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Pronunciation help

של ludomastro, 4 באוקטובר 2013

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שפה: English

ludomastro (הצגת פרופיל) 4 באוקטובר 2013, 23:13:44

I'm struggling with how to even begin to pronounce the following:
psiko
scii

I know what they mean, I just have no model upon which to build those sounds at the beginning of words.

ps as in lips? Like "psst" but without the "t"?

sc as in sts I guess; however, I just can't think of a word to use to transition.

Nile (הצגת פרופיל) 5 באוקטובר 2013, 01:06:55

These are actually both pretty common clusters in English, only they are never at the start of a word, which is why you're having trouble.
To practice, try putting a vowel in front of it, or to be more natural, use it in a sentence.

I figure you can say "wastes", right? Try saying "wastes eels". Now say "mi scias" fast, so it's like "meests sias".

Now, for the "ps" sound. Say "lips", but hold out the ess, so you're going "lipsss".
Now try "lypsynch", then gradually remove the "li" part.

Good luck!

RiotNrrd (הצגת פרופיל) 5 באוקטובר 2013, 02:21:00

Rejsi:*edit* Oops. I don't know how to delete this.
Delete everything from your post except a "-" (hyphen). An administrator will then remove the entire post.

sudanglo (הצגת פרופיל) 5 באוקטובר 2013, 10:45:13

sc as in sts I guess; however, I just can't think of a word to use to transition.
bestseller (ie book)

Nile (הצגת פרופיל) 5 באוקטובר 2013, 13:41:37

That's a good one!
Here's one that sounds more like psiko:
"Biopsy-co."

ludomastro (הצגת פרופיל) 5 באוקטובר 2013, 21:50:39

Very nice!

Thanks for the help.

Dankon por la helpo.

Nile (הצגת פרופיל) 5 באוקטובר 2013, 22:13:52

Ne probleme! ridulo.gif

marco_ (הצגת פרופיל) 6 באוקטובר 2013, 00:12:17

love4gives (הצגת פרופיל) 8 באוקטובר 2013, 07:07:03

I'm having trouble differentiating the sound between H and Ĥ. Many books or dictionary says to pronounce it as Scottish "Loch" or what not, but I don't speak Scottish so I don't know how it sounds like.

Kirilo81 (הצגת פרופיל) 8 באוקטובר 2013, 07:57:48

[url=http://de.forvo.com/word/eĥo/#eo]example for <ĥ> = /x/[/url]

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