How to Pronounce 'Chocolate' in American English

"Argh! English spelling! It's so weird!"

It is completely weird, I agree. I even had to look up the spelling of a word in the last sentence -the word 'weird' - because it's hard for me to spell.

One reason English spelling can be so weird is that lots of our words come from other languages. 

In the video below, you will learn how to pronounce the word 'chocolate' like a native English speaker.

The word 'chocolate' orginally comes from Spanish (and they even borrowed it from another language!), but when we say 'chocolate' in English it sounds REALLY different from the original languages.
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You can listen and learn how to say 'chocolate' here in this video:

Or, you can follow along with the transcript:

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Chocolate, chocolate!
Today's word is 'chocolate.'

'Chocolate' looks like it should have three syllables.
CHO-CO-LATE
CHO-CO-LEIT?

Sometimes I hear it pronounced like that.

But, a native English speaker usually says 'CHAWK - lit'
Just two syllables.

Why don't you try it with me:
CHAWK - lit
CHAWK - lit

Let's just try the second part first:
Lit
Lit

Forget that it's spelled, L-A-T-E. It sounds like:
L't
L't

It's a very short sound.
Lit

Good! Now let's put it together
with the other part of the word.
Say it after me:
CHAWK
CHAWK - lit
CHAWK - l't

All right. I wanna give you a practice sentence.
My mom always prefers dark chocolate.

You can repeat after me:
My mom always prefers dark chocolate.

Ok, what about you? What's your favorite kind of chocolate?
Try and use it in a sentence down here in the comments.
And let me know if there's another word that you'd like me to pronounce for you.

I also have a free resource for you.
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It's pronunciation tips to help you sound more like a native English speaker and
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I hope to see you in the course.
And I'll see you again next time in my next video.

Thanks for watching! Don't forget to subscribe.
I'm Sabrina, bye!

Mmm, so good! Want some?
.....

Can you tell I love chocolate? ;)

What's YOUR favorite kind of chocolate or candy? 

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