Today it's all about getting specific with pronunciation. You already know this,
English spelling and pronunciation they often don't match they... Sometimes letters
are silent like the s in island.
Sometimes a long word has a very short sound like: queue. Sometimes I don't know
what's going on with the spelling. This is spelled colonel, but it's pronounced,
Colonel. What? But today, it's all about the O U G H
pronunciation. We're going to look at seven different ways you can say that.
Number one O U G H sounds like uff. Enough, ruff, tuff. I've had enough food, I'm full.
My Mandarin isn't good enough to have a conversation. Mini grammar tip, we use
enough + noun adjective + enough. Remember that order. Rough. Rough is not
smooth, sand paper is, is rough. In informal English rough can also mean a
very difficult situation. You know Brian? Yeah. His mom and dad were both diagnosed
with cancer. That's rough. Tough, we use tough when something is very strong and
cannot easily be damaged. Blue jeans are tough. If you want to be a boxer, you need
to be tough. Tough can also mean difficult. I find English grammar really tough. It's
tough finding a job when you've just graduated. Enough, tough, rough. Number two:
O U G H like: uff.
Cough, trough. Now remember number one was enough,
tough, rough. Number two is off, cough trough. Cough is to... cough. I can't stop
coughing! I need a drink! Trough, this is a trough. No, those are
pigs. That, that's a trough. It's the container that animals feed and
eat from. Just like in the picture.
Cough, trough. Number three O U G H sounds like ooh. Through-through
is an adverb and preposition. It means passing from one location to another.
Usually through the middle, in the middle. We drove through a tunnel. Through.
Number four O U G H sounds like Oh. Though, dough, thorough,
thoroughly. Though is used to give contrast. I love traveling, I don't like
flying though. Dough. Dough is the stuff we use to make pizza, bread, cookies. I always
make my own pizza dough. Dough is also slang for money. How much dough you got?
Thorough. Thorough means complete. Detectives carry out a thorough
investigation of the crime scene. We also have that adverb thoroughly. The doctor
thoroughly examined her patient. Though, dough, thorough, thoroughly. Now for thorough
and thoroughly, let's compare American and British
pronunciation, because they're slightly different. I would say thorough but, with
a British accent you might say: thorough, thorough, thorough. I would say thoroughly but
again: thoroughly, thoroughly. Number five O U G H sounds like oh.
Thought, bought, fought. Thought is the past tense of think. I thought about you a lot
yesterday. Bought is a past tense of buy. When I was a teenager I bought a lot of nail
polish. Fought is the past tense of fight. Oh when we were younger my sister
and I fought like crazy. Again, let's compare two types of pronunciation.
Fought. Fought. Bought. Bought. Thought. Thought. Thought, bought, fought. Number six,
O U G H sounds like ow.
Drought, plough. A drought is a long period without rain. This is what happens when
there is a drought.
Plough. This is a plough of course in day-to-day English this word isn't very
common unless you're, you're a farmer. But, the phrasal verb plough through is very
useful. Oh? OUGH-OUGH? But two different
pronunciations: plough through - perfect. When we plow through something, we complete
something that's very difficult to do. Like a plough in a field.
I need to plough through all of this paperwork before noon.
Seven, O U G H sounds like cup. Hiccup. Now normally we spell this word hiccup, it
makes more sense. But, in many older English texts you still might see this
spelling: hiccough. But for you use the second spelling.
What's a hiccup? Hiccup is when you do this... I think you know what I mean,
it's difficult for me to actually do it! Drinking water too quickly gives me
hiccups. Wow, we've looked at seven different
ways to pronounce O U G H, let's review: Enough, rough, tough, cough,
trough, through, though, dough, thorough, thoroughly, thought, bought, fought, plough,
drought, hiccup. Thank you so much for watching today's video on O U G H. I can't
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