A difficult rule for my students. However, I always pronunce the correct sound and they imitates them. They do tell me I pronounce with a different accent than their former teachers.
Hello professor Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Your follower from Algeria.
Tbh when listening to native speakers, i don't see a huge difference when they pronounce "s" or "z" after plural nouns, all kinda sound like "s". Do i not hear people clearly or they really just pronounce "s" for all when making daily conversations? Thank you for such amazing videos and i really love what you guys doing ♥
Thank you! Do you hear the difference between the final /s/ and /z/ sounds in this video? We tried to make this practice exercise as close to a daily conversation as it can get. So, if you listen to it really closely, you'll hear that the endings are not the same.
I found this video is very helpful compared to other videos I found so far. I hope you can do -ed sound too. I got stuck on this subject. Btw thanks for the video
+Rare Visitor It's also much easier for us to make the videos when there are rules :), it doesn't happen often in English :). You're welcome! Yes, we'll make the Dark L video, stay tuned!
But it only gets more confusing when native speakers always know the rule but actually perversely utter z like s sound or sometimes ts sound. or It's just me to be wondered?
+finalholy lin No, native speakers don't pronounce /z/ as the /s/ or /ts/ sounds. Devoicing the /z/ into the /s/ is actually one of the most common mistakes that non-native English speakers do. You might accidentally hear the /s/ instead of the /z/, but it happens since your ear expects to hear a devoiced sound and you may not recognize the /z/. If you practice listening to native speakers pronouncing the words with the /z/ sounds and repeating after them, you'll train your ear to recognize the /z/ sound correctly and you'll learn to pronounce this sound. It takes time, but this is the only way to make progress.
Dear teacher, thanks for all of your useful and vivid videos. I have been not sure how to connect a word with two or three syllable smoothly. For example, flower which is pronounced in IPA I have not seen W in phonic. There are only two vowels.
3 rules got it , Thank You for making this video. Is that any rules for pronouncing Verb + ed sometimes pronounce as /t/ sometimes pronounce as /d/ and somtimes /ɪd/
Should I pronounce the /z/ when the next word starts with an /s/ and vice versa? These super interesting ones. This zebra is mine. How do I link those two sounds? Thank you
Great video, I really appreciate your job. It’s there anyway you could help me with the -ed- ending pronunciation? I found it hard to pronounce it. Thanks a lot
It’s so hard to remember all those rules. I mean it’s also very hard to distiguish the difference between them in daily conversations so I would just go with the flow
This app is not publicly available yet. We'll announce the release on this channel, so please stay tuned! In the meantime, there are lots of practice exercises on our website: soundsamerican.net.
I'm Australian. I'm not an actor, but I actually would like to learn an American accent for various reasons. Do you think these videos would work for me, or are they only for non-native speakers?
+Mike Ock Absolutely, our videos will help, as we're teaching American English pronunciation which, although similar, is still different than an Australian accent. And you are technically a non-native American English speaker 😜. The only problem is that our videos are made so that people with an intermediate level of English could easily understand them, they may be boring for you.
Hi, me again. Your videos are actually very helpful with individual sounds. However, I still find it impossible to speak full sentences without sounding half Australian. Do you have any videos that would help with that? If not, do you have any advice?
+Mike Ock Hello there! We can recommend a way to practice from the field of Speech-Language Pathology which has been proven by significant research to improve pronunciation. First, learn how to make the sound, then practice this sound in words, then in sentences, and then in conversation. In this last phase, practice listening to yourself speaking and focus only on making one sound correctly. If you practice this way you should slowly adjust your pronunciation in conversation. It will take some time, though, but it works. Hope it helps.
Do native speakers of the American version of English ever use the /s/ sound instead of the /z/ sound when phonetically there should be the /z/ at the end of words? Because sometimes it appears as they do.
No, never. Pronouncing the /s/ instead of the /z/ sound is one of the typical mistakes. It may seem like the /s/ due to some slight aspiration, but native speakers clearly recognize it as the voiced /z/ sound.
