🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ɚ/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/rcolored_vowel_sound_schwar_as_in_after
This is fantastic! Perfect audio, detailed explanation without using linguistic descriptions, so anybody can understand how to make the sound, cute sound effects, good speed, so many examples! Thank you so much!
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I'm a native American English speaker, but I'm really into linguistics and conlanging, but very new to it. This video is really helpful for understanding r-colored/rhotic vowels. Great video!
This is exactly what I was looking for. I used to think er as in after, and ir as in first are the same. So, I used to replace er with ir. Now, this videos explains any question. Thanks a lot.
"Why did the capacitor kiss the diode? Because he just couldn't resistor." I happened to encounter this pun a day after learning about the correct pronunciation of the unstressed r-colored vowels. Had I heard the joke a day sooner, I would've not gotten the PUNchline.
Bonjour, j’adore votre méthode, car mettre les lettres en rouge pour qu’elles soient en évidence lorsqu’on apprend un son est vraiment une bonne façon de s’en rappeler et de mieux comprendre de la même façon. Je retranscris tous les mots sur une feuille avec la transcription phonétique afin de les reviser. C’est une très bonne méthode. Merci beaucoup et bonne journée!
Hello there! Great approach! On our website (soundsamerican.net) we publish lists of words and supply them with audio tooltips - you can click on a word, listen to how it's pronounced by a native speaker AND check its transcription. This may be helpful for your exercises. Here's our article about this: soundsamerican.net/article/why_its_best_to_go_slow_and_what_audio_tooltips_have_to_do_with_it
where can I find a diccionary of words, but with the description below how to pronounce them as you show on the video, the word and its pronounciation?
+Anna Collazo , Anna, you're very welcome and thank you for your kind words! Our app is not publicly available yet, but we're going to release it very soon! We'll announce it here on this channel. Stay tuned! :)
Hello there ! Thank you for sharing this video. My pronunciation has improved !! One thing: This weak r-colored vowel sound does not occur at the beginning of a word, does it?
+Dennis Montufar , you're welcome! Glad to hear that! About the /ɚ/ at the beginning of a word. Well, not a single word comes to mind. We also checked our list of 10,000 English words and there isn't a single word that starts with this vowel. So, we probably can safely say that it doesn't occur in this position. 😀
Sounds American thank you :) I thought the same. I was told by my teacher that this r-colored vowel sound is also known as 15th vowel sound. Do you have any idea about the 16th vowel?
+Dennis Montufar, it depends on how you count them :). We've listed 14 single vowels (including two R-colored vowels) in our Interactive Vowel Chart (ruclips.net/video/7EdRAfOMfnU/видео.html), but those are not all, there are diphthongs and r-colored diphthongs. You can count them in our list here : docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rvqAbjwRxzBAcHOrPe4dlJdO6Q5wLIWZ7QH4mEy_YDY/edit?usp=sharing 😀👋
Hello, Sounds American. It is a great video. Excellent! I like it. But something to note. Brackets or slashes in the phonemic transcription of each word. I always stay tuned on your American channel.
+Angello Ferreira thank you! Glad you like the new videos! About brackets and slashes in transcription: it's possible to use either, usually, square brackets [ ] are used if the author wants to include details of pronunciation, like aspiration for voiceless stops; slashes //are used for "broad" transcription, when the author decides to omit minute details. However, for everyday use, especially if you're not a linguist, we think it's ok to use either [ ] or //, whatever is more convenient for you :). Thank you for staying tuned :)!
Yes, sure, there are some similarities, as these vowels are both relaxed. However, the /ɚ/ sound in "father" is an R-Colored vowel. The /ə/ sound, as in "about" is a single vowel sound, it's not an R-Colored vowel. They are pronounced differently.
Hello there. Can you please make a video of how to lower your voice, make it more deeper. I noticed that american guys have a deep voices. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is one of the key to such pronunciation.
Run away I think what you're looking for may be weak forms and strong forms. Weak forms sound less loud and have a lower pitch than strong forms. The English language consists of many of those weak forms (the vowel schwa). Maybe you should look into that a bit.
I would like to understand what means the symbol under the letter "t" in the transcription of words and the dot between the syllables. Thanks for the support, I'm a Brazilian student.
+Jaime Carvalho Do you mean this one: t̬? It means that the sound is voiced. When you see it like this, it means that it's a "flap" /t/ sound (ruclips.net/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/видео.html). The dot between the syllables marks the syllables division.
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Hello! Thanks for your videos! I have been practicing since few months ago. I have a question .... When a word ends in the letters "er"; "ar" & "or" for example : singer, hunter, color, dollar, etc... do I have to pronounce like the British people the sound "ah" in these words only adding an "r sound"? I'm asking this because for me they make the same sound "ah" at the end, however I don't know if adding r sound I would sound more like an American.
