Pronouncing "emphatic" consonants ص ض ط ظ

[@odd1ty612]

Thank you so much for this! This is one of the best explanations on emphatic consonants I’ve seen on KZbin!

[@johnweinert6478]

شكراً كتير! Thanks for your kind words, and I'm glad it was helpful! Always accepting suggestions for new material...

[@didiervandendaele4036]

Thank you. What is the name of your black cat ?

[@johnweinert6478]

@@didiervandendaele4036 Ha! She made an unexpected cameo, didn't she? Her name is دَبْدوبه, a diminutive of دبّ, on account of her bear-like swagger.

[@garrettrye6951]

I’m so glad I found your channel! I’m so excited!

[@Soy_Uz]

Thank you for including all vowels rather than just ‘a’ for the emphatic sounds

[@tomerkandel5824]

Thanks for the help john! that golf-ball description was the best i've heard. I've got two questions if you've got the time to answer: A. A beduin friend of my told me to pronounce the emphatic s with a closed mouth and to make the sound as close to a ch (the hebrew צ) as possible. the resulting sound was like a half-whistled s. Is that a regional way of pronouncing it or is he completely confusing me? He speaks arabic from birth, so he might not be aware of the exact movement his mouth is doing while pronouncing. B. Can you recommend a good source for hearing slowly-spoken, well enunciated arabic? It's hard for me to hear the correct enunciation with most spoken arabic since it varied by region.

[@ajasilikonreffkmimmon]

This is so sleek!

[@johnweinert6478]

Wow, praise indeed! To be completely transparent, this video was the product of an assignment I had in a course for teaching languages online, so there was a rubric in terms of time limits, audio quality, visuals, etc. (It was made several months before the others in the playlist, which also explains the summery lighting and different haircut!)

[@ajasilikonreffkmimmon]

Interesting. Sometimes I just lip it as [d͡ɮˀ] for ض & [zˀ] for ظ.