Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles hey everyone Jennifer from tarle speech today I have your pronunciation question three words and a BOGO a buy one get one free the words are West the direction waist the middle of your body and waste to be care less about conserving resources two words are pronounced exactly the same thank goodness and so let's go ahead and jump right in so the words here the difference is going to be the vowel so the beginning of the word W the W sound pucker your lips for that W and the air just keeps coming out of your mouth and the ending for these two words we're going to say S T S T so to say that s T combination you're going to say that s sound and keep that air moving out of your mouth to make the S sound your tongue does not touch your teeth to stop that air for the T sound touch the tip of your tongue to the back of your top front teeth ST ST ST okay now let's tackle the vowels for West West Eh EH EH my mouth is going to be slightly open and my mouth is going to be relaxed and stable and static it's not going to move for that vowel EH EH EH I call this kind of the smirking sound because it's not really an E where I'm smiling but your lips are kind of pulled to the side a little bit the difference from this vowel and a is that for the a my mouth is going to move from wide open to a smile a so we have at the short e and a that movement vowel that's long so EH A let's put it all together West West West waste waste waste west waste west waste when we were heading west we did not waste a lot of food so my waste got bigger give it a try I know people are going to notice the difference if you found this helpful please give us a like and a share and a subscribe and if you're looking for practice visit us on Google Play and at iTunes for our products you can also check those out on Tarle speech thanks so much everyone I'll see you again soon
A2 west waste vowel mouth sound waist How to Pronounce WEST, WASTE, WAIST - English Pronunciation Lesson 17 0 Summer posted on 2020/06/08 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary