Y Insertion & the Long U Sound

In this video, I talk about Y insertion and the Long U sound. Learn to correctly pronounce words like huge, cute, volume, document, community and many others. You'll find out which long u words insert a y sound before the u and which don’t.

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Visit www.nwsoar.com for more accent reduction & pronunciation resources. Which long oo words do you regularly use? Can you think of any more words that have the Y insertion before the U? Let me know in the comments.

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[@EnglishWithAccentCoachNicole]

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[@fayewu7505]

Great!

[@halam6702]

I understand that long u has 2 sounds : the oo sound as in food , noon , suit ,new and the u sound argue ,cute ,use ,you .Am i right ???

[@EnglishWithAccentCoachNicole]

Yes, kind of. Phonics calls the long U the one with the Y sound, like cute and huge. The call noon and food the long oo sound.

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[@EnglishWithAccentCoachNicole]

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