La pronunciación es uno de los aspectos que la mayoría de los estudiantes de inglés dicen no dominar. Una buena manera de practicar la pronunciación de los diferentes sonidos en inglés son los trabalenguas (en inglés tongue twisters). Hoy os traemos unos cuantos para que practiquéis. ¿Cuántos creéis que sois capaces de decir sin equivocaros en ninguna palabra? ?
Sonidos /s/y /ʃ/
- I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw.
- Selly sold sea shells on the sea floor to buy some sea shells on the other side of the sea floor.
- I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop. Where she sits she shines, and where she shines she sits.
- How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets.
Sonido /n/
- What noise annoys an oyster most? A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.
Sonido /m/
- Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?
Sonidos /v/ y /b/
- Viewing videos can verify your vision.
- Very few black vehicles are big and vacant.
Sonido /w/
- How much wood would a woodcut cut if a woodcut would cut wood.
- I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
- While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington’s windows with warm washing water.
Sonido /f/
- I feel a feel, a funny feel. A funny feel I feel. If I feel the funny feel, then feel the feel I feel.
Sonidos /h/ y /dʒ/
- Harold is jovial but he hates helping Judy with her Japanese homework.
Sonido /k/
- How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
Sonido /d/
- Fred fed Ted bread and Ted fed Fred bread.
Sonido / tʃ/
- Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese.
Sonido /p/ (este es para profesionales)
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; a peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Ya no tienes excusa para no practicar la pronunciación. ¿Cuántos has sido capaz de decir sin confundirte? ¿Te sabes algún trabalenguas más? ¡Compártelo con nosotros en los comentarios! ?
Juan Floriano Reviriego