Lessons Unit 3, lesson 20
dʒ + vowels
The dʒ beginning opening into every vowel it starts words with. Get the mouth ready for dʒ, release straight into the vowel — no gap, no extra sound between them.
What do the marks mean?
Want the full walkthrough? Read the map explains every mark, with practice.
dʒthe j in judge
The same quick release with the voice on: j — judge, jam. It starts and ends the word judge.
dʒ + every vowel
One row per combination. Tap any word to hear it — every sheet comes straight from the tool.
| dʒ æ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| dʒ ɪ | |||
| dʒ ɛ | |||
| dʒ ʌ | |||
| dʒ ɑ | |||
| dʒ iː | |||
| dʒ uː | |||
| dʒ eɪ | |||
| dʒ ɔɪ | |||
| dʒ oʊ | |||
| dʒ ɝ |
The voiced twin of ch
J is built exactly like ch, but with the voice on from the very first instant — say jack, jazz, and jam and feel the buzz start right as the sound releases, with no silent gap beforehand.
Because it's a fused stop-plus-fricative, j needs the same tight timing as ch: nothing should come between the initial contact and the hiss that follows it, even though your voice is running the whole time.
Spelling doesn't always tell you
The spelling here is inconsistent on purpose: gym and gypsy use a g, gene uses a g too, and roger hides the sound in the middle of a name, but all of them make the same j sound as jack. The r-colored pair jerk and germ deserves slow repetition.
Go column by column, reading aloud, then say each word again with a hand on your throat, confirming the buzz never fades to a plain ch.