Name: How to Pronounce: Replacing the /ŋ/ sound
Uploaded: 2021-01-06T19:05:26.000Z
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Description: Thousands of YouTube videos with English-Chinese subtitles! Now you can learn to understand native speakers, expand your vocabulary, and improve your pronunciation...

Past simple

In a previous video, we explored the sound, the sound of hobbies and daily activities.

That sound is made with the back of the tongue.

I am watching television, but in everyday speech you will often hear Americans replace the sound they use the sound?

In its place, the sound is made with the tip of the tongue and the area just behind the teeth.

Let's think back to our previous examples.

I am watching television becomes I'm watching television.

What is important is that the speakers are changing the place of articulation.

Instead of making the sound with the back of the tongue, Americans make the sound with the very front of the tongue.

The next time you watch American films or shows, try to listen for house speakers pronounce the ends of words, particularly words that end in I N.

You will begin to notice patterns in how people speak and how they use thes words.