Hadar Shemesh teaches the pronunciation differences between Hebrew and English speakers, focusing on sounds like 'cheap' and 'chip' with practice exercises to improve your English accent.
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Okay, so, yeah, look, those transitions between the Z and the th, these are things that we're not used to in Hebrew. That's why it's more difficult for us. But through practice, okay, what you do in order to improve it, you just practice it a lot, okay? And when you practice it, you develop muscle memory. And through this muscle memory, you get rid of old habit that is pronouncing it the Israeli way, and you learn new habits. But repetition and practice is pretty important. Like in anything. But here especially. Alright, so after the th, who wants to read this? Go ahead.
It's a cheap, cheap.
Great. So I'm hearing it's a cheap, cheap. What's the difference? There is no difference. Cheap, chip, cheap, chip, cheap, cheap. That's not cheap, cheap, cheap and chip. Two different sounds. Now, in Hebrew we have one E. Okay. Like im. Ima. But in English you have two different E's. Now, first of all, let's perceive the difference. Do you hear the difference between a tense E, chi and a relaxed I, chip. Do you hear the difference? Okay, good. These are not. This is not the. These are not the same sounds. So. And you have many of those pairs that we or other foreign speakers pronounce it the same. Well, there is a big difference. For American speakers, it's not even the same Sou. What is the difference? The first one is a tense and long E. It's like you're taking the Israeli E and exaggerating it. E. Let's write. Yeah, you can smile a bit when you pronounce it. The tongue is pushing forward. Good. A few examples. We have sheep. Seat.
Seat.
Feel.
Feel.
Dream.
Dream.
Very good. Good. It's not sleep. Okay. Or sheep. Sheep tense while they're rel. Sound is somewhere for us between the E and the E. Okay. It's like an I sound. Ship. Very good. Ship. More relaxed, very neutral. Like you're too cool to make this e sound. Okay, so you're like relaxed. Ship. We have it in words like kid. I always do this when I kid. Yeah. Finish. Right? Not finish. That would be Hebrew. Finish. Right. Hear that distinction between she and ship. Yes.
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