duck
and education
? Is the spelling ‘du’ in both words pronounced the same? In this video, I will teach you how and when to pronounce ‘du’ like a ‘j’ in North American English. We will practice the pronunciation of many words, and we will do some fun tongue-twisters to make sure you’ve got it. Watch this lesson and make sure you don’t make this very common pronunciation mistake again! Don’t forget to check out the University of Iowa Library of English site that I mention in this lesson.
258 COMMENTS
So dificult, but Tks.Lily Dias from Brazil
Hi Emma!! thx for this lesson… Would you please give us the web site that you mention about pronunciation? thx a lot.
Thanks a lot, it really helped me, but may I know where is the link of that website where I can learn that IPA stuffs ?
Right here!
thank you emma..G0D BLESS U
Got 10 out of 10 in the Quiz :)
I got them all right ;)
10/10 wow! Thank you Emma, your lessons are very clear as usual.
YEAH! I GOT FULL MARKS IN THIS LESSON THANKS EMMA.
Good lesson, I really like it.
Y R EXCELLENT
THANK YOU
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100 :D :D
Thank you Emma..Woow I got 10!
awesome…really easy to understand and to reproduce
You are an excellent teacher ;)
I am sorry,I CAN`T see the vidio.Who can do me a favor?
thanks you so much! you are so fast.^^
That’s o.K. when I was saying slowly! but I really couldn’t saying quickly…and I don’t understand when someone saying like that.
especially on your second sentence.
I have got some problem since “Pronunciation-TU Lesson”(but I’ll try it again)Thank you!Emma
is very important the words pronunciation you talk about. it help me alot it is very powerful. thank you for your time I really apreciated.
Thank you teacher
That was nice. I wish you could do more tongue twisters with the “th” sound as in “think” against the “s” sound as in sink. I do it myself, but maybe other people didn’t think of it.
Great lesson. Keep up !
thanx alot
Wow.. I was great learning… enjoyed.. and understand…
Thanks Emma for this very important lesson…. you’re great!!!!
THANKS Emma ,it is very useful
Wow ,i got 10/10.good lesson dear.keep it up.
Thanks for this lesson …..
wow. studying english is very interesting with you. i’m learning english. thank you very much….:))))))
I got 10 ^___^
the picture that u draw is similar 2 me, u called me scary too.lol. thank u Emma 4 ur effort until next time.
i don’t know how i can get 10 out of 10. what a amazing result! but, dear teacher, i couldn’t speak as fast as you did. :(
This lesson helps me a lot. And i got 7/10
Thanks T.Emma ^_^
thank you Emma 100 times .. you are great teacher .. iam very happy to follow your lesson
i was taking ur class, i felt you were hearing me. you made me understand very well.
thank you so much for the lesson&the quiz is easy and clear,i got 10.
10/10 Uhuuulll… GRADUATE, GRADUALLL….
Thank you so much for your excellent lecture. I thought that all the words with /du/ were with the same pronunciation.
I hope I speak as fast as you did. :)
I loved this website. Tks a lot! =D
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How can I reach you in order to have eng prvt classes? Thx
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i got 10 thak u Emma
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i will be in contact any time.really thank you.
thank you for this lesson Emma it was useful
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thank you emma;it is very clear.
really it is so nice i am so thankful to the people who made this web and sepecial regards to the tracher i do not know her name
Nice tip with “du” in the middle and at the beginning of a word. :)
As to the pronunciation of “did you…” — Can I say it like /dɪdʒju/ ?
I a lot harder for speak fast but I am try.
Thank you Emma :)
You are good teacher
thank you
Thankyou Emma.
Very nice and helpful lesson.
Thank you Emma for all your lessons! I have learnt a lot thanks to you, and other Engvid teachers.
I would like to ask you to make a leson on the word “GEAR”, or just explain, if possible, the most common meanings of this word in examples.
Thanks in advance. :)
Hi everyone,
Hope all’s well with u,
Would u mind 2 lend me a helping hand plz?!!
