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Try LingUp Now!Start with a 'y' sound, using the middle of your tongue close to the roof of your mouth.
Immediately follow with a short 'ih' sound, as in 'bit'.
Finish with a soft 'r' sound, keeping your mouth slightly open and tongue tip curved up.
ye-ar (adding syllable)
ye-ahr (stray vowel sound)
yee-er (adding extra sound)
Start with a 'y' sound, using the middle of your tongue close to the roof of your mouth.
Then make a short 'ih' sound, as in 'bit'.
Follow with a schwa sound, relaxing your mouth slightly more than in AmE.
ye-ar (adding syllable)
ye-ahr (stray vowel sound)
yee-er (adding extra sound)
Keep the sounds smooth and blended without pausing.
The tongue position and slight openness of the mouth create a softer sound.
It's a short 'ih' sound as in 'bit', followed by a short schwa in BrE.
A period of twelve months or 365 days.
/ˈjɪrli/
Happening every year.
/jɜrn/
To have a strong desire.
/juːθ/
The period when a person is young.
Different vowel sound duration in 'yearly'.
Different vowel and ending sound in 'yearn'.
Different beginning vowel sound in 'youth'.
Practice by starting words with 'y' sounds to ease into 'year'.
Ensure your mouth is slightly open when finishing with the 'r' sound.
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