Master American English Rhythm: Linking with Nasal Consonants M /m/, N /n/, and NG /ŋ/

Did you know that the N /n/ consonant, like in the word "ten", can sometimes become the NG /ŋ/ consonant in spoken English...which means "ten" is sometimes pronounced as "teng"?

When does that happen...and why does that happen?? Well, this video will show you!

Learn how to smooth out your conversational English and connect words together using the nasal consonants M /m/, N /n/, and NG /ŋ/. And practice with me at the end!

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[romanthedog]

Excellent lesson video! I’m glad to learn about nasal consonant to consonant linking. That was new to me. Thank you for making a great video as always😃

[kathygordon]

You are such a wonderful teacher. Thank you so much.

[ramzy-]

I love linking . Thank you Miss. Julie.
- is the letter /n/ in the word (and) changed to ng /ŋ/ ( and God ) ( /æŋɡɑd/)
- is the letter d in Sandwich /ˈsænwɪtʃ/, /ˈsændwɪtʃ/ silent.
Have a good day.

[missdmx]

This is the best English placement video in the world!

[kathygordon]

You’re making linking easy and interesting. You are such a wonderful teacher. Thank you.

[ivomoreira]

Great video as always. I love this topic, because it helps to smooth the accent a lot and also to speak more fluently!

[luisron]

The New Yorker's pronunciation of "sing a song" would make Venezuelans laugh because it sounds like the Venezuelan slang "singazón" which means an orgy.

[jacobstc]

Julie, alternatively, using the International Phonetic Alphabet, you could have:

in a house
/ɪn ə haʊs/ changes to
/ɪn°-°nə haʊs/ through linking, as /n/=/n°-°n/ becomes ambi-syllabic.
Similarly,
the time is now
/ðə taɪm ɪz naʊ/

/ðə taɪm°-°mɪz naʊ/

sing a song
/sɪŋ ə sɒŋ/
----> /sɪŋ°-°ŋə sɒŋ/

[JLB_Yantee_USA]

super difficult to pronounce N before R such as "turn right", "sunrise". if it's NG sound, it's super easy to pronounce.

[rafaelassad]

Hey great vid, tks for doing it. I have a big fat question, listening native speaking I found out that a word ends in a nasal consonant sound and the next word begins with t sound, they change to d sound(e.g. seem to= seem do/ sing to me= sing do me). Is that correct or I'm misunderstanding that?

[steveduarte]

That’s why when some people say “I don’t care” sometimes I hear “I dong care” is this correct?

[mariabrayant]

Ha ha. I understand why something I don't undertand. Ha ha. Singa song. Haha. Thank you

[jsb]

Like the singer Eminem. His real name is Marshall Matters which has M and M as initials. "M and M" becomes Eminem