I don't how to thank you! This video is so helpful! Million thanks! I had a presentation last Thursday and I did it great thanks these videos! I mean, I felt quite confident while speaking! Could you explain the dark L? Please :D Dark L sounds like The Dark Knight jajaja Saludos :D
+ Saúl Iván The fact that you felt and did better at your presentation is the greatest compliment you could make us. We're happy to hear that! Yes, the dark L video will be published in several weeks. :)
@@SoundsAmerican Yeah, I feel more confident and fluent now! Sometimes it's hard when I have to read something outloud. However, I've noticed an improvement in my speaking thanks to you guys, so thank you! Oh, I see... It's just a matter of waiting for it BTW, I couldn't find any misspelling, give me a clue, please Jajaja ;)
Hi! I have several questions if it's possible. 1) when a word ends with "f" does it always changes to a "v" when it becomes plural and it is always pronounced as a "z"? Ex: knife -> knives and wife -> wives 2) when a word ends with the "f" pronunciation is the "s" pronounced as "s"? Ex: laughs, coughs and scarfs 3) how do you pronounce the "s" after a "th"? Ex: mouths, months and baths? 4) do you pronounce "says" as "ses"? The "ay" combinations confuses me haha. Thank you for your great content!
Hello there! Glad you like our videos! You're asking great questions! Here are our comments. 1) The '-s' ending in the words like "knives" and "wives" is pronounced as the /z/ sound because it follows the voiced /v/ sound. 2) The '-s' ending in words like "laughs," "coughs," and "scarfs" is pronounced as the /s/ sound because it follows the voiceless /f/ sound 3) Here's our article that covers our question, check it out: soundsamerican.net/article/a_few_odd_th_exceptions_in_american_english 4) We have an article about the 'AI' digraph too: soundsamerican.net/article/a_perfect_digraph_the_ai_combination_in_maid_and_gain Hope this helps!
@@Darkmoon374 Absolutely! The '-s' ending is pronounced as /ɪz/ _only_ after the following sounds: /s/ /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/, or /dʒ/ (note that these are all either alveolar or palatal sounds).
I'm really like your videos because they're helpful for learning pronunciation. I'm wondering what application you use in videos? How I can download the application?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
Hey, Sounds American, thanks for this awesome video! Looks like you were using an app... there is just a great design or this app really exists? If so, I would like to try it. Thanks.
Glad you liked our video! Yes, we were using an app. This is our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
I love the videos from Sound American, I use Elsa speak to practice word lists from Sound American, but it is difficult for me with /s/ /z/ (because my mother languages put them behind the teeth) /dʒ/ /ʒ/ /b/. I can't make voiced sounds. :(
Cordial saludo desde Colombia... gracias por sus videos !!👏👏👏 Pregunta: Cuando la terminación “se” al finals de las palabras toma el fonema /s/ y cuando toma el fonema /z/ ?
Hi! I have a question. I have heard a person says in the word 'words' to stop the d sound in there, how about those who ends in the clusters of 'gs' and 'bs'?
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🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓 Check it out: soundsamerican.net/
"because they are different animals" jajajajaj that was funny, btw I love the clarity you have to explain things. Thank you from Colombia.
8:08 During the practice I was wondering about the verbs. That's so attentive. Thank you so much!
I like your joke "Well, because they’re different animals"😂😂😂 at the beginning of the video. Keep it up!😉
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There's a typo in this video. Leave us a comment if you find it!😜
It's at the end of the video. A group of zebras is a herd, not a heard. What have I won for finding it? :D hahahaha
+Marquito L Yes! Correct. We need your email address, can you send a short note to team@soundsamerican.net address?
@@SoundsAmerican Sure!
I found it too. A herd of zebraz, a pack of wolvez, a great team of soundsamericans!
Sounds American what is this app ?!
it's awesome that there's no exceptions for this rule.
good job. I am improving my pronunciation a lot. It is a hard work, however, guys like you make the learn English process easily. I am your fan.
+Juan Garcia Glad to hear about your progress! Thanks for being with us!😊🖖
The use of the magnifying glass is awesome !
+Alejandro García Vidal Muchas gracias mi amigo! Your comment made our designer totally happy! 😜👋
I've completely loved this video. I loved the "application" style.
Glad you liked it! We actually used our own application for the exercise part.
@@SoundsAmerican Is it available for us? I tried to look for it but I couldn't find it.
We haven't released it yet, but we plan to do it soon. We'll announce the release on this channel, so please stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you!
That's a really helpful lesson! I've referred to it so many times to review this topic! Thank you, guys!
👍 This is so great, happy to hear it was helpful! Let us know if you have any questions. 👋
Video is very very great. Thanks so much and love Sounds America channel
Glad you enjoy it!
I am so proud of you with all my heart
A difficult rule for my students. However, I always pronunce the correct sound and they imitates them. They do tell me I pronounce with a different accent than their former teachers.
You saved my life, I had learned this sound for a long time, but It didn't work, and now thanks to this video, I can pronounce it. Thank you
Very glad to hear this! Let us know if you have any questions!
