How To Make the QU Sound American English Pronunciation

today I want to work on the consonant

cluster that is the azan cap with the

whoop as in will W sound I know that

some people have difficulties with this

sound the key is in the lip position

question quick to make the W sound the

lips have to round not just a little but

a lot so that there’s just a tiny gap

there where the lips are not touching

when I say the word quick notice that my

lips have already rounded quick before

my vocal chords even release the air for

the sound quick sample words notice the

lip position quick question adequate

banquet quiet equate the most common

mistake in making this cluster is

leaving out to the W sound so let’s look

at some word pairs where the first of

the word pair has the cluster and the

second word of the word pair simply has

the sound make sure you watch the

difference in the lip position quit kit

quilt kilt quote coat here is the word

quick up close and in slow motion

notice how the lips pull in to this

tight circle for the W sound before

opening up into the as in sit vowel

sound and here is the word question

again notice the tight circle of the

lips

here the word pair quit and kit quit the

tight circle of the lips kit the jaw

simply drops into the a as in sit vowel

sound quilt and kilt again quilt tight

circle of the lips and on kilt the jaw

simply drops

quote and coat quote the lips form this

tight circle and on coat they simply

make the Oh as in no diphthong

and finally quite and kite quite tight

circle kite simply the AI as in buy

diphthong there will be more videos with

up-close slow motions coming