#17 Tongue twister: Fred & Ted
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister today:
▶️ Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
Translation:
Fred Tedni non bilan boqdi va Ted Fredni non bilan boqdi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
Fred
▶️ Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister today:
▶️ Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
Translation:
Fred Tedni non bilan boqdi va Ted Fredni non bilan boqdi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
Fred
(name)
fed (verb)
Ted (name)
bread (noun)
and (function word)
Ted (name)
fed (verb)
Fred (name)
bread (repeated word)
Now practice: ▶️ Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
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#18 Tongue twister: Best wishes for 2021
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister today:
▶️ I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish to wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish to wish the wish you wish to wish.
Translation:
Men siz istagan istakni istashni istayman, lekin siz istagan istak jodugarning istagi bo'lsa, unda siz istagan istakni istashni istamayman.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – sentence stress: As you would in your mother tongue, help your listener understand the meaning with strong intonation of key words.
▶️ Now practice: I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish to wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish to wish the wish you wish to wish.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister today:
▶️ I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish to wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish to wish the wish you wish to wish.
Translation:
Men siz istagan istakni istashni istayman, lekin siz istagan istak jodugarning istagi bo'lsa, unda siz istagan istakni istashni istamayman.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – sentence stress: As you would in your mother tongue, help your listener understand the meaning with strong intonation of key words.
▶️ Now practice: I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish to wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish to wish the wish you wish to wish.
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#19 Tongue twister: Doctoring doctors
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
Translation:
Qachonki do'ktor do'ktorni davolasa, do'ktorni davolayotgan do'ktor davolanayotgan do'ktorni xohishiga ko'ra davolayabtimi yoki u davolash davolayotgan do'ktorni davolash xohishimi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – sentence stress: Help your listener understand the meaning with strong intonation of key words.
▶️ Now practice: When a doctor [introducing a person] doctors a doctor [introducing another person], does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored [emphasizing A] wants to be doctored or [clarifying the structure] does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he himself [emphasizing B] wants to doctor?
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?
Translation:
Qachonki do'ktor do'ktorni davolasa, do'ktorni davolayotgan do'ktor davolanayotgan do'ktorni xohishiga ko'ra davolayabtimi yoki u davolash davolayotgan do'ktorni davolash xohishimi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – sentence stress: Help your listener understand the meaning with strong intonation of key words.
▶️ Now practice: When a doctor [introducing a person] doctors a doctor [introducing another person], does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor being doctored [emphasizing A] wants to be doctored or [clarifying the structure] does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he himself [emphasizing B] wants to doctor?
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#20 Tongue twister: Oh those Mongols
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ How many boards could the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hoards got bored?
Translation:
Agar mo’g’ul o’rdalari zerikib qolsa, mo’g’ullar qancha taxta yig’a olishi mumkin edi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – vowel length: There are short and long vowels in English, which is often a problem for learners. Check out the difference between the short ɒ and the long ɔ:.
▶️ Now practice: How many boards (long) could the Mongols (short) hoard (long) if the Mongol (short) hoards (long) got (short) bored (long).
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ How many boards could the Mongols hoard if the Mongol hoards got bored?
Translation:
Agar mo’g’ul o’rdalari zerikib qolsa, mo’g’ullar qancha taxta yig’a olishi mumkin edi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – vowel length: There are short and long vowels in English, which is often a problem for learners. Check out the difference between the short ɒ and the long ɔ:.
▶️ Now practice: How many boards (long) could the Mongols (short) hoard (long) if the Mongol (short) hoards (long) got (short) bored (long).
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#21 Tongue twister: Happy birthday
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
Translation:
Elizabetning tug’ilgan kuni shu oyning uchinchi payshanbasida.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – The ‘th’ sounds [θ] and [ð] are a constant source of worry for many English learners. Don’t give up just yet, even when you notice that other students or teachers ignore the challenge.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month.
Translation:
Elizabetning tug’ilgan kuni shu oyning uchinchi payshanbasida.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – The ‘th’ sounds [θ] and [ð] are a constant source of worry for many English learners. Don’t give up just yet, even when you notice that other students or teachers ignore the challenge.
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#22 Tongue twister: Yummy footwear
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ If Stewart chews shoes, should Stewart choose the shoes he chews?
Translation:
Agar Styuart poyabzal chaynasa, Styuart u chaynaydigan poyabzalni tanlashi kerakmi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
If
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ If Stewart chews shoes, should Stewart choose the shoes he chews?
Translation:
Agar Styuart poyabzal chaynasa, Styuart u chaynaydigan poyabzalni tanlashi kerakmi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Names, numbers, nouns and adjectives often sound stronger because they carry more meaning than other words. Verbs, function words and repeated words are usually not so strong.
If
(function word)
Stewart (name)
chews (verb)
shoes (noun)
should (function word)
Stewart (repeated name)
choose (important verb)
the (function word)
shoes (repeated noun)
he (function word)
chews (repeated verb)
▶️ Now practice: If Stewart chews shoes, should Stewart choose the shoes he chews?👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters
#23 Tongue twister: Fuzzy Wuzzy
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?
Translation:
Fuzzy Wuzzy bitta ayiq edi, Fuzzy Wuzzyning sochi yo’q edi, Fuzzy Wuzzy juda ham fuzzy (=momiq) emas edi, shundaymi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Linking – Consonants in end position and vowels in beginning position are linked together.
🔘 Weak forms – The final word “he” is pronounced without the [h] and therefore gets linked to the previous word.
▶️ Now practice: Fuzzy Wuzzy was ͜ a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was ͜ he?
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was he?
Translation:
Fuzzy Wuzzy bitta ayiq edi, Fuzzy Wuzzyning sochi yo’q edi, Fuzzy Wuzzy juda ham fuzzy (=momiq) emas edi, shundaymi?
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Linking – Consonants in end position and vowels in beginning position are linked together.
🔘 Weak forms – The final word “he” is pronounced without the [h] and therefore gets linked to the previous word.
▶️ Now practice: Fuzzy Wuzzy was ͜ a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was ͜ he?
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