Who knows the use of “what’s on” ???!!!!!
Is it the same as “what’s up” ???!!!!
Goooodluck with ur English.
Have a ball,
fatiima! :)
Fatima persian lol are you again here?:P
i am not sure but in my opinion we use WHAT S UP as Hello or how are you?(only in casual speech with your close friends)
and WHAT S ON i guess is similar with what happening?
teachers know better:)
Hi Emma ……
this lesson is so difficult for me …. I am understand it & I am got 10/10 in the your quiz but when you used a long statement i can’t kept it in my mind ……. what can i do ?
hello…i’m steven come from vietnam.as you know,in vietnam english not mother languages,so we feel study english really dificult,so you can give me something when i study english…i’m student
Thanks Emma for this very important lesson.butIt’s not all words that sound (dj)
and how to pronounce. dress and dressmarker
a time. your dress is very beautiful
Hi Emma,
I wish you could hear me! Very funny!!! It’s a good practice as an exercise in order to warm up the muscles of our mouth.
Once a teacher I know said: “never try to speak as fast as a native if you don’t wanna be misunderstood or even ridiculous!”
What do you say?
Thanks so much for your help to improve my English pronunciation.
hi Ema? great lesson thnx for teaching us such a tremendous lesson.
by the way i have humble request if you can help me with i have a problem pronouncing words like ” party” i mean when “r” follows “TY” i would appreciate if u do a lesson about it.
thnx in advance
bashir
Emma,thanx a lot for the lesson! It’s really helpful!You’re as usual great!!!
good lesson I’m really enjoyed with it but I have problem for saying the sentence I think when I’m saying this sentence I said (lkjky5g5g4) not true but it is so hard :) thanks miss Emma I loved your name .
good lesson I’m really enjoyed with it but I have problem for saying the sentence I think when I’m saying this sentence I said (lkjky5g5g4) not true but it is so hard :) thanks miss Emma I loved your name .
Thanks for the lesson, your simpathy makes learning english a pleasure.
great Emma :D
I’ve got 10 out of 10 w/o watching the video. :)
It’s great thank you so much
Thanks teacher for your great lessons. They are really very good n clear. The tongue twisters were really nice….
Thanks u are So nice person
I `v got a “You got 10 correct out of 10.”
THANKS EMMA
Thank you Emma. Now, I know why the “procedure” word is pronounced “dj” not “du”.
Thanks for all these lessons teacher Emma! I like your pronunciation and it really helps me talking better. Thanks Engvid thanks Emma :)))
Many thanks
thanks for great teachers , and useful lecture .
I got 10 out of 10 . thanks.
10\10
thanks
Thank you! I learned how to make /j/ sound !!
Let’s try the quizz now !! Thanks
thank you so much teacher Emma,but I would like to ask you if you could explain to me how can I distinguish between the pronunciation of (TH) like (then) and (TH) LIKE (THIN)?
JUST IF YOU CAN MY TRACHER.
Pronunciation
It is difficult for me, this help me a lot.
Thank you Emma.
You got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
thank you Engvid, thank you Emma :* <<<you're my favourite, that's why hahahaha
Hi Emma!! thx for this lesson… Would you please give us the web site that you mention about pronunciation? thx a lot.
Here you go: The Sounds of American English
thanxx for this class
it was quite easy to answer.i enjoyed.thanks
thanks alot
thank you
Good Lesson Emma, good score as well….
good lesson emma thanks
Thank you, Emma for the lesson.
I have a question.
How to pronounce
“Could you”
/ko͝od yo͞o/
or
/ko͝oj yo͞o/
Thanks!
