CONSONANT ʃ

Voiceless fricative made by putting the tip the tongue a little bit past the alveolar ridge, found
in words like: she, sure, session, emotion, leash
Letters that usually represent it: “sh,” “si,” “ti,” sometimes “s,”

Linguists call the /ʃ/ sound a 'voiceless post-alveolar fricative'. The 'post-alveolar' point

of articulation is just behind the 'alveolar', the point for /s/ and /z/. 

 a voiceless or unvoiced sound is one where the vocal cords do not vibrate, thus making the
sound very whispery and without a pitch

The ʃ sound is made through the mouth and it is Unvoiced which means that you don’t use
your vocal cords to make the sound.

It is defined by shape of your tongue and the position of your teeth and it is a Sibilant, which is
a sound made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the sharp edge of the
teeth, In this case.

EXAMPLES

1. Show /ʆəʊ/
2. push /pʊʆ/
3. shake /ʆeɪk/
4. shoulder /ˈʆəʊldə/

we have a example with ʆ sound

She ins’t sure if sean takes sugar in his coffe or not

IPA TRANSLATED:

CONSONANT tʃ

Voiceless affricate made with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
Found in words like: chair, nature, teach, Letters that usually represent it: “ch” sometimes “t”

The ʧ sound is from the ‘Consonants Pairs’ group and it is called the ‘Voiceless palato- alveolar
affricate’. This means that you create friction by first stop the airflow with your tongue and the
ridge behind your teeth, then release it through a narrow gap.

The /ʧ/ sound is made through the mouth and it is Unvoiced which means that you don’t use
your vocal chords to make the sound.

To produce the sound touch your tongue to that ridge lightly and allow air pressure to force
the tongue down opening the airway.

EXAMPLES
1. check: /tʆek/ 2.structure /ˈstrʌktʆə/ 3. teach /tiːtʆ/

we have a example with ʧ sound

Can’t you teach the child to change the channels ?

IPA TRANSLATED:

CONSONANT ʤ

Voiced affricate made with the tip of the tongue on the alveolar ridge
Found in words like: gin, joy, edge, did you, judgment
Letters that usually represent it: “j,” sometimes “g,” “dg,” sometimes “d”

The /ʤ/ sound is made through the mouth and it is Voiced which means that you vibrate your
vocal chords to make the sound.
It is defined by shape of your lips and the position of your tongue and it is an affricate, which is
a sound made by closing the air flow but then opening it by forcing air through a narrow space.
In this case it is the tip of your tongue that creates the narrow space between it and the ridge
behind the teeth.
To produce the sound touch your tongue to that ridge lightly and allow air pressure to force
the tongue down whilst voicing out.

EXAMPLES:

1. general /ˈdʒenərəl/ 2. jealous /ʤeləs/ 3. subject /ˈsʌbdʒɪkt 4. knowledge /ˈnɒlɪdʒ

we have a example with ʤ sound

Did you enjoy your flight aboard than Japan Airlines jumbo yet?
IPA TRANSLATED

CONSONANT ʒ

Voiced fricative made by putting the tip the tongue a little bit past the alveolar ridge
Found in words like: genre, pleasure, beige, equation, seizure, vision
Letters that usually represent it: “g,” “si,” “ti,” “z,” sometimes “s”

The/ʒ/ phoneme is made through the mouth and it is Voiced which means that you vibrate
your vocal chords to make the sound.

It is defined by shape of your tongue and the position of your teeth and it is a Sibilant, which is
a sound made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the sharp edge of the
teeth, In this case .
To produce the sound Clench your teeth together lightly and pull your tongue away from
them. Then push air though them, whilst voicing out.

EXAMPLES: 1. measure /ˈmeʒə/ 2. usual /ju:ʒu:əl/ 3. vision /vɪʃən/ 4. conclusion /kənklu:ʒən/

we have a example with ʒ sound

The cause of the collision was your poor vision

IPA TRANSLATED