How to pronounce /f/

fricative · voiceless · Both British & American

Practice target: RP — Received Pronunciation

Simplified illustration, not measured anatomy. Use the written cue and recorded examples together.

How to make it

Upper teeth on lower lip, blow air through the gap.

Use upper teeth against the lower lip rather than a bilabial fricative.

Use this repeatable synthesized model for the controlled word set. It is a practice reference, not a universal answer key for every speaker.

“fish, leaf. fish, leaf.”

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Choose a scene, then try one example word in a natural reply. This focus is self-directed, not a sound-specific assessment.