Hi. Than you. My daughters name is Alannah. I was meticulously careful how I chose her name on pronunciation, but I still get individuals including teachers calling her Alana. I try to inform others about the ah rule, but get told I am wrong. I truly was starting believe I gave my daughter the wrong spelling or pronunciation. Thank you so much for insuring me I did not royalty mess up my beautiful daughters name.
Thanks so much :D I'm a beginner phonetician and even though I'm a native English speaker it's hard for me to explain how I pronounce things and what happens in my mouth so that I can teach non-native people how to speak English correctly, before I found your videos I stood in front of the mirror making weird sounds still not knowing what process I have in my oral cavity xD
Hi Rachel, I love your videos very much, it's really helpful. It would be great if your team has the time to put a summary of each video content in the description box ^^ Thank you and love you.
Hello, Rachel. Your channel is the place where I occasionally find myself rewatching videos in order to improve my pronunciation. Finally I got better with R sound and can simulate it quite well - thank you! butter [ʌ] and father [ɑ] sounds similar (pretty much almost indistinguishable to me).
I like u and ur channel but i got a trouble coz i cannot tell [ɑ] from [Λ]. Could u make a video and explein defferences beetween this vowels? Coz it's really difficult for non-native speakers.
Don't even bother, she speaks her own standard of English confusing people. Roughly speaking there is no such letter like [ɑ] from this video. Go and get some English student books in your native language instead.
Hi Rachel :) This video helps me a lot because I used to pronounce letter “o" always as /ɔ/ but now I know it sometimes should be pronounced as Ah. I am curious that when should I pronounce the letter "o" as /ɔ/ and when should I pronounce it in Ah sound?
Whenever I watch this video series again, I learn a new thing I didn't understand before. Thank you very much. I start repeating these videos again in front of mirror in this time. Anyway I have a question. It sounds and looks that unstressed ɑ and unstressed ɔ are very similar, I can not get the difference between both. Let me know how much different between both sounds, please.
Yes, the are very similar especially when unstressed. I actually don't think you need to worry about this. Many Americans don't have a well-defined AW in it sounds like AH anyway!
Rachel! I am a student from China! Could you make a video about how to pronunce "DOWN" and "TOWN" well? I found a lot of students have trouble pronuncing this kindbof words! Thanks for your considering~
Thank you very much for your videos, Rachel. They are awesome for foreign speakers to learn American pronunciation. I have a question after watching the videos of AH and UH. May I ask what is the difference between them? My understanding is that when pronouncing AH, the tongue tip will move forward to reach the teeth, while it will stay relaxed when pronouncing UH.
Hello and thanks! The tongue tip will rest gently behind the bottom teeth for both of these vowel sounds. The difference is mainly in how much the jaw drops (a bit more for the AH vowel) and the position of the middle of the tongue (more relaxed for the UH vowel, lower and possibly pressing down slightly in the back of the mouth for the AH vowel).
Hi Rachel, thank you for this amazing video. I'm new to IPA and got a little bit confused about this particular sound. I understand that /ɑ/ should sound more like AH like fAther, but sometimes I hear it more like /ɔ/. Should I pronounce the words "hot", "october", "occupation" like "h(AH)t", "(AH)ctober", and "(AH)ccupation"?
Yes, these words use the AH as in father sound! The AW /ɔ/ is a similar sound though, and can be used in some words. Here's more about AW: ruclips.net/video/opMab62SybY/видео.html
Hi! Thank you! And, no, the unstressed AH as in FATHER vowel will still sound a bit different than the stressed UH as in BUTTER vowel. These two vowels can be very challenging for non-native speakers to master - but with practice you'll begin hearing the difference between them more clearly.
Rachel, could you make a video explaining how to pronounce the words "collar", "caller" and "color" ?? Please teach the difference between these pronounciations
Hello, greetings from Colombia. Your explanations are amazing. By other hand, I think it would be great if you could make a video explaining the differences between this sound in american English and the long vowel sound /a:/ in british English. Thanks.
