How To Pronounce -CALLY ending words; Basically, Typically, Physically, Medically, etc. 「CALLY」の発音の仕方

This is a very common mistake I hear Japanese students make all the time. They will pronounce the word basically as "bay suh ka lee" with 4 sounds or syllables. This is wrong! ❌❌❌

The "a" in the "cally" suffix is silent. Students look at the letters and pronounce all of them. Make the sound shorter. The correct sound is "klee"

The correct pronunciation of basically is "bay suh klee" with 3 syllables. This is generally true for nearly all "cally" ending words. At least in American English

Typically is "ti puh klee". 

Physically is "fi zu klee". 

Medically is "meh duh klee"

Technically is"tek nuh klee". Online, I sometimes see it as "tek nuh kuh lee", but I find this strange.

There are some rare exceptions like vocally, "vow kuh lee" and locally, "low kuh lee", but these are rather short words with only 7 letters. Most "cally" words are much longer.

There are literally thousands of words ending in "cally" and many of them are scientific or medical words. Here is a list of a few of the more common ones, let's practice:

basically, chemically, magically, technically, physically, typically, ethnically, grammatically, logically, musically, medically, scientifically, ironically, vertically, critically, statistically, politically, biologically, ecologically, electronically, specifically

English spelling is strange and often doesn't match the pronunciation. Next time in class pronounce "cally" as "klee" and you will sound a lot more natural. Good luck.

Jason