Lesson 19 / 22
/h/ — /m/
Listen to each sound, compare mouth positions, and practise from words to sentences.
British IPA notation: /h/ · /m/American audio: hat /hæt/ · man /mæn/
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/h/
hat /hæt/
Mouth and tongue position
Air flows freely from the throat, mouth shaped for the following vowel; no voicing.
Word practice
hat
Sentence practice
He has a hat.
Mouth-position video (British) — BBC Learning English
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/m/
man /mæn/
Mouth and tongue position
Lips closed, air flows entirely through the nose, voiced.
Word practice
man
Sentence practice
The man met me.
Mouth-position video (British) — BBC Learning English
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