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how do you pronunce with? I want to know how you pronunce "with". I thoght I learned how to pronunce wirh is "wiz". But I recently realized with pronunce "wis" Which do native speakers pronunce "wiz" or "wis"? p.s : I'm sorry about a phonetic symble for with. I don't know how to type a phonetic symble for "with." So I just could write "wiz" and "wis" I hope you can understand my point.

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how do you pronunce with? -> How do you pronounce 'with'?

I want to know how you pronunce "with". -> I want to know how you pronounce 'with'.
I thoght I learned how to pronunce wirh is "wiz". -> I thought I learned how to pronounce 'with' as 'wiz'.
But I recently realized with pronunce "wis" -> But I recently realized that 'with' is pronounced 'wis'.
Which do native speakers pronunce "wiz" or "wis"? -> How do native speakers pronounce it: 'wiz' or 'wis'?
p.s : I'm sorry about a phonetic symble for with. I don't know how to type a phonetic symble for "with." -> p.s. I'm sorry about not using the phonetic symbol for 'with'. I don't know how to type it so I just wrote 'wiz' and 'wis'.
So I just could write "wiz" and "wis" -> 
I hope you can understand my point. -> (good)

*This is a little hard to help with in writing. I strongly encourage you to take a lesson with a native tutor to help you understand the pronunciation of 'with' since it is nothing like 'wiz' or 'wis'. You shouldn't pronounce the 'th' sound as an 's' or 'z'. If you want, I can help you understand the shape of the mouth for 'th' as well as other troublesome sounds like 'r' and 'l'. Feel free to take a look at my lessons. :)

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Hi Kyouko, don't worry the 'th' sounds are difficult for a lot of people studying English.

There are actually two 'th' sounds in English. You can use online dictionaries with audio to help check the pronunciation of individual words. For example;

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/with

you just click on the blue speaker shape to hear the word.

I agree with Tracy that the best way to improve your pronunciation is to speak to  native speaker because we can tell you if you are producing the sound correctly.

Also if you scroll to the end of the dictionary entries, you can see the phonetic script!

I hope this helps,

Liz

how do you pronunce with?

I want to know how you pronunce "with".
I thought I learned how to pronunce with as "wiz".
But I recently realized with is pronunced "wis"
Which do native speakers pronunce "wiz" or "wis"?
p.s : I'm sorry about a phonetic symbols for with. I don't know how to type a phonetic symble for "with."
So I just could write "wiz" and "wis"
I hope you can understand my point.


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When you say wis or wiz, your tongue stays in your mouth. It doesn't travel through your teeth. It only very gently touches the back of your top teeth (or it doesn't touch them at all). HOWEVER... using 'th' is a very different movement. To make 'th' your tongue must move a little out of your mouth, roughly 1-2mm...After making the 'wi' sound, push your tongue up and onto the bottom of your top teeth (to test the correct position- if you press hard with your tongue, it should hurt! ). Also, when you say wiz/wis your mouth smiles a little. When you say with, you can't smile :( I hope this helps!

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