🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ʃ/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_sh_as_in_show
Thanks. I had watched dozens of videos about this before and I couldn't figure out the difference between /s/ and /sh/ but this video was really useful and I could finally get the difference.
Another amazing video from American sound channel. Thanks a lot for your time, We really appreciate your support to learn English. I am looking forward to watching these sounds dʒ-tʃ.😁
I did not know there were phonics rules, so of course I am interested. Thanks a LOT!!! for these high quality educational videos, The graphics are wonderful and helpful. Learning pronunciation really makes a difference to help you get fluent and understand spoken English.
Thank you for this feedback! We're glad to hear that you like our videos. BTW, we write quite a lot about the phonics rules on our UA-cam Community page, so don't forget to check it too!
At the end of the unit, you mention there are phonics rules for these spellings; I'm terribly interested. I think it would help me a lot; the relation between the spelling/ -s and a given sound has always been very useful for me. I admit I thought this sound / ʃ / mostly corresponded to the spelling "sh", and it's not the case. Thank you again; you always learn something new and accurate in your units.
+Alejandro García Vidal We've waited for someone to ask for the phonics rules. However, as they say, be careful what you wish for! 😄These rules can be overwhelming. Here are some of them (we're not including exceptions): ---------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------------------- Spelling: 't' Rule: The letter 't' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the suffixes such as '-io', '-ia', and '-ien'. Examples: "ratio," "celebration," "ambitious," "patience," "attention," "initial" Spelling: 'sh' Rule: The combination of letters 'sh' is pronounced as /ʃ/. Examples: "she," "wish," "cushion" Spelling: 'c' Rule: The letter 'c' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the letter 'i' when it's part of suffixes like '-cious,' '-cient,' '-cian' and others. Examples: "delicious," "sufficient," "politician," "magician" Spelling: 'ss' Rule: In these words, the combination of letters 'ss' is pronounced as /ʃ/. Beware, this combination has other pronunciations! Examples: "issue," "pressure," "tissue" Spelling: 'ss' Rule: The letter 'ss' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the suffixes '-ion' and '-ian'. Examples: "session," "Russian," "mission" Spelling: 's' Rule: The letter 's' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the suffix '-ion'. Examples: "tension," "compulsion," "expansion" ---------------------- -------------------------- ------------------------------- We've been thinking about making a serious of videos about the phonics rules, however, this topic is quite academic and can be too complicated.
Your work is just awesome ! Great , clear, simple, and deep explanations all together followed by drills - Perfect ! What else can I say ? THANKS A MILLION !!! God Bless you all !
Great video. My students find this sound difficult especially when it is represented by letter s, ss, ch. However, I give them as much practice as I can.
You guys gotta make a vid on the combination of sounds that represent different letters in the American English, maybe even a short booklet or a poster, something to always have on hand and to check out when needed, your visuals are great so it's not gonna be an issue for you to make it look aesthetically pleasing.
@@SoundsAmerican I feel you, I mentioned a poster cuz the poster is something that you can see like all the time, it's not a book, books require you to read them, you gotta take some time to open it and whatnot and at the end of the day a lot of people end up never reading the books they buy, which would never happen to a poster
@@SoundsAmerican Basically you can make a poster with the proper tongue positions for the sounds in the American English, if it sells out good then you might do something more elaborate
@@SoundsAmerican I happen to know for a fact that such poster might come in handy for people who always forget how to pronounce different sounds properly, I usually re-watch your videos to refresh my memory so to speak, having a poster would solve that problem though
Awsome,, I really didn't see such a helpful class before. probably it is the best channel to learn American Accent for non American or any person. please make more vedio for All Letters(26) with example......so that, we can Talk appropriately.
Dope vid as usual guys, btw the / tʃ / sound is also a rather tricky one, similar sounds exist in many languages but the American version differs from the rest of them
Hi! By popular demand you should make a video on the "tʃ and dʒ" sounds at the end of words :) For example, I know that if you say: •Lunches and Lunges, the pronunciation is different, but what about with: •Lunch and Lunge, what is the difference in pronunciation when they are singular?
