Super helpful!!!. No one else has ever mentioned this including text books, and mystery is solved. The funny thing is that it’s a lot easier for the mouth to produce these nasality sounds than trying hard to make the standard sounds cuz it comes naturally!! Thanks again!!!
I don't know what I could do without you... RUclips has never seen a teacher this good in its entire history. I just don't know how to thank you enough. I wish I had a chance to talk with you once. Please tell me how it's possible to contact with you personally
Wow, thanks so much for your kind words, @SamNEWYORK! If you're interested in working with me 1:1 during a live English class, I'd be happy to talk to you then and answer any questions you have :) Here's how you can learn about my live classes in English Pro: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/bundles/english-pro I hope to see you at a live class soon!
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@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Hi Julie again. Don't sweat it. No worries at all. I'll do whatever it gets to have a chance to speak with you. So it's not a problems.things happen. I'll work my schedule with yours
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Another insightful video. Personally I found the examples demonstrating the incorrect pronunciation to be very illuminating in particular - for me, they were the final piece of the puzzle to get that "aha!" moment.
Thank you, Julie! You hepled me a lot. That's why the Americans sound different from the Brits. This slight nasal twang influence the whole speech, when listening to Bugs Bunnie talking, for example.
Hi :) I hope you're fine. I pronounce the "st" cluster in the word "gist", which has the transcription /dʒɪst/, by keeping the tongue behind the bottom front teeth. Specifically, I transition from the /dʒ/ sound to the /ɪ/ sound by moving the tongue from the roof of the mouth to the back of the bottom teeth, then I generate the /st/ cluster without moving the tongue tip to the roof of the mouth, which means that I use the middle of the mouth to produce both of the /s/ and /t/ sounds. I do it that way because I feel it is more efficient and requires less tongue movement. In my case, the tongue will have two positions for the entire word: 1. the first position is for the /dʒ/ sound 2. the second position is for the /st/ cluster. I repeat the same tongue posture for the /st/ cluster regardless of its position in the word. what is your take on that?
Hi أحمد الدسوقي - Thanks for your question! I'd have to hear your pronunciation to know for sure if your tongue placement is producing the right "sound", so unfortunately I can't give you a firm answer in this comment. But as long as you're getting a good /st/ cluster, your tongue placement is probably okay! :)
4:00 you said ( when æ comes before the n and m consonants like in the words hand and ham it sounds like a combination of AA and UH ) 1 - for UH which schwa do you mean the stressed schwa /ʌ/ or unstressed schwa /ə/ 2 do you think all the vowels before m and n not affected the vowel before too much , just the air through the nose and schwa. 3- do you think all the vowels before ŋ and ŋk sound affected the vowel before and changed the sound more than n and m sound. - i'm still working on nasal consonants, i'll send to you after i'll finish to take your opinion. Thank you so much Mrs. Julie.
Hi Ramzy! 1 - I use the schwa sound because it's a more relaxed UH sound. 2 - I think the AA /æ/ vowel is the one that is affected the most when it comes before the nasal consonants /m/ and /n/ because the extra "schwa UH" sound that happens. The other vowels don't have that extra "schwa UH" sound - just more airflow through the nose. 3 - Yes, I think the vowels that come before the NG /ŋ/ consonant affected more than the vowels that come before the /m/ and /n/ consonants. I hope this was helpful!! :)
1 - are /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/ effect on all the vowels before them. 2 - is the sound or vowel in the word ( thank ) changed from æ to eʌ or aʌ or ɛʌ or Aʌ or what. we don't use eʌ or aʌ or ɛʌ in American English but these vowels part of /eɪ/ - /aɪ/ - /ʌ/ as in day /deɪ/ - bite /baɪt/ - up /ʌp/ Thank you so much.
Hi Ramzy! 1) Yes, the nasals /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/ impact all vowels that come before them. Some vowels change more than other vowels, but all vowels are all nasalized to some degree. 2) The AA /æ/ in "thank" changes to a vowel that sounds closer to /eɪ/. There might be a more specific IPA symbol that can be used to describe this nasalized AA /æ/ vowel, but I use /eɪ/ because that sound already exists in American English. Thanks for your questions! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you so much for the answer. you said ( all vowels are all nasalized to some degree) i think we need a lot of videos. Thank you.
