Learn how to pronounce the words PARISH & PERISH with this American English Pronunciation Lesson.
Pronunciation:
These words are homophones and are pronounced exactly the same way:
P-AIR-short I-SH or /pɛrɪʃ/
two syllables: PAIR-ISH
Definitions:
PARISH is a religious district.
PERISH to ruin or die.
Sentence:
The parish priest will visit the congregation and quickly deliver the food so it will not perish.
Transcript:
Hi there Jennifer from Tarle speech with your two for Tuesday.
Two words that are pronounced exactly the same way with different spellings and different meanings.
So we have:
parish a religious district typically in christianity
and perish to ruin or die
So to say these words correctly two beats pair ish
Let’s start with pair, syllable one, to say this you’re going to start with the p sound just let your lips press together and then open and the air puffs out.
Move to the air vowel to do this you’re going to open your mouth in a wide circle tip of your tongue is really low back of the tongue is pulled up. You are going to close your mouth to square tense lips. The tip of your tongue can either stay in the same pot spot pointing down or it can flip back it’s up to you and personal preference.
air air
I personally keep the tip of my tongue in the same spot for that whole air vowel.
pair
Then we’re going to end with ish. To do this your mouth is slightly open relaxed lips and your tongue is behind your top front teeth. Then pucker your lips for the shh
ish ish ish
Let’s put it all together
pair ish pair-ish
perish parish
perish parish
perish perish
And now for a sentence:
The parish priest will visit the congregation and quickly deliver the food so it will not perish.
Give it a try people are going to notice the difference!
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