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
good