00:00This is a voiced consonant.
00:12You can hear it at the beginning of the word very,
00:15in the middle of the word heavy,
00:17at the end of the word move,
00:19and at the beginning and end of the word verve.
00:23Did you see how I make this sound?
00:26Watch my lip and my top teeth.
00:29Now you try.
00:34Listen and repeat after me.
00:37Very heavy move verve.
00:47OK.
00:53You may find it difficult to tell the difference
00:55between this voiced sound,
00:57and its voiceless partner,
01:01Listen carefully to hear the difference.
01:05For each example,
01:06I shall say the word with the voiced sound first.
01:09Volt, fault, believe, belief, live, life.
01:17Now you try.
01:19Listen again and repeat.
01:21Volt, fault, believe, belief, live, life.
01:37For speakers of some languages, it may be difficult to tell the difference
01:49between this voiced sound, at the beginning of very,
01:53and another voiced sound, which you can hear at the beginning of bury.
01:58If you can't hear the difference, look at the difference, watch my lips and teeth.
02:08Very, bury.
02:11When I say very, my teeth are touching my lip.
02:17very.
02:18Very.
02:19When I say bury, my lips are tight together.
02:24Very.
02:25Listen carefully to hear the difference.
02:30For each example I shall say the word with the sound v first.
02:38Very, bury, vet, bet, vote, boat, vowel, bowel.
02:47Now you try.
02:48Listen again and repeat.
02:51Very, bury, vet, bet.
03:00Vote, boat, vowel, bowel, okay.
