Break 'family' down into sounds: [FAM] + [LEE] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them. Record yourself saying 'family' in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen. You'll be able to mark your mistakes quite easily.
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How do you pronounce the word family?
Fa-, fa-, fam-, family. The second syllable, unstressed, has the L consonant sound, ll, ll, tongue tip here, and the EE as in SHE vowel. So, the tongue tip will come down, the corners of the lips will pull wide a bit, -ly, -ly. Family, family.
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How to pronounce FAMILY. How to say family. Listen to the audio pronunciation in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Learn more.
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Apr 23, 2020 · It should be FAM-i-lee, but it is easy to swallow the “i” and say “FAM-lee”. Neither is wrong, but the two syllable version is more colloquial, ...
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Mar 29, 2017 · The "i" in the middle is unstressed, so may be pronounced as a schwa or "e" or "uh" or even omitted ("fam-lee").
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