American English Pronunciation | The SH /ʃ/ and ZH /ʒ/ Consonants

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[fongbeng]

I'm expecting more videos from you, teacher.

[kathygordon]

Thank you for an excellent video. I watch you religiously and appreciate your experience and expertise so much.

[dalton]

Those sounds seem to play when the wind blows, everything looks wonderful and fantastic, excellent explanation and demonstration, thank you very much Julie.🤓🤓🤓

[brunopinheiro]

Another amazing video. You are for sure the Best. These pair of consonant sounds are also presented in Portuguese. It's so nice to see that many English consonant sounds exist in my native language too.
In Portuguese spelling the sh /ʃ/ is often represented by the letter <x> in the beginning of words and in the middle of some words like
Xícara, xadrez, meXer, meXilhão, etc. But it can also be spelled with the diagrapgh <ch> ( two letters representing one single sound) in words like: CHuva, CHave, CHocolate caCHeado, caCHorro.

On the other hand, the ZH /ʒ/ sound is often represented by the letter <j>. This sound can be heard in words like: Janela, Jeito, Jiboia, Jogo, Jumento, feiJão, JuJuba, etc. However, this sound can also be represented by the letter <g> before the vowel letters <e> and <i> in some words like: Gelo, Geladeira, tiGela, Girafa, aGiota.

Curiosity: the names of the letters J, and G in Portuguese are respectivily Jota pronounced /'ʒɔ.tə/ and Gê pronounced /ʒe/.

J => jota /'ʒɔ.tə/
G => gê /ʒe/

So the zh /ʒ/ sound is pronounced within the names of these letters.