Yes, these ones are tricky. This is one of those words that breaks the rule about 's' following a vowel. So the 's' in this word is pronounced with an /s/ sound, not /z/. Here's a video I did about words like this: ua-cam.com/video/VJJFpEic5ok/v-deo.html
@@pronunciationsnippets oh wonderful, thank you! Haven't come across this one yet. Btw, I appreciate your taking time to answer people's comments. That's not so common on UA-cam :) Have a wonderful 2024!
Thank you for this tip! I was wondering if you can let us know how smoothly link the “N” and “D” consonants, as in the words: “staNDard” and “iNDepeNDently”. I feel that these two sounds take similar tongue positions.
Thanks for your question, Leo. You're correct that /n/ and /d/ are both produced with the tongue touching the same place on the roof of the mouth. So there is no need to release your tongue from the /n/ position in order to transition to /d/. You just leave your tongue right there and kind of hold the /n/ sound, then release it in a /d/ sound--the same way you would do on the word "band." Do you have a hard time saying that word? If not, then just use that same technique when /nd/ occurs in the middle of a word. Hope that answers your question. If not, let me know.
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Thank you, Lori! It is a helpful and beneficial snippet of information! Happy coming New Year! 😊🎉
Happy 2024 to you as well, Alyona!
Really helpful, Thanks a million and very happy new year!!!!!👌👍👌❤️😊
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Thanks for this snippet! I couldn't really get a definitive answer as to how to pronounce 'increase' vs 'increasingly'. Now (I think) I know :)
Yes, these ones are tricky. This is one of those words that breaks the rule about 's' following a vowel. So the 's' in this word is pronounced with an /s/ sound, not /z/. Here's a video I did about words like this:
ua-cam.com/video/VJJFpEic5ok/v-deo.html
@@pronunciationsnippets oh wonderful, thank you! Haven't come across this one yet. Btw, I appreciate your taking time to answer people's comments. That's not so common on UA-cam :) Have a wonderful 2024!
And I appreciate your thoughtful comments. I enjoy the interaction!
@@pronunciationsnippets 🤗Thank you! You made my Year New and Happy ;-)
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Thank you for this tip!
I was wondering if you can let us know how smoothly link the “N” and “D” consonants, as in the words: “staNDard” and “iNDepeNDently”. I feel that these two sounds take similar tongue positions.
Thanks for your question, Leo. You're correct that /n/ and /d/ are both produced with the tongue touching the same place on the roof of the mouth. So there is no need to release your tongue from the /n/ position in order to transition to /d/. You just leave your tongue right there and kind of hold the /n/ sound, then release it in a /d/ sound--the same way you would do on the word "band." Do you have a hard time saying that word? If not, then just use that same technique when /nd/ occurs in the middle of a word. Hope that answers your question. If not, let me know.
Happy 2024🎉
And a very happy 2024 to you too, Alisa! I hope this year brings you good things! 🙂