English Sounds - F [f] and V [v] Consonants - How to make the F and V Consonants
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In this American English pronunciation video,
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we're going to go over how to pronounce the F and V consonants.
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These two sounds are paired together because they take the same mouth position.
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FF is unvoiced, meaning only air passes through the mouth,
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and VV is voiced, meaning you make a sound with the vocal cords.
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VV
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To make these sounds,
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the bottom lip lifts and touches the very bottom of the top front teeth.
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Ff-- Vv--
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The top lip lifts a little bit to get out of the way of the bottom lip.
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You don't want to see your bottom lip disappear.
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Ff--
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It's actually the inside of the lip, here,
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that makes contact with the teeth.
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Ff-- Vv--
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The tongue should stay relaxed so the air can easily push through,
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causing the bottom lip to vibrate against the top teeth.
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Let's look at the sounds up close and in slow motion.
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The top lip lifts so the bottom lip has room to vibrate
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against the bottom of the top front teeth.
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Very. Bottom lip goes to the bottom of the top front teeth.
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Flavor. The bottom lip goes to the top front teeth for the F
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and again for the V.
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Enough. Bottom lip to top front teeth.
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When you work on these consonants and words with these consonants,
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watch yourself and make sure your bottom lip doesn't curl in.
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Ff-- Vv--
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Remember it's the inside of the lip that makes these sounds.
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The F and V consonants.
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Very
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Flavor
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Enough
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Example words. Repeat with me.
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Live, vv--, Live
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Value, vv--, value
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Provide, vv--, provide
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Fresh, ff--, fresh
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Offer, ff--, offer
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Tough, ff--, tough
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This video is one of 36 in a new series, The Sounds of American English.
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Most of the materials you'll find elsewhere just teach the sounds on their own in isolation.
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It's a mistake to learn them this way.
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