Could someone hear this word for me?
I was watching this video and I m having a hard time deciphering a single word

you only have to watch it from the segment 0:30 to 0:35 (seconds)
the sentence is;

´´And in English our vowels are like_______putty that you shift and pronounce in many ways´´.

here is the video link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcIvZuLy7YA

Question

Could someone hear this word for me?
I was watching this video and I m having a hard time deciphering a single word

you only have to watch it from the segment  0:30 to  0:35 (seconds)
the sentence is;

´´And in English our vowels are like_______putty that you shift and pronounce in many ways´´.

here is the video link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcIvZuLy7YA

Answer

the word is 'malleable' - this means that something is easily formed into different shapes - it is not firm, set and fixed.  She is saying that in English, our vowels are pronounced differently in different words, whereas in some languages, there is only a single fixed way of saying a particular sound, regardless of which word it appears in.  Doubtless this is one of the things that makes learning English so difficult!

Answer

The word is 'malleable'.

Answer

Malleable

If something is malleable, you can change its shape easily.

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