hi everyone this is Jennifer from tarle speech with a
holiday edition of question of the week and I have a helper today yes Claire we are going to say elf
Elf Claire that's right and we are going to learn how to pronounce the word elf and
elves today so let's go ahead and take a look at our words so word number one is
elf e.l.f and word number two the plural form of elf is elves we're going to
actually change that F to a V and then add an es that's the spelling rule for
when a word ends in F so to say these words correctly what you're going to do
is start with a short eh sound your mouth is slightly open and your tongue is
between your top and your bottom teeth eh that vowel is nice and short next you
are going to move to the L sound to do this you're going to touch the tip of
your tongue with the back of your top front teeth L and then you're going to
end with an S sss and you're going to do that open slightly open mouth the teeth
are either going to be biting the inside of the bottom lip or the outside of the
bottom lip and the air is going to keep going elf now if you want to say this a
little less formally elf is fine really hitting that L sound but a lot of people
say the word elf how do you do that to do that you're going to start with that eh
sound and then you're going to move your tongue very very close to the back of
your top front teeth but you are not going to touch the back of your top
front teeth instead you're going to quickly pull it down almost touch and
then pull it down for that F sound elf elf elf next for the word elves what we're
going to do is we're going to start with that L again by that making that short e
and then adding that L L and then we're going to move to a V to do this you're
going to do exactly what you did for the F sound but this time turn your voice
box on so biting it inside our the outside of the
bottom lip air keeps moving but this time the voice is on elv elv and then
end with a Z zzz elves elves and for that Z sound do not touch your teeth
with your tongue it's going to be high in your mouth behind the front teeth and
that air is going to keep moving out of your mouth
elves so again if you want to say that's a little less formally you don't have to
touch your teeth for the L just make sure you get super close and then pull
it down elves elves elves Claire could these words or try for us elf elves and in a
sentence one elf said I want to be a dentist when I grow up and all the elves
laughed and I think you will watch that show yeah that is from Rudolph the
red-nose way everybody know this is not a real elf because it's just stuff it's
just stuffed it's just a stuffed elf so wishing everyone a happy holiday
season all the best to you and yours Merry
Christmas