Whats the difference between z and s in pronouncation?

2009-01-08 1:29 pm
Are the shapes of the mouth and tongue exactly the same, except that you aspire the voice out for "z", and silent for "s"?

for example, "sero" and "zero" there should be no difference, am I correct? so the "ze" in zero have the same pronounciation as "c"?
Please help.

回答 (3)

2009-01-08 1:33 pm
✔ 最佳答案
No, Z has a vibrating sound, like the sound a bee makes. S is just...sssssss, like the sound a snake hissing makes.
2009-01-08 1:54 pm
In some languages (Danish and Spanish come to mind) there is no sound like the English Z. In English S is unvoiced, and Z is voiced. In English, there are several pair of consonants like that. Here are some:

Unvoiced Voiced
F . . . . . . . V
K . . . . . . . G (as in goal)
P . . . . . . . B
S . . . . . . . Z
th (thin) . . th (then)
ch . . . . . . G (as in George)
sh . . . . . . zh (as the s in measure)

Just to keep things complicated, Spanish does not distinguish the sounds of V and B from each other, and English spelling is crazy, so you cannot depend on rules.
2009-01-08 1:44 pm
we usually say 'zed' for z. and s is pronounced the normal way.


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