I loved listening American sounds.
Love this video so much! Wondering why you don't have one for -ed endings.
Maybe one day!
Thanks bud! Nice refresher! 😀
This is exactly what i am looking for!love you so much!but im a little confused how to pronounce "ts", "ds"and "ths"
+Daisy Chan Good! You're welcome! We'll make videos on 'ts,' etc., stay tuned!
And explain please how to pronounce SIXTHS and similar words with alternating S and TH sounds.
I have the same problem. It's so hard to pronounce and distinguish those.
Sure, we will. Thank you for your suggestion!
@@sonhoangduc8184 i am confused too hope the youtuber can make a video to explain these.
Hello professor
Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I really appreciate your job.
I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity.
Your follower from Algeria.
Thank you!
Tbh when listening to native speakers, i don't see a huge difference when they pronounce "s" or "z" after plural nouns, all kinda sound like "s". Do i not hear people clearly or they really just pronounce "s" for all when making daily conversations?
Thank you for such amazing videos and i really love what you guys doing ♥
Thank you!
Do you hear the difference between the final /s/ and /z/ sounds in this video? We tried to make this practice exercise as close to a daily conversation as it can get. So, if you listen to it really closely, you'll hear that the endings are not the same.
@@SoundsAmerican you are amazing, Sounds American team!
wow !!! thanks a lot for this beautiful video, it helped me a lot !!! the way you explain is amazing !!!
Glad it helped!
Thanks a lot for your video. By the way, there's a typo at 8:37 , a heard of zebras should be a herd.
Yes, you're right, there's a typo in that word.
I loved this video, many thanks!
I found this video is very helpful compared to other videos I found so far. I hope you can do -ed sound too. I got stuck on this subject. Btw thanks for the video
Thank you so much for your teachings I am really hoping by then I will be able to read write and pronoun
No problem. Of course, you can do it!
This channel is amazing
I was missing your videos 'cause I'm a big fan of them thanks a million I'd like you don't quit posting treasure like this, God bless you highly!
+Luis Manuel Baez Thank you for staying with us! Stay tuned for more videos!
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I thought I should always pronounce the /s/ sound at the end of words. Good info! Thank you. The rule is great, I won't forget it 👏👏
+Marquito L Good to know that this is helpful!
Helps me a lot for my english exams. Thanks from France 😉🙃
you are very great English pronunciation educational platform
Glad you like it!👋😊
It's so helpful! Thank you a lot ❗
Hey there, thank you so much for the video. It's very useful. Can you tell me words ending with "w" how they are pronounced?
Great question! Remember that this rule is based on sounds, not letters. There's no words ending in the /w/ sound in English (as far as we know).
@@SoundsAmerican thank you so much.
OMG! That's exactly what I've been looking for. Love itttt.
Glad you like it!
a great lecture😍👍
This video is learnable thank you sir
The joke before the explanation makes me laugh.😃😃😃
😉😊👋
thanks teacher
I love this channel
I just have found I'd mispronounced the endings "es" (like in "horses"). I used to say [...es] instead of [...iz]. Thanks for improving me))
+Денис Василевский You're welcome! Glad this video was helpful!😊
Good to know that rule. That is useful.
Before watching this video I'd like to say thank you for this
+Rare Visitor 😊🖖 Hope to hear from you after you watch it too! 👋
@@SoundsAmerican I like when there are rules for any topics, you make it easier to understand. Thanks a lot again!
darrrk L please
+Rare Visitor It's also much easier for us to make the videos when there are rules :), it doesn't happen often in English :).
You're welcome!
Yes, we'll make the Dark L video, stay tuned!
0:47 Loved this 😂😂😂
But it only gets more confusing when native speakers always know the rule but actually perversely utter z like s sound or sometimes ts sound.
or It's just me to be wondered?
+finalholy lin No, native speakers don't pronounce /z/ as the /s/ or /ts/ sounds. Devoicing the /z/ into the /s/ is actually one of the most common mistakes that non-native English speakers do. You might accidentally hear the /s/ instead of the /z/, but it happens since your ear expects to hear a devoiced sound and you may not recognize the /z/.
If you practice listening to native speakers pronouncing the words with the /z/ sounds and repeating after them, you'll train your ear to recognize the /z/ sound correctly and you'll learn to pronounce this sound. It takes time, but this is the only way to make progress.
thank you.SOoooooooo practical
You're welcome!
Dear teacher, thanks for all of your useful and vivid videos. I have been not sure how to connect a word with two or three syllable smoothly. For example, flower which is pronounced in IPA I have not seen W in phonic. There are only two vowels.
