Pronunciation Course Class #7

Movie Marley and Me

/ s/ and /z/ depending on part of speech The “s” letter can be pronounced with 3 different sounds: /s/ /z/ and /  z/ /s/ and /z/ sounds Noun/AdjectiveVerb /s/ /z/ /s/ /z/ a use to use a use to use

In English, if a word ends in an / s / sound, this sound will always be the same. Brazilian speakers tend to mispronounce this phoneme because, in Portuguese, the /s/ phoneme can change to /z/ depending upon the next phoneme: e.g. “pois é, pois não. mas eu, mas você” A typical Brazilian mistake /s/ YES Yes, I do. Yes, he does. /z/ HIS It’s his car. It’s his umbrella.

Brazilian speakers also have a problem when the / s / phoneme is in an initial position. Because we don’t have this phonemic combination in our language, we tend to add an extra vowel sound when pronouncing words starting with an / s /. /  / in the initial position

-s endings (plurals, third person and possessives) /s//z/ /  z/ Voiceless sounds Voiced sounds Sibilants or – x (sound is /ks/) /p/, /f/, /t/, /k/, / T/ /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /r/, /l /, /D/, m/, /n/ or a vowel. /s/, /z/, /  / /  /, /  /, /  /, /ks/

Listening exercise – p.60 Wife’s (/s/)legs (/z/) sister’s (/z/) Those(/z/)places (/ Iz/ )gets (/s/) Pedicures(/z/)separators(/z/) That’s (/s/)looks (/s/) Colors(/z/)tips(/s/) Face (/s/)goes (/z/) Is(/z/)eyes (/z/) Stops(/s/)marks(/s/) Close (/z/)

Consonant Clusters In English, many words end with a consonant cluster. Observe: Ct ptftnd Factadaptgiftsend

When adding an –s to a consonant cluster… Simplify! There is a tendency of simplifying the clusters /kt/, /pt/ or /ft/ and /nd/) by dropping the last sound before –s. Simplify! There is a tendency of simplifying the clusters /kt/, /pt/ or /ft/ and /nd/) by dropping the last sound before –s. Eg. Facts adapts giftssends /f Qks/ /adEps/ /gIfs/ /senz/ /f Qks/ /adEps/ /gIfs/ /senz/

-ed Endings -ed Endings are often very difficult for Brazilians because sounds don’t change based upon the previous sound. -ed Endings are often very difficult for Brazilians because sounds don’t change based upon the previous sound. There are three –ed ending sounds There are three –ed ending sounds /t//t/ /d//d/ /Id//Id/