English: How to Pronounce the Y [j] consonant: American Accent
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The Y consonant sound. To make this sound,
the mid/front part of the tongue raises and
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presses against the roof of the mouth about
here. The tip of the tongue comes down and
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lightly touches behind the bottom front teeth,
yy, yy, while the throat closes off to give
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the Y sound that yy, yy quality. Here's a
photo of the Y consonant sound on the right
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compared with the mouth at rest. And here
parts of the mouth are drawn in. The soft
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palate is raised on this sound. The tongue
stretches towards the roof of the mouth. Here
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it is not shown touching the roof of the mouth
because there is a passage down the middle
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of the tongue that does not touch the roof
of the mouth. This is where the sound travels.
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The sides of the top of the tongue do press
against the roof of the mouth. Sample words:
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yeah, yard, yield, yogurt. Sample sentence:
Did you buy the yellow kayak yesterday? Now
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you will see this sentence up close and in
slow motion, both straight on and from an
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angle, so you can really study how the mouth
moves when making this sound. Did, the tongue
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tip up and the teeth closed for the D. And
now the tongue goes straight into the Y here,
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so the tongue is pressed against the roof
of the mouth, 'oo' as in 'boo' sound, did
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you. Lips together for the B, buy, with the
'ai' as in 'buy' diphthong. The, tongue through
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the teeth. Yellow, mid-front part of the tongue
touching the roof of the mouth. Tongue through
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the teeth for the L. Kayak, now it's spelled
with a Y, but it's actually the 'ai' as in
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'buy' diphthong, so the tongue doesn't raise
quite high enough to press the roof of the
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mouth. Yesterday, teeth together to make the
S, the R consonant sound, day. Did. Tongue
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tip up to the roof of the mouth and the teeth
closed for the D sound. You, now here the
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tongue is pressing the roof of the mouth and
the lips are making the 'oo' as in 'boo'.
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Lips together for the B, buy, with the 'ai'
as in 'buy' diphthong. The, tongue tip through
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the teeth, Yellow, tongue front-mid pressing
against the roof of the mouth and the tongue
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tip through for the L. Kayak, spelled with
a Y but it is the 'ai' as in 'buy' diphthong,
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-yak, and the tongue raises for the Y in yesterday.
Lips form the R shape, yester-day. Tongue
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tip up for the D and back down for the 'ay'
as in 'say' diphthong. That's it, and thanks
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so much for using Rachel's English.
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