How to Pronounce NG No Hard G American English

one of my regular blog users has sent me

a video of herself speaking to help work

out some of her pronunciation problems

there was one thing I noted that I

wanted to add here because I thought

other people might be able to benefit

from it this ng sound hmm when she makes

it it is often followed by a quick sound

which sounds like a bit of a click at

the end of the word for example sing

wrong it’s subtle but it’s not necessary

to make the ng sound the middle back

part of the tongue is raising to touch

the roof of the mouth to make the GK

sound it is the back of the tongue that

is pulling away from the soft palate so

it’s not very far from the ng sound the

ng sound is a little further up where

the tongue touches the gk sound is a

little for the back but if you allow any

sort of pressure to build up while

you’re making the ng sound mm-hmm and

then you pull the tongue down when the

tongue comes down it’s gonna make that

sound so what you need to avoid doing is

letting there be pressure build up and

then pulling the tongue away after you

make the mmm ng sound that is it that is

the final sound sing sing so the sound

stops here rather than letting it build

up a little bit for the back and then

releasing the tongue same now I do want

to note that there are some cases where

the G is enunciated on its own after the

sound for example in the word fungus and

this is because this goose is starting

the beginning of the next syllable so

the G is enunciated good good there are

a few such cases and I will do a blog on

that to follow up but in general the ng

is most commonly pronounced as the ng

sound and should not be followed by a

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