hi Jennifer from Tarle speech with your pronunciation question today we have two
words positive' the presence of something and negative the absence of
something and these two words have everybody's favorite the schwa syllable
and another favorite that I've been getting a lot of questions about and I
actually have a clasp on the flap T which in very simple terms it's when we
basically pronounce the letter T as a D sound so let's take a look at our words
positive and negative so let's start with word number one positive so to say
this word correctly start by saying pause and to do that what you're going
to do is have your lips together for the P and then open very wide into an oval
mouth shape with the tongue in the bottom of your mouth for that oh sound
pause end with the Z sound for that syllable and to do that you're going to
close your mouth it's still going to be open a little bit but your mouth is
going to be more closed so that you can make the sound and the Z sound is made
with your tongue behind your front teeth that is not touching and the air is
moving out of your mouth and your voice box is on so it is not a letter s sound
it is a Z sound pause next add the short uh syllable to make this short enough I am
telling people recently to add it or connect it to the first syllable
something like this Pazza Pazza real short and real quick then we're going to
end with div yes div with a D sound even though it's spelled with the T and to do
this you're going to touch the tip of your tongue behind the back of your top
front teeth your voice box is on and moving if you say this incorrectly your
voice box will be off and you will say a t sound so make
sure that it's on and you're saying a d sound and then you're going to move to
that short I sound and then end with a V this sound is made by gently biting your
lip and the air is going to move out of your mouth mistake I hear a lot is that
people close their lips and close their mouth and then it sounds more like a B
sound so make sure your mouth is open so that that air can continue moving out of
your mouth positive positive let's move on to negative very similar let's start
with the first syllable neg and to do this the tip of your tongue is behind
the back of your top front teeth air is moving out of your nose for the n sound
and then you're going to move to that short e vowel the short e your mouth is
slightly open the tongue is not at the top of your mouth but sort of moved down
a little bit more into the middle and then we're going to end with a G sound
g and to do this the back of your tongue is pulled up and the tip of your
tongue is down towards the bottom of your mouth neg connect that to that
schwa syllable uh Nega and then we are going to end with div again div negative
positive negative positive positive positive negative negative negative I
like both your positive and negative comments give it a try I know people are
going to notice the difference if you found this helpful we would appreciate a
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