week our question today is a very common one

it's what's the difference between this and these

so let's talk about the first sound and get that out of the way that th

sound

in each of these cases for this and these it is going to be the voice sound

so the voice box is on and moving the tip of your tongue should be out of

your mouth and there should be enough space between your top and

teeth and your tongue for air to move out

and over your tongue that is key if you completely

touch the tongue to the teeth it's going to sound like a d

sound we don't want that you want the air to keep moving ththththth

okay now for the differences between the vowels and the last sound

let's start with this here so for the e sound it is a long vowel it's the

smiling vowel and your tongue is very high in your

mouth it is behind the top front teeth and is not touching

e e e for the short i sound this is sound

my tongue is going to pop down just a little bit and my mouth

really relaxes so i go from tense lips for the e

to relaxed lips eee ih eee ih eee ih

and in moving my lips my tongue goes from very high and flat

to a little bit further down in my mouth and more relaxed eee ih eee ih

now for the next sound we have the z sound even though we spell this word

with an s we are going to say a z a z is exactly

the same as the s sound so let's talk about that first for the s sound

tip of your tongue is behind your top front teeth or pointed down a little bit

air keeps moving out of your mouth sssss your voice box is off for the z

same thing you're doing for the s but your voice box is now on zzzzz

so let's try to put that all together we have

this this this these these

these this these do you like this

or do you like these give it a try i know people are going to notice the

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