Excellent, I was looking for this /ʃ/, it was missing in the fricative consonant, now the play list is complete. When will you make the video for /tʃ/ one as well? I am realizing the result of your video pretty quickly. I have just wasted 27 years of my life learning English, my English teachers don't even know about these kinds of thing. I wish these kinds of resources existed earlier so I would have gone through this painful moment trying to unlearn the wrong English pronunciation I have learnt. Thank you so much, I don't know how to thank you for this.
+Lagu Stephen We're glad to hear that you liked this video and that it was helpful. The /tʃ/ sound video will be released in several weeks. We heard a lot about similar experiences with learning English pronunciation, it's great that technology these days enables us, teachers, to make education videos like these and share them with everyone who needs them. If you have any feedback please share it with us.
How do I know when I will pronounce the Ch ( S) -mostly when it’s at the end ? Thank you very much--by the way I have been studying an American accent for a while. This is more details. I love it. I’m not sure I can take the whole course with you?
Excellent! Incredible video :) I'm practising a lot. This isn't hard to me because I'm from Argentina and in our version of Spanish we have the /ʃ/ sound. Maybe you heard about it like "español ríoplatense". Some people say it's because of the Italian influence during the last century's big immigration that we changed our accent. I'm not totally sure about this, though. I'll finish with a question as always 😁: the difference between this sound and /ʒ/ is just that the second one is voiced, right? Cheers, and thank you guys for this great video! 😃😌
+Marquito L Hello there! Happy to hear that you liked this video. Yes, the /ʃ/ is voiceless but the /ʒ/ is voiced. They are pronounced the same, except for the voicing part. By the way, our next video is going to be about the /ʒ/ sound. Thank you for sharing the information about the /ʃ/ sound in your Spanish dialect. This is the stuff we love to learn about. Cheers!
@@SoundsAmerican yeah admire this system of learning that as you are teaching us .. awesome teacher ... still now I can't believe that this is free hahaha ha
Thank you so much what spectacular way to help us to articulate the sounds. Yes I am interested in the phonetical rules for Sh . Also wondering if you could do some videos about how to know where stress goes in words and the intonation in sentences. God bless you !!!!!
Hi! Your channel is very helpful 👍 I hope you the best. consonant blends at the beginning and the ending of words make different sounds, if you could come with more video on them. I hope the app won't take long. Thaaaaank you! Your the best ☺️
+roberrtt roberrt Glad that you like our videos! We're working hard on our app. About the private classes - please send us your request the the team at soundsamerican dot net address.
Hello teacher, good evening !! I really like your class and I'm very grateful. May I ask for something? Can you repeat the pronunciation of each word more than once? Another thing, do you guys have some kind of app where I can train the vocabulary?
+Meg Regis Hello there! Thank you for your excellent question. The idea is that you train yourself to be able to repeat the word after the speakers within the several seconds provided and after it was pronounced only once. We know that it may not be easy at first. Since this is a video, you can always hit the pause button or rewind it (go back) to hear the pronounced word again. This is how the exercises work. The more times you practice, the easier it will be. We have a pronunciation app, which is not publicly released yet. We don't have a vocabulary app since we only teach pronunciation. Hope it helps, stay tuned for our new videos!
Dans la partie 2, vous indiquez les mots finissant par ch, ce qui est correct, mais il y a aussi ceux finissant par c, mais j’ai remarqué qu’ils étaient suivis de voyelles (ce), (ci) exemples: gracious, grocery, ocean, official, etc. Est-ce qu’on peut dire que les voyelles font partie du son ch(désolée, je ne peux faire le signe de la transcription phonétique) et dans la partie 3, pour le son t, c’est la même chose, c’est plutôt, je crois ti, comme par exemple dans les mots: action, definition, dictionary, emotion, etc. C’est en écrivant les mots en transcription phonétique que j’ai constaté cela. Est-ce que ce raisonnement est correct? Merci beaucoup!
