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  • Hello everyone it's jennifer  from Tarle speech with your two  

  • for Tuesday two for Tuesday are homophonesthose are words that are spelled differently,  

  • with different meanings, but they  are pronounced exactly the same way.

  • So yes these words are  pronounced exactly the same way!

  • Let's look at our words we have birth which means  the beginning of something or when a baby is born;  

  • and birth a ship's assigned spot ondock or a bunk on a train or a ship.

  • So to say these words correctly we're  going to start with that b sound  

  • super easy open your mouth let the air puff  out this is where the words get confusing  

  • i've gotten so many questions about "how  do I say an r and then a th" here you go!

  • So we're going to start with that  

  • er: to do this square tense lips tip of the tongue  is either pointing down or flipped back it is  

  • not touching your teeth the tip of  your tongue never touches your teeth  

  • for the er sound the back of your tongue is  pulled way high up towards the roof of the mouth.

  • Now you're going to have to put the  tip of your tongue out of your mouth  

  • the tongue is not touching the teeth when it  sticks out of the mouth TH you can see my tongue  

  • is almost like a cup and that is allowing air to  move out of the mouth over the tongue. TH TH TH

  • So we're going to move from that  er th erth you want to make sure  

  • that when you are moving your tongue your tongue  does not accidentally hit your teeth because then  

  • it's going to make the sound different so again  we're going to move slowly while we practice this  

  • and then as you practice you'll be able to get  faster and it will be easier er th er th erth

  • and let's put it all together birth birth birth birth birth birth birth birth

  • And now for a sentence The woman gave  birth in the upper birth of the ship.

  • Give it a try people are going to notice  the difference if you found this helpful  

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Hello everyone it's jennifer  from Tarle speech with your two  

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