@@ramzy-6566 I agree! It can be very difficult to imitate a nasalized vowel because you can't really control the soft palate (the soft part of the roof of the mouth), and this is the muscle that controls the nasality of sounds. Luckily, you will still be understood if you don't nasalize a vowel in American English because it doesn't change the meaning of the word. For example, if I said "hand" without nasalizing the AA vowel, I would still be understood by native speakers. But in some languages, like French, the nasalization of vowels can change the meaning of a word, so you might not be understood if you use a non-nasalized vowel!
Do hungry and hungary sound same? The IPA for these two words are different [ˈhʌŋɡri] [ˈhʌŋgəri]. But I can't hear the difference between them. The schwa after the g sound is hard to catch!
Thanks for your comment! I'll include these two words in a future video (along with your other suggestions - being/bean, east/yeast, etc.). But I'll give you some information here as well :) "Hungry" and "Hungary" do not sound the same in American English. "Hungry" is two syllables: HUNG - gree. And "Hungary" is three syllables: HUNG - guh - ree. Try to clap your hands to the beat of the syllables as you say both of those words - "hungry" will receive two claps (two syllables) and "Hungary" will receive three claps (three syllables). Maybe that will help you to hear that middle syllable in "Hungary". I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent That's so nice,you are very kind!I can never thank you enough.Please add the words usual and usually to the future video.They are diffcult words too!
I enjoy your videos so much! What about diphthongs? Do you nasalize both sounds in them? For example, when [aɪ] comes before a "n" as in "mine", is it [ãɪ̃] or [aɪ̃]?
Hi K F! Thanks for your comment! I'm not entirely sure to what degree both sounds of the diphthong are nasalized, but I would assume that both become nasalized, and the one that is closest to the nasal consonant will have the most nasalization...but that's just a guess! :)
Hey Ayeni - Thanks for the question :) I'd be happy to help you with nasalization and syllabic consonants. Join one of my live English classes at Julie's Conversation Club courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club and I could help you during the class!
Hi! I'm glad you saw this video - I made it based on your suggestion! Yes, both the R sound and the L sound can influence the vowels that come before them in a word. The R sound changes the vowels into an R-colored vowel (I have made videos on all of the R-colored vowels), and the L sound will sometimes bring the vowel farther back in the mouth. I notice it the most in a word like "pull", which is transcribed like this: /pʊl/, using the /ʊ/ vowel. The word "put" /pʊt/ also uses the /ʊ/ vowel, but the vowels in "pull" and "put" sound very different to me! Once I make videos on the consonants, I'll make a video about the R and L sounds as well! Thanks for your comment :)
@Andre Hi Andre! Wow - thank you for this very detailed comment! :) You have asked really good questions about the Dark L and how it influences the vowels! To my ears, these three pronunciations all sound very similar: /oʊɫ/ (like in "soul"), /ʊɫ/ (like in "pull"), and /ʌɫ/ (like in "culture"). And sometimes, I think native speakers are using the same vowel in all three words! When this happens, they are most likely using /ʊɫ/ instead of /oʊɫ/ or /ʌɫ/...but this isn't true for every native speaker. I'll explain a little bit more about this in the next paragraphs. To answer your question about "soul": Is the vowel a diphthong but where the two sounds are close, or a monophthong like /soɫ/? The dictionary transcription will say that it is a diphthong, /oʊ/, and yes, some native speakers truly do use this diphthong when they pronounce "soul". BUT, you can't really hear a big distinction between the two vowels. The /o/ and /ʊ/ vowels are very close to each other anyway, and then the Dark L pulls them even farther back in the mouth, so there isn't a big difference between the two vowels in that diphthong in this particular context. So my first answer is yes, it is a diphthong, but the movement between the two vowels is very minor. Now for my second answer :) I am a native speaker who uses the /ʊ/ vowel instead of the /oʊ/ diphthong! To me, the words "pole" (transcribed as /poʊl/ on the Cambridge dictionary website) and "pull" (transcribed as /pʊl/ on the Cambridge website) are homophones - I pronounce them exactly the same, using the /ʊ/ vowel. I also sometimes use the /ʊ/ vowel in "culture", which means I sometimes pronounce it like /ˈkʊl.tʃɚ/. Like I mentioned above, the /ʌɫ/, /ʊɫ/, and /oʊɫ/ combinations sound so similar anyway, and people understand me without any difficulty. I'll try to address the remainder of your question in a video, and I'll let you know when I create it! Thanks again for your comments! :)
