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welcome to the minute of speech today's lesson is a very common mistake it was
recommended by a high school client in Taiwan says and said which are different verb
conjugations of to say to pronounce these words correctly focus on the vowel
sound not the spelling to pronounce says start with with the tip of your tongue
behind your top teeth and the air moving out of your mouth move to the short eh vowel
that is somewhat open end with a z by placing your tongue tip behind your top
teeth and the air will move out of your mouth be sure your voice box is on and
moving says to say said start with s with the tip of your tongue behind her top teeth
and the air moving out of your mouth move to the short vowel eh that is
somewhat open end with d by touching the tip of your tongue to the back of your
top front teeth be sure your voice box is on and moving said let's try it says
says says said said said Matthew says you said that yesterday
Matthew says you said that yesterday
try it people will notice the difference