can't find words to thank you, James .. seems a small matter, but you can't imagine how confusing it was to me. thanks a bunch, dear :) Regards from Egypt !
You are very welcome! In my opinion, no matter is small if it leaves you feeling uncomfortable. And guess what? I think I CAN imagine. I learned a second language as an adult, too. I'm sorry for this very long delay, but I'm going to upload new videos very soon. Are there any topics you would suggest that I cover, either for yourself or for points that you think are confusing for other students?
Yes, Yes, it confused me for a little long time. Only today I searched for answer and then I found this video. Fortunately, normally we can just say a as the 97% sound. Sounds great.
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. What else would you like to see me do on this channel? I'm adding new videos very soon, and suggestions for new topics are always helpful.
extremely helpful, sir. At school (in a setting where English is spoken as second language), students would often come up to me and ask, "Teacher, is it 'a' or 'uh'. I told them "uh", but then they said, "but we've heard people use "a".... then I got stuck... lol.
To me it's an indication that they're not completely comfortable where they are. They're thinking very carefully about each word, or they feel like the formal situation they are in calls for it.
Thank you. I'm from Argentina and I have english classes at school and one of the teachers I used to have pronounced the "A" like "Ei" for every word, for example she used to say "A (ei) cat" And it got me so confused because I always knew this word was pronounced like "A" (Ah)
Thank you for that clarification! I was worry about this, because I noticed a recent very wide contamination of "a" pronounced "ei" in popular or argotic speaking, that is the most part of the internet nowadays, to the point I began to doubt about the way I learned English at school in the 70's. But your good explanation does nothing but confirming the well established fact, that artificial emphasis is the common way that allways takes vulgarity.
Nice explanation, and great examples, man! I explain it to my ESL students pretty much the same way. I’ve found that a lot of people, when they’re trying to sound well-spoken and articulate, will make the mistake of “hyper-correcting” and pronounce the long a sound. By the way, buddy, at 4:21, you said “…thuh article…” instead of “…thee article…”😊
In ten years, you're the first one to notice that detail at 4:21! I tell my students that fixating on the formal forms actively interferes with their ability to understand. And those same students pronounce silent letters and don't like linking words together and other effed up BS that all stems from paying too much attention to the English they've invented for their internal dialogues, and very little attention to what they actually hear.
Hello. Your explanation has been totally clear and I could understand that specific theme. Thanks you for taking your time to develop it. I will continue studying this wonderful lenguage following your intructions too. My best regards for you from Venezuela.
I had been looking out for an explanation to this, because my english teacher sometimes pronunce the "a" as the vowal sound and I did not understand why, soooo thank u so much for this, now I know it
Thank you! Very good explanation and the percentual helped a lot. I've been listening sometimes the enphasis when watching Friends and I was wondering if it was commom. Now I know it is in this especific context.
This was pretty useful. Actually the most basic question concerning one of the most used words, but I still never knew the answer. Thought it was mainly a question of vernaculars or BE/AE. Now I know better, thanks! Reason enough to subscribe to this channel. :)
Wow! It helps me a lot. I was watching some video speeches of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in this election e I did't understand why they spoked the article "a" with the sound of the vowel! Now I understood! Thanks for help!!!
I have always been confused about it. Thank you so much, it's much clearer now.
Your explanation was so clear and accurate that I had to put a word here. Thank you very much, Sir!
can't find words to thank you, James .. seems a small matter, but you can't imagine how confusing it was to me. thanks a bunch, dear :)
Regards from Egypt !
You are very welcome! In my opinion, no matter is small if it leaves you feeling uncomfortable. And guess what? I think I CAN imagine. I learned a second language as an adult, too.
I'm sorry for this very long delay, but I'm going to upload new videos very soon. Are there any topics you would suggest that I cover, either for yourself or for points that you think are confusing for other students?
Hassan. لسه عايش ؟!
Hassan. لسه عايش ؟!
Yes, Yes, it confused me for a little long time. Only today I searched for answer and then I found this video. Fortunately, normally we can just say a as the 97% sound. Sounds great.
Wonderfully explained, thanks
15 years studying English and I had no idea of this. Thanks a lot!
Excellent video James! You explained everything very well.
Thanks! Great examples.
