English Sounds - Y [j] Consonant - How to make the Y [j] Consonant
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In this American English pronunciation video,
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we're going to go over how to pronounce the Y consonant.
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To make the Y sound, the jaw drops a little bit.
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Yy--
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The lips may be relaxed, or they may begin to take the position of the next sound.
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The tongue tip is down, lightly touching the back of the bottom front teeth.
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The middle part of the tongue lifts and touches the roof of the mouth.
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It pushes forward against the roof of the mouth before pulling away.
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As we push the tongue forward on the roof of the mouth,
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we close the vocal cords to get this sound. Yy-- yy--
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which we add to the sound yyi-- yyi--
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We release them the same time we release the tongue.
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Relaxed jaw drop and the lips are relaxed.
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The tongue tip is down while the middle of the tongue presses forward against the roof of the mouth.
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The word 'yes'. The tongue tip is down,
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while the middle of the tongue presses forward against the roof of the mouth.
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The tongue releases into the EH as in Bed vowel.
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The word 'youth'.
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Notice how the lips begin to round for the next sound.
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The OO as in Boo vowel.
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Yell
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The tongue tip is down while the middle of the tongue presses forward against the roof of the mouth.
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Releasing into the EH as in Bed vowel.
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This sound is most common at the beginning of words.
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It doesn't occur at the end of any words
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though the letter Y does.
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The Y sound. Yes.
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Youth
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Yell
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Example words. Repeat with me.
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Yeah. Yy-- yeah.
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Unusual. Yy-- unusual.
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Senior. Yy-- senior.
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You. Yy-- you.
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Yesterday. Yy-- yesterday.
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Yellow. Yy-- yellow.
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This video is one of 36 in a new series, The Sounds of American English.
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