V u W? Co far per na pli sbaglir "vest" e "west"

“I live in a wery nice willage.” Many learners — especially speakers of German, Russian, Hindi, Arabic and several Asian languages — mix up V and W, because their language has only one sound in that area of the mouth.

The fix is mechanical, and you can check it in a mirror.

Dus differents lieus en la boca

Tun	Exempls	Tge toccha
/v/	vest, very, love, village	dents superiuras sin la bucca inferiura
/w/	west, well, wine, away	mo buccas — rotundas, naginas dents

Per /v/

Posa leventamain tes dents superiuras sin la bucca inferiura e fa passar la vose. Duvra far in buzz e far piculs vibrar. Sche ti na vesas betg tes dents en il spegl, n’è betg in /v/.

Per /w/

Ronda tes buccas en in pitschen circol, sco sch’ei fasas per dir “oo”, suenter avra las svelt en il proxim vugl. Tes dents na tuttan mai nagut.

Test dal spegl: per /v/ vesas dents. Per /w/ vesas ina bucca pitschna rotunda e naginas dents.

Pairs minimals per exercitar

• vest — west
• vine — wine
• veil — whale
• vet — wet
• verse — worse

Di mintga pair tschintg giadas, guardand il spegl.

Metter en ina frasa

We visited a very wet village with wonderful views.

Cumenza cun plauns ritmus. Dents per mintga V, buccas rotundas per mintga W. Suenter alzza il ritmus enfin che sa senti normal.

HolosAccent capta in V che è vegnì sco W sin il tun exact, uschia che ti savas tge pled da repeter enstagl da leger anc ina giada l’entira frasa.