Diphthongs
How to pronounce /aʊ/ OW as in now
nowhousearound
How to make it
Start with your mouth wide and tongue low, then slide back to OO as your lips round.
- Tongue
- Starts low, slides back
- Lips
- Open, then rounded
- Voice
- One long moving sound
Watch the mouth
Glide from AH into OO as your lips round.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /aʊ/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.