Consonant Sound / j / as in "yes" - American English Pronunciation

[@SoundsAmerican]

🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /j/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_yod_as_in_yes

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Native English speaker here: I had no idea that the letter 'U' was the common source of the /j/ sound. Thanks for the informative video.

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[@ArielVisionary]

This is new to me. I've always taught that y has a sound when used as a consonant and a different sound when used as a vowel. Not that it is a semivowel. Good explanation, although rather lengthy.

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[@1DENich1]

I've heard that sometimes Russian language sounds like a back to front speech for English ear. Now I've come up with idea that it can be because of in Russian /j/ sound often comes at the ends of the words)) I've never heard such thing in English)) Thanks for your job!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

We'd love to if you do! By the way, we always add full transcripts of the video in the video description - check the text right under the title of the video. If you have any questions, please, let us know!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Excellent! We haven't released our app yet, but we plan to do it soon. We'll announce the release on this channel. By the way, we publish weekly posts on our KZbin Community page (link: kzbin.info/door/-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDgcommunity). Check it out, there's a lot of useful information on phonics that may be interesting for your students too. Tomorrow (on Wednesday) we're going to post a new quiz.

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[@rodrigoalcantara2961]

In Portuguese language there is the glide consonant sound /j/ but we call it a semivowel sound and it's used to form diphthongs and triphthongs. For example, in the portuguese word Pai which means father the IPA transcription is /paj /. The english word pie sounds pretty much the same as the portuguese word pai. The IPA transcription for the portuguese word pai is /paj/ and the IPA transcription for the english word pie is /paɪ/. In both words, there are diphthongs. The portuguese diphthong /aj / and the english diphthong /aɪ/ sound quite the same even though the second symbol of the diphthongs are different.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Awesome stuff! In English, there's a difference in how the /j/ and the /ɪ/ are pronounced. There's probably the difference between the English and the Portuguese sounds too.

[@mouettriss]

in Russian /j/ sound is a soft consonant (our teachers make us remember that at school xD) , and i was really surprised when by Brazilian friends told me that in Portuguese it's a semivowel sound, i was like wtf, how but i find it kinda interesting and odd at the same time that same sounds could be considered by such different ways in other languages

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Thanks a lot for another excellent video lesson in pronouncing American sound....

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Elwin Harahap You're welcome!

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Hello. May you record more videos exercising this sound?

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[@SoundsAmerican]

No problem 😊

[@isotestardo]

great video, as always. My little suggestion... I have found more useful to repeat words of the exercise four times , instead of one. Listening and repeating more times in a row ,it helps me to understand and correct in real time my mistakes

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Diego Saggiorato Of course, it can be more helpful to repeat four or even more times. This is a video, so you can just pause the video at any moment.

[@isotestardo]

@@SoundsAmerican of course I can pause, but I should rewind the video too in order to listen again. I suggest to repeat in the video/app the sequence listen-repeat more times. I use this tip in other platform and I find more useful

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Diego Saggiorato We understand but it'll make our videos four times longer which is not convenient for many people. Especially for those who have limited internet connection. Our general recommendation is to practice sound in a large variety of words.

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[@anopinion9830]

It’s 4:36am in the Pacific Northwest, & I’m wondering, did the King James Bible, use the word ‘j’, but pronounced it with a y, and nobody told the modern church?

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@elwinharahap6771]

Dear Ladies and Gents, Please find below an additional list of word that sound “j” in American English for yourself practice: 1. Yam 2. Yucky 3. Yummy 4. Yoga 5. Yard 6. Yield 7. Yawn 8. Lawyer 9. You'll 10. You'd 11. Europe 12. Unique 13. United 14. U.S.A 15. Utah 16. Using 17. Use 18. Unanimous 19. New York 20. Tortilla Hope this is helpful for you to improve your American sounds practice… Elwin

[@bykegetter478]

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[@humbertopieronineto8019]

In this video there's a phrase "There's something you should know about this sound" (between the 2:10 and 2:13) the "you should" part of the phase sounds like "shoshould" or what?

[@the.catholicprayers]

It's actually an assimilation, he said: ...something else you should...., and when the sound [s] meets the sound [j] they both change into a new sound which is: [ʃ]. So instead of saying: ....ɛɫs ju ʃʊd....(else you should), he said: ....ɛɫʃu ʃʊd.... I hope this helped you!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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Thanks for the explanation. How can I use that sound check with words you use in '6.00'

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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another enlightening video. thank you so much. i need to repeat this series. some sounds are challening. is it normal that your jaw, tongue and throat hurt after doing this practice work for an hour? i feel i need some massage

[@SoundsAmerican]

One hour is a long practice! -) Just don't hurt yourself. :)

[@rtrsalinas]

Love your videos. I wonder if you could create a video comparing the sounds in "yet" &. "jet" / "Yale" & "jail" . Thanks

[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you for your suggestion!