This specific class was exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you so much, teacher.
Great! I'm happy to be helpful. Please suggest any other topics you would like me to cover.
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thanks so much. it was really useful .
You're welcome. I'm glad I could help. What else would you like to see me do on this channel? I'm adding new videos very soon, and suggestions for new topics are always helpful.
Thank you 😊
you are awesome man. you're once in a generation. you deserve the most gratitude a man can get.
I exend my great thanks and plessure to listen to you.
THANK YOU! IVE ALWAYS ASKED NATIVE SPEAKERS ABOUT THIS, AND NON OF THEM´VE KNOWN HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS TO ME AS CLEAR AS YOU´VE. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for this very complete explanation!! I had known we use both pronunciations of "a", but it wasn´t entirely clear and now it is!
I'm glad you found this helpful. Is there anything else I could help clarify for you?
extremely helpful, sir. At school (in a setting where English is spoken as second language), students would often come up to me and ask, "Teacher, is it 'a' or 'uh'. I told them "uh", but then they said, "but we've heard people use "a".... then I got stuck... lol.
Thank you very much for posting this interesting video. I teach English as a second language, and I have been explaining this to my students as well.
I just loved It!!!
Thaaank yooou so much for the explanation!
You rock!!!
Blessings!
Thank you! And I have to acknowledge - the speed of your speech, clearness and level of comprehension - is the best, I'm out of words to say.
You're welcome, and thank you for your kind comments. New videos are coming very soon. Are there any topics you would like to see me cover?
Omg! So useful for those who teach english as a foreign laguange. Thanks a bunch 😁
Thank you for the explanation. This was so clear that it went straight into my head.
Thank you so much, James!
Finally I found the perfect explanation of article a pronunciation. Thank you so much!
So long wanting to know why I heard the /eI/ sound once in a while. Thanks a lot!
I was confused also with the article "a" sound, thank you, sir
I've arrived here finding this explanation! Great! Thnak you!
It drives me crazy to hear newscasters use long A constantly.
To me it's an indication that they're not completely comfortable where they are. They're thinking very carefully about each word, or they feel like the formal situation they are in calls for it.
Such a great teacher. Thanks.
What a useful video. Thanks a lot
Thanks a lot. I enjoyed it and subscribed to your channel, too.
Wonderful explanation ! Short and clear, straight to the point. Good examples also.
Omg I was trying to find it out. Now I got it. Thanks a lot for your time !! ☺️
Thank you.
I'm from Argentina and I have english classes at school and one of the teachers I used to have pronounced the "A" like "Ei" for every word, for example she used to say "A (ei) cat" And it got me so confused because I always knew this word was pronounced like "A" (Ah)
Thanks. This was exactly what II was looking for. Well explained.
I fell in love with. I'm a new subscriber.
Great video!!!
Thank you so much sir. I've been looking for long time like this specific class. So happy to see this video.
This helped me a lot. Thank you, teacher.
Thank you very much. when to pronounce ei confused and frustrate me for a very long time. Thanks a lot.
This helped me a lot since I also read at Church. Thanks and God bless you!
Thank you, I was really confuse with this pronunciation, and your explanation was great, exactly what I needed to know!!
Very helpful video. I had a doubt about this as I hear more and more people using the less common form. Thank you 😊
Thank you so much, it was very helpful, I was looking for this explanation in many channels and you explained so clear and accurate
THANKS 🎉
Just what I needed! Thank you so much
This is a great explanation, love it. Thanks 👏🏻
Now that makes sense. Thank you so much :) from Philippines.
Good explanation 👍
Thank u 👏👏👏💪💪💪 from Ecuador 🇪🇨 south America
Wow! man that was fantastic!
Thank you so much!
your explanation was so clear and accurate
I appreciate that
Right what I was looking for. Thanks a bunch!!!!
Thanks a lot a friend, your explanation clarified all my doubts about this. You put this very easy to understand.
I'm glad this was useful to you. More videos are coming soon. Please suggest topics that you would like me to cover.
What a great explication! Thanks for your help :)
It was very useful! And so different from those youtube videos where they would explain it for, like, 23 minutes with personal stories hahah
You didn't notice the personal stories? haha
Finally I found this explanation! I was pretty confused about it. Thank you!