@Andre Hi! Thank you for your questions! I'm not quite sure of the correct answer, but I'll do my best! The word "pull" definitely uses the /ʊ/ vowel, but the /ʊ/ changes because of the Dark L. So it's the /ʊ/ vowel, but it's made with the tongue a little farther back due to the Dark L tongue placement. If you change the vowel to something that is closer to O /o/, you'll end up saying "pole" instead of "pull". Some people pronounce "pole" like /poʊl/ and "pull" like /pʊl/, so if you add an O /o/ sound, it will become "pole". And I hope I understand your question about /ʌɫ/ and /əɫ/ correctly! In a word that contains the stressed UH and Dark L combination /ʌɫ/ , like how some people pronounce "culture", the /ʌ/ vowel will receive most of the prominence. You might open your mouth/jaw more for the vowel portion since it's stressed, and you'll say it a little bit louder and higher. The Dark L might also have a little bit more tongue tension since it is stressed, and it might be said louder as well, but the lips won't necessarily round more for the Dark L just because it's stressed. For example, when I say "culture" and the Dark L is in a stressed syllable, I notice that my tongue is more tense. And when I say "vowel" and the Dark L is in the unstressed syllable, I notice that my tongue is slightly less tense. However, my lip placement/rounding is the same in both words. I hope this made sense! Let me know if you have additional questions :)
Hello, if i want to say ( morning /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ ) without the letter G - is the sound ɪ will change from IH+EE to IH as in ( morning /ˈmɔrn-IH+EE-ŋ/ ) to ( mornin /ˈmɔrn-IH-n/ ) (going /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/) . Thank you so much.
Hi! Yes, you are correct! If you say "morning" without the "g", you will say /ˈmɔrnɪn/, and this pronunciation is sometimes spelled like mornin', with an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter "g". This is the same for "going" - you will say /ˈɡoʊɪn/, and this pronunciation is also sometimes spelled like goin', with an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter "g". I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent you said ( If you say "morning" without the "g", you will say /ˈmɔrnɪn/) is that mean the vowel ɪ will change too because we drop the g letters because the ng letters make the sound more longer like IH+EE , but when we drop g the vowel ɪ before the letter n will be IH shorter then the letter i before ing. am i right?
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent you said ( This is the same for "going" - you will say /ˈɡoʊɪn/, and this pronunciation is also sometimes spelled like goin', with an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter "g". ) do you mean about apostrophe in normal word not in IPA like your example going to goin' not /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/ to /ˈɡoʊɪn'/ another example morning /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ you mean you add apostrophe to the normal word mornin' not add apostrophe to ipa /ˈmɔrnɪn'/ thank you.
Hi Ney - This is a difficult question to answer in a comment :) It would be better if I could demonstrate the pronunciation for you in real time. Come to my next live English class at Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club) and I could help you during the class! :)
What about ɛ sound it seems different in friend many compere to bed or bet ? It also extremely different in British 😃 I hope you see my comment And i hope i hear sounds well because i really hear different sounds for ɛ !
Hi Aya - Thanks for your question! It's difficult for me to give you a clear answer in a comment, so the best way for me to help you is if you joined my live English class at Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club). I could answer your question during the class! I hope to see you there :)
I'm so confused by this video, I'm currently working on reducing my nasality and how to avoid making my vowel sounds too nasal. Am I missing something?