I think it’s kood ja. ( I’m not a Teacher)
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great great great,
thanks a lot
thank you it’s so good
Nice !. I’m looking forward to improve my pronunciation. Thank you Emma I liked it
for our teacher emma thaks.
plz i have an interview next month and i can’t speak English very well can any one help me to speak well
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thank you emma that so good my pronunciaionn so be better
Hi madame Emma.First thank you for the intersting lessons ,just there are some words that we write with c or s but we pronounce ch .could you give us an idea to make difference about this plz? thank you
Thanks! It’s great!
thank you very much my dear teacher emma…
I got 10 out of 10 . thanks emma…
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i love this page make me who am i now .. thank you very much all teachers and students i love you all
Great tip. Thanks.
fff!! I swallow my tongue :((
Thank you from Russia!)))I really like your lessons.
british pronounciation can same.pls clear it i am confused.
Thanks I’ve got 10/10 :3
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thank a lots amma… but it’s difficult.
thanks :))
so easy ^^
I got 90% :) good beginning for me :D
‘Emma I like the way you teach. I want to learn more I’m thirsty for more. I have this hunger to learn more from you
Hi! I have problem in spelling, so what can I do?
great
why the ‘du’ in ’gradual’ is not like ‘j’?
Great Video, thanks alot :)
But the speed part frustrates me a little
The lesson is very useful.Thank you
Thanks Emma I secured 9/10
Thanks a lot for your wonderful explanation
Would you mind sending the link of the website you mentioned?
Love this site
Hello, Emma.
Can you do syllables separate so that I can understand how it could read the words, to pronounce and connect the syllables when I connecting one syllable with another syllable doing the word that already exist not to create one.
In advanced thank you.
neo1.
Nice class, Emma. It wasn’t so difficult to tell the difference between the two ‘du’ sounds, but when it came to tongue twisting them…things got tough.
so nice , I like it
It was great!!!!! I enjoined! Thank you :)
Thank you, dear. A little difficult, but I like the challenge… I went to the site you indicated. Cool! Thanks for the tip!
This site is really good! Everybody needs to go there to learn more about pronunciation!!!
Could you tell me the difference lack, lock, look, luck in pronunciation
hi Ma’am can u help me out here….how to pronounce…floor,flour and flower????
A good lesson for me,thanks you, so much. teacher: Emma.
Thank you very much.
Very useful lesson, I need practice.
Hello Emma
I like your teaching and pronunciation and here (Afghanistan) the YouTube couldn’t work because Afghan government closed this site. How do I access for your teaching.
God Bless you
Zabihullah Rafhat
Try using the Tor browser (and here is how to enable Youtube). Or use a web proxy.
I really benefit from Emma’s lesson, as this is my first time knowing the correct pronunciation of the word “Education”, because i used to pronounce the “du” as exactly as it is in the word “Duel”.
My thanks to teacher Emma.
Thanks a lot.
Hi Emma!
Thank you for your pronunciation classes! They’re really helpful!
Could you please consider a R-L sound class? In words such as: burl, carl, earl, furl world, Charles, swirl, etc. It’s such a tricky sound, and I would like to master that! Thank you!
Emma
:( but Pronunciation DU (produce) /prəˈdjuːs/
HOW?? :(
It’s new for me. Thank you for help me to improve my pronunciation.
great Emma, thanks
Surprise I got hundred. I always thought my pronunciation is very bad.
I really, really liked this lesson, it was awesome, thank you very much
hi i hear the du of dude in movies like j
am i wrong???? tnx
thanks but some word i can’t used before like fraudulent , assiduous , arduous , i will fint it is Google , thanks again
Hi Emma
Thanks a lot for the a mazing lesson about the pronunciation of DU. I’ve a little comment on this. I noticed that the D (only the D) is changed to j and the u remains u; so the tittle of your lesson should go ” The pronunciation of the letter D when followed by the letter U”. Thanks again for the oustanding job you are doing.
Dear Emma,
You are beatiful a teacher, but I know a few vocabulary, so while if you slowly speak as Alex, Rebecca, Ronnie, Adam and then I can catch whole sentence thx
xx
Respected teacher,
Simlpe but multiple application shows in depth knowledge.
