You’re saying this word wrong: Chocolate
A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. And changing this one thing will make your pronunciation sound more natural.
Don’t say: choc-o-late That’s too many syllables.
We usually say CHAWK-lit. CHAWK-lit 2 syllables, not 3
Listen again: CHAWK-lit
I love chocolate ice cream.
* She bought some chocolate.
* Do you like dark chocolate?
Let’s practice. Repeat after me. (I’ll say blue. You say green)
– CHAWK-lit
– chocolate ice cream.
Try leaving your sentence with chocolate in the comments.
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