Practicing /dʒ/ - English Pronunciation Lesson (Part 2)

Ready to practice your pronunciation? Pronunciation is the key to improving your speaking and fluency. We will teach you some common vocabulary with the /dʒ/ sound (as in "judge") at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of common words. Happy studying!
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[@Cosmic_555]

Thanks You, these topics are so easy to understand.

[@ellii]

Glad you like them!

[@adamacamara2755]

Thanks for lesson, it’s helpful

[@ellii]

We're happy to hear that!

[@MinBerry-hr7fm]

Do your vocal cordes still vibrates when it is at the end of a word? It's hard for me to make it as a final sound specially when a vowel comes before dʒ

[@ellii]

Good question! They do, but not for long. This sound is an alveo-palatal affricate, and affricates start with a "stop" sound (very short) and end with a "fricative" sound (longer). Because it ends in a fricative sound, there is vocal cord vibration at the end, but it's not as long as a true fricative like /ʒ/. Compare /ʒ/ "garage" and /dʒ/ "cage." The final sound is "cage" is quite a bit shorter. It might help you to think about the /d/ part of the sound as well. Make sure your tongue is touching your alveolar ridge (behind your upper front teeth) and "stopping" the vowel sound with the /d/ part of the sound before continuing with a short /ʒ/ part.

[@MinBerry-hr7fm]

@@ellii So I only vibrate my chords while doing /d/ and make a little /ʒ/ at the end, right?

[@ellii]

@@MinBerry-hr7fm Not quite. /dʒ/ is a voiced sound, so your vocal cords will vibrate the whole time. It's just a shorter sound overall (so your vocal cords will vibrate for a shorter time) than a voiced fricative like /ʒ/ or /z/. This might help: As a final sound, /dʒ/ is almost the same length as the initial sound (the final sound is a bit longer, but it's not an important distinction so it might help you to think of them as the same length). Try saying the word "judge." Try pronouncing the initial and final /dʒ/ the same way. Or try saying another alveo-palatal affricate like /tʃ/ as in "watch." The length of the "tch" in watch or catch (the /tʃ/ sound) will be the same length as the /dʒ/ sound in bridge, judge, and cage. Hope that helps!

[@MinBerry-hr7fm]

@@ellii I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD thank uuuu

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[@ellii]

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