Thanks alot for this clear explanation. This one deserves a ton.
Thank you for that clarification!
I was worry about this, because I noticed a recent very wide contamination of "a" pronounced "ei" in popular or argotic speaking, that is the most part of the internet nowadays, to the point I began to doubt about the way I learned English at school in the 70's.
But your good explanation does nothing but confirming the well established fact, that artificial emphasis is the common way that allways takes vulgarity.
Thanks for adding argotic to my vocabulary!
I was looking for this ❤ thanks
Thanks at all bro for clearing the sound of a❤️❤️
A good explanation. Thank you!
thank you master, loved the explanation!
Just what I was looking for, thank you
Very helpful, man! thanks a bunch.
Thanks a lot sir. It's really helpful. God bless you.🙏
Thank you ! from south of Brazil. Now it's clear.
Great explanation, thank you very much
Very informative video
Thanks.i've been searching about this and this video is the best
This is the best explanition i ever had about "a", you are an amazing teacher!
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Thank you very much, incredible explanantion.
Thank you very much! Finally I know how to pronounce the article "a". I should have learned this 40 years ago.
Thank you very much! Your video is really helpful!
Thanks sir , it helped me a lot you are so genuine person 🙂👍
Hi there I saw your video and really did help me.thanks for information
Thank you James, I'm french and I didn't understand why there were two differents sounds until I found your video.
I'm glad this was helpful. What other topics would you suggest that I cover? New videos are coming very soon.
Nice explanation, and great examples, man! I explain it to my ESL students pretty much the same way. I’ve found that a lot of people, when they’re trying to sound well-spoken and articulate, will make the mistake of “hyper-correcting” and pronounce the long a sound.
By the way, buddy, at 4:21, you said “…thuh article…” instead of “…thee article…”😊
In ten years, you're the first one to notice that detail at 4:21!
I tell my students that fixating on the formal forms actively interferes with their ability to understand.
And those same students pronounce silent letters and don't like linking words together and other effed up BS that all stems from paying too much attention to the English they've invented for their internal dialogues, and very little attention to what they actually hear.
Hey muchas gracias!!
I really appreciate this information. Good vibes!
Thank you teacher! It helps a lot!
Thank you!
This video helps a lot.
Hello. Your explanation has been totally clear and I could understand that specific theme. Thanks you for taking your time to develop it. I will continue studying this wonderful lenguage following your intructions too. My best regards for you from Venezuela.
Thank you Antonio. I'm glad you found this useful. More videos are coming soon.
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Excellent explanation, thanks
Thank you!!! So good to know!!
Thanks for your simple and clear explanation.
Awesome video mate.
Thanks! I'm making a bunch of new videos. What other topics do you think might be popular?
I had been looking out for an explanation to this, because my english teacher sometimes pronunce the "a" as the vowal sound and I did not understand why, soooo thank u so much for this, now I know it
Thank you! Very good explanation and the percentual helped a lot. I've been listening sometimes the enphasis when watching Friends and I was wondering if it was commom. Now I know it is in this especific context.
Thanks so much for this video which helps me a lot to figure out why somebody say ei for letter a. This question bothers me for several months. Thanks
This was pretty useful. Actually the most basic question concerning one of the most used words, but I still never knew the answer. Thought it was mainly a question of vernaculars or BE/AE. Now I know better, thanks! Reason enough to subscribe to this channel. :)
totally agree with you!
Thank you so much, well said :)
Great video. It helped me a lot. Thanks
Excellente explanition! thanks a lot!!!
Thank you so much for your explanation.
It was really helpful, thank you so much!
This video helped me so much. Thanks.
Thank you finally found the answer, greetings from Colombia
Thanks for ur helpful vdo (y)
Very useful! Thanks~
Thank you so much sir !
Thanks! Greetings from Juarez! ;)
You're welcome, neighbor! What else would you like to see. I'm making new videos and I would really appreciate suggestions from viewers.
Awesome THANKS A TON!!
Wow! It helps me a lot. I was watching some video speeches of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in this election e I did't understand why they spoked the article "a" with the sound of the vowel! Now I understood! Thanks for help!!!
You're welcome. I'm now making new videos. What topics can you suggest?
Thank you for this lesson