F vs V Consonant Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course | 50 Words

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In this video, I'm going to focus on two consonant sounds.
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The sounds /f/ and /v/.
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So the ‘f’ sound and the ‘v’ sound.
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They may sound similar but they are actually quite different.
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And they are very important sounds in the English language
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so I really want you to be able to hear the difference
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and pronounce them correctly.
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Let's take two example words.
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The first word is the word ‘fan’.
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Can you hear the /f/ sound?
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‘fan’
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The second word is ‘van’.
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Can you hear the /v/ sound this time?
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‘van’.
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So ‘fan’ and ‘van’.
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I know guys.
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They sound really similar, but they are different.
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And we're gonna practice together.
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By the end of this video, you will be able to pronounce them correctly.
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I promise.
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So keep watching.
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Before learning about the /f/ and /v/ sounds in English,
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you need to focus on the IPA spelling.
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It's very useful.
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You can also watch how I move my mouth, and obviously you need to repeat after me in this video.
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I know you can make those sounds guys so let's do it together now.
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First, let's produce the /f/sound in English.
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What you're going to do is - you're not going to use your voice.
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It's a voiceless sound so no vibration in your throat.
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You are going to place your teeth against your bottom lip
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and you're going to push out some air through your teeth and your bottom lip.
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So, okay, please watch my mouth and repeat after me.
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/f/
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Let's practice with the word ‘fan’.
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Repeat after me.
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fan
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fan
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fan
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Good.
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As for the/v/sound, it's exactly the same as the/f/sound.
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But this time, you are going to use your voice.
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It's a voiced sound so you are going to feel some vibration.
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Okay
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So /v/.
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Can you please repeat after me.
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/v/
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Let's practice with 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.
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Let's now practice with minimal pairs.
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Words that sound very very much alike but the sounds are actually different.
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They are very useful if you really want to hear the difference between the two sounds.
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First, let's practice producing the sounds themselves.
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Please repeat after me.
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First, the/f/ sound.
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/f/
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Now the/v/ sound.
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Repeat after me.
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/v/
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Let's now do both.
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Repeat after me, guys.
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/f/ /v/
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Let's now take our words.
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Repeat after me.
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fan
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van
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fan
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van
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fan
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van
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Good, guys.
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Okay, guys.
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Let's now go through minimal pairs together.
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Please watch me and how I move my mouth.
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And repeat after me.
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Let's do this.
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belief
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believe
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calf
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carve
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fail
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veil
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fast
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vast
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fat
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vat
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fault
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vault
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fear
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veer
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fee
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V
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feel
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veal
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feign
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vein
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fender
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vendor
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ferry
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very
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file
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vile
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fine
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vine
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foul
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vowel
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grief
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grieve
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leaf
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leave
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life
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live
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proof
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prove
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safe
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save
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serf
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serve
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staff
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starve
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strife
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strive
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surf
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serve
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waif
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waive
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Great, guys.
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Okay, students.
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Let's now practice with a few sentences containing these consonant sounds.
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The first sentence is, ‘The vendor sold me a new fender.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘The vendor sold me a new fender.’
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The second sentence.
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‘Live a fast and vast life.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘Live a fast and vast life.’
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Good.
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And finally, ‘Save your money in the safe.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘Save your money in the safe.’
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Good.
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Let's move 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 and I want you to listen very carefully and
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to tell me if this word is ‘a’ or ‘b’
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Let's get started.
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So you have two words, ‘a’ and ‘b’.
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Now which one do I say?
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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Listen.
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belief
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One more time.
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belief
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Was this ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’, guys – ‘belief’.
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‘b’ would be ‘believe’.
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save
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save
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘b’, ‘save’.
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‘a’ is ‘safe’.
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carve
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carve
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It's ‘b’, ‘carve’.
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‘a’ would be ‘calf’.
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Now listen to me.
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feel
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feel
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It's ‘a’, ‘feel’.
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‘b’ is ‘veal’.
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fender
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fender
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'a' or 'b'?
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It's ‘a’, ‘fender’.
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‘b’ would be ‘vendor’.
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Listen to me, guys.
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very
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very
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It's ‘b’, ‘very’.
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‘a’ is pronounced ‘fairy’.
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vine
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vine
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It's ‘b’, ‘vine’.
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‘a’ is ‘fine’.
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starve
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starve
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‘a’, ‘b’ - what do you think guys?
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It's ‘b’, ‘starve’.
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‘a’ would be pronounced ‘staff’.
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strife
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strife
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It's ‘a’, ‘strife’.
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‘b’ is ‘strive’.
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And the last two words surf
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surf
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‘a’ ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’, surf.
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‘b’ would be ‘serve’.
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You now understand the difference between these two consonant sounds.
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The /f/ sound and the/v/sound in English.
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Of course it takes a lot of listening and speaking practice to master these sounds,
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but you can do it.
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So keep practicing to be able to pronounce them correctly
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and to train your ear to hear the differences between the sounds.
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Also make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos
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if you want to improve your English skills.
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So see you next time.
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Thank you so much for watching, guys.
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