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Pronunciation help

di ludomastro, 04 ottobre 2013

Messaggi: 26

Lingua: English

ludomastro (Mostra il profilo) 04 ottobre 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 (Mostra il profilo) 05 ottobre 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 (Mostra il profilo) 05 ottobre 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 (Mostra il profilo) 05 ottobre 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 (Mostra il profilo) 05 ottobre 2013 13:41:37

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

ludomastro (Mostra il profilo) 05 ottobre 2013 21:50:39

Very nice!

Thanks for the help.

Dankon por la helpo.

Nile (Mostra il profilo) 05 ottobre 2013 22:13:52

Ne probleme! ridulo.gif

marco_ (Mostra il profilo) 06 ottobre 2013 00:12:17

love4gives (Mostra il profilo) 08 ottobre 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 (Mostra il profilo) 08 ottobre 2013 07:57:48

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

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