English Pronunciation 👄 Consonant - /m/ - 'hammer', 'mime' and 'more'
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This is a consonant sound - it's pronounced
/m/. I make this sound by closing my lips and
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letting the sound come through my nose. /m/
I can even feel my nose vibrating - you try:
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/m/. You can hear this sound at
the beginning of the word 'more',
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in the middle of the word 'hammer', at the
end of the word 'sum' and at the beginning
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and end of the word mime. Now you try - listen
and repeat: more - hammer - sum - mime. Good.
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It may be difficult to hear the
difference between this sound /m/
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and two similar sounds the sound /n/ that
you hear at the end of the word 'son',
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and the sound /ŋ/ that you hear at the end of
the word 'sung'. Now listen carefully - and
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what's the shape of my mouth as I say these
words: sum - sun - sung, rum - run - rung.
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Now you try - listen and repeat after me:
sum - sun - sung, rum - run - rung. Good.
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