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Try LingUp Now!Begin with a schwa sound /ə/. Relax your mouth and make a short 'uh' sound.
For /l/, place the tongue against the roof of the mouth and let air flow.
Finish with /ɔːŋ/, keep your lips rounded and tongue low; let air pass through the nose.
a-lawn (incorrect vowel sound)
a-lan (missed nasal sound)
al-on (stress on wrong syllable)
Start with schwa /ə/. Relax your mouth, make a short 'uh' sound.
Move to /l/, lift the tongue to the top of your mouth.
End with /ɒŋ/, make an 'aw' sound as in 'cot', finish with a nasal sound.
a-loon (incorrect vowel sound)
a-lang (adding extra syllable)
al-ang (stress misplaced)
It's an unstressed sound, common in English.
Lower the back of the tongue, let air exit through your nose.
Stress is on the second syllable: 'long'.
Moving on in time or space.
/lɔːŋ/
Extended in space or time
/lɛnd/
Give something temporarily
/lɛŋkθ/
Measure from end to end
- 'a' at the start, different stress.
- End in nasal sound /ŋ/ not /d/.
- Two syllables with nasal sound vs longer word with voiced 'th'.
Practice nasal sounds with fingers pinching your nose to feel air flow.
Relax your mouth; it's an unstressed and neutral sound.
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