+ Eduardo Olmos Hello there! You're asking an excellent question. The short answer is yes, to sound more American you should pronounce the 'er' in a different way than British. Here's the long answer: When the letters 'er', 'ar,' and 'or' are found at the end of words in unstressed syllables, they usually represent the r-colored vowel / ɚ/. The /ɚ/ is one of the r-colored vowel sounds. The American English is different from British English mostly due to its r-colored vowels. You're right, word "singer" is pronounced as / ˈsɪŋ ˑɚ/ in American English, but as / ˈsɪŋ ˑə/ in British. Here's the list of the r-colored vowels : the single sounds / ɝ/ and /ɚ /, the diphthongs /ɪr/, /ɛr/, /ɑr/, and /ɔr/, and a triphthong /aɪr/. Important note! When you pronounce the r-colored vowels diphthongs or the / aɪr/ triphthong, you don't just add the /r/ sound to a vowel. You should *merge* a vowel and the /r/ into one sound. Here are a couple of our videos on this topic to check out: R-Сolored Vowel Sounds Overview ruclips.net/video/ZJnrTGH3aXo/видео.html R-Colored Vowel Sound / ɚ / as in "after" ruclips.net/video/AzNRoSGBh44/видео.html Hope it helps!
Your channel is so precious and very helpful for me, a great thank for that. I am just a bit confused regarding the word"perfect" as its R-colored vowel appears to be in both the one for stressed and unstressed syllable cases : are there any conditions to pronounce it following the first or the second case ? thank you very much for your answer
The word "perfect" can be used as a verb - "to perfect" and as an adjective - "perfect." The verb "to perfect" is pronounced with the stress falling on the second syllable: /pɚˈfɛkt/, so the R-Colored vowel 'ER' is unstressed and represents the unstressed sound /ɚ/. The adjective "perfect" is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, so 'ER' represents the stressed sound /ɝ/: /ˈpɝ·fɪkt/. Hope it helps!
the vowel in "warm" for me is the same vowel in the word "or", while the word "worm" (and the word "word") have the vowel in this video. Technically, "warm" isn't a true r colored vowel like "worm" is. In "worm" the R is part of the vowel itself. In "warm", the r is added just before the m, very briefly. Same thing with "or", if you prolong the word and hold the vowel as long as you can, you'll hear "ooooooooooo-er". Whereas if you hold the vowel in "worm", the r will be there in one syllable, you can sing "errrrrrr" and the vowel and r will both be there for as long as your breath will allow it. You can't hold "or" as one syllable, the mouth will eventually switch to er at some point. Really wish English spelling made this explanation easier!
Hi Sound American. I have watched and learnt alot from almost all of your videos posted on youtube. I found your lessons are very practical, and detailed oriented and would love to have the program that was used in your pronunciation videos. Do you know where to get those programs downloaded in one’s computer? I appreciate it !
Hello there! Glad to hear you liked our videos and found them helpful! Keep watching :). BTW, we also post some interesting stuff on our community page here on RUclips, check it out. About the pronunciation program in our videos - we're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet so it's unavailable for downloading. We're planning to do release it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
+Gicelia Mendes Thank you Gicelia! This is our own app, it's not publicly available yet, but we'll release it soon! Stay tuned, we're going to announce it on this channel. 😁
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Will it be a huge mistake if I just skip the schwa sound in words such as "mother", "father", "brother", "after", "faster", etc., and just pronounce them with the regular /r/ sound?
@@SoundsAmerican Yeah, I mean, I don't really hear the schwa in those words. Having the experience of learning the language on my own, just by myself, I inevitably got into a trap of pronouncing the words the way they're spelled. I had been pronouncing the aforementioned words as mothEr, fathE, brothEr, etc., stressing both syllables almost equally and therefore mispronouncing the "schwar" as the "e" sound. I had been doing it for years on end until I discovered your channel, that's pretty much when I set out to learn how to sound American, and master an American accent.
@@SoundsAmerican the /ɝ/ I can pronounce but it sounds rather different to me, I mean not at all close to the / ɚ / sound, e.g. the words burn and shirt don't sound similar to after and quicker
Hi, Sounds American! So: [ər] = [ɚ] in "after" /ˈæft·ɚ/ or [·ɚ] in "hour" /aʊ·ɚ/, air /ɛ·ɚ/ ... [ɜː] = [ɝ] in sir /sɝr/, purse /pɝs/ ... and we don't use [ː] in our IPA. Thanks.
Hello there! Almost, "after" is /ˈæf·tɚ/ - the syllables are slightly different; "air" is /ɛr/, the rest is perfect :). Correct, the length of the vowels is not important since any vowel can be long or short depending on the following consonant.
ɝ and ɚ - what's the difference?! er-ir-or-ur, for me, sound the same sound. Actually, when we look up to the color vowel chart, these sounds are comprised in the Purple Shirt. Am I wrong?
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I am having a majorly hard time making out the difference between the [ɚ] and [ɝ] phonemes Everywhere I look makes it seem alot like its just a difference of stress or length, even though ⟨ə⟩ and ⟨ɜ⟩ imply it's a different place of articulation.
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I think your videos are fantastic. Nevertheless, I find that the explanation of the tongue's position with Tom is really not explicit. I think your videos would improve in quality if you improve this part. Because I really can't see how to place my tongue and lips.
@@SoundsAmerican This sound is very difficult for a French people to pronounce. Tom's position and the image do not show exactly how to curl the tongue and where to position it. The same goes for the lips. Should it be like when I say: "smile" or "you"? We can't see it.
+Frédéric Just to make sure: have you watched this part of the video: starting from ruclips.net/video/AzNRoSGBh44/видео.html till 3:20? We're providing detailed explanations for the lips positions and the tongue, with pointers.
