homophones or two words pronounced exactly

the same way i'm going to teach these words as homophones but there is a

variation to one of the words today and we will

talk about that a little bit our words are patients which

are people who receive medical care and patience

the ability to wait let's take a look at these words i'm

going to teach them exactly the same because in connected

speech when people are talking quickly often

this t sound drops completely and you do not

hear it so that makes things a little bit easier that we can pronounce them

exactly the same so to say these words correctly we're

going to start with syllable one pay to do that lips together

and then open wide and move to a smile aaa aaa

you can see my tongue moves from low to high

as i say that then we're going to end with

shuns and to do this round your lips for that

shh your tongue is not touching anything in your mouth air keeps moving out

add that short uh sound with the relaxed mouth and tongue

and then touch the tip of the tongue to the back of the top front teeth for the

n air is moving out of your nose then end

with the s again your tongue is not touching your

teeth it is either pointed down or it is behind the top front teeth

let's put that all together shuns pay

shuns patience patients patience

now if you do hear people say pay shunts with that ts at the end

that is totally fine and if i was stressing that word in a sentence

you would definitely hear a stronger t but again

when most people are saying both of these words that t disappears and you

don't hear it as much so that is a totally fine option

to say these words exactly the same let's give them a try

patience patience patients and now for a sentence patients had

great patience while waiting in a long line to see the

doctor the patients had patience while waiting

in line to see the doctor give it a try people are going to notice the

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