The title of this video misuses the letters "AH". In American cartoons in newspapers "AH" is always the international phonetic alphabet æ. when a child is frightened, and the child runs away, they scream "AHHHHHH!". This video is about "AW"... The awful awning was a above the fawn and the fawn was one the lawn. The letters "AW" in English always map to the open back unrounded vowel [ɑ]. The letters "AH" usually map to the near-open front unrounded vowel (æ) as in (APPLE, æPPEL), (ANSWER, æNSWER), (AND, æND)
Can you make a video on how or when to use glottal stops, when to drop vowels or consonants or when to connect/join the words? Because i find it difficult to know which one to use. Or is there a video already telling us which to use, please? Thanks for your videos :)
Hi @alexjung3164! Whenever I need to figure out the difference between words like this I use Dictionary.com - then, if I have questions about pronunciation - I use YouGlish.com to hear native speakers pronounce the words in different situations!
Hi Rachel, I have a question. How to pronounce what? Is the ,,a" vowel like father or the word naughty? Would be possible I can ask you, If I have questions? I learn american Accent perfectly exactly from one actor person. I have a lot understood. It is intressting that consonants with building with vowels too.
@@rachelsenglish Thank you so much. If I am ready I will my knows a help for another too. And I will it to show you as well. And you can check it. That would be my pleasure :)
even though you're trying to explain all these vowels clearly, I still feel very confused about 'aa' 'uh' and 'ah' I would love to watch a video with an explanation about the difference between them
thanks a lot Rachel !! I already bought your book, is great work!! Why don´t you make a webseminar with your students, It will be fantastic , this is a good idea , don´t you guess? bye bye from BRazil !!!
Could you please explain the "Low back merger" (where /ɔ/ and maybe /ɒ/ become /ɑ/) and the "Weak vowel merger" (where unstressed /ɪ/ and maybe /ʊ/ become /ə/) ? I'm learning to pronounce words in American English (in general), so I focus on the most standard/common pronunciations, but it's very difficult to know what they are, various dictionaries differ from each other and I think the main conflicts are based on these two mergers, the rest is usually consistent. So far my understanding is that in General American English (or Standard American English) people pronounce /ɑ/ instead of /ɔ/ (and they use /ɔ/ only in /ɔɪ/ and /ɔɹ/), and that /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ in unstressed syllables should be pronounced as /ə/, but I really don't know.
The first merger you mentioned is common, and you can hear it in many places in the US. Basically, some people use the AW sound less than others, favoring the AH for more words. The second merger is also extremely common in unstressed syllables. For both of these, my advice would be to do what feels easiest and smoothest for you.
Differences between [ə] and [ɑ] sounds very similar. Soccer and Succor - Body and Buddy - Wants and Once - Blonder and Blunder. please make a video, thank you.
+Victor Nando Instead of the schwa - the words in your examples (succor, buddy, once, blunder) all use the [ʌ] consonant sound. I actually do have a video on that difference: ruclips.net/video/eJPv2mJJwHQ/видео.html
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so this sound is different from "a" in "ai" as in "buy" right? Also, is it the same sound you can use for "law" i am talking about cot-caught merger. thanks!!
Hi! You can use the AH instead of AW, yes. The AI diphthong is a bit different, since it combines two sounds. More on this here: ruclips.net/video/rbQtAWNFy2I/видео.html
Hi Rachel! I was watching your videos and they are really helpful, thanks! Just a comment: I noticed you said the phonetical transcription of "honest" is /ˈɑn ɪst/, however I looked up this word in 3 different dictionaries and they said that the correct pronuntiation is /ˈɑn əst/. They are right? Please, I kindly ask you to give us a little answer about that detail. Thank you in advance!
Hello! You will often see the [ɪ] and [ə] vowels used interchangeably in unstressed syllables. You can feel free to think of the unstressed syllable in 'honest' as a schwa sound. Because of the way your tongue moves from the N consonant to the S consonant, it may sound like an unstressed [ɪ] vowel, but they are basically the same in this instance!
I mean i'm not a creep, but i just realized that if i follow through with your program, you gonna be like my english lingual mom. because everyone gonna hear your background in my words, for example last time i talked with a french canadian girl and she thought i was american XD.
