The differences between /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ in English | Consonant Sounds | IPA

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-14

[00:00:00]Hi, this is Mary from VIPs TV. Today we are going to distinguish the differences between sh and ch sound. For sh sound, if you watch my previous video, I instructed you already. So, this is your tongue, you have to curve your tongue like this, and the tip of your tongue is under your upper teeth.

[00:00:23]Okay? And your lip shape is like this.

[00:00:27]Forward, huh?

[00:00:28]>> [sighs] >> You blow the air gently.

[00:00:36]And smoothly, huh?

[00:00:40]Huh? And for this one, as you can see, ch >> [snorts] >> we have t and sh together. Sh is still the same, but for t, okay? You have to make a blosive sound like t.

[00:00:55]T. So, t and sh together, we make ch sound.

[00:01:02]Ch Um somehow just like this one, but you have to make a blosive sound.

[00:01:08]Ch Ch Ch, okay? Again. Sh And [snorts] this ch Ch, huh?

[00:01:19]Now, now, let's compare some minimal pairs. This one, sh share.

[00:01:25]Sh share. But this ch chair.

[00:01:31]Chair.

[00:01:33]This one sh shop. Shop. This ch chop.

[00:01:40]Chop.

[00:01:42]Now, the third one, sh sheep. Sheep, a kind of animal, huh? And this one, ch cheap. Cheap or expensive, huh? And [snorts] sheep, huh?

[00:01:56]This one.

[00:01:57]Sh ships. Ships. And this chips.

[00:02:02]Chips.

[00:02:04]For this one. Sh shoes. Shoes.

[00:02:09]But this the verb. Ch choose. Choose. The noun is choice, right? Now, this one shore. Shore.

[00:02:19]Seashore, huh? But this one ch chore.

[00:02:24]Chore. Household chores, huh?

[00:02:27]This [snorts] wash.

[00:02:29]Wash. Wash my face. Wash my hair. I wash my car. And this watch. Watch. Watch dramas. Watch TV. And this one cash.

[00:02:44]Cash. But this catch. Catch. Catch me if you can.

[00:02:50]And this wish. I wish. I wish you were here. And this witch. Witch.

[00:02:57]>> [snorts] >> Okay? This dish.

[00:03:00]Dish. But this ditch. Ditch. Ha. So, [snorts] remember sh but this ch. Ha. Now, one more time share.

[00:03:13]Chair.

[00:03:15]Shop.

[00:03:16]Chop. Sheep.

[00:03:19]Cheap.

[00:03:21]Uh which one? Shoes.

[00:03:24]Choose.

[00:03:25]Wash.

[00:03:27]Uh uh Sorry, sorry. Shore.

[00:03:30]Chore.

[00:03:32]Uh this one wash.

[00:03:34]Watch.

[00:03:36]Cash.

[00:03:38]Catch.

[00:03:39]Wish.

[00:03:41]Witch.

[00:03:43]Dish.

[00:03:45]Ditch.

[00:03:46]Now, this one?

[00:03:49]For sh cell. You can see some syllables here um in the middle, at the beginning, or at the end. But, just remember that usually s s and h together we pronounce sh sound.

[00:04:03]You can also see sh sound in some words with s like sure or sugar or like this, c e ocean. Usually c e c i c y together we pronounce s, but this one we pronounce sh ocean, huh? t i o n we usually pronounce shun. Vacation, information, or nation, inter international, huh?

[00:04:30]And um this one, c i o n sh special, social, huh?

[00:04:37]And in some situations, you can see c h is pronounced sh too. And s s u uh r e like this is usually pronounced sh, huh?

[00:04:49]Now, shy.

[00:04:52]Shy. I'm shy, okay? This one, sure or shore. This, ocean.

[00:04:59]Ocean. Nation, but remember the adjective is national, huh? This one, special. Special. You are special. This, machine, machine, but for a person that is mechanic, huh? This, pressure. I have to work under a lot of pressure. This, push push push and pull, right? Refresh.

[00:05:26]I need to refresh my my I need to do something to relax. This one, information.

[00:05:32]Information.

[00:05:34]Again, shy, sure, ocean, nation, special, machine, pressure, push, refresh, and information.

[00:05:49]Now, the last column for ch, so some syllables too. As you can see, if you see c and h together, we usually pronounce ch, okay? Ch. But, um in some situation, you can see t u r e like this, we pronounce ch. For example, picture, future, feature, right? And usually t i o n is pronounced sh, but if you have s before shun like this, usually they are pronounced shun.

[00:06:25]For example, we have congestion or exhaustion, right? Um [snorts] now, much.

[00:06:34]Much.

[00:06:35]Ch. Thank you very much.

[00:06:38]Such. Such a good day. Such a bad day.

[00:06:42]Such a long time. This rich. Rich. I'm not rich, okay?

[00:06:48]>> [gasps] >> This one, church.

[00:06:50]Ch.

[00:06:51]You know, >> [snorts] >> at the beginning or at the end, ch.

[00:06:55]Church. Go to church, okay?

[00:06:58]This one, chick Oh, sorry. Chicken.

[00:07:02]Chicken. A kind of animal, a kind of meat, huh? Chicken. But, this one, kitchen. A house room, right? Kitchen.

[00:07:10]This [snorts] sandwich.

[00:07:13]Sandwich.

[00:07:14]Uh this chocolate. Not chocolate, okay?

[00:07:17]Choc- lot. Chocolate. I like chocolate, but uh I know, you know, it's sweet. And if you eat too much chocolate, it's not good for your health. And this one, question.

[00:07:29]Question.

[00:07:31]Do you have any questions? Okay.

[00:07:33]Questions and answers. This one, picture. Picture or just like painting, huh?

[00:07:40]Now, one more time, much, such, rich, church, chicken, kitchen, sandwich, chocolate, question, and picture. Now, let's go to the examples here. I need to buy some fish and chips. Fish and link them together, fish and chips, okay? I I need to buy some fish and chips.

[00:08:07]This number two, you can find some chocolate and sandwich in the kitchen. We have chocolate, sandwich, and kitchen. You can find some chocolate and sandwich in the kitchen.

[00:08:22]Uh number three, she is wearing shoes and shirts.

[00:08:26]She, shoes, shirts.

[00:08:31]She is wearing shoes and shirts. Okay, let's all goodbye. See you.