3 Sounds of the Plural "s" in English: [s], [z] or [ɪz]

[@nessmamourad9571]

The example “there are bits of cake on the floor” you wrote that the S pronounced as “z” but it should be “s” because the t letter is voiceless or without vibration 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@andreagallardo3803]

Super helpful and very well explained for my little 7 year old, Zoe. Thanks!

[@kkkayb578]

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[@kingsmiling1]

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[@rajkumarrakshana7490]

couldnt have asked for an better explaination. you nailed it. thanks

[@Francis_UD]

In fact you can say "is" as both an /iz/ and /is/ sound, depending on your own preferences whether to emphasise your arguments. According to Cambridge Dictionary. Look it up yourself.

[@feliciatan8909]

Thank you for sharing, for the example “bits”,it should sound/s/? Or /z/? The note given in your example shown /z/ which is different from the rules given. Thank you

[@_fatizoukm9949]

Yes it was a mistake its bit[s] sense [t] is a voiceless consonant

Best explanation ever! Thanks a million!!!

[@venkatagirienglish]

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[@saidfarid6382]

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[@Rafael-wf8vr]

Amazing lesson.

[@talagapudhanunjayarao6060]

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[@latoyalewis411]

Very clear and concise

[@geraldinebaranal2357]

Very informative! I learned new things! Thank you so much! God bless you more!

[@sandyworley5990]

So helpful! Thank you!

[@Denise032011]

Teacher you are fantastic! Congratulations from São Paulo, Brazil. Cheers.

[@tungtran5063]

Thank you! Very useful lesson!

[@peter1985aut]

The echo and the black background make the video a bit surreal :-D

[@doaamohammad6637]

6:16 U wrote bits with /z/ And the /t/ is a voiceless sound!

[@justliveit8450]

Larissa, you're the best. Thank you very much.

[@danewhyte7227]

She is very smart and wise too!

[@danewhyte7227]

God bless you, !

[@danewhyte7227]

Amen, !

[@mirnahabib5500]

perfect, thank you I'm watching just before my exam

[@smahuseynova1902]

It’s the best video among the pronunciation videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@QWERTY54945]

Best explanation ever. Thanks.

[@jumpair]

How come at 06:17 "bits of" are pronounced as "bitze" when you earlier noted that if "s" is preceded by silent "t" then it carries on without vibration?

[@elementalenglish]

This is a fantastic question. Any time there's a change in sound, mostly likely a sound before or after the change has caused it. Here, when I anticipated the vocal chord vibration from the [v] in "of" [əv], it led me to vibrate my vocal chords early and transform the [s] --> [z]. (See other lessons on transformation in sound for more clarification on vocal chord vibration). I didn't do this consciously or on purpose. It's just something I must have done unconsciously when speaking naturally and with the goal of efficiency. I probably would never have noticed it had you not said anything!

[@hendtariq3941]

jumpair This is also the question got in my mind.

[@WitheredChestnut]

Because in the phrase 'bits of', there is i and o before and after the ts sound, which makes it sounds like tz. Same thing like Water -> Wader, Tomato -> Tomado, and so on.

[@msrikavya9651]

@@WitheredChestnut what if there is no of

[@kayrarominaquispearancel5350]

Hey I have an exam tomorrow and I can't understand the class but I see your video and this lesson it's easier.

[@aloha20091000]

I think I found a mistake. “There are bits of cake on the floor.” “Bits“ not 〔z〕but 〔S〕

[@Steve-bg4gs]

天海地旅人 you fucking right thanks moron

[@onassisalawi5480]

Yeah you're right

[@user-hs4ev2pc4x]

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[@zinazina1207]

hello from algeria and thank you very match honey .welcome to algeria

[@soundous_ghariib108]

Est se que tu as remarqué q u elle s est trompé dans le mot bits ça se prononce S et nn Z

[@rani_pataitos]

Thanks very helpfull

[@chandramma389]

Thank you madam.good teaching.

[@luisantoniomoran7085]

Bit ends with a voiceless sound and you put a z at the end? You confuse me!

[@josecontreras7153]

Me too!

[@ernestocalleros7977]

It's most likely a typo/error. I think it should end with a voiceless s sound.

[@yamileroes9928]

I'm so confused :(

[@achedangmei4375]

Thank Larissa for your tip.

[@abhinavchauhan7864]

Thats why every language teacher should be acquainted with phonetic.

[@almahjoobdrnawaf]

GREAT. But kindly check "bits" in minute 6.

[@ramarao5352]

Please make a video over Benjamin Franklin exercises like in Richel's English.

[@marcorodriguez6811]

this chanel is very important for me

[@MahmoudAli-yk3hx]

thanks for this helpful demo!

[@kimthuy4437]

thank you very much. Your explaination makes it easy to understand and learn English

[@alonerock136]

6:12 why ending sound of "bits" pronounce 'z'? It contradicts the previous rule at 0:37

[@weijayhuang]

Awesome lesson, Thanks.

[@VictorDanDan]

Very good examples and demonstration

[@jehye741]

Thank you very much. Very useful video.

[@soumapink9568]

very useful video; thanks a lot but could u tell me the pronunciation of the final S in abilities and facilities is it S. Z or IZ ? thanks in advance

[@igoralves9118]

That was an amazign video! Thank you sooo much for sharing these tips!

[@ligiawinner1233]

Excellent, thank you very much!

[@Springkid27]

Great video! Just a quick question, I’ve been hearing the rules like if it ends in r, d, b, g, l...etc then it’ll be a z sound. Is that correct? what about the words like Letters Papers ( usually I heard ending s sound..same as with friends.) Friends Cars Toys Do they all have the z sound at the ends? Thank you!