Rachel Hi! Thank you so much for your videos. I want to ask, why is it that for the a vowel as in father, being the tip of the tongue forward and pressing a little bit in the back (similar to in position to the uh as in butter) you have this vowel as a back vowel in the IPA chart?
Hi! The tongue pressing down in the back makes this AH as in FATHER a back vowel. The UH as in BUTTER vowel has very light pressing down (if any), and that difference is enough to make it a mid-vowel.
is there difference in the phonetic transcription between [a] and [a:] ? on this web page it is all [a:] whatever word you type in dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/father
great video. could you teach pronounce regular verbs in the past followed by words that start with t y d? for example:continued to worked to. Thank you.
Good question! The main difference between these two is the position of the tongue. Here's more info on AH vs. AA: ruclips.net/user/shortsEVyiOpMLkH8?si=jKdl-bSbHnxFkVrH
In IPA those two symbols would represent two different sounds! The [α] symbol is what we use to represent the AH as in FATHER vowel. The [a] symbol is what we use when describing the first parts of the AI as in BUY diphthong [aɪ] and the OW as in NOW diphthong [aʊ].
@@rachelsenglish thank you mam but generally in hαndwriting we write this α instead of a. Mostly in text books Aur printing material "a" is used whereas in handwritten notes "α" is used & I have heard that this α belongs to the Greek alphabet & it represents αlphα.
Hi! We use the symbol: [α] for 'father' - the [a] symbol is pronounced as a part of the AI as in BUY diphthong [aɪ] and the OW as in NOW diphthong [aʊ] - but we don't use that vowel sound on it's own.
@@rachelsenglish Hi, thanks Rachel, it's just that I always type on Google the words to see the IPA transcript and it uses /a/ for father so the inconsistency was driving me crazy, but that's not the case on dictionaries, which I didn't know. I found out that /a/ is the sound we use in Spanish which is really similar.
Would you teach me if there is any relationship between /ɑ/ and /ʌ/? Whenever I study English with TV shows, I mostly hear /ʌ/ when people talk /ɑ/ words regardless of stress. For example, all /ˈɑːl//ɔːl/, want /ˈwɑːnt/, etc.
Hi Rachel! I have one confused thing, in my Vietnamese language there are /o/ and /a/ vowels, when you pronouce /AH/ in many words, I hear it looks like a half /o/ and a half /a/ in Vietnamese. And in the word 'father' i hear it is pronouned much /a/ than /o/, in the word 'hot' i hear it is pronouce much /o/ than /a/.... In my opinion, it should be pronouced /o/ as in Vietnamese but the lips not round and the tongue flat low in the mouth. In your opinion, the /AH/ sound should be near /o/ or /a/ of Vietnamese? Please have look the link below for /a/ and /o/ vowels of Vietnamese. Thank you so much! ruclips.net/video/HPfsmvPEEdY/видео.html
![American English - AW [ɔ] Vowel - How to make the AW Vowel](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/opMab62SybY/mqdefault.jpg)
![American English - AW [ɔ] Vowel - How to make the AW Vowel](/img/tr.png)
![American English - UH [ʌ] Vowel - How to make the UH Vowel](/img/1.gif)
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If u dont mind,please explain about what is the difference between father and butter vowel
Hi. Than you. My daughters name is Alannah. I was meticulously careful how I chose her name on pronunciation, but I still get individuals including teachers calling her Alana. I try to inform others about the ah rule, but get told I am wrong. I truly was starting believe I gave my daughter the wrong spelling or pronunciation. Thank you so much for insuring me I did not royalty mess up my beautiful daughters name.
Thank you Rachel, by watching and simulating your pronunciation, it helps a lot in pronouncing this Vowel.
You're very welcome @xrjxrjxrj!
Thanks so much :D I'm a beginner phonetician and even though I'm a native English speaker it's hard for me to explain how I pronounce things and what happens in my mouth so that I can teach non-native people how to speak English correctly, before I found your videos I stood in front of the mirror making weird sounds still not knowing what process I have in my oral cavity xD
I am a student from China.And thank you so much!I like those videos.They are useful for me!😊
Hi Rachel, I love your videos very much, it's really helpful.
