/v/

The /v/ sound in English is a voiced labiodental fricative, which means it’s a sound made by creating friction between the bottom lip and the upper teeth with vocal cord vibration. Here’s how you pronounce it:

• Position your lip and teeth: For the /v/ sound, your bottom lip should be touching your upper teeth.
• Voicing: The /v/ sound is a voiced consonant, meaning your vocal cords vibrate when you produce this sound. You should feel a vibration if you lightly touch the front of your throat while saying the sound.
• Release the sound: Start by creating a narrow gap between your bottom lip and upper teeth. Then, push air through the small space while voicing out. The continuous airflow passing through this small space creates the /v/ sound.