This has something to do with several different phonic rules. In the words like "gracious" and "official," the letter 'C' is pronounced as /ʃ/ because it appears before suffixes that start with i', like '-ial,' '-ious.' The words "grocery" and "ocean" are pronounced with the /ʃ/ sound since they're exceptions to the rule that states that the letter 'C' is pronounced as /s/ before the letter 'E'. Check this article to find out more, it's really interesting: soundsamerican.net/article/lets_spill_the_beans_on_the_two_ways_to_pronounce_grocery In words like "action," "dictionary," and "emotion," the letter 'T' is pronounced as // because it appears before the 'ION' suffix, here's a great article on this rule with examples: soundsamerican.net/article/why_is_the_ion_suffix_pronounced_differently_in_option_and_opinion Hope this helps!
Hi. Are you 100 percent sure grocery is pronounce as in the video: 8:33, whenever I look for its pronunciation some othe place it is shown different. For example Google translate. ˈgrōs(ə)rē
Hi Sounds American. I went through the word "conscious". In dictionaries like cambridge or longman, it is writen as /ˈkɑn·ʃəs/ but the second syllable heard like /ˈkɑn·tʃəs/. Is it because I didn't listen well or there are some exceptions in the /ʃ/ sound here.
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
when i make this sound, i need to find some support for my tongue and i press the sides of my tongue at my teeth. is that normal? if not, how do you make the sound without touching anything?
Yes, it's normal for the tongue to touch the sides of the teeth. It's probably done lightly for most native speakers, but if you need the extra support by pushing a little harder, then that's fine. Whatever works!
what about the words beginning with ''str''? street, stress, string, strike etc. some people pronounce them like shtreet, shtress shtring... is it wrong or not? cuz i have one friend from usa and he speaks like that.
+ahzar What you probably hear is the friction from the /s/ sound that merges with the air that's stopped by the tongue for the /t/ sound. It's not a serious pronunciation mistake, so it's ok for your American friend to speak the way they speak. for now :). But if you're working on your American accent, we'd recommend you to practice pronouncing the /str/ cluster without switching to the /ʃ/ sound. 😄
Thank you so much, I will check it out for sure, I’m no ready to read, because If I found a word I don’t know how it’s pronounced, I will ready like automatically in how it’s spelled since that’s what I do in my original language. Bro I’m so grateful for all this human empowering. It more than good for our world.
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
You can try and record yourself, listen to the recorded words and sounds and compare how you sound with the way our native speakers or any other native speakers pronounce them. This always works!
+Lê Thanh Hải This is our own app which is not publicly released yet. We're working hard to make it happen soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
Hi. How to pronounce “species” : spiːʃiːz or spiːsiːz. Because when you looking for on www.youglish.con some people say with the ʃ sound and other people with the s sound. Witch is the most commun ? Thank you :-)
Both are right moe, I had the same question a few weeks ago, the first one sounds kinda better though, but technically speaking they're both correct even though a lot of dictionaries use solely the first one e.g. dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/species
@@jamesstmanhattan Thks I know phonetics and I use Oxford dictionary : www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/species?q=species I especially wanted to know why some people use the /ʃ/ sound and others the /s/ sound
+Frédéric Hello there! Both variants are correct in the US. We pronounce the word "species" as /ˈspi·ʃiz/. We believe the difference is mostly professional, and not a geographical one since this is not a word that you use in your common daily conversations.
Es lo mismo el inglés británico y américano lo único que en el británico la r suele pronunciarse casi La t no suena d cómo en el americano La t siempre suena t Y una que otra consonante aveces cambia Ejemplo water / wader Británico water / waatr .
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@@zidane8452 Not always but it's one of the letter sets (graphemes) for the /sh/ sound - there's 5: sh, ch as in chef, -ti as in station, -ci as in magician, and -ssi as in admission.
🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ʃ/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_sh_as_in_show
listening to your Sounds American Channel has became my daily life. Terrific!
