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My native tongue is Croatian. I'm not sure if we use the same S sound as Americans. Any help?
Thank you for this video.
I can pronounce it, the thing is saying it while I'm speaking.
Rachel the S in spanish may sounds ch Sara Strong Saara AND Sara soft sounds Sara sa ra
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Great video!! This is really hard for Swedes as well since we don't have a voiced z-sound at all in our language, only the unvoiced s. Listen to Alexander Skarsgård or Joel Kinnaman speak, even though they speak English fluently, they still get the z-sound wrong sometimes!
lần 1 học, s và z có khẩu hình giống nhau khác nhau chuyển động thanh quản
So, the tip of the tongue is down for /s/ and up for /z/. Am I right?
She is very chill THX
س and ز
This sounds like an AI made it.
Unpriced lessons. Thanks so much.
If someone could help I would be very grateful. What about when the letter z is put together with a s sound, example. It was so easy.
What sound is made? Because was it's supposed to be a z sound like easy but it's put together with a s sound!
I figured out teacher Rachel's lower jaw moves forward far much to pronounce /s/, and my jaw muscle is sore to practice in this way. I guess that might be why Chat GPT sometimes doesn't recognize my words with 's' or 'z'.
You mean when /s/, /z/ are followed by a vowel, the tip of the tongue is down, and when it's not followed by a vowel, the tip of the tongue is up?
Hi Rachel!
Thanks for sharing. It would be great to know more about the tip of the tongue position when we're using the tip of the tongue down approach. When should I point the tip of the tongue up as per the sounds around /s/ and /z/ sounds? What are those exceptions? Sometimes I don't feel sure to point the tip of the tongue down when I pronouncing /s/ and /z/ around /t/, /d/, /n/…, since the tip of the tongue is already up for those sounds.
Thanks in advance!
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z very very difficult. especially when it's at the end of a word. example: scissors. very difficult to distinguish from "s"
As a Spaniard learning English, making this difference is quite difficult. I mean, I can differentiate 'Sue' and 'zoo', but to me 'peas' and 'peace' sound the same. I've been mispronouncing them for ages ;P
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how did you do it can you share with me , thank you
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thanks so much ^^
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Great video! Just a quick question, I’ve been hearing the rules like if it ends in r, d, b, g, l…etc then it’ll be a z sound. Is that correct? what about the words like
Letters
Papers ( usually I heard ending s sound..same as with friends.)
Friends
Cars
Toys
Do they all have the z sound at the ends?
Thank you!
Great video! Just a quick question, I’ve been hearing the rules like if it ends in r, d, b, g, l…etc then it’ll be a z sound. Is that correct? what about the words like
Letters
Papers ( usually I heard ending s sound..same as with friends.)
Friends
Cars
Toys
Do they all have the z sound at the ends?
Thank you!
Why isn't 'cousin' written 'couzin'? 😢.
cô ngày xấu quá
chả hiểu gì hết
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could I clarify about the tongue is down if I pronounce the S sound but up with the Z sound?
Yeah I've recently noticed there are multiple ways to pronounce s/z, but couldn't find anybody mentioning it
Seems like both are ok, thank you
Was the s and z sound tongue tip's pointing towards the alveolar ridge but not touching it?
please respond that, i‘m confused about the z sound because some body told me , evey z sound sounds like s and z together but in weak sound and sometime it really sounds like what he said , please tell me is that true or is there only z not s and z together?
thank you for all your videos and i appreciate them❤️❤️
This is a great video. Could I use it for my students? Thank you so much.
This is really helpful, thank you so much!
I can't pronounce Z at the end no matter how much I try any advice? I am struggling with 'please' word
great video.
i say z and s with my tongue between my teeth..
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What is the meaning of the back of the bottom front teeth .does she mean the top teeth or the lower teeth???
1:43 why the letter Z in fizz the tongue point up not down like the letter s
not everyone pronounces it zee most people pronounce it as zed
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