+Frédéric We have an app, but it's not publicly released yet. We're working hard to make it happen soon. We'll announce the release on this channel, stay tuned!
Guys, how can I know I'm making this sound correctly? I feel my two versions of this sound, the one for stressed syllables and the one for unstressed ones, sound the same. The difference is just where I emphasize the accent on the word?
+Marquito L These two sounds are very similar, but the /ɚ/ is a relaxed vowel, so you should relax your tongue and lips when making it. For the /ɝ/ sound, you should tense your lips and your tongue when pronouncing it. That's the main difference. Let us know if it helps.
Marquito L I am in no way an expert (just a student myself) but I would say that there is not really a difference in the two sounds except for the relaxed one being (like all other unstressed vowels/schwas) less loud and of a lower pitch. The tense sound is more prominent because it's emphasised. Other than that there should be no difference. I think you've got it.
That's British. In American English this word is pronounced either with /ɔ/ or /ɑ/, depending on your dialect. ruclips.net/video/pr_KAu-_Hmo/видео.html/
"i + consonant + e" when i read as / i: / or / i /, sometimes read as / ai /: for example: police, justice, marine, office ---- sunshine, valentine,online.What is the rule? Please !!
The letter 'i' pronounced as the tense /i/ sound in the words "police" or "marine" is just an exception. Unfortunately, you just have to remember how these words are pronounced. In the words ""justice," or "office," the letter 'i' represents a different sound, the relaxed /ɪ/, because it occurs in unstressed syllables. As for the "sunshine" or "valentine," - in these words the letter 'i' is in a closed stressed syllable followed by a silent 'E,' so it's pronounced as the /aɪ/ sound. Hope it helps.
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+ nika malashini , Hello there, Nika. First of all, pronunciation of these sounds differs, but you should not touch your teeth to make any of them. To make the /t/ sound, you need to raise the tip of your tongue above your upper front teeth and touch the alveolar (tooth) ridge behind your upper front teeth. To make the /s/ or /z/ sounds, you need to move the tip of your tongue toward the alveolar (tooth) ridge behind your upper front teeth, but you should not touch it. Again, you should not touch your teeth either.To make the / ʃ/ sound, you need to arch your tongue and raise the middle of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The tip of your tongue may be down or in a neutral position. Hope it helps!
+mike v those are two links to two videos, not just one. If you copied them and pasted, check that you've copied them correctly. Here're these links again: ruclips.net/user/mrbruff ruclips.net/channel/UChyUIaGBTb3rMIhKJahiYEg
Hello, Sounds American! You say that sound /ɝ/ is used in stressed syllables only, but what about word "research"? In a dictionary sound / ɝ/ is used although syllable is unstressed /rɪˈsɝːtʃ.
+Alex Hahn, Hello there, Alex! The /ɝ/ is stressed in your transcription: /rɪˈsɝːtʃ/. :) See the stress mark before the /s/ sound? It points out the stress that falls on the second syllable :).
+Alex Hahn , no problem at all. The word “research” can be a noun and a verb and the main difference is in the stressed syllables. If the first syllable is stressed, it’s a noun, if the second syllable is stressed, it’s a verb. So, the "research" as a noun is pronounced /ˈri·sɚtʃ/. For the 'research" as a verb, the pronunciation is this: /rɪˈsɝtʃ/.
Thank you! That's what I wanted to find out. If the "r" is followed by vowel is in the stressed syllable, we use sound / ɝ /. When "r" is followed by vowels is in the unstressed syllable, we use sound /ɚ/. So, Cambridge Dictionary made a mistake?:)
Sir! I don't feel so good disturbing you. But can you kindly tell me this... I think the difference between ɝ and ɚ is of strength. You said the word 'perfect' in both videos, differently. In previous one you put stress on 'per' and in this video you put stress on 'fect'. I thought the difference between perfect and percent is just the stress.. in perfect, stress on per, and percent stress on cent. But in this video you said perfect just like percent, kindly explain this if you can. :( PS : I'm trying to become a voice over artist just like you, that's why I'm learning these. Your videos are so helpful I'm almost done with these series.
The /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ are basically the same sound, the /ɝ/ is found in stressed syllables and the /ɚ/ in unstressed ones. We'd say that the /ɚ/ is a more relaxed vowel sound, because it occurs in weak (unstressed) syllables, so it's pronounced with relaxed tongue and lips. The word "perfect" can be used as a verb - "to perfect" and as an adjective - "perfect." The verb "to perfect" is pronounced with the stress falling on the second syllable: /pɚˈfɛkt/, so the R-Colored vowel 'ER' is unstressed and represents the unstressed sound /ɚ/. The adjective "perfect" is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, so 'ER' represents the stressed sound /ɝ/: /ˈpɝ·fɪkt/. Hope it helps!
The / ɝ / and /ɚ/ are pronounced almost the same, except that for the /ɚ/ sound you need to relax your tongue and lips. The/ the /ɚ/ occurs only in unstressed syllables.
Is this like an r-colored schwa sound? It's kinda confusing, it sounds like the schwa and at the same time it's a more tense sound, there's no way I can make it without making my tongue tense.
