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THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON FOR ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION THAT YOU NEVER LEARNED!!!! Voiced and Voiceless (Unvoiced) Sounds VOICELESS SOUNDS: CH, F, K, P, SH, S, T, X VOICED SOUNDS: B, G, J, L, M, N, R, V, Z, and vowels A, E, I, O, U If you touch your throat when you make a voiced sound, you should be able to feel a strong vibration. Knowing how to make voiced and voiceless sounds is the most important part of pronunciation in English. If you ever find that Native English Speakers don´t understand your pronunciation it´s probably because of this. Some minimal pair examples: Fan - Van Safe - Save Came - Game Coast - Ghost Hat - Had Hit - Hid Tight - Tied Try using your cellphone to record your voice and compare it to my pronunciation. What words do you have trouble pronouncing? Let me know in the comments below.

B & V Pronunciation For native English speakers a B sound is voiced and comes from releasing the lips, and a V sound is voiced and comes from vibration between the upper teeth and bottom lip. If you ́re not familiar with Voiced and Voiceless Sounds, check out my video explanation with the link below: https://rumble.com/v3u6pbj-the-secret-to-american-english-pronunciation-voiced-and-voiceless-sounds.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some minimal pair examples for B & V practice: Boat - Vote Bent - Vent Bow - Vow Curb - Curve Above Brave Behave Beaver Try using your cellphone to record your voice and compare it to my pronunciation. What words do you have trouble pronouncing? Let me know in the comments below.

D & T Pronunciation For native English speakers the difference between T & D is a voiced or voiceless sound. Being able to separate T & D sounds is also critical for pronouncing regular verbs in past tense. If you ́re not familiar with Voiced and Voiceless Sounds, check out my video explanation with the link below: https://rumble.com/v3u6pbj-the-secret-to-american-english-pronunciation-voiced-and-voiceless-sounds.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some minimal pair examples for D & T practice: Two - Do Try - Dry Tied - Died Tummy - Dummy Bat - Bad Hat - Had Write - Ride Ant - And Hit - Hid Bet - Bed Neat - Need Adapt Debit Donut Try using your cellphone to record your voice and compare it to my pronunciation. What words do you have trouble pronouncing? Let me know in the comments below.

W vs V Both sounds are voiced, but the mouth positions are different. You have to correctly separate the two sounds for a native speaker to understand you correctly. If you ́re not familiar with Voiced and Voiceless Sounds, check out my video explanation with the link below: https://rumble.com/v3u6pbj-the-secret-to-american-english-pronunciation-voiced-and-voiceless-sounds.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some minimal pair examples for practice: Wet - Vet West - Vest Worse - Verse Whale - Veil Wiper - Viper We - V Try using your cellphone to record your voice and compare it to my pronunciation. What words do you have trouble pronouncing? Let me know in the comments below.

F vs V The mouth position is the same, but you can't get lazy with the V. You have to make a voiced sound with your mouth and vocal chords for a native speaker to understand you correctly. If you ́re not familiar with Voiced and Voiceless Sounds, check out my video explanation with the link below: https://rumble.com/v3u6pbj-the-secret-to-american-english-pronunciation-voiced-and-voiceless-sounds.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some minimal pair examples for practice: Half - Halve Proof - Proove Leaf - Leave Belief - Believe Fast - Vast Fine - Vine Foul - Vowel Try using your cellphone to record your voice and compare it to my pronunciation. What words do you have trouble pronouncing? Let me know in the comments below.

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