外教教你學英語音標 輔音[?]

/?/ is a voiced consonant sound and you'll feel friction as your voice buzzes between the blade of your tongue and your gum ridge.

You make the /?/ sound by directing the blade of your tongue toward the gum ridge without touching it like this, /?/.

The sides of the tongue should be touching the sides of your upper teeth.

Here are two common mistakes with the /?/ sound.

The first is devoicing, so you turn the /?/ sound into a /?/ sound.

And the result is a word like "garage" sounds like "garach".

The second challenge is turning the /?/ sound into a /s/ sound, so a word like "treasure" sounds like "treassure".

Let's work together to find the correct placement of the /?/ sound.

We'll do that by pressing the blade of the tongue on the gum ridge to make the /n/ sound...

...and then releasing to feel the buzzing flow of air for the /?/ sound.

Okay, try along with me.

/n/, /?/, /n/, /?/, /n/, /?/.

Now, let's add the /j/ sound, so you could feel the sides of your tongue on your upper teeth.

And you can do it with your hands as well, mirroring what's going on in your mouth.

/j/. Feel the sides of your tongue and hold them there, and now move the blade up for /?/.

Let's do that together. /j/, /?/, /j/, /?/, /j/, /?/.

Good. Now that you have the placement, let's try some phrases.

Beige garage.

Casual massage.

Envision pleasure.

Unusual camouflage.

Be sure to put this into practice on EnglishCentral and good luck!