+Cosmic Disco Yes, you're right, it's not just *like* an r-colored vowel sound, it *is* and r-colored vowel sound! If it sounds like a schwa that's not surprising, this is the most common error with the pronunciation of this sound. It's okay if it feels tense, there's really not much difference between the /ɚ/ and the /ɝ/ sounds and likely a lot of the tension you are experiencing is from the feeling you're getting as you're beginning to move your tongue is a way it's never moved before - pulled back and flipped up for this sound! Keep up the practice!
@@SoundsAmerican That's true that there's not much difference between the / ɚ/ sound and the /ɝ/ sound though, will it be a huge mistake if I pronounce the /ɝ/ instead of the / ɚ/ every once in while, or is it like totally fine?
+Cosmic Disco It won't be a huge mistake but it will affect your American accent slightly. If you practice regularly, you'll be able to polish your accent and sound like a native speaker.
great videos but I've got a question for the word center, you wrote /'sɛn.t̬ ɚ/ which sound more like /sen,rer/ at least to me, but looking up the same word in cambridge and colling website, it mention, /ˈsen·tər/ , there is not "t̬ " sound just a "t" for the "ər" sound as you said is the same symbol as / ɚ / (other IPA representations), so to sound more like a native american speaker, which one should I follow to?
Great question! If you're sticking to the American pronunciation, you may want to pronounce the word "center" with the flap 'T' sound (/t̬/) or drop the /t/ sound at all: / ˈsen·ɚ/. In American English, when the letter 'T' follows the letter 'N' in the same syllable, the /t/ sound is often dropped in conversation, although it's not a mistake to pronounce the /t/ either. The /ər/ and /ɚ/ transcription denotes the same sound - /ɚ/, it's just a matter of notation. We prefer use /ɚ/. Please, let us know if you have any other questions!
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🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ɚ/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/rcolored_vowel_sound_schwar_as_in_after
This is fantastic! Perfect audio, detailed explanation without using linguistic descriptions, so anybody can understand how to make the sound, cute sound effects, good speed, so many examples! Thank you so much!
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I'm a native American English speaker, but I'm really into linguistics and conlanging, but very new to it.
This video is really helpful for understanding r-colored/rhotic vowels.
Great video!
Thanks! Have you watched this video yet? ruclips.net/video/ZJnrTGH3aXo/видео.html
@@SoundsAmerican Yup I watched it right after this one actually! Great overview of rhotic vowels/r-colored vowels.
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This is exactly what I was looking for. I used to think er as in after, and ir as in first are the same. So, I used to replace er with ir. Now, this videos explains any question. Thanks a lot.
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I think your name's pronounciation is harder to pronounce than ER sounds.
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"Why did the capacitor kiss the diode? Because he just couldn't resistor."
I happened to encounter this pun a day after learning about the correct pronunciation of the unstressed r-colored vowels. Had I heard the joke a day sooner, I would've not gotten the PUNchline.
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Bonjour, j’adore votre méthode, car mettre les lettres en rouge pour qu’elles soient en évidence lorsqu’on apprend un son est vraiment une bonne façon de s’en rappeler et de mieux comprendre de la même façon. Je retranscris tous les mots sur une feuille avec la transcription phonétique afin de les reviser. C’est une très bonne méthode. Merci beaucoup et bonne journée!
Hello there! Great approach! On our website (soundsamerican.net) we publish lists of words and supply them with audio tooltips - you can click on a word, listen to how it's pronounced by a native speaker AND check its transcription. This may be helpful for your exercises. Here's our article about this: soundsamerican.net/article/why_its_best_to_go_slow_and_what_audio_tooltips_have_to_do_with_it
Great channel, it is very helpful for improving pronunciation. Thanks
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where can I find a diccionary of words, but with the description below how to pronounce them as you show on the video, the word and its pronounciation?
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Hello there ! Thank you for sharing this video. My pronunciation has improved !! One thing: This weak r-colored vowel sound does not occur at the beginning of a word, does it?
+Dennis Montufar , you're welcome! Glad to hear that! About the /ɚ/ at the beginning of a word. Well, not a single word comes to mind. We also checked our list of 10,000 English words and there isn't a single word that starts with this vowel. So, we probably can safely say that it doesn't occur in this position. 😀
Sounds American thank you :) I thought the same. I was told by my teacher that this r-colored vowel sound is also known as 15th vowel sound. Do you have any idea about the 16th vowel?
+Dennis Montufar, it depends on how you count them :). We've listed 14 single vowels (including two R-colored vowels) in our Interactive Vowel Chart (ruclips.net/video/7EdRAfOMfnU/видео.html), but those are not all, there are diphthongs and r-colored diphthongs.
You can count them in our list here : docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rvqAbjwRxzBAcHOrPe4dlJdO6Q5wLIWZ7QH4mEy_YDY/edit?usp=sharing
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What are differences in articulations between ɹ and ɚ?
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Thank you for your great videos. I can not understand. /ɝ/, /ɚ/. What are the differences between their pronunciation?
They are pronounced almost the same, the /ɚ/ is pronounced with more relaxed lips and tongue.
@@SoundsAmericanI understand. Thank you so much. Your videos are very useful. I am Turkish and Thanks to you, my English pronunciation has improved.🙂🙂
Hello, Sounds American. It is a great video. Excellent! I like it. But something to note. Brackets or slashes in the phonemic transcription of each word. I always stay tuned on your American channel.
+Angello Ferreira thank you! Glad you like the new videos!
