Hi there Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday. We have two words
that are spelled differently but they are pronounced the same. So these two words
are spelled differently, have different meanings, and are pronounced the same way.
Our two words today are:
rough meaning not smooth or not gentle and ruff what a dog says in the united states or
what I learned from googling it could also mean a lace collar.
Who knew? I did not know!
So here are the words: rough and ruff.
So to say these words correctly, you have three little sounds. Start with that r rrr.
To do this square tense lips. The tip of your tongue is either pointed down or flipped back.
It is not touching your teeth and it is not moving. It just stays in the same
place. The back of your tongue is pulled high up and is tense in the back of your mouth er.
Next relax your mouth for that short uh sound. Tongue is just flat in your mouth.
And then we're going to end with the f to do this think about gently
You don't really bite, but your teeth get
really really close. That's just kind of a good way to think about it.
And for that f sound you are going to think about touching your top teeth to your bottom lip.
You still need to have your lips open. If your lips close, it's going to sound like a p,
and we don't want that. We want that air to keep moving out.
Let's put it all together
rough ruff rough
ruff rough ruff
And now for a sentence:
The dog yelled ruff when it stepped on the rough ground.
So give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference.
And if you have a minute, please tell me what does a dog say in your
language? I always love to hear what animals say in different languages!
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