That's so great to hear!
Thanks. I had watched dozens of videos about this before and I couldn't figure out the difference between /s/ and /sh/ but this video was really useful and I could finally get the difference.
Glad it helped! Let us know if you have any questions!
Another amazing video from American sound channel. Thanks a lot for your time, We really appreciate your support to learn English. I am looking forward to watching these sounds dʒ-tʃ.😁
Hello there! You're very welcome! We'll make those videos soon, stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican what's the site ?
@@Marcia_Souza. Sorry, not sure what site you're talking about.
dʒ is the voiced version of ʈʃ
This channel deserves more and more subscribers. 🎉🎉🎉
100% agree ❤
I did not know there were phonics rules, so of course I am interested. Thanks a LOT!!! for these high quality educational videos, The graphics are wonderful and helpful. Learning pronunciation really makes a difference to help you get fluent and understand spoken English.
Thank you for this feedback! We're glad to hear that you like our videos. BTW, we write quite a lot about the phonics rules on our UA-cam Community page, so don't forget to check it too!
At the end of the unit, you mention there are phonics rules for these spellings; I'm terribly interested. I think it would help me a lot; the relation between the spelling/ -s and a given sound has always been very
useful for me. I admit I thought this sound / ʃ / mostly corresponded to the spelling "sh", and it's not the case. Thank you again; you always learn something new and accurate in your units.
+Alejandro García Vidal
We've waited for someone to ask for the phonics rules. However, as they say, be careful what you wish for! 😄These rules can be overwhelming.
Here are some of them (we're not including exceptions):
---------------------- --------------------------- -----------------------------------
Spelling: 't'
Rule:
The letter 't' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the suffixes such as '-io', '-ia', and '-ien'.
Examples: "ratio," "celebration," "ambitious," "patience," "attention," "initial"
Spelling: 'sh'
Rule:
The combination of letters 'sh' is pronounced as /ʃ/.
Examples: "she," "wish," "cushion"
Spelling: 'c'
Rule:
The letter 'c' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the letter 'i' when it's part of suffixes like '-cious,' '-cient,' '-cian' and others.
Examples: "delicious," "sufficient," "politician," "magician"
Spelling: 'ss'
Rule:
In these words, the combination of letters 'ss' is pronounced as /ʃ/. Beware, this combination has other pronunciations!
Examples: "issue," "pressure," "tissue"
Spelling: 'ss'
Rule:
The letter 'ss' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the suffixes '-ion' and '-ian'.
Examples: "session," "Russian," "mission"
Spelling: 's'
Rule:
The letter 's' is pronounced as /ʃ/ before the suffix '-ion'.
Examples: "tension," "compulsion," "expansion"
---------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------------
We've been thinking about making a serious of videos about the phonics rules, however, this topic is quite academic and can be too complicated.
@@SoundsAmerican Hi teacher !!
Can I ask you for phonics rules for /ʒ / ?
Thank you !!!
Your work is just awesome ! Great , clear, simple, and deep explanations all together followed by drills - Perfect ! What else can I say ? THANKS A MILLION !!! God Bless you all !
+Another Way English Course You're welcome, glad you liked our teaching approach and our videos. Stay tuned for the new ones!
I really love this American Chanel,i feel teach me a lot better my pronunciation, thanks a lot
Happy to hear that!
This lessons are great, the best way to learn prononciation ♥
Your video is really awesome. As an ESL learner, this is really helpful for my pronunciation practice.
Glad you liked it! 👋
Great video. My students find this sound difficult especially when it is represented by letter s, ss, ch. However, I give them as much practice as I can.
You guys gotta make a vid on the combination of sounds that represent different letters in the American English, maybe even a short booklet or a poster, something to always have on hand and to check out when needed, your visuals are great so it's not gonna be an issue for you to make it look aesthetically pleasing.