Hi Ivonkah88 - Thanks for your question :) Nasality in English depends on a few things. It depends on the vowel and if it is next to a nasal consonant or not. Some vowels are really influenced by the nasal consonant, so they should be pronounced with nasality in order to sound the most natural. For example, the vowel /æ/ in the word "hang" /hæŋ/ becomes nasalized, so much that "hang" sounds closer to "hayng". But the same vowel exists in the word "hat" /hæt/, and in this word it is not nasalized at all. Nasality in English also depends on where the native speaker is from. Some areas of the United States don't nasalize the vowels as much as I do. For example, speakers from New York might not pronounce "man" the same way that I do (I'm from California). But it also might depend on your native language. Some language have much more nasality in the vowels than English, so in that case you would need to reduce the nasality of those vowels in order to sound natural in English. I hope this answer didn't add to your confusion! If you want me to listen to your speech and give you feedback, let me know - you can email me at julie@sandiegovoiceandaccent.com or contact me through my website: sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/contact.
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thank you! Yes, my native language tends to be very nasal. I work with an accent coach and we just started nasality lessons. I wanted to find more videos on it to practice in between sessions. Got a little confused at first but I get it now. Thank you!
0:35 i know the vowel more longer if followed be voiceless sound as in the word sit , and more longer if followed by voiced sound as in the word sin. - for example pop the vowel o more shorter then the vowel o in the word bob . am i right?
Yes, you are correct! The vowel in "pop" is shorter than the vowel in the word "bob" because of the consonant that follows the vowel. Vowels before voiceless consonants are usually shorter (like in "pop"), and vowels before voiced consonants are usually longer (like in "bob"). Thanks for your question! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Hello, you said the (Vowels before voiceless consonants are usually shorter (like in "pop"), and vowels before voiced consonants are usually longer (like in "bob"). - is the sound at the end of a word more longer than vowels before voiced consonants as in ( bee /bi/) ( before voiceless beet /bit/ before voiced bead /bid/ ) thank you.
Some american told me when the /æ/ before the ng sound,it doesn't change to an /eɪ/ sound, if it does, It's a dialect. Is that ture? I am confused! Thank you for your help!
Hi! Thanks for your question. In my personal experience with speaking American English (I grew up in California) and listening to other native speakers, I've always heard more of an /eɪ/ sound for the /æ/ vowel when it comes before the NG consonant. When I say the word "hang" without a nasalized /æ/ vowel, it sounds so bizarre and unnatural to my ears, and I think people would have a difficult time understanding me! The /æ/ vowel needs to be nasalized before the NG, and this makes it sound closer to the /eɪ/ vowel. This is how I've always heard it pronounced! I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I heard a lot of people nasalized the short a before ng .I feel it's easier to pronounce.But I don't it is standard typical american accent or not.Now I got the idea.Thank you so much!
Best video ever on nasal consonants! Thank you!
That's great to hear, @JP68! Thanks for your comment! :)
the best video for nasalization of the American English vowels. thank you.
thanks, Ramzy! :)
Thank you. I had observed these but was not clear about. Now, it's clear to me.
Wonderful! I'm glad it was helpful! :)
Super helpful!!!. No one else has ever mentioned this including text books, and mystery is solved. The funny thing is that it’s a lot easier for the mouth to produce these nasality sounds than trying hard to make the standard sounds cuz it comes naturally!! Thanks again!!!
You're welcome - I'm glad I could help! :)
Thank you. Video is very helpful.😊
I don't know what I could do without you... RUclips has never seen a teacher this good in its entire history. I just don't know how to thank you enough. I wish I had a chance to talk with you once. Please tell me how it's possible to contact with you personally
Wow, thanks so much for your kind words, @SamNEWYORK! If you're interested in working with me 1:1 during a live English class, I'd be happy to talk to you then and answer any questions you have :) Here's how you can learn about my live classes in English Pro: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/bundles/english-pro I hope to see you at a live class soon!
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thank you. I have already marked my calendar for Wednesday. I hope I get a chance to talk with you.
@@SamNEWYORK Hi @SamNEWYORK - Sorry about the live class on Wednesday! My recording software didn't connect properly to RUclips, and even though I thought I was live and I completed the entire class, I wasn't actually connected to RUclips 😬 I suppose that happens sometimes, haha. If you're interested, I've scheduled my next live class for next month. Here's the link to register: courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/products/live_events/top-5-tips-rhythm-stress Hopefully I'll figure out the software connection issue by then 🤞
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Hi Julie again. Don't sweat it. No worries at all. I'll do whatever it gets to have a chance to speak with you. So it's not a problems.things happen. I'll work my schedule with yours
@@SamNEWYORK Thanks for understanding :)
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Thank you! But that's very interesting - I didn't know that RUclips was showing ads on my videos! I didn't apply for the RUclips Partner Program because I thought that ads might be annoying for my viewers to watch. I'll have to investigate the RUclips Partner Program and see if it will be worth it to join!
