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00:30National Gallery. Now, can you guess what sound we're going to make today? Yes, exactly. We're going to be making the v sound.
01:00So, let's learn how to pronounce the v sound correctly.
01:22I want you to open your mouth, place your tongue on your top teeth, like so, and then breathe out heavily, like this.
01:39So, repeat after me.
01:51Great work!
01:53So, now let's try and pronounce some words together.
02:03Let's start with the National Gallery.
02:07National Gallery.
02:09The National Gallery.
02:11The National Gallery.
02:14The National Gallery.
02:17Now, as you can see, at the moment, it's really rainy weather.
02:25Can you say that?
02:27Weather.
02:28Weather.
02:29Weather.
02:30Weather.
02:31Weather.
02:32Weather.
02:33Weather.
02:34At the moment, I and you are wearing clothes.
02:43That's clothes.
02:44Clothes.
02:45Clothes.
02:46Clothes.
02:47Clothes.
02:48Clothes.
02:49Clothes.
02:50Perfect.
02:51Well done.
02:52So, now it's time for our tongue twister.
03:06Can you repeat this after me?
03:08Whatever the weather will be together.
03:29Whatever the weather will be together.
03:31I think you can do it a little bit faster than that.
03:34Whatever the weather will be together.
03:36Well done, you did a really good job.
03:45Here in London it's very common to suddenly start raining,
03:50and that's what's happened here.
03:52So where were we?
03:54We also have the th sound in the there is and there are constructions.
04:03There is and there are are phrases used to claim that something exists.
04:12There is is used for a singular and there are is used for a plural.
04:21So, for example, there is the National Gallery.
04:28There is, there is, there is, but there are many galleries in London.
04:44There are, there are, there are.
04:53We have another phrase here in England that's very popular, and that is, that's it.
05:00That's it can be used to mean two things.
05:05The first is when something has ended.
05:09The second is when something is correct.
05:13For either instance, we use that's it.
05:19That's it.
05:20That's it.
05:21That's it.
05:22That's it.
05:23That's it.
05:24That's it.
05:25That's it.
05:26So anyway, that's it from me here in Trafalgar Square in London.
05:40You've been learning perfect English with Ariana.
05:45I'll see you on the next episode.