Subtitles section Play video
-
hello Jennifer from tarle speech with your pronunciation question today we
-
have three words law legal and lawyer and spelling is really confusing here so
-
let's go ahead and jump right in so the first word we have law and to say this
-
word you're going to touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top
-
front teeth in fact this sound starts all three
-
words so you were already you've got to jump on the other words L for law we
-
are not going to say the W sound instead you're going to say an open oh sound
-
made with an oval mouth and the tip of your tongue is going to be low in the
-
mouth and the back of your tongue will be pulled up law next for lawyer super
-
confusing we actually say an oi sound here and to do that you're going to
-
pucker oi and then move to a smile so Loy er
-
and then end with that really strong American er sound tense lips tongue tip
-
either be pointed down or rolled back lawyer' lawyer' lawyer' and then for
-
legal think of saying Li which could be an a person's name Li and do that by
-
saying the L by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front
-
teeth and then moving to that e by smiling Li and then we're gonna end with
-
gull and like the bird and to do that you're going to put the tip of your
-
tongue in the bottom of your mouth for that G the back of your tongue is pulled
-
up add the short uh sound as you move to the L the L sound again to end that
-
word legal legal legal let's try all those words again law lawyer legal law
-
lawyer legal I'm gonna add a little bonus word and because I actually got a
-
question about this just before I started recording and the word is low so
-
law is la W and low is L o w again we are not going to pronounce the W sound we are just going to
-
use the long o so low law and low so the difference
-
here is open for a law and then puckered for a low at the end of that word law
-
low legal lawyer law let me give you an example sentence here
-
the lawyer offered legal advice the lawyer offered legal advice from his
-
law office for a low fee just made up that ending I'm loving myself alright so
-
if you like this video please give us a like and a share don't forget to
-
subscribe and if you are looking for more practice check us out on Google
-
Play and iTunes and I forgot people are going to notice the difference give it a
-
try thanks so much and I'll see you again
-
soon