English Pronunciation - S & SH

Hello, everybody. My name's Ronnie. I'm going to teach you some very, very important, beautiful,

fantastic pronunciation. It's very simple. It's very easy. Once you watch this video,

you'll get it, and you'll never make the mistake again, and people will understand you, and

your life will be fantastic, maybe. Today, I'm going to teach you the difference in pronunciation

between "s" and "sh," which is pronounced "sh." To be funny, you can go, "it." I'll

teach you that later. So when you want to say a simple "s," you can always make the

noise like a snake, and you can always think about it as putting on a couple of "s's" at

the beginning when you're trying to learn how to pronounce it. So this is like a snake

goes "sss." And this, if you remember being a child, and maybe someone telling you to

be quiet, and they say, "sh." They always do this with their lips, and they take the

finger and go, "sh." And in class, your teacher would go, "sh," and you'd say, "it," and

it would be funny. So this one is "sh." Sorry, that's wrong. This one is "sh." If you do

this, "sh," you can remember. This one is like a snake, and it's "sss." So "sss" and

"sh." Okay? But don't use your finger all the time.

So let's go through the first one or two. These are called minimal pairs, and they teach

you the differences. You can practice these until you get them. You can practice them

forever. The first word is the ocean. It's "sea." So it's "sss-sea." If it's easier for

you, you can even just say this letter, A-B-C. This is the same pronunciation. So this word

is "sss-sea." The next one is a girl, and it's "sh-she." "Sea," "she." "Sea," "she." Got it?

So when you want to say this list of words, you're always going to make like a "sss-snake"

sound. And when you say this list of words, it's always going to be like a "sh-sh" sound.

Let's try this one. "Sip" and "sh-ship." "Sip," "ship." You try now. "Sip," "ship." Did you

do it? To make it easier for you, you can always just throw on a couple of S's there

and say "sip" and "ship." Good. Let's try the next one. The next one you do if you are

trying to get people to buy something, you're going to "sell" something. "Sell." If you

go to the "sea," maybe you will find a "sea-shell." Has anyone ever found a "sea-shell" before?

I'm going to attempt to draw a picture. Oh, there you go. There's a "sea-shell." Isn't

it beautiful? So this word is "sell," and this word is "shell." To make it very difficult,

you can try and say "sea-shell." Try that. "Sea-shell." Good. Let's try the next one.

Next word is something that you sit on, like a chair. It's called a "seat." This one can

be a piece of paper, or we say a "sheet." Be careful on that word. This is a long "e"

sound, so it's "sheet." You can think of it if you want to. Say this word, "sheet." It's

the exact same pronunciation, so "sheet." "Seat." "Sheet." Good. We're almost done.

This word, "suit." Once again, if you'd like to, and if it helps you, just write in the

extra "s's" and say "suit." Usually a businessman or a businesswoman would wear a suit to work,

and this word is "shoot." Bang, bang. You might shoot a gun. So this is "suit." "Shoot."

"Suit." "Shoot." The last one, we're actually moving the sound to the end of the word. The

pronunciation that I've taught you doesn't change. The only thing that changes is where

I've put it. So this word is "class." So the "snake" in this sentence is at the end of

the sentence. So maybe you go to "English class." Or, no, not "math class." This word

is actually one of my favorite bands ever in the world. Does anyone know The Great,

The Fabulous? They're dead now. The lead singer's dead. The Clash. This word is "the." Sorry,

this is "the." And this word is "clash." So at the end of the sentence, it's "class."

And this is "clash." "Class." "Clash." This is all. I hope that you are able to now pronounce

"s" and "sh" with ease. If you have any questions, please, please email me. Go to www.engvid.com,

and you can find out some more. Bye-bye.