American Accent Training | The S /s/ and Z /z/ Consonants

Master EVERY consonant sound of American English starting with the S /s/ and Z /z/ consonants. Practice with me in this video, then download my free sounds guidebook! Get it here: eepurl.com/gSMZQ1
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[@brunopinheiro5456]

Very nice video. It was really interesting. Good thing these two consonant sounds exist in my native language so I don't have any difficulty pronouncing them.
In portuguese the /s/ sound can be heard in words like sapo, seta, seda, sílaba, sogra, sopa, suco.
This sound is often represented by the letter S in Portuguese spelling in the begging of words. However, spelling can be tricky when it comes to this sound because it can also be represented by different spellings.
You can also hear the /s/ sound in words like:
C => as in Cebola, Cigarro
Ç=> aÇucar, abraÇo
Z=> voZ, paZ
X=> auXílio
SS = as in páSSaro
SC => pSCina , diSCiplina
SÇ=> deSÇA, creSÇa
XC=> eXCeto , eXCelente
XS => eXSudar, eXSicar
The /z/ sound is often represented by the letter z in words like zebra and zoológico but it can also be represented by different letters :
S (between two vowels)=> as in caSA , roSa
X=> eXemplo, eXato.
It is so confusing for Portuguese speakers specially when we need to spell or write words.
The letter S can either be pronounced like /s/ or /z/: Saco /s/, caSa /z/
The letter Z can either be pronounced like /z/ zebra or /s/ voZ
the letter X can either be pronounced like /s/ as in auXílio or /z/ as in exemplo
As you can see the complicated relationship between sounds and letters are not restricted to English only. It can be complicated in other languages too like Portuguese for example.

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Yes, I definitely agree! Thank you for your comment - it's always helpful to learn about the similarities between different languages :)