English Pronunciation - British Vowel Sounds - /æ/ & /ɑ:/
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In this video I discuss the /æ/ & /ɑ:/ sounds. The /ɑ:/ sound is unique to British English and often replaces the /æ/ sound so watch this video if you want to understand British pronunciation!
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0:30 - How to produce the /æ/ sound
1:02 - How the /æ/ sound is represented in written English
1:19 - Tongue twister
1:44 - Minimal pairs /æ/ & /e/
2:35 - Lengthened /æ/ sound
3:22 - How to produce the /ɑ:/ sound
3:58 - How the /ɑ:/ sound is represented in written English
4:41 - Differences in American English
5:38 - Differences in the north of England
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I'm relearning english and restarting again all to the basics. The 44 phonetics. I can't believe I didn't even recognize quarter of them. Your channel perhaps a good start for me!
It's a good idea, thanks for your comment!
I'm amazed at the comparison between US and UK accent which helped me a lot!
I'm glad you found it useful, thanks for your comment!
My goodness, you're an amazing teacher!!
Thanks!
In modern RP pronounciation the sound "ash" is shifting into: "a" and the word "cat" is pronounced as /kat/, source: lexico dictionary.
I have a dictation for phonetics in two days and this rly helped me differentiating those two sounds!
I'm glad you found my video helpful!
I love when you tell us tongue twisters to practice! I made a post with the one that you said in this video. I want more!
Thanks for you videos
Thanks, I will try and use more tongue twisters in my videos in the future!
We still pronounce “can’t” with an /ɑː/ in the North of England. Same with a few other words like “rather”, “half”, “calve” and “shan’t”. Not sure why though.
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Yes, I remember reading that the aristocracy brought the dipthongs into some of the Old pronunciations.
Amazing lesson, as well Ed☺️ Thanks
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Thank you very much. I learned American accent, but I want to imitate British pronunciation. Thanks God, I don't have to bother with this a: sound. I already pronounce it before R, but not in all the other cases.
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Amazing Ed.
Very helpful. Thank you.
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Interesting lesson that I am looking for.
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Excellent
please can you explain the sound ʌ , please?
thank you
I explain the /ʌ/ sound in this video: czcams.com/video/NGYnYwRnZo4/video.html
Thank you so much for this video! It really helps a lot to read the IPA while you pronounce the words! I've noticed that in some parts of Europe the æ is pronounced like an ɛ or an e. I'll share this video cause it has solved many doubts!🙏💖
You're welcome, thanks for sharing!
good lessons 👍
Thanks!
Please upload a video on phonemes pronunciation
Thanks for your comment! You can find lots of videos about phonemes in this playlist: czcams.com/play/PLJctIm1zfYt4wRLalvUwzBf5WjpDrgDOD.html&si=fI3HHFyXTj40xd7a
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Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much
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I enjoyed it.
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Keep it up sir
I will!
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The British accent seems to have more open vowels than the American accent that is flatter or just closer with little stress in most syllables.
Yes, some vowel sounds are more closed in American English
Plz sir make video on all sounds 3 letters sound for letters sounds
good！
Thanks!
Sehr gut gemacht
Thanks!
thanks a lot. can you get all sounds in one video with example words?
Yes, I will make a video with all sounds of British English in a future video!
I like British accent
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You need to add the subtitle. I'm Vietnamese and very want to learn from you but it's soo hard when without subtitle
Thanks for your comment, I will try and upload text versions of my videos in the future!
Sir pleas what are thé rules for pronuncing thé long a:
I discuss the /ɑ:/ sound in this video: czcams.com/video/Butwe_WsGaw/video.htmlsi=5pjSXp-zLV2aFqqJ
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The lesson is boring but it is very useful.
3:06 i'm confusing about sound of "d" at the end of words. It's spoken "d" or "t"
The letter 'd' is usually pronounced /d/ at the end of words. However, the suffix '-ed', which is attached to the end of words in the past tense, is pronounced differently depending on the sound that precedes it. If the sound before it is voiced, the suffix '-ed' is pronounced /d/, for example: loved /lʌvd/. If the sound before it is unvoiced the suffix '-ed' is pronounced /t/, for example: worked /wɜːkt/. If the sound before it is /d/ the suffix '-ed' is pronounced /ɪd/, for example: sounded /saʊndɪd/.
@@LeanEnglishPronunciation I think he was referring to the part that you contrast between minimal pairs with /t/ and /d/ - in your examples, /d/ suffers devoicing and I'd struggle a little to differentiate if not by the context.
In my non-native “accented” speech, I would contrast between “bat” and “bad” with a little of affrication inside the /t/ sound [tˢ], so that _bat_ and _bad_, even when /d/ is devoiced, don't sound alike. But it seems to me that both /d/ and /t/ suffer affrication in your speech and the actual way to contrast (besides pre-fortis clipping) is the aspiration in the /t/ - today I learnt! I'll start to apply this to my own speech as well, which seems more native-like.
@@Sergio-hn9vr Yes, the /d/ sound is partially devoiced at the end of words making it difficult to distinguish from the /t/ sound. The /t/ sound is only aspirated in syllable initial position.
@@LeanEnglishPronunciation So what's that pop of air I keep hearing at the end of some words?
@@Sergio-hn9vr It is probably the result of affrication and/or ejective consonants
In Russian, the word for 'monophthongs' is pronounced mono-f-tongs, so hearing mono-thongs makes me think of underwear XD
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I still get confused these two vowels!!
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Am I wrong or the american/ae/ is still used by few people in the Uk?I
People in the north of England replace the /ɑː/ sound with the /æ/ sound in words like 'bath'.
@@LeanEnglishPronunciation yes I already knew
I meant that this sound is still pronounced more closed(like in GA ) by few british people ( maybe old people).
@@raffaele112mnQr29 Correct, In traditional RP the /ae/ sound is more closed but very few people speak like that today
We have a boatload of /ɑ/ sound in General American English.
Awesome
Paw
Bought
Lot
Fought
Not
taught
rot
knot
saw
shot
jot
naught
hot
...
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You need to make it clear this is for the rp accent and isn’t representative of the uk
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You are using the /a/ not the /æ/ because there is NO /æ/ in SSBE.
The /ɑː/ does not exist in SSBE either. It should be the /aː/ instead.
Bath /baθ/ it is NOT long
Park /paːk/ it is long because it has the r in the word.
Carry /kaɹi/ it is NOT long even if it has the rr in the word because two rr prevent it to be long
SSB English
/i/ /u/-tense monophthongs
/ɛi/ /ai/ /ɔu/ /ɔi/ /au/-diphthongs
/a/ /ɛ/ /ɪ/ /ɔ/ /ə/-lax monophthongs
/aː/ /ɛː/ /ɪː/ /ɔː/ /əː/-long vowels
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You are teaching the 'd' sound wrong. You are adding an intrusive 'uh' to it instead of pronouncing a pure sound. It's 'D' , not 'duhh'. You're doing the same with 'r'.
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