American Accent Tutorial: How to Pronounce NG | N vs. NG

Do you pronounce NG with G sound? Perhaps you're not sure how the NG sound and N sound are different? Well, this American accent tutorial is for you! In this pronunciation lesson, you will learn how to pronounce NG and how this sound is different from N.

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[ede.saldanha]

when I get what you said about the difference between "thin" and "thing" my mind blown up, completely.
That was so awesome, I've never realized that difference between back and front, with the tongue sound. I think this lesson is the best one I've watched till now, because it's so simple, but it's so usefull and I would've never realized that by my own.
Thank you so much keenyn, I love your youtube channel

[oliveirasahel]

It's a great video! Brazilian Portuguese don't have NG sound, so It's very hard for Brazilians, like me, to notice the difference between that sound and N sound. Actually, I've even didn't know that sound exists until now. Thanks Keenyn for this video. It's very useful.

[JOHNyoung]

i followed several teachers on youtube, for pronunciation teaching, I reckon keenyn i really the best of the best, clear both in teaching and articulating the voicing by telling you how to place the tongue and lip in the right position. I suggest advanced learners to stay tuned with keenyn. u can't miss it if you want to speak like native americans

[joszeb]

One of the best videos explaining this subtle difference in such a simple and fantastic way! Thank you so much for your outstanding work!

[burububu]

I'm improving my pronunciation and accent every single day with your lessons, Keenyn!
Thanks for your support.
Take care from Brazil!

[fatemehqaraei]

The best teacher for practicing American accent. 👌👌👌

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[omarecer]

Hi. OMG. Just when I thought I was doing everything right. I keep learning new things. In words like Bank( in my effort to pronounce properly) I was making the sound of N and then the K sound. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong until I practice this lesson. Now the work Bank is so much easier to pronounce. Leave it to me to make new mistakes LOL.
Thanks( this one too) lol

[Teti_K]

OMG! It's so helpful and so new for me. I learn English 20 years (it's my third language) and I have never had any idea about difference between N and NG sounds 🤦🏽‍♀️
We say "g" in "sing" not because we release the tongue early but because we don't know how to make difference with "sin"
But now I know, thank you so much. I am not sure it sounds good when I try to pronounce it, but the knowing of theory means a lot!

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[jacquelinealvarado]

Hi Keenyn!!! This lesson is very helpful for me, because I didn’t know how to pronounce words like thing, tongue, sung.... I’m guilty 🙈 until today I used to say all the words you explained, with the ending g sound 😬 but I’m gonna to improve my speaking skill after watching and practicing these words. You rock!!!

[musamasih]

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[MsMRkv]

This sound does exist in Spanish thankfully. In the word Cinco for example we use the ng sound.

[joseabelardoperezvargas]

Keenyn, thank you so much and nice to see you again. Wow! what a very useful and helpful lesson to me and probably for many other learners. You are right, I´m one of those many non native speakers that make the common errors you mentioned when pronouncing NG with G sound. Yes indeed, I have to follow your instrucctions and practice a lot to get those sounds improved. The fantastic, neat, clear and beautiful way you covered this lesson really makes it a pleasant and easy task, motivating and encouraging me to do all the repetitions needed. Fabulous tips. I definitely enjoy each of your lessons very much.

[maazahmedshaikh]

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[anthonynguyen]

This is a great lesson to clearly pronounce these two consonants. Thank you.

[osamajbawi]

Do you know it's not just helpful, but is really really out of this world. i

[RemekMM]

Thank You very much that You are here😊

[oscarfgallardo]

Excellent lesson. I always had problems with this English sound

[leemichael]

Your way of teaching pronouncing words with designated endings or suffices is excellent, particularly comparing them with words with similar structural difference helps non natives in memorizing & get used to the technique!😁😆 Cheers from H.K Thanks a lot!