hey everyone Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question
today's question is a lengthy one it's just about two letters it's how do I say
y sound versus the j sound this is particularly difficult for my Spanish
speakers so let's go ahead and jump right in
we have two sounds and two letters here we have the ysound and the j
sound so let's just talk about the two sounds for the y sound let's look at
my lips first my lips are a little more pulled back y y almost like I am
in a smile compared to the j sound or my lips are going to be rounded so
that's tip number one tip number two what do we do with your tongue for the
y sound you are not going to touch the tip of your tongue to your teeth at all
the tip of your tongue this part right here does not touch your teeth if this
sound is particularly difficult for you you can think about touching the sides
of your tongue right there to the insides of the top teeth y y y
that is compared to the j sound where you are going to touch the tip of your
tongue to the back of your top front teeth to start and then it's going to
pull back into the middle of the mouth the sides of the tongue do not touch the
teeth I'm only talking about the tip of the tongue it's going to touch the back
of the teeth and then pull back so let's try those two sounds we have y y
y I'm not touching the tip of my tongue to my teeth now I'm going to
touch the tip of my tongue to my teeth J J J and then pay attention to
the lips we have the Y sound y y y
and J J J so now let's try it in some words let's start with the y
first we have yellow yellow yellow yawn yawn yawn and remember we're not going
to say that W sound here it's not yound so that's just another little bonus tip
for you yolk yolk yolk another bonus tip we do
not say the L yell yell yell and yes yes yes
now we're going to touch the teeth with the tip of the tongue jell-o jell-o
jell-o John John John joke joke joke gel gel gel
Jess Jess Jess now let's contrast the two yellow jello John yawn yolk joke gel
yell yes and Jess so give it a try people are going to notice the
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because I could not think of one because there are so many words thank you all so
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