hi everyone it's jennifer from tarle speech with your pronunciation question
our two words today are ankle which is the joint connecting the leg to the foot
and uncle your father's brother this is a
very popular request so here you go everybody
so our words are again ankle and uncle the ending parts are
going to be the same so let's talk about those
first we're going to start with k that sound tip of the tongue is down
back of the tongue is pulled up cool and then you're going to move the tip of
the tongue to the back of the top front teeth some people think about this as
having no vowel there just moving the tongue
whatever works for you kul kul kul
now for the ang part the mistake that i hear is i'll
hear people say an with an n sound so why is that what's
the mistake here for this ng sound is two letters that is
one sound the tip of your tongue is touching
the back of the um bottom front teeth or is low and the bottom of the mouth
and the back is pulled up ng ng
air is moving out of the nose the mistake again is that i see
people touching the back of the top front teeth and saying n n
the air is still moving out of your nose yes these sounds are
very similar but to an american they are distinct and they are distinct in
english so again we are going to touch the tip of the tongue to the bottom
front teeth
so i have my tongue there while i'm saying that ang
sound and i'm just closing my mouth so again my tongue is there
and i'm just closing my mouth then i'm going to move to the
ang kul ankle so my talk is way down here most of the
time ang kul ankle
ang kul so again all the way down and it only
moves up for the l and remember touch the tip of your
tongue to the back of your top front teeth for that
for the ung again your tongue is ready for that ng sound again two
letters one sound but your mouth is more closed for this
sound ung ung
and then we end with the kul uncle
un kul ankle uncle
ankle ankle ankle uncle uncle uncle and now for a sentence
my uncle broke his ankle give it a try i know people are going to notice the
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