Edith Chats is a podcast for learning American English by an experienced English teacher with over 30 years of experience teaching ESL.

This episode of Edith Chats discusses words ending in -TAIN, particularly words that are mispronounced.

Most -TAIN endings are pronounced as [ teyn ]  /teɪn/. 

Others are pronounced as [tn] /tn/ or [tuhn] / tən /. 

Make sure  you know how to pronounce words ending in -TAIN.

Learn how to pronounce the following words correctly:

Mountain 

•  [ moun-tn ]
•  / ˈmaʊn tn /

Curtain 

• [ kur-tn ] 
•  / ˈkɜr tn /

Certain 

• [ sur-tn ]
•  / ˈsɜr tn /

Fountain 

•  [ foun-tn ]
•  / ˈfaʊn tn /

Uncertain 

• [ uhn-sur-tn ] 
•  / ʌnˈsɜr tn /

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