This “uh” sound is difficult to say for two main reasons: To = tuh Why is the schwa sound difficult? The important thing to remember is that each unstressed word or syllable has the schwa sound (the “uh” sound): The grammar words “the”, “of” and “the” are unstressed, while the first syllable “to” is also unstressed.
In this longer sentence, the word “film” and the second syllable “night” are stressed. The words “what’s” and “time” are stressed, while “the” is unstressed. This gives spoken English its distinctive stress pattern. All the other words (the grammatical words usually) which come between the information words are unstressed. In spoken English, only the important, information words are stressed. We use this sound in unstressed words and sentences. So if you open your mouth a tiny amount and make the smallest sound, you get an “uh”. If you get the pronunciation of the schwa sound correct, you will sound more like a native English speaker. The most important sound in English is the schwa sound (or the “uh” sound).
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