hi everyone jennifer from tarle speech with your pronunciation question we have two words
today please which is a polite word to ask for permission and police which is the force
um that is responsible for keeping peace so to say these words correctly we are going to say please
with one syllable and police with two syllables so how do we do this let's start with the word police
to do this we're going to start with and to do that lips are closed and then you're going to
open why you say that short uh sound pa pa
then we're going to move to syllable number two the lease and to do this you're going to touch the
tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth hold it there for the l smile for that long
e tongue is nice and high and flat in your mouth and then we're going to end with the s sound
to do this tip of your tongue is either pointed down or behind the top front teeth
it's not touching the teeth and your voice box is off and it is not moving puh lease police
police police for the word please little different one syllable so we're not going
to have that uh sound between the puh and the l so to do this what you're going to do
is you're going to keep your lips together for that pee ppp and then as you open them you're
going to quickly put your tongue on the back of your top front teeth for that l ll ll if
it helps you you can actually have your tongue in the spot for the l i have it ready behind
the top front teeth touching and then close the mouth for the pee pl pl pl
it's a little bit harder but you can do it with a little bit of practice so again
tongue is ready for that l lips are together and then as you open your mouth
you can say that l sound without having that uh in between pl then again add that long e and then
this time we're ending with the z z to do this tip of the tongue is either pointed down or behind
the top front teeth that is not touching voice box is on and moving when we have this voiced
z sound at the end of the word as opposed to the s that is unvoiced that e is going to sound
a little bit longer in this case so let's give this word a try please please please
police police police please police please police and now for a sentence
the police asked the people to please form a line the police asked the people to please
form a line and before i tell you to give it a try i do want to make one comment that sometimes you
will hear people over pronouncing the word please to make a point and they will say paw please
please give me a like and a share so you will hear that but typically people will make this word
with only one syllable please and police with two syllables so again give it a try people are going
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