Master "Territory" Pronunciation: Say It Like a Native Speaker!

Added: 2026-04-28

[00:00:00]Can you say this word?

[00:00:02]Most English learners struggle with the middle. But let's break it down from the end. Easy start, we say re.

[00:00:10]re Now here's the split. In British English, this o becomes a schwa, t.

[00:00:18]t And we have terry.

[00:00:21]terry But sometimes you can even drop the schwa sound and have tree.

[00:00:29]tree In American English, this stays as a long o o sound. tory tory In the next one, we don't have any surprises. It's just a short i.

[00:00:45]i So now we have ittery.

[00:00:48]ittery or ittry ittry or in American English ittory ittory This is our stressed syllable.

[00:01:00]This e letter is pronounced as an e e as in bed.

[00:01:08]bed So we have ter.

[00:01:11]ter Let's put it all together. In British English, you might say this word as territory territory or territory territory In American English, you will say this word as territory.

[00:01:33]territory Which one sounds more natural to you? Let me know in the comments.