/n/

The /n/: nasal, voiced, tongue on the alveolar ridge

The /n/ is made by raising your tongue to touch the alveolar ridge — just behind your top teeth — while the air flows out through your nose. It's the same as the Spanish one, but in English it shows up constantly at the end of words, and that's where the work is.

How it's made

• 👄 Mouth: slightly open; no air comes out of it.
• 👅 Tongue: the tip touches the alveolar ridge and stays there.
• 🔊 Voice: voiced and nasal — the air escapes through the nose.

You hear it in: no · nice · man · soon · again

⚠️ The typical Spanish-speaker mistake: releasing the tongue too early at the end of a word and adding a vowel. Man doesn't end in mana: the tongue stays up and the sound dies there.

By the end you'll be able to: hold a final /n/ without adding a vowel after it.