Hello everyone!
Welcome back to my channel.
I’m Grace.
This is our third pronunciation training,
so if you haven’t watched the other two videos,
you can go through them first
because I talked about some basics in them.
In this video, I’m gonna directly cut into the chest.
OK, Iet’s go!
First of all,
I’m gonna introduce the most basic sound
out of the three consonants;
that is: “s ㄙ”.
OK, let’s see the IPA of “s” to know how to pronounce it correctly.
The IPA of “s” is this one.
Yes, it’s the same form as that in pinyin.
And this sound can be made in two different ways,
one of them is like this,
you put the tip of your tongue close to the upper front teeth,
and then let the airflow go through your mouth to make the s sound.
Let’s practice: s s s.
Another way to create the s sound is
by putting your tongue blade close to your upper front teeth
to create the hissing effect.
And in this case, your tongue tip is pointing down,
different from the other way.
ok, let’s practice: s s s.
Personally, when pronouncing the s sound with a back vowel,
such as “u” or “e”,
I use the second way,
in which my tongue tip points down to create the s sound,
because that’s much easier.
For example 所以, 顏色.
Because you don’t have to bother moving the tip of your tongue.
OK, the next one is “z ㄗ”,
The IPA of z is this.
I guess you already know what I’m going to say.
You see the “t” here, right? It means you need to…
yes, block the air first.
And the “s” here means after you block the air,
your tongue position will be the same as s ㄙ which we just learned.
ok, let me show you the picture,
first, you need to let your tongue tip stick to your upper front teeth
and let the air go through your mouth,
but at this moment because the tip of your tongue is blocking the way,
the air cannot come out.
After a very short period of time,
then you put down the tip of your tongue a bit
to let the air out to say z.
Let’s practice: z z z.
Finally, the last one “c ㄘ”.
The IPA of c is this.
Yes, it’s the same pattern as in the previous videos,
there is an extra small “h” here.
It means the airflow coming out of your mouth is stronger.
Everything else is just the same as “z ㄗ”.
So let’s look at the picture again.
First, let the tip of your tongue stick to the upper front teeth,
and you let the stronger airflow go through your mouth
but not come out,
then the next step is to put down the tip of your tongue a bit
to let the air come out to say “c”.
OK let’s practice: c c c
OK, finishing learning these sounds,
let’s do some practice with words.
First, let’s practice “z ㄗ” and “s ㄙ”
the difference is that when pronouncing “z ㄗ”,
you have to let the tip of your tongue stick to the upper front teeth
and block the air first.
OK, let’s start!
Next, let’s practice “z ㄗ” and “c ㄘ”
Do you remember the difference?
It’s that when pronouncing “c ㄘ” the airflow is stronger
than pronouncing “z ㄗ”
OK, that’s all the practice for today!
And I have good news for you guys,
I will upload another video about listening training this Friday,
so remember to hit the little bell so you won’t miss that.
And btw, I’ve prepared a handout of this lesson,
you can find the link to the file down below.
I’ll see you soon, Bye!