About brackets and slashes in transcription: it's possible to use either, usually, square brackets [ ] are used if the author wants to include details of pronunciation, like aspiration for voiceless stops; slashes //are used for "broad" transcription, when the author decides to omit minute details.
However, for everyday use, especially if you're not a linguist, we think it's ok to use either [ ] or //, whatever is more convenient for you :).
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Hi. I'm waiting for your app. Has it been already done?
+анастасия покотилова Not yet, but soon!
Hello, is sound /ə/ schwa change when follow by /r/ sound and become R-colored vowel sound / ɚ/.
Yes, if they're in the same syllable.
@@SoundsAmerican i'm sorry i mean is there a difference between the sound /ə/ schwa in about /əˈ baʊt/ and the schwa with R in father /ˈfɑðɚ/.
Yes, sure, there are some similarities, as these vowels are both relaxed. However, the /ɚ/ sound in "father" is an R-Colored vowel. The /ə/ sound, as in "about" is a single vowel sound, it's not an R-Colored vowel. They are pronounced differently.
@@SoundsAmericanThank you so much for great Reply. and i hope new videos.
Thank you very much
+ Михаил Старый You're welcome!
Verry verry cool😗😗😗
Hello there. Can you please make a video of how to lower your voice, make it more deeper. I noticed that american guys have a deep voices. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think this is one of the key to such pronunciation.
Run away I think what you're looking for may be weak forms and strong forms. Weak forms sound less loud and have a lower pitch than strong forms. The English language consists of many of those weak forms (the vowel schwa). Maybe you should look into that a bit.
I would like to understand what means the symbol under the letter "t" in the transcription of words and the dot between the syllables. Thanks for the support, I'm a Brazilian student.
+Jaime Carvalho Do you mean this one: t̬? It means that the sound is voiced. When you see it like this, it means that it's a "flap" /t/ sound (ruclips.net/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/видео.html). The dot between the syllables marks the syllables division.
Thank you!
+Tui2 ratdecha , you're welcome!
This sound is also applied in Irish English (in both the Republic and Northern Ireland) and Canadian English.
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Awesome!
Thank you!! Do you have videos for intonation? I would like to my intonation as well.
Not yet! We plan to make them eventually. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican I will ❤️ Thank you 😊
In the video, what application do you use?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
I love these videos
+Micaela Reyes. thank you! We're glad to hear it :).
Hello! Thanks for your videos! I have been practicing since few months ago. I have a question .... When a word ends in the letters "er"; "ar" & "or" for example : singer, hunter, color, dollar, etc... do I have to pronounce like the British people the sound "ah" in these words only adding an "r sound"? I'm asking this because for me they make the same sound "ah" at the end, however I don't know if adding r sound I would sound more like an American.
+ Eduardo Olmos
Hello there!
You're asking an excellent question.
The short answer is yes, to sound more American you should pronounce the 'er' in a different way than British.
Here's the long answer:
When the letters 'er', 'ar,' and 'or' are found at the end of words in unstressed syllables, they usually represent the r-colored vowel / ɚ/.
The /ɚ/ is one of the r-colored vowel sounds.
The American English is different from British English mostly due to its r-colored vowels. You're right, word "singer" is pronounced as / ˈsɪŋ ˑɚ/ in American English, but as / ˈsɪŋ ˑə/ in British.
Here's the list of the r-colored vowels : the single sounds / ɝ/ and /ɚ /, the diphthongs /ɪr/, /ɛr/, /ɑr/, and /ɔr/, and a triphthong /aɪr/.
Important note! When you pronounce the r-colored vowels diphthongs or the / aɪr/ triphthong, you don't just add the /r/ sound to a vowel. You should *merge* a vowel and the /r/ into one sound.
Here are a couple of our videos on this topic to check out:
R-Сolored Vowel Sounds Overview ruclips.net/video/ZJnrTGH3aXo/видео.html
R-Colored Vowel Sound / ɚ / as in "after" ruclips.net/video/AzNRoSGBh44/видео.html
Hope it helps!
great video. are these symbol the same /ər/ , /ɚ/ as in color /ˈkʌlər/ , /ˈkʌlɚ/.
Yes they are
@@SoundsAmerican i love America English.
Your channel is so precious and very helpful for me, a great thank for that.
I am just a bit confused regarding the word"perfect" as its R-colored vowel appears to be in both the one for stressed and unstressed syllable cases : are there any conditions to pronounce it following the first or the second case ? thank you very much for your answer
The word "perfect" can be used as a verb - "to perfect" and as an adjective - "perfect." The verb "to perfect" is pronounced with the stress falling on the second syllable: /pɚˈfɛkt/, so the R-Colored vowel 'ER' is unstressed and represents the unstressed sound /ɚ/. The adjective "perfect" is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, so 'ER' represents the stressed sound /ɝ/: /ˈpɝ·fɪkt/.
Hope it helps!
That's fully clear !!! A great thank for your diligence !@@SoundsAmerican
Great channel! The animations are wonderful. How about contrasting "warm" and "worm"?
+M Ib , thank you! Glad you like our channel and videos. Yes, we have such videos planned, thank you for your suggestion! Stay tuned!
"Warm" is WAH-erm, while "worm" is WER-m.
the vowel in "warm" for me is the same vowel in the word "or", while the word "worm" (and the word "word") have the vowel in this video.