It would be great if your team has the time to put a summary of each video content in the description box ^^
Thank you and love you.
Hello, Rachel. Your channel is the place where I occasionally find myself rewatching videos in order to improve my pronunciation. Finally I got better with R sound and can simulate it quite well - thank you!
butter [ʌ] and father [ɑ] sounds similar (pretty much almost indistinguishable to me).
That's great to hear! You're welcome :)
Thank you rachel, iv'e been thinking of a couple more weeks now but I can see it on my end if it is still in mind
You're very welcome Pham!
you always make me happy, when i learn new sound.
Glad to hear that @ramzy-6566!
I am able to pronounce the word "butter" exactly after watching this video
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Awesome @thuygiang2148! Keep it up!
Rachel, could you make a video explaining the differences between this and the /æ/ sound?
+Calvin Koigakubo Thanks for the great video suggestion!
+Rachel's English thanks :)
And sorry, I might have accidentally flooded the video with this comment. XD
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Thank you so much. you're great in English teaching
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thank you Rachel for the video. it made me understand a lot things because i used to have a lot mistakes in my pronunciation. greetings from peru
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I like u and ur channel but i got a trouble coz i cannot tell [ɑ] from [Λ]. Could u make a video and explein defferences beetween this vowels? Coz it's really difficult for non-native speakers.
Don't even bother, she speaks her own standard of English confusing people. Roughly speaking there is no such letter like [ɑ] from this video. Go and get some English student books in your native language instead.
Stressed shwa is different. cuz and cause.
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Another excellent video. Congrats Rachel... I wish you and the baby health.
Well Done, Dinosɑur.
Hi Rachel :) This video helps me a lot because I used to pronounce letter “o" always as /ɔ/ but now I know it sometimes should be pronounced as Ah. I am curious that when should I pronounce the letter "o" as /ɔ/ and when should I pronounce it in Ah sound?
Your this series of videos is really helpful. overall all of your videos are great. Thanks for these videos and your presentation.
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You're a great teacher! Wish you all the best!
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Thank you, Rachel. You‘re doing a great job. You really make the process of learning English so easy. Thank you, once again +Rachel‘s English.
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I appreciate it @professorBonna!
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Whenever I watch this video series again, I learn a new thing I didn't understand before. Thank you very much. I start repeating these videos again in front of mirror in this time. Anyway I have a question. It sounds and looks that unstressed ɑ and unstressed ɔ are very similar, I can not get the difference between both. Let me know how much different between both sounds, please.
Yes, the are very similar especially when unstressed. I actually don't think you need to worry about this. Many Americans don't have a well-defined AW in it sounds like AH anyway!
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Rachel! I am a student from China! Could you make a video about how to pronunce "DOWN" and "TOWN" well? I found a lot of students have trouble pronuncing this kindbof words! Thanks for your considering~
Good suggestion, thanks!
@@rachelsenglish thanksss Teacher Rachel ~
Thank you very much for your videos, Rachel. They are awesome for foreign speakers to learn American pronunciation. I have a question after watching the videos of AH and UH. May I ask what is the difference between them? My understanding is that when pronouncing AH, the tongue tip will move forward to reach the teeth, while it will stay relaxed when pronouncing UH.
Hello and thanks! The tongue tip will rest gently behind the bottom teeth for both of these vowel sounds. The difference is mainly in how much the jaw drops (a bit more for the AH vowel) and the position of the middle of the tongue (more relaxed for the UH vowel, lower and possibly pressing down slightly in the back of the mouth for the AH vowel).
Rachel's English thanks! That helps a lot :)
Hi Rachel, thank you for this amazing video. I'm new to IPA and got a little bit confused about this particular sound. I understand that /ɑ/ should sound more like AH like fAther, but sometimes I hear it more like /ɔ/. Should I pronounce the words "hot", "october", "occupation" like "h(AH)t", "(AH)ctober", and "(AH)ccupation"?
