Consonants - The postalveolar affricates /tʃ/ and /dʒ/

[@okiedokie1238]

Your channel is such a gem! As my native language is Croatian, I'm facing a lot of difficulties with "taming" these two consonants ( apart from "sch"). It's an uphill battle but your video definitely helps a lot. Thank you!

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

You're most welcome!

[@نورهانعاشور-ر2و]

This video is very usful 😊

[@unsratkkt1243]

thank you its very helpfull!!!

[@glbrokendevil7625]

Thank you so much

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

You're most welcome!

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

Why the dʒ at the end of word, your vocal cords didn't vibrate (not voiced sound)? Could you use your finger tip touch your throad to check is your vocal cord vibrate or not? Could you make a video to explain more about dƷ at the end of words?

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

It's not just /dʒ/ - the "voiced" consonants other than /m, n/ and /l/in English are often not strongly voiced, just pronounced weaker than their voiceless counterparts, hence the alternative name lenis (weak) for the "voiced" consonants and fortis (strong) for the voiceless ones. Also, a powerful cue to whether a consonant is fortis or lenis is the lengthening of the vowel before a lenis consonant and the clipping short of a vowel before a fortis one (pre-fortis clipping). So for example, the vowel in "etch" is much shorter than the one in "edge" even though they are the same phoneme, /e/. I hope that helps and sorry for not replying sooner!

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

@@pronounceenglishaccurately Do you mean 'not strong voiced' consonant at the end of word can be pronounced weaker and voiceless (vocal cords didn't vibrate)?

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

Yes, for all the voiced consonants, reduce the power of the consonant so it has no puff of air or noisy release, and stretch out the length of the preceding vowel. With long vowels before a voiced consonant the vowel becomes VERY long, and even short vowels are a bit longer before a voiced consonant - they are clipped off before voiceless ones. These factors, vowel length and cutting down the power of the consonant when it is voiced, are more important than the vocal fold vibration, which is there but harder to notice and control.

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

@@pronounceenglishaccurately Thank you so much!

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

@TaiLe-dr5ve You're most welcome. Do get back with any further questions, and I'll try to answer more quickly next time!

[@hulaiswaffa5318]

oh i like this vidio, thanks sir

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

Glad you found it useful, Hulais!

[@johnconor5485]

what;s the difference between tʃ/ /dʒ/ and /ʃ/ /ʒ/ then?

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

/tʃ/ and /dʒ/ start with stops, /t/ and /d/ respectively, followed by the fricatives /ʃ/ and /ʒ/. The exact position of the stop component is not the same as for the /t/ and /d/ phoneme, though - it is postalveolar, in the same place as the fricative, rather than alveolar.

[@Velocc]

Fk this stuff I got a exam 2 weeks after, clear and detail explanation tho, thx...

[@pronounceenglishaccurately]

Good luck with your exam!

[@gypsymusafir1134]

Nice #gypsymusafir113