#25 Tongue twister: Thoughts
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
Translation:
Men bir fikr o‘yladim. Ammo, men o‘ylagan fikr men o‘ylagan fikr emasmikin deb o‘yladim. Agar men o‘ylagan fikrimni o‘ylaganim men o‘ylagan fikrim bo‘lganda edi, men bu qadar ko‘p o‘ylamagan bo‘lar edim.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Without intonation no one can understand the meaning of this tongue twister.
▶️ Now practice: I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
Translation:
Men bir fikr o‘yladim. Ammo, men o‘ylagan fikr men o‘ylagan fikr emasmikin deb o‘yladim. Agar men o‘ylagan fikrimni o‘ylaganim men o‘ylagan fikrim bo‘lganda edi, men bu qadar ko‘p o‘ylamagan bo‘lar edim.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation – strong / weak: Without intonation no one can understand the meaning of this tongue twister.
▶️ Now practice: I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
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#26 Tongue twister: TH nightmare
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Something in a thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, thankfully, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty-year-old thug thought of that morning.
Translation:
Qushqonmas va tikanli chakalakzorda nimadir gumburlab-gursillab uradi Metyu bezorining xayollarini qorqitib, lekin shukurki, o'ttiz yoshli bezori, ertalab, sonining ostida deb oylagan tikonlar o'n uch mintagina edi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – the TH sounds: Don’t miss any of them. Record yourself to check and train your ears. Pronunciation problems exist because we don’t hear the difference.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Something in a thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, thankfully, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty-year-old thug thought of that morning.
Translation:
Qushqonmas va tikanli chakalakzorda nimadir gumburlab-gursillab uradi Metyu bezorining xayollarini qorqitib, lekin shukurki, o'ttiz yoshli bezori, ertalab, sonining ostida deb oylagan tikonlar o'n uch mintagina edi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation – the TH sounds: Don’t miss any of them. Record yourself to check and train your ears. Pronunciation problems exist because we don’t hear the difference.
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#27 Tongue twister: Insane Insects
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ A big black bug bit a little blue beetle but the little blue beetle bit the big black bug back.
Translation:
Katta qora kana kichik ko'k qo'ng'izni tishladi, lekin kichik ko'k qo'ng'iz katta qora kanani qaytarib tishladi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation: /g/ and /k/ in the final position are sometimes hard to distinguish. Make sure you do!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ A big black bug bit a little blue beetle but the little blue beetle bit the big black bug back.
Translation:
Katta qora kana kichik ko'k qo'ng'izni tishladi, lekin kichik ko'k qo'ng'iz katta qora kanani qaytarib tishladi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Pronunciation: /g/ and /k/ in the final position are sometimes hard to distinguish. Make sure you do!
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#28 Tongue twister: What if?
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ How much wood could woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Translation:
Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, qancha yog'ochni o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlay oladi? Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, o'rmon kemiruvchisi har qanday o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlagani kabi yog'ochni tashlaydi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation: This tongue twister has an enjoyable rhythm when you say it fluently.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ How much wood could woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
Translation:
Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, qancha yog'ochni o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlay oladi? Agar o'rmon kemiruvchisi yog'ochni tashlay olsa, o'rmon kemiruvchisi har qanday o'rmon kemiruvchisi tashlagani kabi yog'ochni tashlaydi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Intonation: This tongue twister has an enjoyable rhythm when you say it fluently.
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#29 Tongue twister: Betty Botter
❗️Challenge yourself:
▶️ Betty Botter bought some butter. “But”, said she, “the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.” So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter and made her bitter batter better. So it was better Betty Botter bought some better butter.
Translation:
Betty Botter sariyog' sotib oldi, lekin u sariyog' bemaza ekanligini aytib "agar men uni quymog'imga solsam u meni quymog'imni bemaza qiladi, lekin bir oz yaxshiroq sariyog' meni bemaza quymog'imni yaxshiroq qiladi". Shunday qilib u bir oz yaxshiroq sariyog' sotib oldi, bemaza sariyog'idan yaxshiroq bo'lgan, uni bemaza quymog'iga soldi va bemaza quymog'ini yaxshiroq qildi. Shuning uchun Betty Botterni yaxshiroq sariyog' sotib olgani yaxshi bo'lgan.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Vowels: Say [æ] in batter, [e] in better and [ʌ] in butter.
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❗️Challenge yourself:
▶️ Betty Botter bought some butter. “But”, said she, “the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.” So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter, put it in her bitter batter and made her bitter batter better. So it was better Betty Botter bought some better butter.
Translation:
Betty Botter sariyog' sotib oldi, lekin u sariyog' bemaza ekanligini aytib "agar men uni quymog'imga solsam u meni quymog'imni bemaza qiladi, lekin bir oz yaxshiroq sariyog' meni bemaza quymog'imni yaxshiroq qiladi". Shunday qilib u bir oz yaxshiroq sariyog' sotib oldi, bemaza sariyog'idan yaxshiroq bo'lgan, uni bemaza quymog'iga soldi va bemaza quymog'ini yaxshiroq qildi. Shuning uchun Betty Botterni yaxshiroq sariyog' sotib olgani yaxshi bo'lgan.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Vowels: Say [æ] in batter, [e] in better and [ʌ] in butter.
