question is how do I pronounce the word pass which means to move beyond

something and pause which means a slight stop let's take a look at our words so

we have the word pass PA SS and pause P A u s e and I'm going to throw in a bonus

word paws to be like a dog foot because pause and paws are pronounced exactly

the same way I love that so let's start with the word pass so for all of these

words we're going to start with a P sound P just open your lips and let the air

puff out your voice box is not on for pass we are going to have that ah sound

that very American ah sound think about round lips and that's going to get the

tip of your tongue low in your mouth and the back of your tongue pulled up and

your tongues a little bit kind of flatter here the vowel and paw is going

to be more of an oval open mouth that's going to make your tongue a little

narrower still tip of the tongue down and back of the tongue pulled up so

let's look at the difference here ah oh ah oh so we have Pa and paw so to end the word pass

we're going to make an S sound and to do that put the tip of your tongue behind

your top front teeth not touching and let the air keep moving out pass pass

pass pass pass now for pause and paws we're going to end with a Z sound which

is an S sound with the voice box on and vibrating and moving z what happens

when we have a voiced sound that ends a word I've

gotten a few questions about this lately is that the voice sound is actually

going to make the vowel before it sound a little teeny tiny bit longer so this

vowel might sound a little bit longer in pause that doesn't pass and that's

because of the voicing on that Z sound let's try both of these words pass pass

pass pause pause pause pass pause before you pass the car let's take a pause and

make sure that all paws are inside of the vehicle give it a try I know people

are going to notice a difference if you found this helpful

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