Affricates
How to pronounce /dʒ/ J as in job
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How to make it
Block the air with your tongue tip, then release it into SH with your voice on.
- Tongue
- Tip blocks the ridge, then slides back
- Lips
- Pushed forward on release
- Voice
- Buzzing on
Watch the mouth
Stop the air, then release it with your voice on.
Where learners slip
- Vietnamese speakersOften flattened into /z/ — job can land as zob.
- Spanish speakersOften turned into /j/ — job can land as yob.
- German speakersOften flattened into /tʃ/ — job can land as chob.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /dʒ/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.