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gum / gun

Especially for speakers of CHINESE, SPANISH, BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE.

/m/ vs. /n/
Minimal Pairs

/m/ vs. /n/

The word gum ends with the sound /m/ - use both lips to stop air coming out of the mouth.

The word gun ends with the sound /n/ - use the tip of the tongue to touch just behind your upper teeth. Do not close the lips.

Minimal Pairs

beam - bean, been (been is sometimes pronounced like bin when we speak quickly)
bum - bun
came - cane
dam, damn - Dan
dumb - done
foam - phone
game - gain
gram - gran
grim - grin
gum - gun
home - hone
meme - mean
numb - none, nun
rum - run
same - sane
seem, seam - seen
SIM - sin
skim - skin
some, sum - son, sun
spam - span
team - teen
term - turn
them - then

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