+First Last 😄 Yes, we thought about it. We'd love to make a poster, but we have so much data that it'll have to be a HUGE one. 😂
@@SoundsAmerican I feel you, I mentioned a poster cuz the poster is something that you can see like all the time, it's not a book, books require you to read them, you gotta take some time to open it and whatnot and at the end of the day a lot of people end up never reading the books they buy, which would never happen to a poster
@@SoundsAmerican Basically you can make a poster with the proper tongue positions for the sounds in the American English, if it sells out good then you might do something more elaborate
@@SoundsAmerican I happen to know for a fact that such poster might come in handy for people who always forget how to pronounce different sounds properly, I usually re-watch your videos to refresh my memory so to speak, having a poster would solve that problem though
I can't even imagine how many lives have been drastically improved by these amazing videos! Thank you so much, you guys, I absolutely love it!
Wow, thank you!
Sure I liked, you are teaching me a lot
Glad to hear that!👋
Thanks a lot Sir for what you are doing, you are an angel on the earth. You move people from mediocrity to excellence! This is so waouuuuuhh!!!!
Thank you for your kind words!
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you too
I didn't know that vision and mission were pronounced differently. 😨
I can't wait for the /ʒ/ sound! 😎👍
+Wendy Reyes This will be our next video, stay tuned! 😊👋
Awsome,, I really didn't see such a helpful class before.
probably it is the best channel to learn American Accent for non American or any person.
please make more vedio for All Letters(26) with example......so that, we can Talk appropriately.
We already have a video with all sounds of American English, check it out: ua-cam.com/video/7EdRAfOMfnU/v-deo.html
Thank's a lot.
I really appreciate your great contribution! You make world better, at least my world. Thanks
+Queenie Yu 😊🤗
Dope vid as usual guys, btw the / tʃ / sound is also a rather tricky one, similar sounds exist in many languages but the American version differs from the rest of them
+First Last Glad to hear you liked it. Yes, the /tʃ/ sound is tricky, we plan to make a video about it too.
AFAIK, it’s similar to the sound made by the Eastern European letter č.
@@MrCubFan415 i think it is the same sound
It's prolly either tʃ or ʈʂ
Excellent explanation . Thank you so much .
Hi! By popular demand you should make a video on the "tʃ and dʒ" sounds at the end of words :)
For example, I know that if you say:
•Lunches and Lunges, the pronunciation is different, but what about with:
•Lunch and Lunge, what is the difference in pronunciation when they are singular?
same as lunches and lunges but without the -es
when you say "lunge" say the voiced dʒ at the end
Excellent, I was looking for this /ʃ/, it was missing in the fricative consonant, now the play list is complete.
When will you make the video for /tʃ/ one as well?
I am realizing the result of your video pretty quickly. I have just wasted 27 years of my life learning English, my English teachers don't even know about these kinds of thing. I wish these kinds of resources existed earlier so I would have gone through this painful moment trying to unlearn the wrong English pronunciation I have learnt. Thank you so much, I don't know how to thank you for this.
+Lagu Stephen We're glad to hear that you liked this video and that it was helpful. The /tʃ/ sound video will be released in several weeks.
We heard a lot about similar experiences with learning English pronunciation, it's great that technology these days enables us, teachers, to make education videos like these and share them with everyone who needs them.
If you have any feedback please share it with us.
thank you so much from Russia 😁
Всегда пожалуйста 😉.
@@SoundsAmerican tks u from vietnamese
How do I know when I will pronounce the Ch ( S) -mostly when it’s at the end ?
Thank you very much--by the way I have been studying an American accent for a while. This is more details. I love it.
I’m not sure I can take the whole course with you?
Excellent! Incredible video :) I'm practising a lot. This isn't hard to me because I'm from Argentina and in our version of Spanish we have the /ʃ/ sound. Maybe you heard about it like "español ríoplatense". Some people say it's because of the Italian influence during the last century's big immigration that we changed our accent. I'm not totally sure about this, though. I'll finish with a question as always 😁: the difference between this sound and /ʒ/ is just that the second one is voiced, right? Cheers, and thank you guys for this great video! 😃😌
+Marquito L Hello there! Happy to hear that you liked this video. Yes, the /ʃ/ is voiceless but the /ʒ/ is voiced. They are pronounced the same, except for the voicing part. By the way, our next video is going to be about the /ʒ/ sound.
