How to Pronounce D and DG Consonant Sounds | Learn English Pronunciation Course

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Today, we are going to focus on two important English consonant sounds.
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The /d/ sound and the /ʤ/ sound.
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They may be confusing because they sound very similar but they are different.
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And I want you to be able to hear the difference and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
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So let's take two example words.
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The first word is the word ‘dog’.
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It's a very simple ‘d’ sound. ‘dog’
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The second word is ‘jog’.
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It's a /ʤ/ sound. ‘jog’
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So ‘dog’,
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‘jog’
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I hope you can hear the difference.
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Keep on watching. We're going to practice together.
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And I promise you by the end of the video, you will understand the difference
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and you will pronounce these two sounds correctly.
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So let's get started.
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Before we learn about the consonant sounds /d/ and /ʤ/ in English,
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please try to know about the I.P.A spelling.
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It's very important.
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Also you can watch how I move my mouth
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and obviously always try to repeat after me in this video.
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Very important as well.
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You can do this, guys. Let's do it together.
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First, let's learn how to make the /d/ sound in English.
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It's a voiced sound. You're going to use your voice - feel the vibration in your throat.
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What you do is, you put your tongue behind your top teeth.
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And you make your throat vibrate, you use your voice and you produce a sound.
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/d/ Okay.
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Please repeat after me.
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/d/
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Let's practice with the word ‘dog’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘dog’
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Good.
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Let's now move on to the /ʤ/ sound.
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It's voiced as well. You're also going to use your voice and feel the vibration in your throat.
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But this time, your teeth should touch each other.
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And you're going to place your tongue up there and it's not going to move.
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And you're going to produce a sound. /ʤ/
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Okay.
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Please repeat after me.
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/ʤ/
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Let's use the word ‘jog’.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘jog’
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Great.
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Let's now practice minimal pairs.
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These words are almost the same but the sounds are different.
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They're very useful if you want to hear the different sounds in English.
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First let's focus on our two sounds.
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Please watch my mouth repeat after me.
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/d/
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/ʤ/
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Let's now do both. Please repeat after me, guys.
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/d/
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/ʤ/
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/d/
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/ʤ/
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/d/
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/ʤ/
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Let's now use our words.
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Please repeat after me.
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‘dog’
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‘jog’
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‘dog’
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‘jog’
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‘dog’
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‘jog’
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Great job.
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Okay, guys. We're now going to go through minimal pairs together.
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Please remember to watch my mouth and to repeat after me.
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bad
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badge
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barred
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barge
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bud
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budge
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charred
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charge
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dab
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jab
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dale
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jail
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dam
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jam
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dangle
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jangle
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day
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jay
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deans
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jeans
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deer
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jeer
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debt
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jet
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deep
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jeep
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dell
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gel
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dig
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jig
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dim
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gym
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din
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gin
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dissed
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gist
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dive
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jive
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do
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Jew
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dock
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jock
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door
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jaw
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dot
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jot
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doused
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joust
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dread
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dredge
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dug
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jug
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dump
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jump
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dunk
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junk
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dust
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just
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ford
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forge
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gored
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gorge
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head
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hedge
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led
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ledge
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mid
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midge
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paid
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page
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pled
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pledge
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purred
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purge
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raid
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rage
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rid
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ridge
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seed
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siege
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sled
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sledge
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wed
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wedge
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weighed
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wage
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Great, guys.
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Well, guys. Time now to practice with sentences containing our consonant sounds.
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First sentence:
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‘The gym is dim.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘The gym is dim.’
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Sentence number two:
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‘Her jeep drove in deep mud.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘Her jeep drove in deep mud.’
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And finally:
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‘It's just dust on the desk.’
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Please repeat after me.
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‘It's just dust on the desk.’
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Excellent. 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,
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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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Let’s start with our first two words.
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Which word do I say? ‘a’ or ‘b’?
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Listen.
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‘dunk’
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One more time.
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‘dunk’
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It's word ‘a’ of course, ‘dunk’.
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‘b’ would be ‘junk’.
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What about this one?
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‘wage’ ‘wage’
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It's ‘b’ guys, ‘wage’.
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‘a’ is weighed.
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‘purge’ ‘purge’
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is ‘b’
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‘a’ is ‘purred’.
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Listen to me.
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‘head’ ‘head’
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‘a’ or ‘b’?
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It's ‘a’, ‘head’
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‘b’ is ‘hedge’.
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‘dive’ ‘dive’
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It's ‘a’, ‘dive’.
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‘b’ is ‘jive’.
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‘jangle’ ‘jangle’
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is ‘b’ guys, ‘jangle’.
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‘a’ would be ‘dangle’.
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What about this one?
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‘bud’ ‘bud’
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It's ‘a’, bud.
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‘b’ is ‘budge’.
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Listen to me.
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‘barge’ ‘barge’
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It's ‘b’ guys, ‘barge’
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‘a’ is ‘barred’.
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‘dust’ ‘dust’
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It's answer ‘a’, ‘dust’.
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‘b’ is ‘just’.
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Our last two words. Listen to me.
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‘forge’ ‘forge’
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It's ‘b’ guys, ‘forge’.
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‘a’ is pronounced ‘ford’.
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That was excellent guys.
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You now have a better understanding of the two consonant sounds /d/ and /ʤ/ in English.
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Of course it takes a lot more speaking and listening practice to master these sounds
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but you can do it.
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Keep practicing.
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Keep training your ear to hear the differences between the sounds.
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And obviously watch my other pronunciation videos.
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I promise you they will help you improve your skills.
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See you next time.
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Thank you so much for watching, guys.
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