Your lips can start to circle in for the R at the beginning of this word, it won’t affect the G sound, gr. Great! It starts with the GR consonant cluster, gr. – I’m great! I just finished a big project that was stressing me out.

You can also say, “great!” or “I’m great!” This is, as you might have guessed, a more positive answer, and you might follow it up with the reason that things are great. It should stay really wide and flat so it can be relaxed in the back. Now the tongue just has to flip up to the roof of the mouth. Next is the AI diphthong, do drop your jaw for the beginning, fi-, then relax your jaw back up as the top front of the tongue stretches towards the roof of the mouth. Begin with the F consonant, bottom lip to the bottom of the top front teeth. You can also answer “How are you?” with the word ‘fine’. You can also say, “I’m good,” but just plain “good” is more common. You put your tongue up into position for the D, you voice your vocal cords, dd, dd, dd, and that’s it. This is the most natural way to pronounce the final letter D. But I stopped the air and I don’t release it, good. The tongue lifts in the back and the tip will pull back just a little bit so it’s not quite all the way forward. The lips flare a bit for this, and the jaw drops some. Good – make the G consonant with the back of the tongue touching the soft palate. Ready to move on to the next topic after the exchange of “How are you?” “Good.” If you want to remember just one response, let it be ‘good’. It’s positive, and it moves you ahead in conversation. If you just want a simple, quick answer, this is the best. In this video, we’ll go over the various ways you can answer this question. If English isn’t your first language, it can be hard to quickly come up with an answer. This is one of the most common questions you’ll get asked when meeting someone or running into someone you know. In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over responses to the phrase “How are you?” YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video. This video gives you several options for answering, and teaches you how to use the right answer depending on your mood. Feel comfortable answering the question “How are you?” in English conversation.

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