Thank you for sharing the information about the /ʃ/ sound in your Spanish dialect. This is the stuff we love to learn about.
Cheers!
@@SoundsAmerican yeah admire this system of learning that as you are teaching us .. awesome teacher ... still now I can't believe that this is free hahaha ha
Marquito L it's an easy sound for Spanish speakers.
Thank you so much what spectacular way to help us to articulate the sounds. Yes I am interested in the phonetical rules for
Sh . Also wondering if you could do some videos about how to know where stress goes in words and the intonation in sentences. God bless you !!!!!
Thank you for your suggestion, we'll think about it.
Great video 👍🙂❤️
Hi! Your channel is very helpful 👍 I hope you the best.
consonant blends at the beginning and the ending of words make different sounds, if you could come with more video on them.
I hope the app won't take long.
Thaaaaank you! Your the best ☺️
Hello there! Glad our videos are useful.
Thank you for your suggestion!
Amazing video _ so clear and easy to follow _ are guys having live session lesson _ please let us know....
+Elwin Harahap Glad that you liked this video! Great suggestion about a live session, we'll think about it. 👍😊
Thank you so much.
¡Gracias!
Thank you very much!
I love this channel
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Thanks for your video ❤
Awesome video !
I like this
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+sunder verma Thank you, glad you liked it!
Amazing job!!!
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Thanks 😀
@@SoundsAmerican ♥️♥️
still waiting for the app
4 years no, new videos. i hope you back.
Thanks a lot
yes, please! I would like to watch phonic rules for spelling.
We've shared a lot of content on phonics rules on our Community page, check it out: ua-cam.com/users/SoundsAmericancommunity
I love this videos and I'm waiting for the app to be release , but do you do private pronanction leassons??
+roberrtt roberrt Glad that you like our videos! We're working hard on our app. About the private classes - please send us your request the the team at soundsamerican dot net address.
Hello teacher, good evening !!
I really like your class and I'm very grateful. May I ask for something? Can you repeat the pronunciation of each word more than once? Another thing, do you guys have some kind of app where I can train the vocabulary?
+Meg Regis Hello there! Thank you for your excellent question. The idea is that you train yourself to be able to repeat the word after the speakers within the several seconds provided and after it was pronounced only once. We know that it may not be easy at first. Since this is a video, you can always hit the pause button or rewind it (go back) to hear the pronounced word again. This is how the exercises work. The more times you practice, the easier it will be.
We have a pronunciation app, which is not publicly released yet. We don't have a vocabulary app since we only teach pronunciation.
Hope it helps, stay tuned for our new videos!
great...this sound and its voiced partner have always been a bit of an issue for me...hopefully now i'll get it right
+ljshamash Of course, you will. Just make sure you practice it regularly. By the way, we'll publish our video on the /ʒ/ sound soon. Stay tuned!
Thanks
+Alrzig Hassan You're welcome!👋
your videos really helping me to get american accent to some extent. did you launched any app also?
Not yet, soon! Stay tuned!
I very like your videos💜
Glad to hear that!👋
Good morning everyone, this was an excellent video. Also I am really interested in the phonetic rules
+Elenasosmar Hello there! Thank you for your suggestion and for your kind words! Stay tuned for our new videos!
Part 2 plz!!!
Do you think there's anything left uncovered? 😂
Dans la partie 2, vous indiquez les mots finissant par ch, ce qui est correct, mais il y a aussi ceux finissant par c, mais j’ai remarqué qu’ils étaient suivis de voyelles (ce), (ci) exemples: gracious, grocery, ocean, official, etc. Est-ce qu’on peut dire que les voyelles font partie du son ch(désolée, je ne peux faire le signe de la transcription phonétique) et dans la partie 3, pour le son t, c’est la même chose, c’est plutôt, je crois ti, comme par exemple dans les mots: action, definition, dictionary, emotion, etc. C’est en écrivant les mots en transcription phonétique que j’ai constaté cela. Est-ce que ce raisonnement est correct? Merci beaucoup!