Technically, "warm" isn't a true r colored vowel like "worm" is. In "worm" the R is part of the vowel itself. In "warm", the r is added just before the m, very briefly. Same thing with "or", if you prolong the word and hold the vowel as long as you can, you'll hear "ooooooooooo-er". Whereas if you hold the vowel in "worm", the r will be there in one syllable, you can sing "errrrrrr" and the vowel and r will both be there for as long as your breath will allow it. You can't hold "or" as one syllable, the mouth will eventually switch to er at some point.
Really wish English spelling made this explanation easier!
@@sameash3153 /ɔəɹ/ is just same as /ɔɹ/ because we don't know how to link the /ɔ/ sound with the /ɹ/ sound without pronouncinɡ the /ə/ sound.
Gracias, muy bueno.
+J G Duarte De nada 😀
It would be great if you can make a video on commonly used phrases that americans use everyday
+Frosty Heaven , great suggestion, thank you! This is something we've been working on too. We'll release it some time later.
Hi Sound American. I have watched and learnt alot from almost all of your videos posted on youtube. I found your lessons are very practical, and detailed oriented and would love to have the program that was used in your pronunciation videos. Do you know where to get those programs downloaded in one’s computer?
I appreciate it !
Hello there! Glad to hear you liked our videos and found them helpful! Keep watching :). BTW, we also post some interesting stuff on our community page here on RUclips, check it out.
About the pronunciation program in our videos - we're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet so it's unavailable for downloading. We're planning to do release it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
I like it 😊
+Neyar Shilgne, thank you :)
Amazing videos I need this app is very nice
+Gicelia Mendes Thank you Gicelia! This is our own app, it's not publicly available yet, but we'll release it soon! Stay tuned, we're going to announce it on this channel. 😁
This vedio is great！ By the way，could you tell me where I can get this app？
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican But you said this two years ago
Will it be a huge mistake if I just skip the schwa sound in words such as "mother", "father", "brother", "after", "faster", etc., and just pronounce them with the regular /r/ sound?
You can try, not sure it's possible :). 😀
@@SoundsAmerican Yeah, I mean, I don't really hear the schwa in those words. Having the experience of learning the language on my own, just by myself, I inevitably got into a trap of pronouncing the words the way they're spelled. I had been pronouncing the aforementioned words as mothEr, fathE, brothEr, etc., stressing both syllables almost equally and therefore mispronouncing the "schwar" as the "e" sound. I had been doing it for years on end until I discovered your channel, that's pretty much when I set out to learn how to sound American, and master an American accent.
You know, the schwar and the /ɝ/ sound very similar to us, almost identical. How are you doing with the /ɝ/ sound? Can you pronounce it?
@@SoundsAmerican the /ɝ/ I can pronounce but it sounds rather different to me, I mean not at all close to the / ɚ / sound, e.g. the words burn and shirt don't sound similar to after and quicker
Hello, Sounds American! May I ask a question? What about "our" and "hour"?
+Tran trong Hai Hello there! The "our" and "hour" are homophones. They are pronounced the same: /aʊ·ɚ/.
Hope it helps!
In some dictionaries this sound is represented as two symbols as if it was a diphthong. Is this a Mistake?
Hi, Sounds American!
So:
[ər] = [ɚ] in "after" /ˈæft·ɚ/
or [·ɚ] in "hour" /aʊ·ɚ/, air /ɛ·ɚ/ ...
[ɜː] = [ɝ] in sir /sɝr/, purse /pɝs/ ...
and we don't use [ː] in our IPA.
Thanks.
Hello there!
Almost, "after" is /ˈæf·tɚ/ - the syllables are slightly different; "air" is /ɛr/, the rest is perfect :).
Correct, the length of the vowels is not important since any vowel can be long or short depending on the following consonant.
Me gusta el schwar
What is the app they are using?
ɝ and ɚ - what's the difference?! er-ir-or-ur, for me, sound the same sound. Actually, when we look up to the color vowel chart, these sounds are comprised in the Purple Shirt. Am I wrong?
l love this app 😍 😍
+Huda Hadee Thank you :)! Glad to hear it! 👍
where can l get the app？
How is the application that is used in the video?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
I am having a majorly hard time making out the difference between the [ɚ] and [ɝ] phonemes
Everywhere I look makes it seem alot like its just a difference of stress or length, even though ⟨ə⟩ and ⟨ɜ⟩ imply it's a different place of articulation.
Amazing... what's the app name
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
I think your videos are fantastic. Nevertheless, I find that the explanation of the tongue's position with Tom is really not explicit. I think your videos would improve in quality if you improve this part. Because I really can't see how to place my tongue and lips.
+Frédéric Thank you for your feedback. Could you please give us more detail what would you like us to change? Maybe you can give a few examples?
@@SoundsAmerican This sound is very difficult for a French people to pronounce. Tom's position and the image do not show exactly how to curl the tongue and where to position it. The same goes for the lips. Should it be like when I say: "smile" or "you"? We can't see it.
+Frédéric Just to make sure: have you watched this part of the video: starting from ruclips.net/video/AzNRoSGBh44/видео.html till 3:20? We're providing detailed explanations for the lips positions and the tongue, with pointers.