[@takeshihanazono3186]

They just compared it here in this video.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you! 😃

[@minhtritran2779]

Why is the /j/ in middle of words like few, new, million sounds the same as /i/ ?

[@rozy9335]

I've seen many teacher misunderstand the combine consanant between "j" + "u" is the new vovels.

[@natanaelmanzanillo3308]

Great video as usual, just I have a question that is confusing me a lot, in order for me to pronounce words like unit, do I have to move my tonge and start with the y position then move to the n the y again and finish with the t? Because is very daunting to get used to all those tonge movements when you are not a native speaker, any advice about this subject?also I'd like to know if you can make a video about consonant clusters? because I've seen that this is very important and It can help non-native speakers to improve their english quicly.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+natanael manzanillo Thank you for you suggestion, yes, we plan to make videos about consonant clusters. Yes, to pronounce different sounds in words you have to make all the tongue and lips movements for each sound in sequence. We can recommend starting your practice by selecting just one sound and practice words focusing on this sound only. When you feel that you can pronounce the sound automatically, move to another sound and practice this new sound in words. Follow the same process with other sounds. Eventually, you'll train yourself to pronounce the majority of sounds automatically and notice that it's much easier for your and less daunting. The key is to practice regularly. Hope it helps!

[@natanaelmanzanillo3308]

@@SoundsAmerican yes of course, thank you very much for the advice, I'll give it a try.

[@maurocarvalho1148]

Unit (= you-nit or youn-it or you+nit)

[@thedamntrain]

*Why didn't you tell anything about the dropation of the "j" sound in American English? I heard how some American English speakers drop this sounds even where it's supposed to be, as in the words "duty", "tutor", "during", "new". Why do some American do this while some don't; and how to know in which words you need to drop the "j" sound and in which you don't?*

[@SoundsAmerican]

+❱ Shadow ❰ Hello there! Thank you for your question! It's a good one. Well, for us the /j/ is not supposed to be pronounced in those words you mentioned 😊. And the words "do" and "dew" are homophones 😊. It's true for almost all Americans. The elision of the /j/ in English words is called "yod-dropping." Some American accents still preserve the distinction between the "do" and "dew." If you're interested, you can read about the yod-dropping here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_consonant_clusters#Yod-dropping There's a small map on this page showing the regions in which the distinction between the /ju/ and /u/ is still made. Hope it helps!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

That's great!

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Thank you very much. I am a Spanish learner of English and I need to improve my pronunciation for it not to be so blatantly foreign.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Great! Let us know if you have any questions!

[@andresabreu2]

Te amo! Great job ❤

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Yes please!

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Thank you so much

[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@gangcaizhu6250]

Hi, your video really helps. here, I still not understand the difference in j and ɪ (short e)? would you like to have a mouth video about this? Thank you!

[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you for your suggestion!

[@abdulgafoor7076]

Even I didn't get the difference In toungue position ? Even I need a mouth video on this pls

[@HarryKane-u6e]

Would be very useful a video explaining the difference between "i", "I" and "j".

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[@ramzy-6566]

Great

[@hibbertjahlil4512]

Yeast and east sound very similar,how can I hear the difference?Thank you ,sir!Same question for the hungry and hungary,they are sound similar too.

[@conclashgo4160]

Buen video, gracias

[@macaroninka]

Thank you very much for your work. If I got it correctly, this sound glides to the position of next vowel, as the consonant sound/h/ does, isn’t it? Are there many words like ‘nEW’ where there is no sound/j/? And what about French words like ‘avenue’ or ‘adieu’ - both pronunciation (with and without /j/) are possible?

[@pssilva3973]

This /j/ "glide" or "semivowel" is part of a falling or rising diphthong. And that is always voiced. /h/ is an unvoiced consonant; not a vowel or semivowel. Whether or not "new", "avenue" or "adieu" is diphthongized that is an issue of regional accent.

[@macaroninka]

@@pssilva3973, Thanks for your reply. What is this, a falling/rising diphtong? I suppose /ei/ is rising one, what's the falling?

[@capitalvideopolis8789]

I have many problems to understand the difference between the/ j / and the /:i /. Someone would be so kind to explain the difference?

[@TookTooMuch-bb6hu]

I don't know well about phonetics and I'm not a native English speaker so let me know if I'm wrong. When you pronounce /j/, pull down your tongue more than when you pronounce /i:/. I hope it helps even a little bit.

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For native spanish speakers this open your mind - ear - mouth!!! El sonido en español no es "LLE" es "IE"

[@SoundsAmerican]

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I love it

[@ibrahimsued4906]

Congratulations . It's like Spanish 'll'' surprising pronunciation which, btw, is called 'Yeism'

[@SoundsAmerican]

Yep!