Thank you
thank you ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
you made me understand well ,,,,,,i will never miss your lessons thank you again,
Thank you so much!!! I got 10/10.
thx. i got 10/10
Thanks ,I got 10|10.so happy.
thanks, i got 100 marks..
thank you Emma for this lesson
it helped me a lot
thanks for this video lesson Emma , this du pronunciation seems so easy now after listening to your lesson…… keep up the great job
Thanks so much
Hi Emma, I enjoyed the lesson tremendously. Would please teach the sound on sp words like specifice for some reason I always say the word pacific when it should be specific. Thank you
Is this site contain all pronunciation rules for British English????
I got 10 correct out of 10 :)
Good class.But I got 5 of ten.I ‘ m going to try again!
Thanks you are a very good teacher!
I think dune duel are pronounces as dju:n and dju:Jl. Am i wrong ?
Thank In Advance.
I m so thankful for your lessons. I’ve been studying english and I’ve never had teachers like you all. Particularly thank Emma!
It helps me to pronounce more like Americans. Thank you so much for helping us. I’d like to invite you and the teachers of http://www.engvid.com Welcome to Mongolia one day.
Your lessons are nise aas you!
thanks, i got 100 marks..
For me,pronunciation is a big problem.they always tell me that I have a strong accent.So could you tell me how to improve my pronunciation?Thank you!
i like it very much. GBU ..
its so usefull lesson thanks Emma , but its so hard for me to say a sentence coerrect quickly ..
tahnks alot
tahnks emma
i have 10/10 as a mark !
nice quis ^_^
thank you very much ^_^
arduous excercise, but really useful thanks teacher :D
Thanks Emma, you are beautiful :)
I love you teacher Emma, Thank, good job.
lesson is too diffucult i don’t know most of the vocabulary on video but i understood how the pronunciation ‘du’ as j. the quiz was so easy i get 100 thank you very much Emma. now i have to find my dictinory to learn new vocabulary bye.
Oh,it’s difficult for me..
Except During and Duration, words which start with ‘du’ is pronounced like ‘du’.
But, du in During and Duration is pronounced like j.
I have to care about words with ‘du’.
So clear and useful, and I got 10/10 for quiz. Thank you Emma!
hard word but very good
thank u mam….
ohhh Emma , 100 % forever.
thanks a lot
Hello, very good your lessons about pronunciation.
I’m a Spanish ESL student and, although I can watch TV without any subtitles and I write in something similar to English, even the easiest tongue-twister sounds like complete gibberish when I try to pronounce it at a slightly faster rate. Is there something wrong with me?
hi Emma,i like your lessons,but i need some information about stress of word . can you help me????? I’ve a test and i need this information very much
Thank you!! Could you please make a video on how to differentiate the letter “O” and letter “U” in words such as “HOT” and “HUT” or “LOCK” and “LUCK”…and if it is not much asking how to pronounce letter “s” and letter “ss”at the beggining, mid and at the end of the words! Thank you very much indeed in advance!
Kind Regards from Venezuela
José
Thank’s really that is very important
Wow it was difficult! Great lesson anyway, thanks Emma!
thanks, emma for all your great efforts but i have a very special request, will you do a video about ” Reported speech ”
“note” i`m a teacher but i feel uncomfortable and difficult during teaching that lesson so i need a newer and easier technique about it.
Tank You so much You are excellent teacher, listening to you is so useful ! I got 10 for the quiz ;)
Your class was great, thank you Emma
Great for the pronunciation link, I hope to get all the advantages on that.
Thanks for the lesson, Emma. Great job.
thank you EMMA, i want to devellop my accent, and i have a really bad style of writing can you fix my probleme?
Thank you Emma. This lesson is really fun and I got 10.
Thank you Emma! I need a lot of help English pronunciation :)
I got it! Thanks
thanks emma u r the best
Thanks Emma, very nice lesson, I got 90%.
100%!!! Thank you Emma!! :)
Nice lesson. I have to find my dictionary for those new vocabulary.