Sounds American Yes, I saw that part. But this is not visually explicit enough.
so great
+Trung tâm Dạy nghề Bến Lức Glad you liked it!
Love it
+Alfredo Trujillo, 👍👋
Hello. Do you have an app or a website with the exercices ?
+Frédéric We have an app, but it's not publicly released yet. We're working hard to make it happen soon. We'll announce the release on this channel, stay tuned!
Sounds American great news !
+Frédéric😊👋
wonderful
+Tsogtsaikhan Jambal , thank you! Glad you like it! :)
The 'error' is the most difficult part. I should go and practice the 'er' sound.
EH-rer
I've got one more question for you guys. Is the /ɚ/ sound basically the uh sound and the /r/ sound put together? Like, "uhr"?
Yes, that is exactly right!
@@SoundsAmerican Thanks for answering!
@@SoundsAmerican then why is this not a diphthong
i have problem with pronounce effort word pleas i need your help i mean which vowel in it
The word "effort" is pronounced as /ˈɛf·ɚt/
I may have accidiently make rhotic spreding in my conlang
Guys, how can I know I'm making this sound correctly? I feel my two versions of this sound, the one for stressed syllables and the one for unstressed ones, sound the same. The difference is just where I emphasize the accent on the word?
+Marquito L These two sounds are very similar, but the /ɚ/ is a relaxed vowel, so you should relax your tongue and lips when making it. For the /ɝ/ sound, you should tense your lips and your tongue when pronouncing it. That's the main difference. Let us know if it helps.
Marquito L I am in no way an expert (just a student myself) but I would say that there is not really a difference in the two sounds except for the relaxed one being (like all other unstressed vowels/schwas) less loud and of a lower pitch. The tense sound is more prominent because it's emphasised. Other than that there should be no difference. I think you've got it.
@@stella9caro7 haha I'm glad to hear that coming from another student, thank you :) Where are you from?
Marquito L You're welcome 🙈 I'm from Germany. What about you?
@@stella9caro7 omg I've never spoken to a German girl before! Haha this is amazing. I'm from Argentina. There's (literally) an Ocean between us 😂
Hey sounds American,is it ok to call that r-coloured schwa? And is this a diphthong? (ər)
Yes, correct. It's also called the "schwar." It's a monophthong.
@@SoundsAmerican Also I have a phonetic symbol for you to make a video about which is the / ɒ / sound as in salt
That's British. In American English this word is pronounced either with /ɔ/ or /ɑ/, depending on your dialect. ruclips.net/video/pr_KAu-_Hmo/видео.html/
@@SoundsAmerican Can you at least type this?
/ɒ/ /ʕ/ /n̩/ /l̩/
"i + consonant + e" when i read as / i: / or / i /, sometimes read as / ai /: for example: police, justice, marine, office ---- sunshine, valentine,online.What is the rule? Please !!
The letter 'i' pronounced as the tense /i/ sound in the words "police" or "marine" is just an exception. Unfortunately, you just have to remember how these words are pronounced.
In the words ""justice," or "office," the letter 'i' represents a different sound, the relaxed /ɪ/, because it occurs in unstressed syllables.
As for the "sunshine" or "valentine," - in these words the letter 'i' is in a closed stressed syllable followed by a silent 'E,' so it's pronounced as the /aɪ/ sound.
Hope it helps.
What do you mean?
In English, consonants can't be stressed, the stress can only fall on vowels.
@@SoundsAmerican thanks you,i understand 😀
What program is it?
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican thanks
Hello teacher. When we say ʃ, true t s or z It is important to touch the teeth? Please answer me teacher. my teeth not touch but Very Close
+ nika malashini , Hello there, Nika.
First of all, pronunciation of these sounds differs, but you should not touch your teeth to make any of them. To make the /t/ sound, you need to raise the tip of your tongue above your upper front teeth and touch the alveolar (tooth) ridge behind your upper front teeth. To make the /s/ or /z/ sounds, you need to move the tip of your tongue toward the alveolar (tooth) ridge behind your upper
front teeth, but you should not touch it. Again, you should not touch your teeth either.To make the / ʃ/ sound, you need to arch your tongue and raise the middle of your tongue to the roof of your mouth. The tip of your tongue may be down or in a neutral position. Hope it helps!
Thank you so much teacher
+ nika malashini, you're very welcome! Good luck with English studies!
Do you have a channel for poetry?? please...
+mike v , no, we don't. What exactly are you looking for? Maybe we could recommend something?
Sounds American yes I'm looking for poem's analysis do you know a channel for that??
+mike v do you mean linguistic analysis?
Sounds American this channels don't open!😞
+mike v those are two links to two videos, not just one. If you copied them and pasted, check that you've copied them correctly.
Here're these links again:
ruclips.net/user/mrbruff
ruclips.net/channel/UChyUIaGBTb3rMIhKJahiYEg
I wonder, would *caller* and *collar* sound exactly the same?
I think not
3:10
Hi, could you make a video /ɝ/ vs /ɚ/? Indeed, it's very difficult to make a difference :-/
Hello, Sounds American! You say that sound /ɝ/ is used in stressed syllables only, but what about word "research"? In a dictionary sound / ɝ/ is used although syllable is unstressed
/rɪˈsɝːtʃ.