[@catalinseverineanu2550]

Hi! What’s the difference between the vowel sound /ɪ/ as in the word "hit" and the semi-vowel sound /j/ as in the word "yes"?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Good question! Pronunciation-wise, these two sounds are very much alike. The /ɪ/ is a relaxed vowel sound that is pronounced with your tongue raised very high and pushed to the front of your mouth. The /j/ is pronounced with your tongue raised very high to the roof of your mouth, too, but you don't need to push it to the front.

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[@tricky_english]

The letter Yy sound is NOT the yuh /jə/ but it’s just itself without the schwa. I recommend holding the sound itself longer

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[@ggkim6553]

Semi consonants/vowels are confusing. After watching all of your videos, here is my understanding. Please correct me if I'm wrong. It seems like the final tip/tongue positions of the /i/ is the same as the initial tip/tongue positions of the /j/. Then we can pronounce the "year" as /i(almost no sound) ɪ ɝ/. Can I perceive this way? (I'm aware of the r-colored vowels; sorry about the sloppy notations) And the same for the /u/ and /w/? Thank you and stay safe.

[@SoundsAmerican]

You're right about the tongue position for the /i/ and /j/ sounds, those two are very similar. However, the /u/ and /w/ have more differences in pronunciation. For the /u/ sound, you have to round your lips, protrude them and make them tense. Y. For the /w/ sound, have to round and protrude your tense lips (this part is the same) and then stretch them with a quick and sharp movement. Hope it helps!

[@ggkim6553]

@@SoundsAmerican Thanks. It really helped. The word "wound" just popped up. My tongue experiments taught me that for the /j/ my tongue is positioned slightly back and higher than the /i/. Otherwise I can't say the "yield". Things are becoming more and more clear.

[@ramzy-6566]

10:13 is the vowel i in the word piano /piˈænoʊ/ like i not /y/ , /j/. Thank you.

[@ramzy-6566]

4:24 Hello, you wrote ( the letter 'j' is always pronounced as /dʒ/) is there any exception.

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You're a legend.

[@ramzy-6566]

are the letters ( W - y - l - r ) semi-vowels , how many semi-vowels ?( and what is semi-vowels ) , thank you.

[@SoundsAmerican]

You're confusing letters and sounds. There are two semi-vowel sounds in American English: the /j/ and the /w/ sounds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3ibhHalqaplr8k

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SoundsAmerican Thank you so much.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Welcome aboard!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Unknown.User.54]

Can semi-vowels such [ j ] or [ w ] change pronunciation of [ t ] ( t -> flap t )?

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Unknown User The 't' becomes the flap 't' sound only when it occurs between vowel sounds or between a vowel and a syllabic consonant. The /j/ and the /w/ are consonant sounds and don't make the 't' become the flap 't' sound.

[@Unknown.User.54]

Thanks

[@laudemara.b.1736]

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[@rashikajmain9180]

The Bengali letter 'য' is originally pronounced as 'j' or ya in Sanskrit. But we usually pronounced it as j as in the word joke.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Thanks, that's good to know!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

We're glad you liked our app in the videos. The thing is, we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

[@ardasnnnn]

Hello there! Addressing to 10:12, The word "Piano" doesn't have a /j/ sound according to the most-known dictionaries on the internet. Is that spelling something accepted or a minor mistake of the video? I just wonder

[@SoundsAmerican]

Hello there! Excellent question. In American English, "piano" can be pronounced two ways, with the /j/ or with the /i/ sound. Both are acceptable. One note: transcription and spelling are different. Transcription deals with sounds, spelling deals with letters.

[@ardasnnnn]

@@SoundsAmerican Thank you, sir! I'll be more careful not to use those words interchangably.

[@38d-thiennguyenthe44]

How about pronouncing the /ju/ and /jə/ or the /yu/ ang /yə/ ?

[@vuhuynhduc89]

what app do you use? can you share the name of app?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Hello there! Thanks for asking! This is our own app which is not released to the public yet. We're working hard to make it happen soon and we'll announce the release here on this channel. Stay tuned!

[@franciscothomas6012]

@@SoundsAmerican thanks a million. We'll be so happy if you can release it.

[@Justuserrrrrrrrrr]

Hi can you give me five /j/ sound from those mentioned in the video ? please would be appreciated and thx 🙏

[@SoundsAmerican]

Sure! soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_yod_as_in_yes

[@nickdual]

Thank you for sharing, I am English KZbinr. I teach pronunciation.

[@Justuserrrrrrrrrr]

What is glide sound and how it produced?

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Dominic Montejo Glad you liked it! Stay tuned for our new videos!