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#30 Tongue twister: Switching watches
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Robert watched Richard switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.
Translation:
Robert Richardning Irlandiyalik qo'l soatini Shveytsariya qo'l soatiga almashtirishini tomosha qildi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Robert watched Richard switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch.
Translation:
Robert Richardning Irlandiyalik qo'l soatini Shveytsariya qo'l soatiga almashtirishini tomosha qildi.
❗️Pay attention to:
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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#31 Tongue twister: Tough Nonsense
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
❗️ Unfortunately there is no translation for this tongue twister as it doesn’t mean anything. Researchers at MIT have tried to create the most difficult tongue twister of all times believe that this one could be it. Practice to see if they are right and if you belong to the very few people who can say it correctly multiple times!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Pad kid poured curd pulled cod.
❗️ Unfortunately there is no translation for this tongue twister as it doesn’t mean anything. Researchers at MIT have tried to create the most difficult tongue twister of all times believe that this one could be it. Practice to see if they are right and if you belong to the very few people who can say it correctly multiple times!
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#32 Tongue twister: Ough My Goughd!
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ English can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
Translation:
Ingliz tilini qattiq, batafsil o’ylash orqali tushinish mumkin lekin.
❗️ Insanely, the letter combination “ough” has as many as 9 different pronunciations. Practice the most common ones by looking at the words as a whole.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ English can be understood through tough thorough thought, though.
Translation:
Ingliz tilini qattiq, batafsil o’ylash orqali tushinish mumkin lekin.
❗️ Insanely, the letter combination “ough” has as many as 9 different pronunciations. Practice the most common ones by looking at the words as a whole.
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#33 Tongue twister: Sleepy sheep
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack. Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Translation:
Bu qo‘ylar kulbada uxlamasligi kerak. Qo'ylar omborxonada uxlashlari kerak.
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ These sheep shouldn’t sleep in a shack. Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Translation:
Bu qo‘ylar kulbada uxlamasligi kerak. Qo'ylar omborxonada uxlashlari kerak.
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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#34 Tongue twister: Big Apple
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ I like New York. Unique New York. I like unique New York.
Translation:
Menga Nyu York yoqadi. Yagona Nyu York. Menga yagona Nyu York yoqadi.
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time you’re trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ I like New York. Unique New York. I like unique New York.
Translation:
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#36 Tongue twister: Peter Piper
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Translation:
Piter Payper bir oram tuzlangan qalampir tanladi. Piter Payper tuzlangan qalampirdan bir oram tanlaganmi? Agar Piter Payper bir oram tuzlangan qalampir tanlagan bo'lsa, Piter Payper tanlagan bir oram tuzlangan qalampir qani?
🔘 Intonation: As a rule of thumb (=approximate rule, not 100% rule), go ↗️ before commas and ↘️ before full stops. Go ↗️ at the end of yes-or-no questions and ↘️ at the end of wh-questions. 👇
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ↘️. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers ↗️? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers ↗️, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked ↘️?
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
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#37 Tongue twister: War
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
Translation:
Sadoqatli jangchi nimaga biz boshqarishimizdan kamdan-kam xovotir oladi.
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time you’re trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️
Sadoqatli jangchi nimaga biz boshqarishimizdan kamdan-kam xovotir oladi.
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time you’re trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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#38 Tongue twister: Wishful witches
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️Three witches wished three wishes but which witch knows which witch wished which wish?
Translation:
Uchta jodugar uchta tilak tiladi, ammo qaysi jodugar qaysi jodugar qaysi tilakni tilaganini biladi?
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time you’re trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️
Uchta jodugar uchta tilak tiladi, ammo qaysi jodugar qaysi jodugar qaysi tilakni tilaganini biladi?
🔘 Fluency and accuracy: Tongue twisters force you to pay more attention to correct pronunciation, while at the same time you’re trying to speak fast. Keep practicing them until your both fluent and accurate, it’ll benefit your speaking skill!
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Tongue twister #39: Happy Hector
❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Hector the happy hedgehog hugged heaps of hibiscus while humming a harmonious hymn.
Translation:
Baxtli tipratikan Gektor gibiskusni quchoqlab, uyg‘un madhiya kuylamoqda.
Why practice?
🔘 Pronunciation – The [h] sound is always soft in English, not like the Russian [x]. Unfortunately for Uzbeks, the two are not clearly distinguished in the Uzbek language.
Check out a previous post about this problem.
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❗️Challenge yourself with this tongue twister:
▶️ Hector the happy hedgehog hugged heaps of hibiscus while humming a harmonious hymn.
Translation:
Baxtli tipratikan Gektor gibiskusni quchoqlab, uyg‘un madhiya kuylamoqda.
Why practice?
🔘 Pronunciation – The [h] sound is always soft in English, not like the Russian [x]. Unfortunately for Uzbeks, the two are not clearly distinguished in the Uzbek language.
Check out a previous post about this problem.
👉@afandi_english👈 #tongue_twisters