033 CH as in Church and DZH as in Judge
4: The Consonant Sounds: How to Say Them, Drills & Avoiding Faults
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Another pair of voiced and unvoiced sounds is CH and DZH. Phonetically, CH is written as T followed by the symbol for SH. T plus SH gives us CH as in
Church
Match
Nature
Notice that this sound isn’t only indicated by a C and H spelling.
DZH is written phonetically as D followed by the symbol for ZH. D plus ZH gives us DZH as in
Judge
German
Age
Soldier
Again, notice that this sound can be found in several different spellings!
Where both these sounds can go wrong is when a speaker lets air escape over the sides of their tongue into the sides of their mouth which can sound like this
To correct this, focus the flow of air straight into the alveolar ridge (the gum line just above your front teeth).
Let’s practice the unvoiced CH sound with all the vowels.
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This is a tricky pair of sounds because although they are always spelled the same way, “T.H.”, they can be pronounced as either voiced: “TH” or unvoiced. As ever, if you are confused, the dictionary will always help you. Phonetically, the voiced “TH”, as in This, symbol is a sort of “o” with a li...
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035 L as in Luck and R as in Red
This pair of sounds are not linked quite as obviously as the pairs we have studied so far - but the movement of the tongue that is needed to make each sound is very similar. These sounds are “L” and “R”.
To make the “L” sound, the tip of your tongue brushes over the alveolar ridge like this:
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036 M as in Money - N as in No and NG...
The sounds “M”, “N” and “NG” are nasal sounds - so called because the sound of the voice is pushed into your nasal resonating cavities. These are excellent sounds to use when you want to improve the resonance of your voice.
Humming on a “MMM” sound with your lips together and your teeth apart ...