This has something to do with several different phonic rules.
In the words like "gracious" and "official," the letter 'C' is pronounced as /ʃ/ because it appears before suffixes that start with i', like '-ial,' '-ious.'
The words "grocery" and "ocean" are pronounced with the /ʃ/ sound since they're exceptions to the rule that states that the letter 'C' is pronounced as /s/ before the letter 'E'. Check this article to find out more, it's really interesting: soundsamerican.net/article/lets_spill_the_beans_on_the_two_ways_to_pronounce_grocery
In words like "action," "dictionary," and "emotion," the letter 'T' is pronounced as // because it appears before the 'ION' suffix, here's a great article on this rule with examples: soundsamerican.net/article/why_is_the_ion_suffix_pronounced_differently_in_option_and_opinion
Hope this helps!
What is the difference between post-alveolar & alveolo-palatal fricatives?:-)
It would be really helpfull!🔥
Fun Fact: Long S Used To Be an Old English letter
i hope new videos, have a good one.
Hi. Are you 100 percent sure grocery is pronounce as in the video: 8:33, whenever I look for its pronunciation some othe place it is shown different. For example Google translate. ˈgrōs(ə)rē
The variant like in our video is acceptable too, it's commonly used.
How do you animate these videos? Looks so tidy!
Thanks! We're using Adobe After Effects.
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for such a wonderful contribution.
Waooo Excellent,,,,! Is it me or the beginning of some words are cut🤔
Can you give an example of the words that are cut in our video, please?
@@SoundsAmerican Well, let me tell you that I listened to it twice and I did not find it. It seems that my Spanish ear betrayed me 😡... Sorry!
+Bensenodis HJ It happens to the best of us. 😄😊👋
Thank you!
I believe 'option' should have two letters highlighted, -ti, rather than just the T. The I makes it 'say' sh.
Hi Sounds American. I went through the word "conscious". In dictionaries like cambridge or longman, it is writen as /ˈkɑn·ʃəs/ but the second syllable heard like /ˈkɑn·tʃəs/. Is it because I didn't listen well or there are some exceptions in the /ʃ/ sound here.
+Dh Pham Hello there! We actually pronounce the word "conscious" as /ˈkɑn·tʃəs/. We believe two variants are possible.
When did he say the word "conscious"? I can't find the part.
I have a query. Can I buy these videos?
Please tell me What did the application program that you used to pronounce in this video?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
What's the name of the app you use in your videos :(?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
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Is there an app yet?
+Yahir Martínez Not yet, stay tuned!
I missing something, where is the one for "s"?
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when i make this sound, i need to find some support for my tongue and i press the sides of my tongue at my teeth. is that normal? if not, how do you make the sound without touching anything?
Yes, it's normal for the tongue to touch the sides of the teeth. It's probably done lightly for most native speakers, but if you need the extra support by pushing a little harder, then that's fine. Whatever works!
Very good video. Thank you.
+josue palma Glad to hear that! Your welcome! Stay tuned for our next videos!😊👋
That only form for to domain this, is to do hard work, I say.
I would like to know which website you use to make pronunciations? What if which person can use it?
what about the words beginning with ''str''? street, stress, string, strike etc. some people pronounce them like shtreet, shtress shtring... is it wrong or not? cuz i have one friend from usa and he speaks like that.
This sound change is not unusual, it has already happened in German and in several Romance dialects in Italy...
+ahzar What you probably hear is the friction from the /s/ sound that merges with the air that's stopped by the tongue for the /t/ sound. It's not a serious pronunciation mistake, so it's ok for your American friend to speak the way they speak. for now :). But if you're working on your American accent, we'd recommend you to practice pronouncing the /str/ cluster without switching to the /ʃ/ sound. 😄
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+Nguyen Nguyenluu Thank you!
