How to pronounce J & Y in English
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Correct pronunciation is important in order to sound like a native speaker. Some English letters and sounds can be very different from your first language. The J and the Y are good examples of this. Do you know the difference in pronunciation between these two letters? Don't confuse your listener by saying "Jell-o" instead of "yellow"! Watch this lesson, and learn a few techniques to help you master the J and Y!
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Hi. I'm Ronnie. Do you have problems saying "je" and "ye"? Are you a Spanish speaker? Maybe. If you speak Spanish, so if you're from Mexico, or Spain, or other Spanish-speaking places in South America or all over the world, it's going to be difficult for you to get the pronunciation of "j" like "je" and "y" like "ye". Do you know why? Because in your language, it's just different. Isn't it? It's the opposite. Why does English have to be so difficult with pronunciation? I'm here to help you. Maybe you have seen a lesson like this. I did a lesson like this a long time ago, years and years ago, really, but we had some audio difficulties, so I'm here to redo it back in the year 2015. Go for a time warp with me. "J vs. Y".
First of all, let's focus on the mouth position, and what we do to get the differences in the pronunciation of these letters. The first one: "je". Your throat, the air's going to come out of your throat almost like you're yelling, so it's like "je, je". Your teeth are a little bit apart, "je", and you're going to throw the air out: "je, je". It's a very strong sound. Now, the "y" sound, on the other hand, is not as strong. It's more of a "ye, ye". Think about this: what's the position of my mouth when I make the "je" and when I make the "ye"? When I make the "ye", I get to smile a little bit. My cheeks are really tight, so I'm like: "ye, ye". When I do the "j": "je", my mouth is more sloppy and wiggly. So, it wiggles like Jell-O. The "j", your mouth is not as tight: "je" and more loose and open. And with the "y": "ye", you have to make your mouth tight, your cheek's got to be tight. These are your cheeks. Your cheeks have to be tight and: "ye". It's a much softer sound. Let's go through some examples, shall we?
Somebody's name: "Jo-Jo". "Hi, Jo-Jo, how are you? Cool." "Jo-Jo, je, Jo-Jo." Oh, it's another name. This is not Juan, oh no. In English, we say: "Je, John. Hi, John, how are you? Cool. Thanks for watching." The next thing we have, a really, really fast airplane is a "je, je, jet". Jo-Jo, John, jet. You try now. Perfect. Good. Next one, the word "jeer". Oh, what does that mean? That's a strange word. I've never heard that. "Jeer" means you make fun of someone. It's not very nice to do to people. This, another one is a person's name, it could be a boy or a girl: "Jess", "Jessica", "Jessie". So this word is: "je, Jess". "Jell-O". What's Jell-O? Jell-O is gelatin, it's a dessert. In Canada and in North America, or in... Sorry. In Canada and America, Jell-O is a brand name of a kind of gelatin. And there was a really famous actor that would advertise Jell-O. Bonus points if you know his name. Jell-O Pudding Pops. We have the months of "June" and "July". So practice the "je" sound. Good.
Okay, so let's move on to the "ye". Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. "Yo-yo". What's a yo-yo? I bet you you know what a yo-yo is. A yo-yo is a toy. Hmm. It's a toy on a string. Maybe you are really, really good at playing with a yo-yo. I've never been really good at yo-yoing. It's a noun, it's a verb. Just to... Didn't work. Bored. Ronnie doesn't like to yo-yo, but pronunciation is fun. So this word is: "yo-yo". You may hear this in some movies, and people be like: "Yo, yo, yo, what's up, yo?" You have to be careful if you're going to be a cholo gangster, not to say: "Jo, jo." You have to say: "Yo, yo." Please be careful. [Yawns] "Yawn", "yawn". Yawn means you go [yawns] because you're tired, so you yawn. Next: "yet". "Yet" is a kind of grammar word and it means that something is going to happen, but it won't happen now. So it's like "still". I yet have got to get you to subscribe to my UA-cam channel. Go do it. "Year". The year is 2015. Funny story, the other day I was looking at my phone and I realized that it wasn't 2014 anymore. And the thing I was looking at, at the supermarket had expired. Ronnie has no concept of years, but now I do know it's 2015 is the year. "Yes". Not: "Jes", "Yes". The colour, beautiful colour of "yellow". Let's practice one more time. Yo-yo, yawn, yet, year, yes, and yellow. Oh, we forgot one. "Yeast". Yeast is something that we use to make bread or pastries rise. It's also an infection that some people get. Let's not talk about that in the pronunciation lesson; we'll save that one for later.