Another insightful video. Personally I found the examples demonstrating the incorrect pronunciation to be very illuminating in particular - for me, they were the final piece of the puzzle to get that "aha!" moment.
Thank you for your comment! That's great you had an "aha" moment!! :)
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Wow, that's so nice of you to say, Ramzy! Thank you! :)
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Thank you, Julie! You hepled me a lot. That's why the Americans sound different from the Brits. This slight nasal twang influence the whole speech, when listening to Bugs Bunnie talking, for example.
Hi Katerina - You're welcome! And yes, you are 100% correct - Americans have a more nasal sound than Brits, especially with the vowels! :)
Thank you for a great lesson.
Glad you liked it, Ramzy! :)
Hi :) I hope you're fine.
I pronounce the "st" cluster in the word "gist", which has the transcription /dʒɪst/, by keeping the tongue behind the bottom front teeth. Specifically, I transition from the /dʒ/ sound to the /ɪ/ sound by moving the tongue from the roof of the mouth to the back of the bottom teeth, then I generate the /st/ cluster without moving the tongue tip to the roof of the mouth, which means that I use the middle of the mouth to produce both of the /s/ and /t/ sounds. I do it that way because I feel it is more efficient and requires less tongue movement. In my case, the tongue will have two positions for the entire word: 1. the first position is for the /dʒ/ sound 2. the second position is for the /st/ cluster. I repeat the same tongue posture for the /st/ cluster regardless of its position in the word.
what is your take on that?
Hi أحمد الدسوقي - Thanks for your question! I'd have to hear your pronunciation to know for sure if your tongue placement is producing the right "sound", so unfortunately I can't give you a firm answer in this comment. But as long as you're getting a good /st/ cluster, your tongue placement is probably okay! :)
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4:00 you said ( when æ comes before the n and m consonants like
in the words hand and ham it sounds like a combination of AA and UH )
1 - for UH which schwa do you mean the stressed schwa /ʌ/ or unstressed schwa /ə/
2 do you think all the vowels before m and n not affected the vowel before too much , just the air through the nose and schwa.
3- do you think all the vowels before ŋ and ŋk sound affected the vowel before and changed the sound more than n and m sound.
- i'm still working on nasal consonants, i'll send to you after i'll finish to take your opinion.
Thank you so much Mrs. Julie.
Hi Ramzy!
1 - I use the schwa sound because it's a more relaxed UH sound.
2 - I think the AA /æ/ vowel is the one that is affected the most when it comes before the nasal consonants /m/ and /n/ because the extra "schwa UH" sound that happens. The other vowels don't have that extra "schwa UH" sound - just more airflow through the nose.
3 - Yes, I think the vowels that come before the NG /ŋ/ consonant affected more than the vowels that come before the /m/ and /n/ consonants.
I hope this was helpful!! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
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@@ramzy-6566 You're welcome! :)
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1 - are /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/ effect on all the vowels before them.
2 - is the sound or vowel in the word ( thank ) changed from æ to eʌ or aʌ or ɛʌ or Aʌ or what.
we don't use eʌ or aʌ or ɛʌ in American English but these vowels part of /eɪ/ - /aɪ/ - /ʌ/ as in day /deɪ/ - bite /baɪt/ - up /ʌp/
Thank you so much.
Hi Ramzy!
1) Yes, the nasals /m/ - /n/ - /ŋ/ impact all vowels that come before them. Some vowels change more than other vowels, but all vowels are all nasalized to some degree.
2) The AA /æ/ in "thank" changes to a vowel that sounds closer to /eɪ/. There might be a more specific IPA symbol that can be used to describe this nasalized AA /æ/ vowel, but I use /eɪ/ because that sound already exists in American English.
