The "ng" is hard for many students. I teach it in two steps. 1 - English has 26 letters and 44 sounds. So, letter groups indicate sounds. "n" is a sound, "g" is a second sound, and "ng" is a third sound (not "n" followed by "g"). 2 - The following words help students hear and produce the sounds. "ban" [bæn] - standard "n" [n] sound "bag" [bæg] - standard "g" [g] sound "back" [bæk] - standard "k" [k] sound "bank" [bæŋk] - actually pronounced as "ba-ng-k" "bang" [bæŋ] - standard "ng" [ŋ] sound - pronounced as "bank" without the "k" Then we practice a few minimal pairs very slowly. "kink"/"king" "sink"/"sing" "rink"/"ring" "honk"/"Hong Kong" Then we work on some common verb forms. "running" "eating" "sleeping" "working" Students may have a residual short "g" sound. This is because the tongue position for "ng" is the same as for "g" and students incorrectly stop the nasal sound by closing the velar flap at the back of the mouth before moving the tongue to release air through the mouth. When the tongue moves away from the "g"/"ng" position first, there isn't a short "g" sound.

Parte del problema es que en español no hay muchas palabras que tengan un final tan firme. Probablemente se sienta antinatural terminar la palabra "think" con tanta fuerza. Una cosa que te ayudará es ralentizar tu habla. Si dices una frase como "I think that this movie is good", tómate un tiempo entre "think" y "that" para que puedas pronunciarla correctamente. Si te apresuras, todo sonará como barro.

Phonetically speaking: thing /θɪŋ/ BUT think /θɪŋk/ It means that you don’t say /g/ (or /k/) when pronouncing ‘thing”. Also, /n/ differs from /ŋ/; therefore you pronounce /n/ touching your hard palate/front teeth with the tip of the tongue, but /ŋ/ - touching your soft palate with the back of your tongue: nose /nəʊz/ vs sing /sɪŋ/ I hope it helps.

Hi Camilla, those two words are difficult to differentiate because /g/ and /k/ come from the same place in our throats. /g/ is more voiced than /k/. If you put a finger on your throat, you should feel vibration when you say /g/ but not when you say /k/. Hope that helps :)

Hi. You should try adding a deliberate "K" sound at the end of the word Think.