Yes, these words use the AH as in father sound! The AW /ɔ/ is a similar sound though, and can be used in some words. Here's more about AW: ruclips.net/video/opMab62SybY/видео.html
thanks for the lesson🌹🌹🌹
Hi Rachel , could I ask you to tell me some steps to be good at speaking American as a native speaker ?
Astoning Rachel! Thanh you!
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Great job Rachel! You videos worth at lease10 times watch - to be honest. so the unstressed /a/ sound is same as stressed /^/?
Hi! Thank you! And, no, the unstressed AH as in FATHER vowel will still sound a bit different than the stressed UH as in BUTTER vowel. These two vowels can be very challenging for non-native speakers to master - but with practice you'll begin hearing the difference between them more clearly.
So would you please explain wether that sound is long or short vowel? @Rachel's English
I apprecate your videos theyr helpful🙏
Hi Rachel . can you make avideo of tips to overcome difficultes that we face in understanding native speakers ?
thanks in advance 😁😁
+Mekawy Makmak Thanks for the video suggestion!
Does the unstressed [ʌ ] sound the same as unstressed [a]?
When [ʌ ] is unstressed, it sounds like the schwa sound. For [a], Whether it's stressed, it sounds like [ʌ ] .
I noticed a little bit rounding in your demonstration which I guess is of an accent variety, but I'm not sure...
Rachel, could you please make a video explaining the differences between the pronunciation of "hobby" and "happy" ?
+Mayar Fathy Thanks for the video suggestion!
Rachel, could you make a video explaining how to pronounce the words "collar", "caller" and "color" ?? Please teach the difference between these pronounciations
+Felipe Lopes Great suggestion, thanks!
Hello, greetings from Colombia. Your explanations are amazing. By other hand, I think it would be great if you could make a video explaining the differences between this sound in american English and the long vowel sound /a:/ in british English. Thanks.
The title of this video misuses the letters "AH". In American cartoons in newspapers "AH" is always the international phonetic alphabet æ. when a child is frightened, and the child runs away, they scream "AHHHHHH!". This video is about "AW"... The awful awning was a above the fawn and the fawn was one the lawn. The letters "AW" in English always map to the open back unrounded vowel [ɑ]. The letters "AH" usually map to the near-open front unrounded vowel (æ) as in (APPLE, æPPEL), (ANSWER, æNSWER), (AND, æND)
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that was very helpful. but if it's possible make a video about differences between [ɑ] and [ʌ].
sometimes I pronounce these two in the same way
Can you make a video on how or when to use glottal stops, when to drop vowels or consonants or when to connect/join the words? Because i find it difficult to know which one to use. Or is there a video already telling us which to use, please?
Thanks for your videos :)
+Blue Butterfly These are great video ideas, thank you!
Any time :)
I forgot. Also, when to use dental consonants instead of normal consonants to connect words.
In reference to beer, is there a difference between draft and draught, thanks.
Hi @alexjung3164! Whenever I need to figure out the difference between words like this I use Dictionary.com - then, if I have questions about pronunciation - I use YouGlish.com to hear native speakers pronounce the words in different situations!
Hi Rachel, I have a question. How to pronounce what? Is the ,,a" vowel like father or the word naughty? Would be possible I can ask you, If I have questions?
I learn american Accent perfectly exactly from one actor person. I have a lot understood. It is intressting that consonants with building with vowels too.
Hi! "What" uses the UH as in butter vowel. More here: ruclips.net/video/RyCXAYBi9HU/видео.html
@@rachelsenglish Thank you so much. If I am ready I will my knows a help for another too. And I will it to show you as well. And you can check it. That would be my pleasure :)
even though you're trying to explain all these vowels clearly, I still feel very confused about 'aa' 'uh' and 'ah'
I would love to watch a video with an explanation about the difference between them
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thanks a lot Rachel !! I already bought your book, is great work!! Why don´t you make a webseminar with your students, It will be fantastic , this is a good idea , don´t you guess? bye bye from BRazil !!!
+Marcelo Natalino Thanks for purchasing the book! I have done webinars with students before - keep an eye out for more in the future!
