Hadar Shemesh breaks down the three rules for pronouncing the S at the end of English words. After voiceless consonants it's /s/ (shops, ducks), after voiced consonants it's /z/ (bugs, jobs), and after sibilants it's /ɪz/ (wishes, judges, buses).
Hey, everyone. Welcome to practice time with Hadar. Today we are going to practice the S suffix. The S suffix is not really an S. Usually it's a Z, Sometimes it's an s, and sometimes it's. So when a word ends with a voiceless consonant, then we pronounce it as an S. Let's practice Shops, ducks, rats. When the word ends with a voiced consonant, meaning that we activate the vocal cords for that. For that consonant, then we end it with a Bugs, jobs, needs. And then finally, when we have a word ending with a sh or a S or a Z or a T or D, we end it with wishes, judges, witches, buses, buzzes. Okay, so again, shops, ducks, rats, bugs, jobs, needs, wishes, judges, witches, buzzes, buses. Okay, very good. Share it with anyone you think. Might need a little bit of a refresher around how to pronounce the S suffix. And it's really good if you tend to confuse the S and the Z. Have a great day and put in the comments. More examples where the S is an S, the S is a Z, and the S is a Z. Never be deceived by the spelling.
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