British English Pronunciation - Consonant Sounds /s/ & /z/ - Fricatives/Sibilants/Minimal Pairs

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[@nataliaspinelli7008]

Thank you. I have problems to distinguish both sounds.

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[@nataliaspinelli7008]

Thanks!!

[@daviskd2680]

Well done. Your explanation of the sound of the letter S as /s/and/Z/is understandable. The sound of S is always a puzzle. The words houses and scissors are exceptional. The ending _ce is always pronounced / Z/ There is no exception to the rule, Okay?

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Thanks for your comment. The ending '-ce' is usually pronounced /s/.

[@celestevallejos6104]

Thanks so much for the video, I am practicing transcription for an exam and I get wrong so many times when it is /s/ and when it is /z/ what you said will help 😊

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[@luciaramirez6758]

thank you so much! I struggled a lot with the z sound, now I'm finally able to do it. :)

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[@jeanlrm]

Thank you so much Lean! Please keep uploading videos!! You are amazing! New subscriber here!

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I will, thanks for subscribing!

[@javierluisbarrera7867]

Thank you for this video! For spanish speakers, like me, the difference between these two sounds is complicated since our phonetics has less sounds and we don't learn phonetics properly in our English lessons. That's why I really appreciate these videos! Are "this" and "these" considered minimal pairs?🤔 Could you do a video about the sound ʒ? This sound is a mystery for me.

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Thanks for your comment! This /ðɪs/ and these /ðiːz/ are NOT a minimal pair because they have more than one different sound. I will do a video about the /ʒ/ sound in the future.

[@adrianwakeisland4710]

I can speak Spanish as a foreign speaker and learner but I always pronounce the double LL as sibilant Z instead of typical English Y sound.

[@Nati__1987]

Hola Ed. Me ha gustado mucho el video. La verdad, es que a mi se me dificulta pronunciar palabras con el sonido "z". Siento que cuando digo palabras con ese sonido, no me sale natural. Y a parte, siento que me cambia la voz cuando las digo. Saludos desde Chile.

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Gracias por tu comentario! El sonido /z/ es difícil para hispanohablantes pero es un sonido muy común en inglés.

[@artvandelay8830]

Verbs like to prize/prise tend to get the z sound while nouns get the s sound, like price, right?

[@fatimaoldani6152]

Idk how I came to this video but thanks God I did! This is so great, helps a lot! You got a new subscriber :)

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[@melinasimonetti6033]

Very useful! Thank you! And very well explained!! I've subscribed now! Spanish speakers always have trouble with prepositions. It would be very useful to have video about this subject as well. Thank you in advance 😊

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Thanks for subscribing! I don't make videos about grammar anymore but you might like this video about common mistakes that Spanish speakers make: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaW1mn2LmpxojKM

[@melinasimonetti6033]

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[@mcchirisa]

Great explanation and Very helpful! How do you link a word ending with an /s/ together with a word starting with a /z/? For example six zero?

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Thanks for your comment! The /s/ sound is usually omitted from the end of words when the next word starts with the /z/ sound. So, 'six zero' sounds like /sɪk/ /ˈzɪərəʊ/

[@mcchirisa]

@@LeanEnglishPronunciation thank you. And similar the other way around, right?

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@@mcchirisa Correct, the /z/ sound is usually omitted from the end of words when the next word starts with the /s/ sound.

[@thuannguyen-mw1mg]

Good job, bro🤗

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Thank you!

[@noZ3v]

Excellent.

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Thanks!

[@solkoselig3686]

You are doing a good job, bruv

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[@americagil2891]

Thanks a lot!!

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[@AnhNguyen-vs3ti]

Hi Ed, can I know your full name? I'm currently doing a case study and I plan to add your video to my reference list. Please answer me as soon as possible. Thanks so much

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Edward Owens

[@AnhNguyen-vs3ti]

@@LeanEnglishPronunciation Thank you so much for your quick response! How about Studio location and Distributor/Studio?

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@@AnhNguyen-vs3ti I don't have a studio or distributor

[@natalianazar4549]

Thanks you're great! I'm studying to be a translator and I can't get my degree 'cos I can't pass phonology!

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[@meztlineyda]

More "Rude English" please! XD

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Sorry, I changed the name of my channel but I will keep uploading videos!

[@hectorpg1181]

Many native speakers don''t make a clear difference between those sounds, they pronunce the "z" sound so slightly that makes it imperceptible

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It's true that voiced consonants lose some of their voicing at the end of words but this is compensated by a slight lengthening of the preceding vowel sound making the word distinguishable from its minimal pair

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