{"id":1394,"date":"2015-04-30T12:05:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T16:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2024-04-13T21:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T21:33:28","slug":"english-pronounce-ch-jj-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/english-pronounce-ch-jj-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"English: How to Pronounce CH [\u02a7] and JJ [\u02a4] Sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These two consonants are paired together because they take the same mouth position. \u00a0Learn the correct mouth position for these sounds to pronounce them clearly and accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"entry-tags\">Tagged With: <a href=\"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/tag\/sound-how-to\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sound How-To<\/a><\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">YouTube blocked?<\/span> <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aqHebuRjO0k\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"English Sounds - CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants - How to make the CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants\" title=\"Play video &quot;English Sounds - CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants - How to make the CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants&quot;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/aqHebuRjO0k<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aqHebuRjO0k\" title=\"English Sounds - CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants - How to make the CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants\">English Sounds &#8211; CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants &#8211; How to make the CH [t\u0283] and JJ [d\u0292] Consonants (https:\/\/youtu.be\/aqHebuRjO0k)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p>In this American English pronunciation video, we\u2019re going to learn how to pronounce the CH and JJ consonants.<\/p>\n<p>The CH and JJ consonants are paired together because they take the same mouth position.<\/p>\n<p>CH is unvoiced, meaning only air passes through the mouth, and JJ is voiced, meaning, you make a sound with the vocal cords, jj&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>These consonants have a stop consonant component, but unlike stop consonants, they&#8217;re always released.<\/p>\n<p>They each contain two sounds for the CH, we\u2019re combining the T, tt, and the SH, sh, to make ch.<\/p>\n<p>For the J sound, we\u2019re combining dd and zh to make jj.<\/p>\n<p>The teeth come together and the lips flair, just like in the sh and zh sounds.<\/p>\n<p>But the tongue position is like the tt and dd sounds.<\/p>\n<p>The tongue lifts so the front, flat part of the tongue touches the roof of the mouth.<\/p>\n<p>We stop the air in our throat, and then we release everything, ch, jj.<\/p>\n<p>We release the air at the vocal cords, release the tongue down from the roof of the mouth,<\/p>\n<p>release the teeth so they part a little, and release the lips by relaxing them.<\/p>\n<p>Ch, jj.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at these sounds up close and in slow motion.<\/p>\n<p>The lips flare and the teeth come together.<\/p>\n<p>Then the release.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018jar\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The lips flare and the teeth come together, then release into the AH as in FATHER vowel.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018chart\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The lips flare and the teeth come together,<\/p>\n<p>then release into the AH as in FATHER vowel.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018batch\u2019. 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