Very nice lesson.
i need to improve my pronunciation over and over
tks so much, I like the tongue twisters!!! :)
I’ve graDUated in the DU/(j) pronunciation. :D
i’ve learnt new things today.
Hi. I’m great full to you .
Thanks Emma :) this topic was helpful :)
A very excited class and it was really a warm up to improve pronunciation! thanks Emma
Thanks, Emma. Now, my pronunciation is getting on “schedule” :)
great! thanks Emma I liked this lesson!
kisses
American English? Most of English speakers are not “native” (“INDIAN”) speakers. So Canada is a colony of USA. Congratulations on your happy slavery. Specially for Canadian (?) people. (Sorry, stupid people.)
Technically, Canada was formed out of British and French colonies and we’re still part of the Commonwealth, so if we’re a colony of anything (we’re not) it would be the UK.
And yes, I know “native speaker” sounds odd, but that’s the term most people understand.
Thanks Emma, 9/10
Thank you Emma
Thanks Emma. I’ve got 100.
Today’s lesson was very fun. But I can not pronounce these Tongue Twisters at all. My tongue went up and down in my mouth. (^_^)
How many times should I practice? Mmm ・・・
Emma! Thank you so much for your great lesson.
Another good lesson,thank you Emma.
Thank you Emma. Good Lesson
Thanks Ms. Emma
Great! My pronunciation was changed after your lesson) thank you!
10/10 ^_^
thank you, Emma.tongue twisters are very hard for me
many thanks
Great. 100%. Thanks Emma
This lesson really help me a lot. Many thanks to you, Emma
I adore this website and adore me Emma… but I need to speak fluently :(
Thank you Emma, I got 4 score :D It’s so impressing hahaha I hope this quiz can be a lesson for the future
I got my worst score ever:( ,but don’t worry Emma you’re one of my favorite teacher
10 correct !! Thanks a lot Emma
OMG, Thanks Emma because actually thats what i am looking for , practice north american native accent with this too important topic (DU) pronunciation , even though its too hard but its entertaining also ,
anyway thats funny you try to spell it fast because thats hard a little for me ,
especially when you say it like a poem (the educated individual graduated on schedule ) lol
thats funny, interesting , entertaining , amazing and useful .
Thank you so much Emma
perfect score…thanks Emma for that
Thanks, your lessons are great!
Thanks, Emma. Good lesson. I got 100
I´m very happy learning pronunciation lessons. Thanks.
you are stupid teacher
You are the best teacher!
Thank you Emma.
what is different?
/ˌedʒ·əˈkeɪ·ʃən/ or /ˌedʒ·ʊˈkeɪ·ʃən/
Just have to keep practicing. Thank you
Thanks a lot teacher Emma.I really likes your lesson.
You got 9 correct out of 10.Thanks
I need more practice. :(
Thank you Emma. :)
Thanks!
Very Helpful topics, Thanks Emma
Thank you so much Emma.You are a beautiful teatcher.
It’s so difficult but ,it’s seem useful
Oh! It is so hard but I get 70%
Thank you so much emma
I got 10 out of 10
I improved my pronunciation of During , Duration and schedule.
Thanks Emma !
Very difficult for me but you have explained divinely. Thank you
Hi,
I passed by this lesson with some problems but it give a lot of fun and practice to pronunciation “DU”. Thanks for this lesson and see you in next classes on engVid.
Best
Thanks Emma, Really most dificulty when I talking about fast the frases. kkkk
Thank u Emma
10/10!Great! Thanks, Emma! Nice teacher!
Oh,I learned these pronunciations and they never be difficult for me after this video.thank you teacher Emma.
Thank you Ms. Emma.
8/10
Thanks a lot Emma,hugs. (Kazakhstan, 16Sept2021);
amazing way of learning.
tnx for teaching us ma’am emma of how perfect pronunciation you are a good teacher Godbless!
thanks EMMA
Thanks Emma