There's no /w/ sound in the word "flower," it's pronounced as /ˈflaʊ·ɚ/.
I got it, thanks. Now challenge me any word 😍
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Tnaтks a lot,the quality of your videos is amazing
+Артем Ярема Glad you like them! You're welcome and stay tuned for our new videos!
thanks so much
3 rules got it ,
Thank You for making this video.
Is that any rules for pronouncing Verb + ed
sometimes pronounce as /t/ sometimes pronounce as /d/
and somtimes /ɪd/
come back to review.
I don't want to forget this
Should I pronounce the /z/ when the next word starts with an /s/ and vice versa?
These super interesting ones.
This zebra is mine.
How do I link those two sounds?
Thank you
Amazing video
Glad you liked it!
so good!!!
How wonderful video! 🙀🙀🙀❤❤❤
Thank you so much for that!
really clear explanation!! thanks
+Norma Quesada Glad to hear that! You're welcome!
Great video, I really appreciate your job. It’s there anyway you could help me with the -ed- ending pronunciation? I found it hard to pronounce it.
Thanks a lot
+Lenny Noé Mirón Salazar Glad you liked it! Yes, sure, we'll make a video on the '-ed' endings too! Stay tuned!
Thank you very much for your work guys! I am looking forward new videos
We'll resume posting our videos soon, please, stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican of course! I'm always in
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Amazing video. 🙏
Glad you liked it!
It’s so hard to remember all those rules. I mean it’s also very hard to distiguish the difference between them in daily conversations so I would just go with the flow
I love this vídeo class. I enjoyed it! Thank you so much!
+Gerardo Martinez Great, glad to hear that! You're welcome!
Practiced today! 💓🙌🏻💙
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Thanks -- good video which I'll share with my students as a review. FYI, a HERD of zebras is misspelled at the end (as 'heard').
Hi, I love your video! Could you tell me wish aplication you used for the exercise?
This app is not publicly available yet. We'll announce the release on this channel, so please stay tuned! In the meantime, there are lots of practice exercises on our website: soundsamerican.net.
Thank for the really useful video! Also, it's designed very well!
Glad you like it!
I'm Australian. I'm not an actor, but I actually would like to learn an American accent for various reasons. Do you think these videos would work for me, or are they only for non-native speakers?
+Mike Ock Absolutely, our videos will help, as we're teaching American English pronunciation which, although similar, is still different than an Australian accent. And you are technically a non-native American English speaker 😜. The only problem is that our videos are made so that people with an intermediate level of English could easily understand them, they may be boring for you.
OK cool, thanks for replying.
Hi, me again. Your videos are actually very helpful with individual sounds. However, I still find it impossible to speak full sentences without sounding half Australian. Do you have any videos that would help with that? If not, do you have any advice?
+Mike Ock Hello there! We can recommend a way to practice from the field of Speech-Language Pathology which has been proven by significant research to improve pronunciation. First, learn how to make the sound, then practice this sound in words, then in sentences, and then in conversation. In this last phase, practice listening to yourself speaking and focus only on making one sound correctly. If you practice this way you should slowly adjust your pronunciation in conversation. It will take some time, though, but it works.
Hope it helps.
OK, thanks very much for that advice.
Do native speakers of the American version of English ever use the /s/ sound instead of the /z/ sound when phonetically there should be the /z/ at the end of words? Because sometimes it appears as they do.
No, never. Pronouncing the /s/ instead of the /z/ sound is one of the typical mistakes. It may seem like the /s/ due to some slight aspiration, but native speakers clearly recognize it as the voiced /z/ sound.
Beautiful 👏👏
+Alhussein Ali Glad you liked it!😊👋
Hi! What app do you use to practice pronunciation of words?
Do you have any video how to pronounce -ed like American?
Not yet, but we plan to make one. Stay tuned!
What software did you use to animate this? It's beautiful
Do you mean the videos? It's Adobe After Effects.
@@SoundsAmerican yes, that's what I meant, thank you.
I don't how to thank you! This video is so helpful! Million thanks!
I had a presentation last Thursday and I did it great thanks these videos! I mean, I felt quite confident while speaking!
Could you explain the dark L? Please :D
Dark L sounds like The Dark Knight jajaja
Saludos :D
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Saúl Iván The fact that you felt and did better at your presentation is the greatest compliment you could make us. We're happy to hear that!
