50 English Words with 'ch' Pronounced /k/ - American English Pronunciation Lesson

[Yara290884]

do british people pronounce the same way?

[TeacherMelanie]

@Yara290884 Good question! No, they don't. The British spell some of the words differently, and they pronounce many of the vowels differently. The also fully pronounce the letter 't.' If you'd like to practice British pronunciation, the BBC Learning English site has a great pronunciation section! You can also use the Cambridge Dictionaries Online. = )

[courtneylolage]

@Tachermelanie :( im english and i find that hurtful and @kassyGO its not strange cos i know you writing it :(

[coachshanesesl]

Hi TeacherMelanie^^ I hope you don't mind, I made a link from one of my videos to this one--a student asked about "k" sound "ch" words--Hope to see more videos from you^^ Happy 2012!

[batmanoo7]

this is nightmare for some one like me whose first language is not english and learn all life 'Ch' as not K but now i dnt know how to write what i pronounced 'Ch'... speechless ..and if i am saying that then i should say spee'K'less.. well technically its right also as your out of wards so you cant "speak" so your speek less .. wow speechless or speakless === just replace e with a jsut to change ch to k.. damm my head about to blow...

[TeacherMelanie]

@batmanoo7 Hello! I think you are confused. Whenever you see 'ch' in a word, most of the time it will be pronounced 'ch.' There are only 50-60 words where the 'ch' is pronounced /k/. The 'ch' is never written with a 'k.' It's much easier to understand than you think it is!

[RobertoJRH]

Hello Melanie nice to greet you!!

I have a doubt...

Some words that have "CH" are pronounced /k/ right? But as you teach in your other video, there are also some words that are pronunced /sh/ and I would like to know whether there are special rules in order to pronounce them /k/ or /sh/ or the only way to know how to pronounce them is knowing them by heart. Explain it to me please!! Thank you very much in advanced :D

[TeacherMelanie]

@RobertoJRH Hi, Roberto! Actually, you have a question! "I have a doubt" is a Portuguese expression, but it is not used in English. In English you can say, "I have a question." Unfortunately, there is no rule & you just have to memorize the words with 'ch' pronounced /k/ and 'sh.' I hope that helps! = )

[RobertoJRH]

@TeacherMelanie Hhehehe, I'm a native Spanish speaker and Spanish is very similar to Portuguese, maybe that's why I speak in English thinking in Spanish but now I already know it "I have a question" hehehehe Thanks for that explanation and for the "CH" explanation too! ( I guess I'll start to memorize them right away) :-D

[TeacherMelanie]

@RobertoJRH I'm so sorry to confuse you with a Portuguese speaker! I am so used to hearing Brazilians say 'I have a doubt' that I assumed you were Brazilian too = )

[RobertoJRH]

@TeacherMelanie Ohhhh, no problem lady :D Brazilians, Central Americans, Frenchs, Japaneses, we are all people :D and you're right, we,Spanish speakers, also say "I have a doubt" and I guess Italians say it too, but now I know that we have to say "I have a question" (memorizing memorizing) ^_^

[Yara290884]

@TeacherMelanie wow that's great!I'm an english teacher in Russia but I've learnt so many interesting from your videos)))))))))))))Do british people have the same pronounciation?

[KassyGO]

Haha, English is such a strange language. Great video!

[TeacherMelanie]

@KassyGO I have great sympathy for people trying to learn English! It is a ridiculous language = )

[grlway]

Thanks! 

[werepig]

Brilliant thanks

[TeacherMelanie]

@werepig Thanks for watching & commenting! = )

[dankamichalkova]

Great! My students often have problems with some of these words:) Thank you very much!

[TeacherMelanie]

@dankamichalkova I'm happy you found it useful! English is such a confusing language : (

[kazu20091000]

This is Kazu2008. Do you remember me? Thank you for good lessons.

[TeacherMelanie]

@kazu20091000 Yes! You are Kazu2008 from Twitter : ) How are you? I'm glad you liked this lesson!

[MsSheila541]

Thank you for this useful lesson. I listened to it three times and repeated the words every time. It's a great way to learn to speak English fluently.

[TeacherMelanie]

@MsSheila541 I'm happy that you liked it : ) It actually took me awhile to find all the words! I didn't realize there were so many. Next video: Words with 'ch' pronounced 'sh'!