Fricatives
How to pronounce /f/ F as in fine
finecoffeelife
How to make it
Top teeth on your bottom lip, blow air through. No voice.
- Tongue
- Stays down and out of the way
- Lips
- Bottom lip under the top teeth
- Voice
- Air only, no buzz
Watch the mouth
Top teeth on your bottom lip, blow air with no buzz.
Where learners slip
- Korean speakersOften replaced by /p/ — fine can land as pine.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /f/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.