外教教你學英語音標 輔音[?]

/?/ is a voiced nasal consonant sound and that means the sound comes out the nose.

You make the /?/ sound by releasing your jaw and bringing the back of your tongue onto the soft palate and creating a seal.

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People sometimes confuse the /?/ sound with the /n/ sound.

So the word "sung" can sound like "sun" or they can add a "g" into the middle, so a word like "singer" sounds like "sing-ger."

To help you find the placement of the /?/, raise the back of your tongue up to the place where you make the /k/ or the /g/ sound, like this.

Keep the contact between the back of your tongue and the soft palate and send your voice over that. /?/.

Great! Now, let's try a few words where the /?/ is in the middle of the word, but make sure not to add a /g/ sound in there.

Bringing not bring-ging.

Belonging not belong-ging.

And swinging not swing-ging.

Now, let's try comparing the /?/ sound with the /n/ sound at the ends of words.

Remember, that the back of the tongue must be like a ski slope and touching the soft palate.

The front of the tongue is relaxed, like this /?/. Here we go.

King, kin.

Wing, win.

Rung, run.

Ping, pin.

Keep practicing on EnglishCentral and good luck!