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Hi Jota. Thanks for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed the video. We'll have a word with the producers of the show and mention that the audio was a little quiet. Thanks for watching! 😃😃
Hello. Thank you for everything. I cannot hear some of your RUclips videos sound. Especially one minute videos. Someone's already mentioned the problem. Thanks
Silent E modifies the previous vowel < IF > there's only ONE consonnant between the two vowel sounds, e.g., SAFE vs. GIRAFFE. In order to keep their vowel sound intact, many verbs resort to double consonnants when conjugated, e.g., PLAN > PLANNING. Saying that words ending in 'le' are pronounced / əl / is misleading. Any word-ending L sound is a SYLLABIC L which is pronounced differently than a simple / əl /, e.g., FEEL, LITTLE - Mind that children often write 'LITTO' when trying to reproduce what they hear.
The rules can be simple and helpful but listening to the rules is not easy 😄. So basically we need to get the rules through our ears first before being able to feel their simplicity and helpfulness.
ive just discover word "hemmed", to my suprise pronunciation of this word is a mystery first e's is pronaunced simillar to letter "A" second is silent, could you please explain why? thank you in advance
The first 'e' is pronounced 'e' as in 'egg',' 'head' or 'red' - the 'ed' ending is pronounced 'd' the 'e' is not pronounced - this is the rule with all 'ed' endings on adjectives and past tense regular verbs. Except when the verd end with 'd' or 't' e.g. decided or waited - then it is pronounced [Id] - hope that helps
God how much I hate such irregularities of English. This takes away so much time of students. There must be a body of right thinking English language experts who must take corrective measures for spelling and pronunciation of English language and avoid such cumbersome rules.
Although it can be frustrating for learners, the 'irregularities' are what make English so special. Each 'unusual' spelling or pronunciation tells a story of where the word has come from and how it has evolved over time! We're sure that once you master the rules, you'll grow to love them! 😃
Do you realize that the majority of the people are not interested in the story of a word. For them it is a medium for acquiring knowledge in various subjects and their applications. So for spending time in learning the irregularities of it is no fun. They are not graduating In languages.
It is frustrating, but unfortunately we don't have anything like Académie Française to regulate the English language so it's a matter of learning the rules and irregularities, of which there are many, of the language. It's not fun, but that is the downside of learning any language. Jeg er lære Norsk it is a language that is closely related to my native English so it's not too difficult but it to has rules that have to be learnt for example when learning verbs and how to conjugate verbs. There are regular and irregular verbs and they have different ways to conjugate regular and irregular verbs, but there is no way to tell just by looking at the word whether it's regular or irregular. It's just something that you have to learn when you learn a new verb. The same applies to the silent -e.
Are you looking for more pronunciation practice? Then, check out Tim's Pronunciation Workshop, where we share all of our top pronunciation tips! ruclips.net/p/PLcetZ6gSk96-ayXj5thbTpbh2vHWpP08o
Much obliged for your time and lesson. you are a star. Greetings from Casablanca.
Such an amazing video for learning English. Besides, the sound of video is quite low. Anw, thank you so much.
Thanks - we're glad you enjoyed it. We'll have a look at the audio levels for future recordings! Thanks for your feedback. 😃
Great video, but the audio is a little bit "silent".
Not a little bit but much like muted 😄
Hi Jota. Thanks for your feedback. Glad you enjoyed the video. We'll have a word with the producers of the show and mention that the audio was a little quiet. Thanks for watching! 😃😃
Hello. Thank you for everything. I cannot hear some of your RUclips videos sound. Especially one minute videos.
Someone's already mentioned the problem. Thanks
Silent E modifies the previous vowel < IF > there's only ONE consonnant between the two vowel sounds, e.g., SAFE vs. GIRAFFE. In order to keep their vowel sound intact, many verbs resort to double consonnants when conjugated, e.g., PLAN > PLANNING.
Saying that words ending in 'le' are pronounced / əl / is misleading. Any word-ending L sound is a SYLLABIC L which is pronounced differently than a simple / əl /, e.g., FEEL, LITTLE - Mind that children often write 'LITTO' when trying to reproduce what they hear.
Thank you very much for this useful video
for example 1-sit - site
rat --rate
2- middle
Great video..... But BBC Learning English should work on it's audio part.
Thank you very much for your work, as usual, but there must be something wrong with the audio.
Hi. Thanks for your comment, we're looking into it and we'll ensure that future episodes have clearer and louder volume! 😃
So how you pronounce "clanne"? Would you say, "clan" or "clan-ne"?
He needs to buy hands-free or anything that has mic in it. Listening to this gentleman makes me feel like I’m having an audio hearing test.
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The rules can be simple and helpful but listening to the rules is not easy 😄. So basically we need to get the rules through our ears first before being able to feel their simplicity and helpfulness.
ive just discover word "hemmed", to my suprise pronunciation of this word is a mystery first e's is pronaunced simillar to letter "A" second is silent, could you please explain why? thank you in advance
The first 'e' is pronounced 'e' as in 'egg',' 'head' or 'red' - the 'ed' ending is pronounced 'd' the 'e' is not pronounced - this is the rule with all 'ed' endings on adjectives and past tense regular verbs. Except when the verd end with 'd' or 't' e.g. decided or waited - then it is pronounced [Id] - hope that helps
its good video ,btw I think the sound is quite low. am i wrong?
I guess so
You are not wrong but this is surely going to happen again. It's kind of a feature.
Thanks/
Thanks so much for making the great video. Would you mind speaking a little louder, please?
Audio?
the sound of the video is so low...
audio is too soft
sound s very low, please work on it
put the volume lower
First ?!!
God how much I hate such irregularities of English. This takes away so much time of students. There must be a body of right thinking English language experts who must take corrective measures for spelling and pronunciation of English language and avoid such cumbersome rules.
Although it can be frustrating for learners, the 'irregularities' are what make English so special. Each 'unusual' spelling or pronunciation tells a story of where the word has come from and how it has evolved over time! We're sure that once you master the rules, you'll grow to love them! 😃
Do you realize that the majority of the people are not interested in the story of a word. For them it is a medium for acquiring knowledge in various subjects and their applications. So for spending time in learning the irregularities of it is no fun. They are not graduating In languages.
It is frustrating, but unfortunately we don't have anything like Académie Française to regulate the English language so it's a matter of learning the rules and irregularities, of which there are many, of the language. It's not fun, but that is the downside of learning any language. Jeg er lære Norsk it is a language that is closely related to my native English so it's not too difficult but it to has rules that have to be learnt for example when learning verbs and how to conjugate verbs. There are regular and irregular verbs and they have different ways to conjugate regular and irregular verbs, but there is no way to tell just by looking at the word whether it's regular or irregular. It's just something that you have to learn when you learn a new verb. The same applies to the silent -e.
too fast