How to Pronounce English

In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over the pronunciation

of the word ‘English’.

You’re studying English, but how confident
are you pronouncing this word?

Thanks for the request.

This is a two-syllable word.

And like most two-syllable words, stress is
on the first syllable.

So the stress pattern is long-short, big-small.

DA-da, DA-da.

English.

English.

When you look up this word in the dictionary,
you’ll see this pronunciation, with the

IH as in SIT vowel.

IH

English.

It’s not quite how we actually pronounce it with the IH vowel.

When the IH vowel is followed by the NG consonant,
which happens in all of the ING words like

‘walking’, ‘trying’, ‘speaking’,
the IH vowel tightens up a little bit.

Rather than IH, English, it’s EE, English,

it’s closer to the EE as in SHE vowel.

So the tongue is closer to the roof of the
mouth.

IH, EE.

Tongue tip is down and the front part arches up,

closer to the roof of the mouth than for the IH vowel.

Then the back part of the tongue touches the
lowered soft palate, Eng-, to make the NG sound.

Eng-.

Sometimes the letters NG make just the NG
sound, like in ‘sing’.

Sometimes they make the NG sound, plus a G sound, like in this word, English.

So, the second syllable starts with a light
G sound.

Eng-gg, gg.

Your tongue is already in position, touching
the soft palate.

So close the soft palate and pull the tongue away.

It sounds a little complicated, but I bet you can do it.

I’ve never met a student who had a problem with this.

Eng-gg.

Engl-.

As you release the back of the tongue, lift
the front of the tongue.

Engl-.

The Light L can be made one of two ways.

One, with the tongue tip touching the roof
of the mouth behind the front teeth, ll.

Or, two, with pressing up on the bottom of
the top front teeth. Ll–

That’s the position you’ll see in the
up close footage in a minute, Engl-

The second syllable is unstressed, so it won’t
be as loud, long, or clear as the first syllable,

-lish, -lish, -lish.

Eng-lish.

Release the tongue tip for a quick and relaxed
IH vowel before the SH.

For the SH, flare the lips and lift the tongue so the front part of the tongue is close to the roof of the mouth.

Shh— English.

English. English.

Let’s watch up close and in slow motion.

The jaw drops for the opening sound.

Remember, the tongue is a little higher, a
little closer to the roof of the mouth, than

it normally is for the IH vowel.

You can’t see what happens next, since it
happens at the back of the mouth.

The tongue makes the NG and G consonants.

Now the tongue tip comes through the teeth,
pressing up on the bottom of the top front

teeth, to make the L sound.

The tongue tip back in for the IH vowel, and the lips flare for the SH sound.

Let’s watch one more time.

English.

I hope this video has made how to pronounce
ENGLISH more clear.

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在这个美式英语发音视频中,我们将复习

“English”这个词的发音。

你正在学习英语,但你对
这个词的发音有多大信心?

谢谢你的请求。

这是一个双音节词。

和大多数两音节词一样,重音
在第一个音节上。

所以应力模式是长-短,大-小。

哒哒,哒哒。

英语。

英语。

当你在字典中查找这个词时,
你会看到这个发音,

IH 和 SIT 元音一样。

IH

英语。

这不是我们用 IH 元音实际发音的方式。

当 IH 元音后面跟着 NG 辅音时,
这发生在所有 ING 词中,如

“walking”、“trying”、“speaking”
,IH 元音会收紧一点。

而不是 IH,英语,它是 EE,英语,

它更接近于 SHE 元音中的 EE。

所以舌头更靠近
上颚。

伊赫,EE。

舌尖向下,前部向上拱起,

比 IH 元音更靠近上颚。

然后舌后部接触
降低的软腭Eng-,发出NG音。

英语-。

有时字母 NG 只会发出 NG 的
声音,就像在“唱歌”中一样。

有时他们会发出 NG 的声音,再加上一个 G 的声音,就像这个词中的英语一样。

因此,第二个音节以轻
G 音开头。

英格,格格。

你的舌头已经就位,接触
到软腭。

所以关闭软腭并将舌头拉开。

这听起来有点复杂,但我打赌你可以做到。

我从来没有遇到过有这个问题的学生。

英格。

英文-。

当你松开舌头的后部时,抬起
舌头的前部。

英文-。

Light L 可以制成两种方式之一。

一,舌尖接触
前牙后面的上颚,ll。

或者,两个,向上按压
顶部前牙的底部。 Ll–

这就是你
在一分钟内近距离镜头中看到的位置,

Engl- 第二个音节没有重读,所以它不会
像第一个音节那样响亮、长或清晰,

-lish、-lish , - 利什。

英语。 在 SH 之前

释放舌尖以快速轻松地发出
IH 元音。

对于 SH,张开双唇并抬起舌头,使舌头的前部靠近上颚。

嘘——英语。

英语。 英语。

让我们近距离观看慢镜头。

开场的声音让下巴掉了下来。

请记住,舌头比通常的 IH 元音高
一点,离上颚更近一点

你看不到接下来会发生什么,因为它
发生在嘴巴的后部。

舌头发出NG和G辅音。

现在舌尖穿过牙齿,
压在上前牙的底部

,发出L音。

IH 元音时舌尖向后,SH 音时双唇张开。

让我们再看一遍。

英语。

我希望这个视频能让
ENGLISH 的发音更加清晰。

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