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Could you please explain the "Low back merger" (where /ɔ/ and maybe /ɒ/ become /ɑ/) and the "Weak vowel merger" (where unstressed /ɪ/ and maybe /ʊ/ become /ə/) ?
I'm learning to pronounce words in American English (in general), so I focus on the most standard/common pronunciations, but it's very difficult to know what they are, various dictionaries differ from each other and I think the main conflicts are based on these two mergers, the rest is usually consistent.
So far my understanding is that in General American English (or Standard American English) people pronounce /ɑ/ instead of /ɔ/ (and they use /ɔ/ only in /ɔɪ/ and /ɔɹ/), and that /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ in unstressed syllables should be pronounced as /ə/, but I really don't know.
The first merger you mentioned is common, and you can hear it in many places in the US. Basically, some people use the AW sound less than others, favoring the AH for more words. The second merger is also extremely common in unstressed syllables. For both of these, my advice would be to do what feels easiest and smoothest for you.
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What is distinguish between (a) and (^)
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Does the jaw move forward a little bit too? Because I feel like and see native English speakers do that in /ʊ/.
Hi @JohnThomas-ow9jg! Some speakers move the jaw slightly forward for /ʊ/, but it isn't required.
@@rachelsenglish Does it apply to a too?
Differences between [ə] and [ɑ] sounds very similar. Soccer and Succor - Body and Buddy - Wants and Once - Blonder and Blunder. please make a video, thank you.
+Victor Nando Instead of the schwa - the words in your examples (succor, buddy, once, blunder) all use the [ʌ] consonant sound. I actually do have a video on that difference: ruclips.net/video/eJPv2mJJwHQ/видео.html
THIS IS AWESOME , I`M ASKING IF YOU CAN MAKE A VIDEO TO SHOW THE DIFFICULTIES IN PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS LIKE (QUESTION ,GESTURE ,MOISTURE,POSTURE .....) ,
GREETINGS
+Mohamed Atiya Thanks for these video suggestions!!
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American: Jahb gaht stahp. Canadian: Jawb gawt stawp.
Rachel could you make a video about the cluster ny [nj] ,? thanks
I don`t know but i think that i gotta do the n in the same position of the y
+Marcos Barrozo Thanks for the video suggestion!
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so this sound is different from "a" in "ai" as in "buy" right?
Also, is it the same sound you can use for "law" i am talking about cot-caught merger. thanks!!
Hi! You can use the AH instead of AW, yes. The AI diphthong is a bit different, since it combines two sounds. More on this here: ruclips.net/video/rbQtAWNFy2I/видео.html
@@rachelsenglish Thanks a lot!
Hi Rachel! I was watching your videos and they are really helpful, thanks! Just a comment: I noticed you said the phonetical transcription of "honest" is /ˈɑn ɪst/, however I looked up this word in 3 different dictionaries and they said that the correct pronuntiation is /ˈɑn əst/. They are right? Please, I kindly ask you to give us a little answer about that detail. Thank you in advance!
Hello! You will often see the [ɪ] and [ə] vowels used interchangeably in unstressed syllables. You can feel free to think of the unstressed syllable in 'honest' as a schwa sound. Because of the way your tongue moves from the N consonant to the S consonant, it may sound like an unstressed [ɪ] vowel, but they are basically the same in this instance!
Rachel's English Thank you a lot! Have a nice weekend
Rachel, could you teach how to pronounce ALREADY and READ? Thank you
+Fábio Cardoso Thanks for the video suggestion!
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I mean i'm not a creep, but i just realized that if i follow through with your program, you gonna be like my english lingual mom.
because everyone gonna hear your background in my words, for example last time i talked with a french canadian girl and she thought i was american XD.
Right.,
Thnak you
Nice clip as ever!
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Hi Rachel because "job" has an accent if it does not have (ˈ)
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Rachel Hi! Thank you so much for your videos. I want to ask, why is it that for the a vowel as in father, being the tip of the tongue forward and pressing a little bit in the back (similar to in position to the uh as in butter) you have this vowel as a back vowel in the IPA chart?