Yes, the dark L video will be published in several weeks. :)
@@SoundsAmerican Yeah, I feel more confident and fluent now! Sometimes it's hard when I have to read something outloud. However, I've noticed an improvement in my speaking thanks to you guys, so thank you!
Oh, I see... It's just a matter of waiting for it
BTW, I couldn't find any misspelling, give me a clue, please Jajaja ;)
Thank you, it's a great video!!
+mehdi 12 You're welcome, glad you liked it!
Hi! I have several questions if it's possible.
1) when a word ends with "f" does it always changes to a "v" when it becomes plural and it is always pronounced as a "z"?
Ex: knife -> knives and wife -> wives
2) when a word ends with the "f" pronunciation is the "s" pronounced as "s"?
Ex: laughs, coughs and scarfs
3) how do you pronounce the "s" after a "th"?
Ex: mouths, months and baths?
4) do you pronounce "says" as "ses"? The "ay" combinations confuses me haha.
Thank you for your great content!
Hello there! Glad you like our videos!
You're asking great questions! Here are our comments.
1) The '-s' ending in the words like "knives" and "wives" is pronounced as the /z/ sound because it follows the voiced /v/ sound.
2) The '-s' ending in words like "laughs," "coughs," and "scarfs" is pronounced as the /s/ sound because it follows the voiceless /f/ sound
3) Here's our article that covers our question, check it out: soundsamerican.net/article/a_few_odd_th_exceptions_in_american_english
4) We have an article about the 'AI' digraph too: soundsamerican.net/article/a_perfect_digraph_the_ai_combination_in_maid_and_gain
Hope this helps!
Thank you so much
NP! ☺👋
I like your videos....!!!!
There are amazing..
'Cause I learn how to pronounce correctly...
Thanks.
+Expeculeshion T.V Glad to hear that! :)
I do. Thanks.
I loved it.....thanks a million keep it up bro!
+Ken Moon Awesome, you're welcome!
In loves what is the sound?
loves /lʌvz/
With z not ez?
@@Darkmoon374 Absolutely! The '-s' ending is pronounced as /ɪz/ _only_ after the following sounds: /s/ /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /tʃ/, or /dʒ/ (note that these are all either alveolar or palatal sounds).
Nice video, good information.
+Josdan You're welcome! Glad you liked it!
Thanks teacher!
+juan juan You're welcome!
this is great, thanks!
Glad you like it!
I'm really like your videos because they're helpful for learning pronunciation. I'm wondering what application you use in videos?
How I can download the application?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
This is insane lol i've been speaking english since always and never noticed these nuances in pronunciation.
شكراً جزيلا
+Fateh Hamidi You're welcome!😊👋
Hey, Sounds American, thanks for this awesome video! Looks like you were using an app... there is just a great design or this app really exists? If so, I would like to try it. Thanks.
Glad you liked our video! Yes, we were using an app. This is our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican glad to hear... I'll be here when you launch it. BTW, if you need one more beta tester, count on me. Thanks!
Great, will do! Thank you!
Good looks sons! You've bodied it!
+First Last 😊👋
Thanks you again
Always welcome!
thanks
Thanks a lot 🌹🌹🌹🌹
You're very welcome!👋
I love ❤ this video
I love the videos from Sound American, I use Elsa speak to practice word lists from Sound American, but it is difficult for me with /s/ /z/ (because my mother languages put them behind the teeth) /dʒ/ /ʒ/ /b/. I can't make voiced sounds. :(
How are we doing with Elsa speak? :)
What is the main difficulty with voiced sounds?
Where are the subtitles for Spanish speaking students? Are there any?
You are the best
Have you done a video for pronouncing words ending in "on" like onion? Refer me to it please
Nice❤
Cordial saludo desde Colombia... gracias por sus videos !!👏👏👏
Pregunta:
Cuando la terminación “se” al finals de las palabras toma el fonema /s/ y cuando toma el fonema /z/ ?
Awsome 👏🏻👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks 🤗
Do these rules apply to verb? Ex: He digs, he sits, etc?
Of course, we actually speak about it in this video: ruclips.net/video/hde9Sg75Nn4/видео.html
@@SoundsAmerican thanks
Hi! I have a question. I have heard a person says in the word 'words' to stop the d sound in there, how about those who ends in the clusters of 'gs' and 'bs'?
The sounds /g/ and /b/ are also stop consonants.
@@SoundsAmerican so they're unreleased?
Thanks!
Thank you, much appreciated! 🤝😊😁
@@SoundsAmerican My pleasure ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
is there sounds American app in CH play?
+lucky Lu ke We haven't publicly released our app yet, stay tuned!