Thanks for your questions! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent
Thank you so much for the answer.
you said ( all vowels are all nasalized to some degree) i think we need a lot of videos. Thank you.
@@ramzy-6566 I agree! It can be very difficult to imitate a nasalized vowel because you can't really control the soft palate (the soft part of the roof of the mouth), and this is the muscle that controls the nasality of sounds. Luckily, you will still be understood if you don't nasalize a vowel in American English because it doesn't change the meaning of the word. For example, if I said "hand" without nasalizing the AA vowel, I would still be understood by native speakers. But in some languages, like French, the nasalization of vowels can change the meaning of a word, so you might not be understood if you use a non-nasalized vowel!
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent you are right. Thank you.
@@ramzy-6566 You're welcome! :)
Do hungry and hungary sound same? The IPA for these two words are different [ˈhʌŋɡri] [ˈhʌŋgəri]. But I can't hear the difference between them. The schwa after the g sound is hard to catch!
Thanks for your comment! I'll include these two words in a future video (along with your other suggestions - being/bean, east/yeast, etc.). But I'll give you some information here as well :)
"Hungry" and "Hungary" do not sound the same in American English. "Hungry" is two syllables: HUNG - gree. And "Hungary" is three syllables: HUNG - guh - ree. Try to clap your hands to the beat of the syllables as you say both of those words - "hungry" will receive two claps (two syllables) and "Hungary" will receive three claps (three syllables). Maybe that will help you to hear that middle syllable in "Hungary".
I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent That's so nice,you are very kind!I can never thank you enough.Please add the words usual and usually to the future video.They are diffcult words too!
@@hibbertjahlil4512 Those are great suggestions, too - thanks! :)
I enjoy your videos so much! What about diphthongs? Do you nasalize both sounds in them? For example, when [aɪ] comes before a "n" as in "mine", is it [ãɪ̃] or [aɪ̃]?
Hi K F! Thanks for your comment! I'm not entirely sure to what degree both sounds of the diphthong are nasalized, but I would assume that both become nasalized, and the one that is closest to the nasal consonant will have the most nasalization...but that's just a guess! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you so much! That's what I wanted to know:)
@@kay604 You're welcome - glad I could help! :)
I'm quite confused to know the different between Nasallisation of vowel and syllabic consonant.
Hey Ayeni - Thanks for the question :) I'd be happy to help you with nasalization and syllabic consonants. Join one of my live English classes at Julie's Conversation Club courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club and I could help you during the class!
R also influences the vowels. Does L do the same?
Hi! I'm glad you saw this video - I made it based on your suggestion!
Yes, both the R sound and the L sound can influence the vowels that come before them in a word. The R sound changes the vowels into an R-colored vowel (I have made videos on all of the R-colored vowels), and the L sound will sometimes bring the vowel farther back in the mouth. I notice it the most in a word like "pull", which is transcribed like this: /pʊl/, using the /ʊ/ vowel. The word "put" /pʊt/ also uses the /ʊ/ vowel, but the vowels in "pull" and "put" sound very different to me!
Once I make videos on the consonants, I'll make a video about the R and L sounds as well! Thanks for your comment :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I appreciate your effort and have learnt a lot from you.
@@SeaRich Thanks so much for your comment! :)
@Andre Hi Andre! Wow - thank you for this very detailed comment! :) You have asked really good questions about the Dark L and how it influences the vowels!
To my ears, these three pronunciations all sound very similar: /oʊɫ/ (like in "soul"), /ʊɫ/ (like in "pull"), and /ʌɫ/ (like in "culture"). And sometimes, I think native speakers are using the same vowel in all three words! When this happens, they are most likely using /ʊɫ/ instead of /oʊɫ/ or /ʌɫ/...but this isn't true for every native speaker. I'll explain a little bit more about this in the next paragraphs.
To answer your question about "soul": Is the vowel a diphthong but where the two sounds are close, or a monophthong like /soɫ/? The dictionary transcription will say that it is a diphthong, /oʊ/, and yes, some native speakers truly do use this diphthong when they pronounce "soul". BUT, you can't really hear a big distinction between the two vowels. The /o/ and /ʊ/ vowels are very close to each other anyway, and then the Dark L pulls them even farther back in the mouth, so there isn't a big difference between the two vowels in that diphthong in this particular context. So my first answer is yes, it is a diphthong, but the movement between the two vowels is very minor.
