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Stephenlearner Posted 16 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
How can I make voiced consonants in natural and fluent conversations?
In my native language, there are no voiced /b/, /d/, and /g/. We have unaspirated /p/, /t/, and /k/, as well as the aspirated /p/, /t/ and /k/. (The correct IPA symbols for the latter are [p?], [t?], and [k?])
I have learned to make the voiced /b/, /d/ and /g/ individually, but I am not sure I can make them correctly in natural conversations. I am afraid that I make unaspirated /p/ instead of /b/ in words, for instance, book, bird, bye, and many other words. I am also afraid that the same error happens to the words that include voiced /d/ and /g/, which I may substitute with unaspirated /t/ and /k/.
So HOW can I make voiced consonants in Conversations? Should I tighten my throat or do something else?
If you can understand what I meant, please help. Thanks very much.
I have learned to make the voiced /b/, /d/ and /g/ individually, but I am not sure I can make them correctly in natural conversations. I am afraid that I make unaspirated /p/ instead of /b/ in words, for instance, book, bird, bye, and many other words. I am also afraid that the same error happens to the words that include voiced /d/ and /g/, which I may substitute with unaspirated /t/ and /k/.
So HOW can I make voiced consonants in Conversations? Should I tighten my throat or do something else?
If you can understand what I meant, please help. Thanks very much.
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stephenlearner I have learned to make the voiced /b/, /d/ and /g/ individually If you can pronounce them on their own, then you can also add some vowels after them, and pronounce syllable and words. You shouldn't have any problems...
- stephenlearner I have learned to make the voiced /b/, /d/ and /g/ individually If you can pronounce them on their own, then you can also add some vowels after them, and pronounce syllable and words.
- You shouldn't have any problems...
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stephenlearnerI have learned to make the voiced /b/, /d/ and /g/ individuallyIf you can pronounce them on their own, then you can also add some vowels after them, and pronounce syllable and words. You shouldn't have any problems...
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stephenlearnerSo HOW can I make voiced consonants in Conversations? Should I tighten my throat or do something else?Tightening your throat won't help.
You have to force yourself to get the voicing going before saying the /b/, /d/, or /g/. You might be able to practice this by pronouncing (for practice only, of course) /b/ as /mb/, /d/ as /nd
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Thank you, Jim. I will try your methods.
Thank you Kooyeen.
Thank you Kooyeen.
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