[@marioenriqueruizjimenez3495]

hello sweeding why in the example BITS you said that it should be pronounced with Z ?

[@tuandao4983]

there are bits of the cake on the floor. bits end the sound is t right? cause p,t,k,f . can s.o help? i have seem Z sound. thank you

[@user-gb8le9vt9v]

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[@mustafanabih7768]

How can I distinguish between the flap T and the glottal stop ?

[@LanNguyen-uy2ru]

Very helpful. Thank you very much

[@ericabaum6343]

Excellent ❤

[@andreinasulbaran3616]

Great job this help me a lot to understand better my phonetic of English class Thank you!

[@anaana-tj8vp]

merci beaucoup vraiment c est très balle

[@muhammadbilalkhan3627]

Good pronunciation, I like it.

[@annisalala]

This video is very helpfull thank you very much, but I'm sorry may I ask, is it British or American?

[@kulik03]

American

[@redonekhadiri4670]

Annisa Nafisa Latifah American

[@Khaled.64]

Thanks!

[@regibrasil8143]

Definitely you are the best!

[@greggrisham9221]

Excellent job! Thank you. So useful and well explained by the speaker and graphics.

[@skhenglishonline3331]

Great way

[@gabrielapedrosa9256]

That's the best video I've watched about the sounds of the plural. Nice job and thank u very much.

[@cristobalperezfigueroa3248]

Excellent video !

[@user-pl1kc7dx5s]

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[@mahmoudasmaa3822]

بجد اكتر من رائع

[@user-pl1kc7dx5s]

يب

[@mjdalyemen7795]

Except /IZ/ sound. You could've made it easier if you had mentioned the letters (ce, ge, ...etc).

[@ElGatoVato768]

I still don´t get whether the /z/ in /iz/ is voiced or voiceless

[@tootaalsayady3338]

Great explaination👍

[@user-zl9zt7dn1m]

0:34

[@hossamyasser8651]

Magnificent.

[@gabrielsanchez271]

Me gustó el video

[@pivpo]

I have a question. If I correctly understand the lession, all words terminated by "ion", for example: nations, computations, pronunciations,.. the plurial will be pronunced /z/, right? My friends doesn't agree with me, because we don't pronunce the letter "n", so for him, the rule cannot be applicated. And he hears people always pronunce /s/. So, the words terminated by"ion", the plurial will be pronuced /z/ or /s/ ?

[@hendtariq3941]

x x the /n/-sound is voiced, so the the following plural "s" is pronounced as /z/.

[@wongyx3260]

Hi, I would like to ask about the words ended with /i/ and /ɪ/ how should we pronouns? for example: Copies, activities, and replies.

[@elementalenglish]

+Ye Xiong all of your examples end with the [iyz] sound (the same sound in "cheese", for example).

[@kurosakyengel8549]

I have a doubt, When you mention the word ( slices) that is supposed to be with ( IZ sound), did you mention the (z) sound ?? or Does it sound like ( IS) ?

[@ngiii100]

It's always [IZ] as far as I know...

[@ronaldobottger1497]

gracias me ayudo mucho. thanks it help me to much

[@Madelinhsm]

Don't forget to add an S to the third person always! "It helpS me so much" :D

[@hanhnguyenhang5024]

Thank you for teacher. It is very good lesson for learner in the world. I hope have chance to practice with teacher in the near time.

[@spideraction11]

it is good

[@larben5318]

thanks so much for this video

[@ricardopineda9849]

great video

[@bronislavazvedelikova9170]

Very helpfull, thank you very much.

[@kennyan8852]

Good job

[@T-Mohsin]

Perfect

[@julllamase.2176]

Your videos are awesome!

[@gabrieltobosogaliano6530]

Please I need to know exceptions to this rule.

[@abdirahmanmuseali9852]

Thanks alot

[@irishjadebisnar6819]

every time i speak in english word with s ,it became h. i dont know what to . when i speak a word with s it always became h or t

[@mjdalyemen7795]

Effective.

[@hichemchalouche7722]

i feel vibration in both of them , should i see a doctor !! and sometimes i feel no vibration , it's like i can vibr any letters if i want to --' so it's not working with me

[@alaemakhtiche9669]

The pronunciation of the word activities is z or iz

[@photolanlan1758]

it very helpfull

[@Sadbichar]

Useful

[@stig]

I'm killing myself trying to find info on the s added to third person singular verbs. Are the rules exactly the same? I'm looking like a fool in front of my students because I confused the spelling rules with the pronunciation rules.

[@HeyMcDLove]

Have you solved the problem?

[@javierchavezgonzalez1251]

Excellent!

[@asigrowup]

So bosses will use iz, right?

[@odairqueiroz]

very good!

[@mononitabenya4413]

Excellent 👍👌

[@mohammadamjad3431]

The name of the boy

[@alexandralimaelt]

Thank you for this great lesson! It helped me a lot!

[@HumorOfLife]

Thanks.

[@bulldogzx6648]

Write the s sound heard at the end of each word as /s/, /z/, /iz/. 1. Obey _____ 2. Farms ____ 3. Verses ____ 4. Capms _____ 5. Works _____ 6. Blesses _____ 7. Embrace_____ 8. Sleeps______ 9. Wears_______ 10. Chases_______ Help me to Answer pls.. Thank you

[@Lya_riana]

i's good for my kids

[@nonoonawaf7193]

Fantastic 👍what about comes!