The Back N (NG) Sound (+NK) | Nasal Consonants #1 | American English Pronunciation and Ear Training

[@wiolettaanna7800]

It is the best explanation on YT. Really helpfull

[@Maryana_B]

This explanation was really helpful. Thanks a lot! I finally got it

[@Qprovessional]

It's great that I've found your channel

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Glad it's helpful ☺ Feel free to ask questions

[@John2corner]

Hack for "In cubs" is something that makes you stand out among others. Can you make a video of "in + words" linking? For example, "in +the," I know you already have a video of that. I am just giving you an example.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

"In + x" isn't important. It's the N sound and how it links to the next sound that matters

[@doaatantawy6940]

Thx for this amazing video 1♦️-ng is/ng/ sound at the end of a word even if you add a suffix (s, ly, ing, er, est) As in: swing, rings, wrongly, hanger, wrongest In all dictionaries NO "g" Sound only the /ng/ Exception :😕long, strong, young +er, est The sound will be /ng/+/g/ you here the g at the middle of these words 2♦️-ng- at the middle of a root word is /ng/+/g/ Finger, jungle, English, England, hungry, anger, angle, angry, single Here the n and g are splitted in different syllables What about🤔 engulf, unglue.. /n/+/g/ not ng +g as the 2nd point👆 angel,sponge../n/+/dj sound🤔 How to teach it to kiddos

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Thanks for the comment. It's very detailed! However, this comment represents a lot of what my channel is trying to fix. Some rules are extremely useful, but all this detail does very little to help the average learner in actual speech while making it take longer, making it more boring, and making it more likely that they'll just zone out. Too much emphasis on rules also gives a false sense of accomplishment while the learner could be using that time to train their ears and/or getting real exposure to the language, which in itself is sufficient (though not necessarily the most efficient). Also, the hacks I give are specially designed to solve problems like this while not losing naturalness. Why memorize a crazy long list of rules (and all the exceptions!) when you don't have to? I hate how the dictionaries handle pronunciation. Not only are there a number of shortcomings, but some of the examples that you gave are wrong (at least in the way I speak and hear the language). For example, when you say there's no "g" sound at the end of ng words with exceptions like "strong", "long", etc, I pronounce those exactly the same as the all the examples before it (swing, rings, wrongly, etc). Why would "wrongest" not have a "g", but "youngest" does? There's no reason for it and I pronounce the ng in both the same! As for words like "engulf", as I said in the lesson, this creates an optional change that we can make. There's absolutley nothing wrong with changing that "n" to a back n ("ng") in cases like this. I can't speak for all natives, but I do this all the time and so do people I hear speak. The last little group is a perfect example of why schools fail so epically when it comes to pronunciation. As I always say, train your ears, don't trust your eyes. The letter "g" can represent either the "g" or "j" sounds. If the "g" is a "j" sound, then this no longer has anything to do with the "ng" sound. Focus on your ears, not what the spelling says. English spelling is basically only useful for writing. It's detrimental and often useless for hearing sounds, producing sounds, listening skills, and speaking skills. If languages weren't taught backwards, this problem wouldn't exist, at least not nearly as much. And how to teach it to kids? Don't. This is what makes people grow up learning to hate English while never actually developing the ability to hear or use the sounds, which detrimentally impacts their speaking and listening skills. A language is alive. Rules are static descriptions/knowledge that often don't actaully help with the ability to use them. I'd much rather see kids watching a bunch of English tv and trying to use it when they're ready.

[@doaatantawy6940]

@@NativeEnglishHacks thx for you. This really helped me. I will use ur Hacks u mentioned in the video. I really love ur explanation and Completely agree with u

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Awesome! ☺

[@ricardoluizmarcello]

Hi! About “Reason 3”, did you notice that when n is before “k” or “g” (velar plosives) the sound is always /ŋ/, that is also velar?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

That's the underlying fact in reason 3, as I explained. Looking back, I see how this explanation could be a little confusing. What I was saying is that an N will change into an "NG" before K and G, BUT you can choose not to do that and keep it as an N (which we might do when enunciating, for example). It's not an "always" rule as you say, just a "usually" rule (which probably every linking rule is)

[@siddhantkapoor8079]

Awesome explanation 😀!! All that we needed to know is in this video. I had one more question - in words like 'barn' does the tip of the tongue touch slightly back for 'n' sound than it would normally do?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Well, almost everything. The next lesson has one more special detail ☺ As for barn, yes, it definitely can. That seems like the most likely way to do it, just don't go beyond the ridge line where your top of your mouth starts going up

[@siddhantkapoor8079]

@@NativeEnglishHacks thanks!! I am having a really hard time pronouncing 'd', 't' and 'n' sounds after the 'r' sound. I am trying not to touch the tip of the tounge anywhere beyond the ridge . However, seems like when I pronounce d after r my tongue kinda rolls back and touches the part of the mouth where it starts going up.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

With the flapped-d, we can do a modified version before an R that gets pretty far back, but there's a trick to doing it. We can talk about it during the next live stream if you want. Btw, in case you haven't seen the announcements, no live stream this week due to Thanksgiving. But next week, I'll be back ☺

[@siddhantkapoor8079]

@@NativeEnglishHacks happy thanksgiving in advance.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Thanks ☺

[@John2corner]

I am not sure if I recall it correctly. I thought you have mentioned in one of your videos or QNA that the tongue position for NG can be just N; for example, everything can be everythi"n(tongue goes to the roof of the mouth)." In a fast and natural speech, is that possible? If yes, can you give me some more examples, plz?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

I think you don't quite have the details right. You can only replace NG with N in special cases, which are something, nothing, anything, everything (but NOT the word "thing" itself), and the -ing that is added to verbs. Keep in mind there are some words that have an N and G next to each other, but they're two separate sounds, like "danger", which uses the sounds N and J, not NG

[@miguelsuarezlume.5806]

7:56 how do you pronounce " what happens"

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

A very normal way. Remember there's often a range of possibilities, not a single answer. The W is very lazy here; the T is stopped and the H is pronounced; not sure if you have questions about the second word. This is all very real, standard, normal American speech, unlike what you might be led to believe by certain resources.

[@kipchickensout]

The "ng" is just like in german when you say, for example, "Peng!"