The best teacher.
Thanks for your help ♡
I am speechless, I do admire your patience to go through every single sound.... MAY God bless your heart for been so giving. Greetings from Honduras
from my point of view you are the best teacher I have met in my whole life, I understand everything that you say it's amazing isn't it! my regards
We are studying ESL in Massachusetts and we love your videos. We like the way you teach the lessons, your enthusiasm motivates us to learn and pronounce better. Thank you so much!
Ronnie you are the best ever!!! I am from Uruguay and I am living in Australia. Thank you so much for your videos. They are very helpful for me.
Helo i am david congratuletion
Ronie - you are amazing and probably the best English youtuber. Love from India
Can you please make lesson about "up to" and "down to"?
Great video, Ronnie. It helped me a lot with pronunciation. By the way, I loved your t-shirt
You are my best lecturer ever since I got to know ur teaching thanks so much for what u imparted in my life
HELP I GOT STUCK IN MY TOILET
Ronnie you are the best teacher !
You're an excellent teacher, Ronnie... Besides, you are super funny and sweet. Thanks for this video.
excellent teacher.
Thank you Ronnie, you´re the best teacher!!! :)
thaks Ronnie you're the best teacher in the world i'm from Mexico! grettings :*
First few seconds were like The Drunken Mistress and the hidden letters 😀
Gracias Ro !!! you are the best teacher ever ...
I need more lessons with J...Thanks, Teacher!
thank you , it was very helpful. regards from Mexico City
This is the first time that I see your videos and you're FUNNY. Thank you for this lesson!
hey, Ronnie. You are really helping us with vocabulary and pronunciation. Thanks :)
i am new here. i found out you are so great. i had trouble with J & Y long time. you make these sound very very very easier. Thank you so mcuh
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I'm going crazyyyy!! Spaniard here who can't make a different pronunciation of these two. I'll just try harder. Thanks for the video. :)
Thank you very much good teacher .you are the best
You are very good teacher ,.
The best teacher, thanks Ronnie
Awesome. Best teacher!! I am Spanish......
I love your personality!
Thanks for the lesson! It was very useful!
I adore you my Teacher, bless you. from Peru.
English is a perfect language hey Ronnie thanks for these videos you're amazing
Ronnie Gracias ,you are amazing!
Excellent Ronnie
You are a very talented teacher. I hope you have a lot of sucess and can learn and teach with fun and no fear about mistakes, our best frends" at the end of the day"!!!
Thanks! greetings from mexico!
Ypu helped me a lot with this video, some other videos didnt explain this as good as you did. Now I understand the difference, of course new sub
Thank you so much Ronnie you help me so much! I just realized about this because of a movie I was watching about a spanish girl.
Thanks a lot, Ronnie
Yo-yo yo, everything okay! Hello from USA, NJ. Thanks for your help for us. Just be happy.
Thank you..
Ty Ronnie!! You are the ONE!!
greetings from Uruguay :)
You are the best teacher. Nice to meet you on youtobe
Is that a JoJo reference?
Im from Mexico and Loved Ramones, yyeeeaaaahh
I have seen these problems in some students, too. Great video. :)
I love the way you teach. thank you so much. is very helpful for me thanks.
I love her way of explanation hahah.. Nice.. I am really subscribe for future classes...
