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00:00This is the N sound. Keep watching to find out how it's pronounced in British English.
00:14Hi everybody and welcome back to Lean English.
00:17I'm Ed and I'm here to help you achieve your pronunciation goals.
00:22Before we start, remember to like this video if you find it useful
00:27and subscribe for more British English pronunciation lessons in the future.
00:32Now, let's look at the N sound in a bit more detail.
00:38The N sound is produced by blocking the flow of air between the tongue and the alveolar ridge
00:45and producing a voiced sound which passes through the nose.
00:49This gives the sound its technical name, the voiced alveolar nasal.
00:56The N sound is a common sound and it doesn't usually cause pronunciation problems.
01:03However, if you do have trouble producing this sound, you can find the correct position by producing other alveolar sounds.
01:11The voiced alveolar plosive D and the voiceless alveolar plosive T exist in most languages and they start in the same position.
01:23So first produce the T or D sounds.
01:28Now, do it again, but this time keep your tongue in position, use your voice to produce a sound, and release it through the nose.
01:41Well done, you just produced the N sound.
01:47Obviously, in real conversation we don't produce the T or D sounds, but you can use this trick to find the correct mouth position.
01:57So, try and remember the mouth position and produce the sound again.
02:02Now, look at these words.
02:10Can you identify the N sound?
02:13Listen, and see if you can hear it.
02:17See if you can hear it.
02:19Need
02:21Funny
02:23Damn
02:25Know
02:27Bank
02:29Soon
02:31Angry
02:33Many
02:35The N sound is generally easy to identify in writing because it's usually spelt with a single or double letter N, but it can also be spelt with the letters KN at the beginning of some words.
02:49Be careful because the letter N doesn't always produce the N sound, and it usually produces a different sound when it appears before the letters G or K, in words such as bank and angry.
03:04And it may be completely silent in some words such as damn.
03:10The letter N is silent when it appears after the letter M at the end of words.
03:16Some common words that contain the silent letter N include autumn, condemn, column, and solemn.
03:29Now, let's practice.
03:31Listen and repeat after me.
03:34A sunny afternoon
03:36An independent nation
03:43I drink wine with dinner
03:49I drink wine with dinner
03:56The nun sang nine hymns
04:03I injured my finger with a knife
04:11When the N sound is followed by the P, B, or M sounds, it's replaced with the M sound.
04:21For example,
04:23sun
04:25sunburn
04:27ten
04:29ten pounds
04:32iron
04:34iron
04:35iron
04:36iron
04:37iron
04:38iron man
04:39This process is called assimilation, and it's a way of making pronunciation easier.
04:44The N sound is also assimilated when it's followed by the G or K sounds, but in this case it's replaced with the N sound.
04:56For example,
04:57tin
04:58tin
04:59tin
05:00can
05:01green
05:03green
05:04grass
05:05Well, that's the end of the lesson, but can you think of any more phrases which are assimilated?
05:14Let me know in the comments below, and remember to like and subscribe for more videos in the future.
05:21Thanks for watching. Goodbye.