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I’m interested in the rules. Min 11:52
We share a lot of content about rules on our Community page, check it out: ua-cam.com/users/SoundsAmericancommunity
Thank you so much, I will check it out for sure, I’m no ready to read, because If I found a word I don’t know how it’s pronounced, I will ready like automatically in how it’s spelled since that’s what I do in my original language. Bro I’m so grateful for all this human empowering. It more than good for our world.
I want the app, plis
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
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Which app??
This is our own app, we haven't released it to the public yet, but we plan to do it soon. We'll announce the release on this channel, stay tuned!
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+Andrew Dmytruk Thank you!
Pls tell me sir how to improve s or sh sound
Would love to, but first please tell me what exact difficulty do you have with these sounds.
@@SoundsAmerican sir actually sir I don't have any friend who can give my feedback and with him I can talk.
You can try and record yourself, listen to the recorded words and sounds and compare how you sound with the way our native speakers or any other native speakers pronounce them. This always works!
@@SoundsAmerican OK sir I strive to do this and big gratitude for it.
Can u tell me the application link that demo on this video
+Lê Thanh Hải This is our own app which is not publicly released yet. We're working hard to make it happen soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
Sounds American Can you send me an demo apk file, i see this application on this video is amazing
+Lê Thanh Hải We're going to release a beta version very soon, so we'll be happy to invite you as a beta tester if you want.
Sounds American many thanks in advance. you can invite for me via email lethanhhaijp@gmail.com
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Hi. How to pronounce “species” : spiːʃiːz or spiːsiːz. Because when you looking for on www.youglish.con some people say with the ʃ sound and other people with the s sound. Witch is the most commun ? Thank you :-)
Both are right moe, I had the same question a few weeks ago, the first one sounds kinda better though, but technically speaking they're both correct even though a lot of dictionaries use solely the first one e.g.
dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/species
@@jamesstmanhattan Thks I know phonetics and I use Oxford dictionary : www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/species?q=species I especially wanted to know why some people use the /ʃ/ sound and others the /s/ sound
@@jamesstmanhattan okey : )
+Frédéric Hello there! Both variants are correct in the US. We pronounce the word "species" as /ˈspi·ʃiz/. We believe the difference is mostly professional, and not a geographical one since this is not a word that you use in your common daily conversations.
Sounds American thank you for your response :-) Great video like always!
Quisiera encontrar un canal similar pero en Britanico.
Es lo mismo el inglés británico y américano lo único que en el británico la r suele pronunciarse casi
La t no suena d cómo en el americano
La t siempre suena t
Y una que otra consonante aveces cambia
Ejemplo water / wader
Británico water / waatr .
Is that a app?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican ok i wait
How about the tip of the tongue in this sh sound? Is it down? Touching the back of the bottom front teeth or not?
It's looking down, it's not touching the back of the bottom front teeth, but it's close to them.
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@@SoundsAmerican where does it touch?
It doesn't touch anywhere. Check out this picture: ua-cam.com/video/wINb4HFguck/v-deo.html
It has phonic rules , doesn't it ?
/f/ as in think /d/ as in this 😂
How do I know when I have to use ʃ or ʃt?
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Is grocery. My be it's not between sh sound
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Voiced or voiceless ..sorry I didn't catch that
+ QQ Q The / ʃ / is a voiceless sound, the /ʒ/, as in "vision" is its voiced counterpart.
@@SoundsAmerican thank u so much ..I pray to God to protect u ....my God bless u ☹️🌹
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I believe 'option' should have two letters highlighted, -ti, rather than just the T. The I makes it 'say' sh.
You mean tion cuz not always ti makes a sh sound
@@zidane8452 Not always but it's one of the letter sets (graphemes) for the /sh/ sound - there's 5: sh, ch as in chef, -ti as in station, -ci as in magician, and -ssi as in admission.
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