Hey everyone!
Jennifer from Tarle Speech with your two for Tuesday.
We have homophones that are pronounced exactly the same way.
We have let her or let her which means to allow her and letter a character or note.
So to say these words correctly, let's think about two beats.
We are going to start with that le.
And to do this touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top, front teeth,
your mouth is slightly open.
Keep your mouth in about that same place and your tongue is going to pop down and just
peak out between your top and bottom teeth.
le le le
Then you are going to touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth
again super quickly some people will touch the top of the mouth and that's ok
and then what we are going to do is then pull the tongue down for the er
so again, tip of your tongue will point down
some people will flip the tongue back, that is fine,
back of the tongue is always pulled high up for the er sound
and again tip of the tongue is down or flipped back.
the D that I am teaching here is actually a flap t
which think about it as a super fast D sound that will make things a little bit easier
let's put this all together.
le der
letter
let her
letter
let her
You might be asking too why are you saying her like letter because of linking.
and that is what you hear when you are hearing super fast speech or what is perceived as
fast speech
is that we are linking and doing some reductions
with the vowels
if you want to continue say let her everyone is going to understand you
that's totally fine but you can say let her and that will sound a little bit faster
so now for a sentence
The mail person let her in so she could mail the letter.
So give it a try, I know people are going to notice the difference.
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