American English Pronunciation | The SH /ʃ/ and ZH /ʒ/ Consonants

[@kathygordon9627]

Thank you for an excellent video. I watch you religiously and appreciate your experience and expertise so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Glad to help, Kathy! thanks for the comment :)

[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you, i enjoyed a lot.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You're welcome, Ramzy! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

This video very helpful. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Great - glad you liked it! :)

[@brunopinheiro5456]

Another amazing video. You are for sure the Best. These pair of consonant sounds are also presented in Portuguese. It's so nice to see that many English consonant sounds exist in my native language too. In Portuguese spelling the sh /ʃ/ is often represented by the letter in the beginning of words and in the middle of some words like Xícara, xadrez , meXer, meXilhão, etc. But it can also be spelled with the diagrapgh ( two letters representing one single sound) in words like: CHuva, CHave, CHocolate caCHeado, caCHorro. On the other hand, the ZH /ʒ/ sound is often represented by the letter . This sound can be heard in words like: Janela, Jeito, Jiboia, Jogo, Jumento, feiJão, JuJuba, etc. However, this sound can also be represented by the letter before the vowel letters and in some words like: Gelo, Geladeira, tiGela , Girafa, aGiota. Curiosity: the names of the letters J, and G in Portuguese are respectivily Jota pronounced /'ʒɔ.tə/ and Gê pronounced /ʒe/. J => jota /'ʒɔ.tə/ G => gê /ʒe/ So the zh /ʒ/ sound is pronounced within the names of these letters.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Bruno - Ah, very interesting indeed! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise of Portuguese! :)

[@geirmyklebust]

Always helpful, thanks Julie.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You're very welcome, Mykle! :)

[@yungwest00]

Thank you julie!

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You're very welcome! Glad you liked it! :)

[@marlenemirabales3716]

Thanks for this helpful video.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You're very welcome, Marlene! :)

[@fongbeng9072]

I'm expecting more videos from you,teacher.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi fong - Thanks for your comment! I'll be publishing more videos soon! :)

[@reemmahrous981]

Thanks ❤❤❤❤

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You're welcome, Reem! Glad you liked this video! :)

[@dalton1347]

Those sounds seem to play when the wind blows, everything looks wonderful and fantastic, excellent explanation and demonstration, thank you very much Julie.🤓🤓🤓

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Dalton - Yes, that's very true! Thanks so much for the comment - I'm so glad that my videos are helpful! :)

[@nathanhunter7]

Sososososososo good!

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks sosososososo much, Nathan!! :)

[@S.S.830]

/d3/ ,/s/ ,/z/, / 3/ and sh sounds confused me.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi @S.S.830 - These sounds are often confused for one another. I hope this video helped you to distinguish between them! :)