Cách phát âm /j/, /h/, /w/

H, unvoiced, glottal consonant. Like a whisper of wind, the H hints at the vowel to come. Sigh in a whisper while the lips take the form of the sound that follows. Play the H gently without excess breath. Feel nothing more than a slight hesitation before the vowel. Now play the gentle H in these words. Hat, head, house, hair, hand. Words that begin with WH are pronounced HW. When, what, whistle, whisper, which. Now play the gentle H and the HW in these sentences. You need a hat on your head when you leave the house. You need a hat on your head when you leave the house. What boy whistled at her hair? What boy whistled at her hair? Whisper behind your hand which one? Whisper behind your hand which one? The W, labiovelar consonant. The W is a vowel-like sound that begins where the number one vowel ends. Bring the lips to the smallest opening and precede the following vowel with a resonance. Way, way. Feel the full forward stretch for the number one vowel and then reduce the lip opening as it produces the following vowel sound. Now feel the resonant W in these words. Swimming, once, twice, waves, sandwich, wagon, water, washing. Feel the resonant W in these sentences. I went swimming once or twice in the waves. I went swimming once or twice in the waves. The sandwich wagon needs water for washing. The sandwich wagon needs water for washing. In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over how to pronounce the Y consonant. To make the Y sound, the jaw drops a little bit. Yy. The lips may be relaxed, or they may begin to take the position of the next sound. The tongue tip is down, lightly touching the back of the bottom front teeth. The middle part of the tongue lifts and touches the roof of the mouth. It pushes forward against the roof of the mouth before pulling away. As we push the tongue forward on the roof of the mouth, we close the vocal cords to get this sound, which we add to the sound. Yy, yy. We release them the same time we release the tongue. Relaxed jaw drop, and the lips are relaxed. The tongue tip is down while the middle of the tongue presses forward against the roof of the mouth. The word yes. The tongue tip is down while the middle of the tongue presses forward against the roof of the mouth. The tongue releases into the EH as in BED vowel. The word youth. Notice how the lips begin to round for the next sound, the OO as in BOO vowel. Yell. The tongue tip is down while the middle of the tongue presses forward against the roof of the mouth, releasing into the EH as in BED vowel. This sound is most common at the beginning of words. It doesn't occur at the end of any words, though the letter Y does. The Y sound. Yes. Youth. Yell. Example words. Repeat with me. Yeah. Yeah. Unusual. Senior. You. Yesterday. Yy. Yesterday. Yellow. Yy. Yellow.