+Alex Hahn, Hello there, Alex! The /ɝ/ is stressed in your transcription: /rɪˈsɝːtʃ/. :) See the stress mark before the /s/ sound? It points out the stress that falls on the second syllable :).
I'm sorry! I copied another transcription. There was this variant in cambridge dictionary ----> /ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/
+Alex Hahn , no problem at all. The word “research” can be a noun and a verb and the main difference is in the stressed syllables.
If the first syllable is stressed, it’s a noun, if the second syllable is stressed, it’s a verb. So, the "research" as a noun is pronounced /ˈri·sɚtʃ/. For the 'research" as a verb, the pronunciation is this: /rɪˈsɝtʃ/.
Thank you! That's what I wanted to find out. If the "r" is followed by vowel is in the stressed syllable, we use sound / ɝ /. When "r" is followed by vowels is in the unstressed syllable, we use sound /ɚ/. So, Cambridge Dictionary made a mistake?:)
Sound America which dictionary should we sue?
Do you have PDF sir
No, there's no pdfs.
Sir! I don't feel so good disturbing you. But can you kindly tell me this... I think the difference between ɝ and ɚ is of strength. You said the word 'perfect' in both videos, differently. In previous one you put stress on 'per' and in this video you put stress on 'fect'. I thought the difference between perfect and percent is just the stress.. in perfect, stress on per, and percent stress on cent. But in this video you said perfect just like percent, kindly explain this if you can. :( PS : I'm trying to become a voice over artist just like you, that's why I'm learning these. Your videos are so helpful I'm almost done with these series.
The /ɝ/ and /ɚ/ are basically the same sound, the /ɝ/ is found in stressed syllables and the /ɚ/ in unstressed ones. We'd say that the /ɚ/ is a more relaxed vowel sound, because it occurs in weak (unstressed) syllables, so it's pronounced with relaxed tongue and lips.
The word "perfect" can be used as a verb - "to perfect" and as an adjective - "perfect." The verb "to perfect" is pronounced with the stress falling on the second syllable: /pɚˈfɛkt/, so the R-Colored vowel 'ER' is unstressed and represents the unstressed sound /ɚ/. The adjective "perfect" is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, so 'ER' represents the stressed sound /ɝ/: /ˈpɝ·fɪkt/.
Hope it helps!
@@SoundsAmerican ooohhh, coool. Thank you so much!!! 🙏🙏
Er or or ar spelling may kis Java konsa lgay
I don't really hear much of a difference between the /ɚ/ and /ɝ/ :<
Are they both the same?
The / ɝ / and /ɚ/ are pronounced almost the same, except that for the /ɚ/ sound you need to relax your tongue and lips. The/ the /ɚ/ occurs only in unstressed syllables.
@@SoundsAmerican Ohh I see! Thank you so much for replying
Is this like an r-colored schwa sound? It's kinda confusing, it sounds like the schwa and at the same time it's a more tense sound, there's no way I can make it without making my tongue tense.
+Cosmic Disco Yes, you're right, it's not just *like* an r-colored vowel sound, it *is* and r-colored vowel sound! If it sounds like a schwa that's not surprising, this is the most common error with the pronunciation of this sound. It's okay if it feels tense, there's really not much difference between the /ɚ/ and the /ɝ/ sounds and likely a lot of the tension you are experiencing is from the feeling you're getting as you're beginning to move your tongue is a way it's never moved before - pulled back and flipped up for this sound! Keep up the practice!
@@SoundsAmerican Facts! Thank you!
@@SoundsAmerican That's true that there's not much difference between the / ɚ/ sound and the /ɝ/ sound though, will it be a huge mistake if I pronounce the /ɝ/ instead of the / ɚ/ every once in while, or is it like totally fine?
+Cosmic Disco It won't be a huge mistake but it will affect your American accent slightly. If you practice regularly, you'll be able to polish your accent and sound like a native speaker.
@@SoundsAmerican Word!
great videos but I've got a question for the word center, you wrote /'sɛn.t̬ ɚ/ which sound more like /sen,rer/ at least to me, but looking up the same word in cambridge and colling website, it mention, /ˈsen·tər/ , there is not "t̬ " sound just a "t" for the "ər" sound as you said is the same symbol as / ɚ / (other IPA representations), so to sound more like a native american speaker, which one should I follow to?
Great question! If you're sticking to the American pronunciation, you may want to pronounce the word "center" with the flap 'T' sound (/t̬/) or drop the /t/ sound at all: / ˈsen·ɚ/. In American English, when the letter 'T' follows the letter 'N' in the same syllable, the /t/ sound is often dropped in conversation, although it's not a mistake to pronounce the /t/ either.
The /ər/ and /ɚ/ transcription denotes the same sound - /ɚ/, it's just a matter of notation. We prefer use /ɚ/.
Please, let us know if you have any other questions!
cho em hỏi phần mềm phát âm tiếng anh là phần mềm gì vậy?
So the N in the word cellar is silent?
+Cosmic Disco Sorry, not sure what you mean. There's no 'n' in the word "cellar" ...
@@SoundsAmerican lol I meann ceiling, my text corrector is tripping on me
+Cosmic Disco It's not silent. It's the /ŋ/ sound. We talk about this sound in this video: ruclips.net/video/5xVq8T88oJw/видео.html
Necesito descargar el app
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!