today: can't the contraction of can not and count meaning to determine how many.

Take a look at our words we have can't and  count. So let's start with that k sound  

to make this sound tip of your tongue is down  back of your tongue is pulled up air puffs out. K.

For the ending the nt going to touch the  tip of your tongue to the back of your top  

front teeth. For that n nnnn; air is going  to move out of your nose. And then you're  

going to pull your tongue down and allow  that air to puff out for the teeth T T 

N T N T K N T

So we've got the beginning and the end.

Now for the vowels. For can't we are going to  say a very open short ah sound: can't. To do that  

open your mouth in a wide round circle, the tip  of your tongue is very low in your mouth, ah,  

the back of your tongue is pulled high  up and your tongue is relatively wide.

can't can't can't

Now for count you're going  to move your mouth from open  

to a pucker, ow. So open your mouth really  wide. Again in a wide round circle and then  

move to the pucker. As you do that your tongue  is going to move from a position like this OW  

to flat. So tip is low, back is pulled up and then  the tongue is going to move to a flat position  

as you move to that pucker.

ow ow

Let's try these all together can't can't can't 

count count count can't count

I can't count all of the nice  comments from all of my students.

So if you're still watching I'm going to give you  a one more word that you really do not want to  

say. Um at least here in the u.s. I know in some  other english-speaking countries this isn't as  

bad, but the word is cunt. I really don't like  this word and I can't believe I'm saying it in  

a video. But if you keep your mouth too closed  you will say that short u sound and you will say  

this word by mistake. So focus on opening really  wide for that ah in can't and that ow in count.

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