How to Pronounce: Do You Have Any Available Rooms?

Hello! I’m John Russell.
When we plan to travel, we might need to ask other people for information - either in person or over the phone.
We need to make sure that we pronounce a few key questions and words very clearly so that our meaning is understood.
Let’s work together to learn how to ask for some important information: a place to stay.
When we speak to workers at hotels or hostels, we often use a common question. It goes like this:
Do you have any available rooms?
/əˈveɪləbəl/
I’d like to draw your attention to an important adjective: available.
Available means ready for use.
Notice that available only has two different vowel sounds. But one of the sounds repeats a few times.
Let’s start with the first vowel sound. This one is perhaps the most common vowel sound in American English: ə
Then we have this vowel sound: eɪ]
Now let’s say the word without the consonant sounds. You should know that you might sound like an animal - perhaps a caveman - while doing this:
/ə eɪ ə ə/
/ə eɪ ə ə/
Now let’s say the whole word together:
Available
Think back to our question:
Do you have any available rooms?
I bet you feel much more comfortable asking the question now.
That’s all for today! Keep up the good work.
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