound.
sound
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θriː
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fɔː
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That consonant
pair /f/ and /v/
have exactly the
same mouth
position but one
sound is voiced,
the other is
unvoiced.

And that vowel

sound between
them is the I vowel
sound. Don't forget
that consonant
sound at the end.
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 fʌɪv
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sɪks So that sound is made right

Now the tricky part
at the back of your mouth,
here is that double your tongue should be
consonant sound at blocking the air at the top
of your mouth. So you need
the end of the to bring the sound to the
word. /k/ and /s/ front of your mouth for the
sound now.
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sɪks
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ˈsɛv(ə)n
Now with two syllable  Some native speakers
words in English, there's won't even include that
always a primary stress. So schwa sound, they'll just
here we need to put our jump from one consonant
stress on the first syllable. sound to the other.
The second syllable
reduces right down to the
schwa sound, it's very short
and low in pitch.
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ˈsɛv(ə)n
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eɪt
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nʌɪn
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wʌn θriː fʌɪv ˈsɛv(ə)n nʌɪn

tuː fɔː sɪks eɪt

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11 through 19

eleven ɪˈlɛv(ə)n eleventh ɪˈlɛv(ə)nθ

twelve twɛlv twelfth twɛlfθ

thirteen ˈθəːtiːn thirteenth ˈθəːtiːnθ

fourteen ˈfɔːtiːn fourteenth ˈfɔːtiːnθ

fifteen ˈfɪftiːn fifteenth ˈfɪftiːnθ

sixteen ˈsɪkstiːn sixteenth ˈsɪkstiːnθ

seventeen ˈsɛv(ə)ntiːn seventeenth ˈsɛv(ə)ntiːnθ

eighteen ˈeɪtiːn eighteenth ˈeɪtiːnθ

nineteen ˈnʌɪntiːn nineteenth ˈnʌɪntiːnθ
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20 through 100

twenty ˈtwɛnti twentieth ˈtwɛntiːθ

thirty ˈθəːti thirtieth ˈθəːtiːθ

forty ˈfɔːti fortieth ˈfɔːtiːθ

fifty ˈfɪfti fiftieth ˈfɪftiːθ

sixty ˈsɪksti sixtieth ˈsɪkstiːθ

seventy ˈsɛv(ə)nti seventieth ˈsɛv(ə)ntiːθ

eighty ˈeɪtiː eightieth ˈeɪtiːθ

ninety ˈnʌɪnti ninetieth ˈnʌɪntiːθ

hundred ˈhʌndrəd hundredth ˈhʌndrədθ
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