To be honest, that was a pretty good intro
Encantada com os seus vídeos. Eles têm me ajudado muito. Você nem
imagina o quanto. Muito obrigada. 😄
Thanks Ronnie
7:57 You're the best, but I couldn't help it xD
Thank you so much. Great help
THANK YOU TEACH SO GOOD
Nice to see you, teacher. Have a beautiful day.
My like is for your way of teaching..😂😂😂😂
Just wow. Extraordinary....
I really,really like this Ronnie,I"m your best student.u the best Thank you.
Thank you connie ! Bless you for course and every thing
Ronnie, I'm brazilian. We don't have this difficult in 'y' (we pronounce it like the 'i' in our language) but we get confused (at least I am) with the 'can't' versus 'can'. Because it seems pretty clear but in our pronounciation it gets a little fuzzy... How to pronounce the 't' sound???
It would be nice to watch a video about it tough... Thanks for the quickest answer ever!!!
*though
I totally agree!
Matheus Jonathan Obrigada!
Paulo da Silva Obrigada!!!! Comecei a assistir os vídeos há pouco tempo! kkk grata pelo Vanessinha! kkkk
Hi! Very nice lessons! Smail! Thank you!!!!
Hi. I like your videos. Thank you.
Excellent video Ronnie, thank you very much.
U teach with very exitement.
I enjoy learning from U
you´re a great teacher! could you make a video about the pronunciation of GH, please?
You’re so funny, you rock!
I felt tired while she was saying yawn. :D Thank you teacher your lessons are always helpful.
I love this guy!!!!!! THANK YOU
I watch from honduras. thank you teacher
The prononciation of THE and also : "I really appriciaTE IT" then butter, water. Please and thank you very much.
Thank you alot.
J and y.glad I do'nt have this problem.thank you Ms R.
in finnish swedish danish german and dutch at least, j is pronocued like y in the word yes
Very cool Ronnie thanks 💐
good teacher
That's so amazing... lesson ..
Thank u so much mam
very good indeed
thank you
Love your class ,your so good😽😽
¡¡¡¡¡YOUR SHIRT OF THE RAMONES¡¡¡¡¡ WOW
thank you very much
thank's again Ronnie!
Thank You So Much teacher I love Everyday
Thanks
HAHA I think you are the best!!!! go the RAMONES!!!
Thank you for helping me with the letter J :)
You're a Spanish SPEAKER, right?😜
Thank you I learn english from you
I watched a lot video, only this one works for me
Ronnie, what about "You" when it comes after "what" , I always get confuse because I always hear "What chu" or "watch a"...... :D
thanks
Hi :), Thanks for your lessons , They're really useful but I'm a bit confused . what about the word year , is it different to ear ? (regarding pronunciation ) or do they sound the Same? I would appreciate so much your reply. God bless you
La forma en que se pronuncia la letra j en inglès, no existe en español, (jeep, jump, jacket) es algo que se tiene que aprender, la forma en que se pronuncia la letra y en ingles serìa el equivalente a la palabra hielo, hierba, etc
Ronnie, are you from ? Your english is American ou british ?
Sorry, for my mistakes I´m from Brazil, and I don´t speeak english very well..
I´m learning..
I like much your classes.. I watch every day, every time..
Please, help-me with my english..
fabio cruz She's Canadian :)
Hi Ronnie what about G sound im getting crazy talking by myself practicing these j y and now I realized that g sometimes sound almost the same 🤔
'g' is the same as 'j' a lot of the time. 'Gin', 'gel' and 'generally' (to give some examples) all start with the same sound as 'j'.
Mil gracias, cada vez aprendiendo un poco más...
Say it in English, brah.
FUNCKMAN why???
Because this is an English lesson. And this is chance to practice our English we may know. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, we all do.
hello Ronnie 👑
Muito boa a sua aula...
Thanks alott its so helpful
Thanks, you're amazing
thank you so much best video good job
beautiful