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Pronouncing ...gk... sounds.

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Author Photo by: Lancent Badge: SupporterBadge: Serious SupporterBadge: VIP Supporter
Sep 11 2019, 12:21am CST ~ 4 years ago. 
I have trouble pronouncing words that have 'gk' together. For instance, the word 'magkita', 'magkaroon', or 'magkasakit'. No matter how hard I try, the 'g'-sound gets drowned out, and it sounds like 'makita', 'makaroon', or 'makasakit'. Native Tagalog speakers can easily tell that I'm not pronouncing the 'g'-sound.
 
What is the best way to practice making the g sound more distinct?
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Author Photo BoraMac Badge: Supporter
Sep 11 2019, 9:45am CST ~ 4 years ago. 
For me, I just finally decided to bite off full conjugations...
 
And you get used to the double double of the consonant vowel of - for example KIta...
 
So the double double becomes KIkita....and if you get used to saying kikita...
 
The Mag-KIkita...gets stopped by the necessity to double the KI...
 
Which is kind of the long way to say...just view the mag as and added first syllable...not as a sound that gets mashed up into rest of the word.
 
Mag-KI-kita
 
Nag-KI-kita
 
Nag-kita
 
Mag-kita
 
Good luck.
 
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Author Photo Lancent Badge: SupporterBadge: Serious SupporterBadge: VIP Supporter
Sep 11 2019, 2:54pm CST ~ 4 years ago. 
@BoraMac Thanks. I'll give that a try!
 
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