Master the American Accent! Linking with the Unreleased D /d/ Consonant
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- If you want to speak like a native speaker of American English, you have to master linking! Linking is how native speakers connect words together in spoken English, and there are lots of ways to do it! This video will teach you how to link words together using the D consonant, like in the sentence, "I had to." Something funny happens to the D sound - it becomes unreleased! Watch to learn more!
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Thank you, Teacher Julie, for your awesome class.
You're very welcome - I'm glad you liked the video! :)
as always, an amazing lesson! thank you!
You're welcome! I'm glad the video was helpful! :)
Great and helpful video, Thank you so much.
You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful! :)
It’s very helpful for me ,thanks
Awesome! I'm so glad this video was helpful! :)
Thanks a lot. Your videos are great, I can see very well how your tongue moves.
Thanks! I'm glad I could help! :)
Please can u make a video about linking the V with others consonants?
Hi Roger - thanks for your video suggestion! I'll add it to my "to-do" list :)
Teacher Julie, Thank you for your lesson.It is really help me to solve my pronunciation problems.
May I ask a question in this video.
"glad she" sounds like "glæ ʒi:"
or could I say "glæ ʃi:" which one is correct?
Hi Kenny - Thanks for your comment and questions! I'm glad this video was helpful :) Regarding your question: ""glad she" sounds like "glæ ʒi:", or could I say "glæ ʃi:" which one is correct?" Neither are correct - you do need to pronounce the final /d/ sound in the word "glad". I'd be happy to listen to your pronunciation of "glad she" in my live, weekly pronunciation class called Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club). I could listen to your speech and give you feedback on how you sound :) Let me know if you have any questions!
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Hey Richard - Thanks for the thumbs up! :) Glad you liked it!
When's the ED ending can be released or unreleased? I hope you post some vids on that matter. Give us some nice clues about. Thanks ahead.
Hi BM - Thanks for your question! I think you've asked this one on another video before...and I think I answered it already (??) This video that you've commented on here should answer your question about the ED ending when it's pronounced like /d/. Check out my channel for videos about the Flap T if you want to learn about the ED ending when it's pronounced like a flap, and check out my consonant - vowel linking videos to learn about how the ED ending when it's pronounced like a /t/. Or, feel free to enroll in English Pro and attend a live class - I can help you during the class: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/bundles/english-pro :)
Great video!!
What about sudden, ridden, hidden, biden, garden?
All unreleased D?
Hi DavidRock65 - Thanks for your comment! Yes - all of these words can be pronounced with an unreleased D. And since they all have a final /n/ sound, you would end up saying these with nasal plosion, which is an unreleased D (keep the tongue tip up), then you immediately transition to an /n/ (lower the soft palate). There isn't a vowel in the final syllable of these words if you use nasal plosion - it's just and unreleased D + N.
I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thanks 🙏
@@davidrock65 Happy to help :)
The past tense verb "scattered" can be released and unreleased ? We havent talked about ED released and unreleased rules. Please, upload some video on that.
Thanks for the question, BM Pro! I see you asked this question on two separate videos, and here's the answer I wrote: "The most common pronunciation of the middle "t" is going to be the flap, while the -ed ending can be a released D, an unreleased D, or a flap, depending on the speaker's preferences and what that word links to (if anything). I hope this helps!"
Hello, can i say (president) without the letters D and T
Hi! Sorry for my late reply - I just saw this comment :) If you pronounce "president" without the D and T, you'll end up saying: "presien", which isn't a real word in English but it sounds like "present" or "prison". So you need to pronounce both the D and T in "president".
The final T consonant can be pronounced with a stop T, and sometimes when native speakers use a stop T at the end of a word (and especially a final "nt") you don't hear the stop very clearly. But it needs to be there - the vocal cords need to stop the airflow abruptly in order for your listener to hear a T sound.
I hope this helps! :)
Hello, are pronounce the word already with /ɔ/ or /ɑ/ /ɔlˈrɛdi/ or /ɑlˈrɛdi/ . Thank you.
Please teacher about this sound mouth position I learn this sounds still get confused
Hi, thanks for your question! I pronounce "already" with the AH /ɑ/ vowel: /ɑlˈrɛ.di/ :)
@@xdflow021 I understand how these sounds can be confusing! In California (and in most of the western US), the AW /ɔ/ vowel has been replaced by the AH /ɑ/ vowel. So I never use the AW /ɔ/ vowel when it is in the pure form - instead, I use AH /ɑ/. I only use the AW /ɔ/ vowel when it is in the OR /ɔr/ R-colored vowel (like in the word "door") or in the OY /ɔɪ/ diphthong (like in the word "boy").
Since I don't use the AW /ɔ/ vowel, I don't teach it to my accent clients, and I also haven't made a video about it. It is OK not to use the AW /ɔ/ vowel in words like "already" or "ball" because many native US speakers also don't use the AW /ɔ/ vowel. You can use AH /ɑ/ in these words instead.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you need more explanation :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
sounds great, i like /ɑ/ sound .
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, Mrs. Julie.
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
-sounds great, i like /ɑ/ sound .
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, Mrs. Julie.
I heard that the /ʃ/ "glad she" kinda sounds like /tʃ/? Is it correct?
Hi Odd Edated - Hmm, it's possible that some of the voicing of the final /d/ in "glad" is dropped in fast, connected speech. This could result in a "ch" sound between "glad" and "she".
Isn't the D also unreleased sometimes, before a vowel which goes almost silent, like in: I had a lot of work. I am not native but would pronounce it like: I "had (a) lot" of work, with a glottal stop after D.
Hi Nom - Thanks for your question :) In the sentence you provided as an example, "I had a lot of work", the final /d/ in "had" would most typically be pronounced as a flap, as would the final /t/ in "lot". I hope this helps! :)
Many thanks for your answer,@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent. 🙂
@@nomcognom2414 You're welcome! :)
My daughter even cut a word in half as she says buh whah 😂😂😂 ( but what) her native language is Dutch.
Hi Kathy - Yes, that is very common for people to do because it sounds so similar! But I promise you, in the phrase "but what", the T in "but" is *usually* pronounced, but it's a glottal stop T (made with the vocal cords). Sometimes, in really fast, informal speech, a native speaker might also drop the T like your daughter does, but this doesn't always happen. I hope this was helpful! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thank you! I appreciate your work so much.
When I hear natives speaking faster they don't even put their tongues on the alveolar ridge to pronounce the unreleased D
Thanks for your comment, Douglas :) I'd have to hear the speaker to know for sure how they pronounced the unreleased D. Come to my next live class at Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club) and we can discuss this further! :)
4:20 glad she.... Why does -d sound like - g?
Hi K. Poma - This is a great question! It's difficult for me to explain this in a comment, and it would be so much easier if I could pronounce the differences between "glad she" and "glag she" (if it was a /g/ sound) for you in real time. It would be great if you'd join my live, weekly English class at Julie's Conversation Club: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club. I could answer your question there during the class! I hope to see you there!
I like you do you have Instagram?
Yes, she has. instagram.com/san_diego_voice_and_accent/?hl=en
she has a great lessons on Instagram.
@@ramzy-6566 Thanks!! :)
I just don't know why, why Americans do this sound so fast!? It sounds like no d at all when they're speaking fast
Hi Douglas - Yes, that's true! But the D sound is there, I promise! :)