How to Pronounce Long U in American English

I have good news for you! Long u is not a moving vowel. You made this sound already. It’s the ending sound of long o. Remember?

How to Make the Long U Sound

For this sound, your mouth is a little bit open, and your lips are tight and rounded. You should feel your tongue touching the sides of your top teeth, and you may also feel it pull back a little, toward the back of your mouth.

Try these words with me from John chapter 1.

through
whose
true
to
truth
whom
two
Jews
you
rule

The rest of the vowel sounds that we want to look at are diphthongs, and are generally spelled with two letters. The first one we want to practice is the “ɔɪ”sound, as in the word “boy.”