# 1045 - OUR Sounds Like ARE - Speak Naturally in a Minute

An episode of [Happy English Podcast (Natural American English)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/884643408), 3 May 2026, 1:28.

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Hey there! It’s Michael here — and welcome back to Speak Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every week with a quick one-point lesson to help you improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation Today, let’s talk about another small word that changes in natural American English: our. In everyday conversational English, this word is pronounced like: "are" Our house is on the corner. Our house Our dog is noisy. Our dog Our friends are coming over. Our teacher is late. This happens because words like our, an, and the are usually unstressed in American English Let's practice. Repeat after me. Our house is brown Our dog is noisy. Our car is in the driveway Hey, thanks for listening! And remember to follow and subscribe so you won’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s Speak Naturally in a Minute. Until next time, keep learning and keep it cool. The Happy English Podcast Helping people speak English better since 2014 Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads 📘 Get free weekly English lessons plus instant access to my FREE Vocabulary Workshop.: https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/free-english-lessons 🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts 🌐 Learn more about my English lessons and courses https://www.myhappyenglish.com

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Speak
[0:04] Speaker 1: Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every
[0:08] Speaker 1: Sunday with a quick one point lesson to help you
[0:12] Speaker 1: improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. Today, let's talk about
[0:18] Speaker 1: another small change in American English. Our. In everyday conversational English,
[0:25] Speaker 1: this word is usually pronounced as our. Our house is
[0:31] Speaker 1: at the corner, our house, our dog is so noisy,
[0:36] Speaker 1: our dog, our friends are coming over today, our teacher
[0:40] Speaker 1: is late. This happens because words like our, and and
[0:46] Speaker 1: the are generally unstressed in American English. Let's practice repeat
[0:52] Speaker 1: after me. Our house is brown, our dog is noisy,
[1:02] Speaker 1: our car is in the driveway. Hey, thanks for listening,
[1:09] Speaker 1: and remember to follow or subscribe so you won't miss
[1:13] Speaker 1: the next Happy English podcast in next week's Speak Naturally
[1:18] Speaker 1: in a Minute. Until next time, keep learning and keep
[1:22] Speaker 1: it cool.

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