Hi! The tongue pressing down in the back makes this AH as in FATHER a back vowel. The UH as in BUTTER vowel has very light pressing down (if any), and that difference is enough to make it a mid-vowel.
Thank you very much for the video! I enjoyed and learnt! Great!
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Thanks Rachel , for another best video you did as always . Wish everything great for you and for the baby :)
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Are you reɑdy to go to bed now?
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hello, Mr. Rachel. is the lips a little bit rounded for the sound AH /ɑ/ .
Hi Rachel!, What does it mean to have some IPAs inside brackets in a transcription?!
is there difference in the phonetic transcription between [a] and [a:] ? on this web page it is all [a:] whatever word you type in dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/father
No. the : symbol is just used to show length.
great video. could you teach pronounce regular verbs in the past followed by words that start with t y d? for example:continued to worked to. Thank you.
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
I just have a question
I feel the mouth in this sound is more rounded than the in that ^
Am I right ?
Because I feel them both are quite similar
Good question! The main difference between these two is the position of the tongue. Here's more info on AH vs. AA: ruclips.net/user/shortsEVyiOpMLkH8?si=jKdl-bSbHnxFkVrH
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what is the difference between /ɔ/
/a/ and /ɒ/ and also /a:/?
More on AH and AW here: ruclips.net/p/PLrqHrGoMJdTQFzitRnEEj1uz7lAO8tj48&si=K8VUwd_4twBoHhme
@@rachelsenglish thank you. but i dont understand difference between /ɑ/. and / ɔ/ or they sounds the same?
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Is there any difference between [ɔ] and [ɑ]?
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I have one query why lowercase *a A* has two types can anyone tell me the difference between them please
*1.ɑ*
*2.a*
In IPA those two symbols would represent two different sounds! The [α] symbol is what we use to represent the AH as in FATHER vowel. The [a] symbol is what we use when describing the first parts of the AI as in BUY diphthong [aɪ] and the OW as in NOW diphthong [aʊ].
@@rachelsenglish thank you mam but generally in hαndwriting we write this α instead of a. Mostly in text books Aur printing material "a" is used whereas in handwritten notes "α" is used & I have heard that this α belongs to the Greek alphabet & it represents αlphα.
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are /ɑ/ and /a/ the same symbol? I´m confused. Because father has /a/ on the dictionary.
Hi! We use the symbol: [α] for 'father' - the [a] symbol is pronounced as a part of the AI as in BUY diphthong [aɪ] and the OW as in NOW diphthong [aʊ] - but we don't use that vowel sound on it's own.
@@rachelsenglish Hi, thanks Rachel, it's just that I always type on Google the words to see the IPA transcript and it uses /a/ for father so the inconsistency was driving me crazy, but that's not the case on dictionaries, which I didn't know. I found out that /a/ is the sound we use in Spanish which is really similar.
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Would you teach me if there is any relationship between /ɑ/ and /ʌ/? Whenever I study English with TV shows, I mostly hear /ʌ/ when people talk /ɑ/ words regardless of stress. For example, all /ˈɑːl//ɔːl/, want /ˈwɑːnt/, etc.
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Hi Rachel, How about the word 'car', pronouce 'AW' or 'AH'. Thank you so much!
Hi! The word 'car' uses the AH as in FATHER vowel before the R sound.
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I have one confused thing, in my Vietnamese language there are /o/ and /a/ vowels, when you pronouce /AH/ in many words, I hear it looks like a half /o/ and a half /a/ in Vietnamese. And in the word 'father' i hear it is pronouned much /a/ than /o/, in the word 'hot' i hear it is pronouce much /o/ than /a/.... In my opinion, it should be pronouced /o/ as in Vietnamese but the lips not round and the tongue flat low in the mouth. In your opinion, the /AH/ sound should be near /o/ or /a/ of Vietnamese? Please have look the link below for /a/ and /o/ vowels of Vietnamese. Thank you so much!
ruclips.net/video/HPfsmvPEEdY/видео.html
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Can i ask you a question. In the mouth positon, the tongue will push inward? Help me, please.
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