Nasals
How to pronounce /n/ N as in no
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How to make it
Tongue tip behind your top teeth, sound out through your nose.
- Tongue
- Tip seals the ridge behind the teeth
- Lips
- Open and relaxed
- Voice
- Buzzing out through the nose
Watch the mouth
Tongue tip behind your top teeth, sound out through your nose.
Where learners slip
- Chinese speakersFinal N and NG swap places — sin and sing get mixed.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /n/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.