How do you pronounce “of the” and “or” sound in US accent

The f in “of” makes a ‘v’ sound, not a ‘f’ sound. [Here’s](https://voca.ro/14ILEJ8euvQJ) an example. And [here’s](https://voca.ro/17owdrMrDchG) another one for “word” and “work” since I don’t feel I can explain it well

in 'of the' the f is pronounced more like a v. Like in the first syllable of oven. (ov the). The 'or' in the middle of words is pronounced more like er. So you would say work like werk and word like werd.

My advice for the “or” question is to just try not to pronounce a vowel at all. Make the W sound and then immediately go to the -rd sound for word, for example

The only way to learn how to pronounce things is to do it over and over again

Phonetically, "Uhv thuh". The "th" sound is kind of closed and vibrating, your tongue is against the back of your upper teeth.

“or” in a word is pronounced as if it were actually “er”, I’d say. “Of the” is not difficult for native speakers, so I’d guess you might be trying too hard to differentiate the sounds.

you don't pronounce as spelled in a lot of english words. just because you see "man" in "fireman" or "age" in "garbage" doesn't mean they're prounced the same way.

Work rhymes with jerk and word rhymes with bird

For "or" in words like work, word, etc do not make any vowel sound. Go straight from W to R sounds. wrd wrk For the "of the" the sounds do blend. Practice doing v\~th transition. of the is pronounced uvtha

Uv thuh Er

Of the is /əvðə/ or maybe /əðə/. Or is a weak form and can be pronounced like in “word” or “work,” yes. It depends on the context though.

Of rhymes with love and glove Or rhymes with core, lore, gore, or more.

Luckily, “of the” is hard to get out cleanly for native speakers too, so when speaking informally or quickly, the /v/ is dropped entirely. The sound in “word” and “work” is the same /ə˞/ as in “singER” or “watER” or “mURmUR” or “fir” or “fur”. They’re all the same r-colored vowel. This is a very difficult sound for nonnative speakers to make (British people have trouble with it too) and is one of the last sounds that babies learn to produce. Without hearing a recording of you, it’s hard to give advice on how to produce it. Just keep listening to recordings and try to imitate as closely as possible.

MRRRRkins use the rhotic, or American R nearly as a vowel. They sustain on this sound, as in wrrrrrk for work, brrrd for bird, wrrrd for word, Rrrrth for Earth. And very hard to say, according to a Polish friend, is prrrrrl, for pearl. Choir, chorus, and voice teachers despair of this, because as singers, we must sustain on a beautiful -sounding vowel, and get all rhotic R's out of our performances. So what is the vowel sound in work, word, or bird? Drop the R, and sustain on an uhhh sound. Listen to British received pronunciation speakers for a demonstration. Try, wuhhhk, (work) and wuhhhd, (word) Uhhhhth for earth, a bit of a British accent may make your life easier just for these ..uh... wuhhds. For a demonstration of a carefully crafted American accent coping with these, and adding a rhotic R in every word, listen to Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain (keeping in mind that he was Australian) . And for transitioning from of to the? You can put a tiny a (uh) in between, called a shadow vowel. of(uh) the. Lower lip against lower teeth for the F gives way to the tongue touching the upper teeth for the TH sound. *Bonne chance*.

Word and work are fairly unique and rhyme with bird and perk. In fact almost all english words that have this trait start with W- worm, worst, worth, worship- or are compounds based on these words- artwork, byword. The only example without the W that I can think of is “attorney,” where the TORN is pronounced like “turn” rather than the word torn. Cord and cork, for example, rhyme with board and pork- the OR is pronounced like the word “or.” These words also have the same sounds as poor, pore, war, four and oar in most American dialects. Unlike most British dialects (called non-rhotic), the majority of North American accents pronounce the R sound (rhotic) in all these words listed above. Although, many people in the Northeastern US and other pockets elsewhere will drop R sound (non-rhotic.) Also, the vowel sounds in the words listed above can change a lot from region to region, and especially with emphasis. See hoarse-horse merger

Drop the "f" so the words would sound more like "uh-thuh" -> "the last game uh the season" The "or" sound in those words sounds like a short hard "err" sound in many American accents. "Word" is pronounced like "Wrrd". "Work" like "wrrk" But beware, English spelling is a mess. "Sword" is not pronounced "swrrd", it's pronounced "sorrd".  In general, groups of letters will often have multiple pronunciations, some comically so (like the "ough" group). It's better to learn the pronunciation, then the spelling.

For ur/er/ir + sometimes or… the vowel has nothing to do with the sound. It is pronounced /ɹ/. For example Fir Fur Her Work all of those have the same sound /fɹ/ /fɹ/ /hɹ/ /wɹk/ (Except if there’s an e/y at the end) Fire /fɑɹ//fɑjɹ/ Fury /fjɹi/ Here /hiɹ/ Core /koɹ/

Of sounds like the ov in oven

Uhvth. Vth like in twelvth Oar. Rhymes with whore. But in some cases it can come out as "erh". Soup er salad

There isn’t just one accent in the US. 

Idk if this will help but I usually pronounce "of" like "uv". Of course, you'll still have a problem with "if the", but it might help a bit!

For "of the", the f is making a v sound with your lower lip touching your top teeth, like you're gently biting your lip. The th is made with the tip of your tongue also touching your top teeth. Try to slowly replace your bottom lip with the tip of your tongue on your top teeth. You can't really have your lip and tongue on your teeth at the same time, so your tongue will help push your lip out of the way. So, start with an 'uh' vowel, keep doing it as you raise your lip, then push your tongue forward, then relax your tongue back to the 'uh' vowel. For 'work' and 'word in the kind of standard US pronunciation, ignore the 'o'. It's really just 3 sounds. Make the 'w' sound with rounded lips and the back of the tongue raised up near where you would make the 'k' sound, but not touching to make the 'k'. Then, spread your lips a bit and push the middle of your tongue forward and up, but keep the tip of your tongue down. That should be your 'r' sound in the middle of your mouth. Then finish with a quick 'd' (if your 'r' is in the right place, you can just bring the tip of your tongue straight up) or a quick 'k' (just bring the back of your tongue up).

You've gotten good advice on "of the" So "or" as in "this or that" is pretty straightforward. Here are some words that contain the pronunciation of or war, sore, tore, door, floor, bore, more, chore, core, lore War probably stands out because it has an a and not an o, but I have never heard anyone pronounce it that way. It is definitely pronounce like or with a w. As opposed to work and world which are pronounced more like werk and werld Lastly, when or is by itself we often omit the o. Instead of "this or that" it's more like "thisser that" Edit to add: US English. UK is a bit different. Their Rs are softer.