Practice Your English Pronunciation /b/ vs /v/ Sounds | Course #14

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In this video, I'm going to focus on two very important consonant sounds: /b/ and /v/.
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I know they sound quite similar but they are different and they are very important in English.
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So I want you to be able to hear the difference and pronounce them differently.
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Let's get started with two example words.
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The first example word that I have for you is ‘ban’.
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Can you hear the /b/ sound? ‘ban’
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Now the second word is ‘van’.
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Can you hear the different /v/ sound?
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'ban' ‘van’
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Now I know guys it seems difficult they sound quite similar but they are different.
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We're going to practice together.
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And I promise you by the end of this video you will hear the difference
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And you will be able to pronounce them differently.
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So let's get started.
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Okay, guys.
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First, let's learn how to make the /b/ and /v/ sounds in English.
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You can pronounce them correctly and you will hear the difference between the two sounds.
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Also - very important to know about the I.P.A. spelling.
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You can watch how I move my mouth.
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And please try to repeat after me in this video.
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I know you can master these sounds.
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Let's do it.
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First, let's practice making the English consonant /b/ sound in English.
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So listen to me very carefully.
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What you're going to do - to produce the sound -
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is first you have to know it's a voiced sound.
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Which means that when you produce the sound, you have to feel some vibration in your throat.
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And what you're going to do is basically push out the air with both your lips.
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Like I said /b/ Watch my mouth.
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/b/
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Now, let's repeat.
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Repeat after me.
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/b/
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/b/
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/b/
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Let's now practice with the word ‘ban’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘ban’
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‘ban’
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‘ban’
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Good.
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And now let's practice the /v/ sound in English.
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So this is a little bit different.
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It is also voiced, so you are also going to have that vibration in your throat.
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But this time, your lips are not going to touch each other.
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And your top teeth are going to be against your bottom lip.
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/v/
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Can you see this?
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/v/
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Let's practice. Repeat after me.
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/v/
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/v/
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/v/
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Let's take the word ‘van’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘van’
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‘van’
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‘van’
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Good job.
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Okay, guys. We're now going to practice with minimal pairs.
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Words that sound very similar but the actual sounds are different.
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And they are very useful to help us hear the difference between the two sounds.
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First, let's focus on the sounds themselves.
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And I want you to repeat after me.
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First, the /b/ sound.
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/b/
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/b/
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/b/
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And now to /v/ sound.
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Repeat after me.
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/v/
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/v/
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/v/
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Let's now do both. Please repeat after me.
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/b/
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/v/
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/b/
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/v/
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/b/
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/v/
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Good.
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And now let's take our words: ‘ban’ for the /b/ sound and ‘van’ for the /v/ sound.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘ban’
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‘van’
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‘ban’
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‘van’
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‘ban’
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‘van’
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Excellent, guys. Moving on.
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Okay, guys. Let's now go through minimum pairs together.
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Now watch how I move my mouth and always repeat after me.
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Let's go.
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bale
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veil
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bane
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vein
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bat
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vat
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beer
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veer
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bent
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vent
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berry
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very
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bet
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vet
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best
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vest
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bid
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vid
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bile
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vile
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boat
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vote
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bolt
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volt
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bow
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vow
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bowels
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vowels
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curb
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curve
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dribble
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drivel
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dub
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dove
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fibre
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fiver
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jibe
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jive
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lobes
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loaves
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rebel
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revel
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Great, guys.
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Let's now look at some sentences containing these consonant sounds.
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The first sentence is,
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‘The bear has vile berries in his bowels.’
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Now, I want you to repeat after me.
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‘The bear has vile berries in his bowels.’
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Good.
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The second sentence,
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‘She has the best vest.’
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Repeat after me.
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‘She has the best vest.’
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And finally,
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‘The bat and dove veered very fast.’
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Can you repeat after me?
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‘The bat and dove veered very fast.’
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Great job, guys. Moving on.
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Let's now move on to listening practice.
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I'm now going to show you two words.
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I will say one of the two words.
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And I want you to listen very carefully and to tell me if this word is ‘a’ or ‘b’.
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Let's get started.
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Okay, guys. Here are the first two words.
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Now…
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‘berry’
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Which one do I say? ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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Listen again.
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‘berry’
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‘a’ of course, guys.
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‘b’ would be ‘very’.
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Here are the other two words.
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Which one do I say?
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‘vote’
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‘vote’
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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‘b’ of course. ‘vote’.
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‘a’ is ‘boat’.
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Here are the other two words.
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Which one am I saying?
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‘vow’
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‘vow’
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It's ‘b’, ‘vow’.
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‘a’ is ‘bow’.
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And then…
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‘bolt’
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‘bolt’
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It's ‘a’, ‘bolt’.
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‘b’ is ‘volt’.
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And then…
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‘fiver’
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‘fiver’
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‘a’ or ‘b’ guys?
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It's ‘b’, ‘fiver’.
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‘a’ is ‘fiber’.
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And then…
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‘rebel’
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‘rebel’
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Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’, ‘rebel’.
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‘b’ is a ‘revel’.
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Which one am I saying now?
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‘curb’
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‘curb’
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It's ‘a’, ‘curb’.
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‘b’ is ‘curve’.
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What about now?
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‘veil’
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‘veil’
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‘It's ‘b’, ‘veil’.
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‘a’ is ‘bale’.
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Next two…
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‘vet’
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‘vet’
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It's ‘b’. ‘a’ is ‘bet’.
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And finally,
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‘bowels’
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‘bowels’
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Is it ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’ guys. ‘b’ is vowels.
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Great job, guys.
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I know you now have a better understanding of the consonant sounds /b/ and /v/ in English.
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It takes a lot of listening and speaking practice to master these sounds, but I know that you guys can do it.
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And with practice, you'll be able to pronounce these sounds in a short time.
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And you will also train your ear to hear the different consonant sounds.
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Please make sure to watch my other English pronunciation videos if you want to improve your English skills.
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See you next time.
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