Today on English Win, we're going to
separate your 'B' sounds and your 'P'
sounds, so you will be able to pronounce
them correctly when you're speaking
English. B and P - they have the same mouth
movement, but they sound very different.
This is a particular challenge for
different sections of the world. I
noticed Korean speakers tend to have
problems with the B sound and people
in the Arab world have challenges
sometimes with the P sound. Well, we're
going to straighten that out right now
and it's going to be much easier than
you think.
In a previous video, I talked about
vibration of the vocal cords.
This is also called 'voicing' your
consonants. It's pretty easy to do. I have
a link to the video right over there if
you want to see it. So, go ahead and check
it out if you want, but i will explain it
also here. Voicing is just... imagine you're a
spiritual guru, and you're sitting on a
rock - with your legs crossed - and you're
making the 'MMMM' sound. It sounds very
mysterious, but what you're doing is
activating this part of your throat.
You can feel it vibrating right here,
right? Yeah, you do.
And so that's what the B sound is all
about.
I want you to pay very close attention
to my mouth as i make the B&P sounds: P. Puh (2X).
Now I'll do the B sound: Buh (3X).
So, an exaggerated version of this would
be to pretend I'm trying to eat the gums
of my mouth... but don't do that; that will
just hurt yourself. Now, when we speak the
B and P sounds we're not bringing our
lips all the way in - really tight - like
trying to eat them,
we're just bringing them in a little bit
to make a small sound: 'Buh 3X). It
should be light. It should be easy,
Ok? So the B sound is voiced. It's the same
sound as the 'P' - Puh - but we're vibrating
here 'MMMM': 'Buh' (3X) but but but. Once you can
combine the two sounds: (pops) and (mmm), it'll sound
like: 'Buh', and it will be very easy to
pronounce the B sound. So, you just
figured it out.
Let's try it out with a few words just
for practice.
The first section is the 'P' sound: Puh (4X)
The second one is the B sound: Buh (2X)
- vocal cords vibrating -
PLUS 'mm': 'Buh (2X). Now we're
going to pronounce them together. I'll first
do the 'P' sounds, then the 'B' sounds,
and then back and forth,
ok? So let's do it!
pot, pie, pair, prude
B sounds: bought, buy, bear, brood
Let's go over here... back and forth now:
ok... pot / bought, pie/ buy, pear/ bear, prude/ brood.
Let's throw a couple more your way.
Alright, this is our next series of words
and i'm going to show you how to
pronounce these just the same as last
time,
okay? First, the P sounds, then the
B sounds, then we're going to go back
and forth,
ok? Back and forth. Let's begin.
Putter... and now we start to have words
where the P&B sounds are at the end of
the word... listen closely: rope, tripe, crap.
Butter - and now we have B sounds at the
end, you see? Listen closely: robe, tribe, crab.
Now, notice what I don't do. I don't
say tripe-uh or crab-uh.
I don't have any extra syllables. This is a
one-syllable word: tripe, crab the Puh or Buh
are what end the word, so be very
careful when you do that,
ok? Now, we're going to put it all
together, and we're going to use
sentences that use all the words we've
just gone over right here, and that way
you will be able to use the P sound and
the B sound in everyday speech. Let's do
it.
Here are the sentences: 'I prefer to buy a
pair instead of bear.' 'To join the tribe
you must climb a rope
down into it dark pit, then come back
alive.'
'I don't buy putters because I haven't
bought a golf club membership.' The crab
bit at the peanut butter.'
'I told her to wear bikini to the beach,
but she stay covered like a prude.' That
covers our B and P sounds. Remember the
'B'? You vibrate the vocal cords: MMM... Buh, and P -
it's just a puff of air: 'Puh', and the mouth
movements are exactly the same. The mouth
shapes are exactly the same. If this is
your first time trying to separate them,
exaggerated the movements at first: PUH, BUH, Puh, Buh,
then tone it back: 'puh', 'buh', 'puh', 'buh'... tone
back further: 'puh', 'buh'. So start out exaggerated -
start out big - and then get a little
bit smaller - until it can become very
easy, and then watch this video again and
practice the sentences that I just gave
you earlier.
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