Hello everyone! Today I am helping you understand native speakers. This is for listening. In the last episode about the letter T, we saw that on the ends of some words, T changes to a "stop," a "stopped sound." (What, that, cat, etc.). Today, we are also talking about T. In many words, T or TT is pronounced as D. This happens when the T or TT is between two vowel sounds. Here is the sentence I use to demonstrate: I read an article today that was much better than the one I read yesterday. I felt that the author was more articulate, the grammar was truly clear, and the range of vocabulary was greater. Here are the words I used for examples today: better matter later water native bottle little barter quarter These words have syllables beginning with T that are stressed (e.g. -tiv- in creativity) creativity particulate articulate retell return Please comment below if you have questions. In the iTalki app, you can also subscribe to the podcast. Have a great week!