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