hi there jennifer from tarle speech with another christmas pronunciation lesson our word today is
poinsettia which is a christmas flower like i have right here the word has a lot of letters and i
think this leads to the confusion we are going to have three syllables in this word poin sett
uh and i wrote it out as well um in sounds because i know that helps some people so to
say this word correctly we're going to start with the syllable poin and to do this think of
the word coin like money but we're going to start it with a p so put your lips together for the p
move to the oy by puckering your lips and then pulling them back
and then end with an n by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth
air moves out of your nose point next move to said to do this it's just like the word said s-a-i-d
like i said that and to say this word you're going to start with the s sound tip of the tongue is
either down or behind the top front teeth air is moving out of the mouth then move to the short
f sound your mouth is open and you're going to be able to see your tongue
near the top teeth between the top and the bottom teeth but a little higher in your mouth
and then touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth for the d
said said said and then we're going to end with an oh it's just the schwa sound the short u
the schwa sound and to do that relaxed mouth and just very short ah put it all together
poinsettia poinsettia i love a beautiful red poinsettia at christmas time
give it a try people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful
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