Now for my second answer :) I am a native speaker who uses the /ʊ/ vowel instead of the /oʊ/ diphthong! To me, the words "pole" (transcribed as /poʊl/ on the Cambridge dictionary website) and "pull" (transcribed as /pʊl/ on the Cambridge website) are homophones - I pronounce them exactly the same, using the /ʊ/ vowel. I also sometimes use the /ʊ/ vowel in "culture", which means I sometimes pronounce it like /ˈkʊl.tʃɚ/. Like I mentioned above, the /ʌɫ/, /ʊɫ/, and /oʊɫ/ combinations sound so similar anyway, and people understand me without any difficulty.
I'll try to address the remainder of your question in a video, and I'll let you know when I create it! Thanks again for your comments! :)
@Andre Hi! Thank you for your questions!
I'm not quite sure of the correct answer, but I'll do my best! The word "pull" definitely uses the /ʊ/ vowel, but the /ʊ/ changes because of the Dark L. So it's the /ʊ/ vowel, but it's made with the tongue a little farther back due to the Dark L tongue placement.
If you change the vowel to something that is closer to O /o/, you'll end up saying "pole" instead of "pull". Some people pronounce "pole" like /poʊl/ and "pull" like /pʊl/, so if you add an O /o/ sound, it will become "pole".
And I hope I understand your question about /ʌɫ/ and /əɫ/ correctly! In a word that contains the stressed UH and Dark L combination /ʌɫ/ , like how some people pronounce "culture", the /ʌ/ vowel will receive most of the prominence. You might open your mouth/jaw more for the vowel portion since it's stressed, and you'll say it a little bit louder and higher. The Dark L might also have a little bit more tongue tension since it is stressed, and it might be said louder as well, but the lips won't necessarily round more for the Dark L just because it's stressed.
For example, when I say "culture" and the Dark L is in a stressed syllable, I notice that my tongue is more tense. And when I say "vowel" and the Dark L is in the unstressed syllable, I notice that my tongue is slightly less tense. However, my lip placement/rounding is the same in both words.
I hope this made sense! Let me know if you have additional questions :)
Hello, if i want to say ( morning /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ ) without the letter G - is the sound ɪ will change from IH+EE to IH as in ( morning /ˈmɔrn-IH+EE-ŋ/ ) to ( mornin /ˈmɔrn-IH-n/ ) (going /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/) . Thank you so much.
Hi! Yes, you are correct! If you say "morning" without the "g", you will say /ˈmɔrnɪn/, and this pronunciation is sometimes spelled like mornin', with an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter "g".
This is the same for "going" - you will say /ˈɡoʊɪn/, and this pronunciation is also sometimes spelled like goin', with an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter "g".
I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you so much.
@@ramzy-6566 You're welcome! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent you said ( If you say "morning" without the "g", you will say /ˈmɔrnɪn/) is that mean the vowel ɪ will change too because we drop the g letters because the ng letters make the sound more longer like IH+EE , but when we drop g the vowel ɪ before the letter n will be IH shorter then the letter i before ing. am i right?
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent you said ( This is the same for "going" - you will say /ˈɡoʊɪn/, and this pronunciation is also sometimes spelled like goin', with an apostrophe in the place of the missing letter "g". )
do you mean about apostrophe in normal word not in IPA like your example going to goin' not /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/ to /ˈɡoʊɪn'/ another example morning /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ you mean you add apostrophe to the normal word mornin' not add apostrophe to ipa /ˈmɔrnɪn'/
thank you.
how do you pronounce the /ɪ/ of a diphthong as in /ɔɪ/ if it comes before a sound /ŋ/ and /n/?
Hi Ney - This is a difficult question to answer in a comment :) It would be better if I could demonstrate the pronunciation for you in real time. Come to my next live English class at Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club) and I could help you during the class! :)
What about ɛ sound it seems different in friend many compere to bed or bet ? It also extremely different in British 😃
I hope you see my comment
And i hope i hear sounds well because i really hear different sounds for ɛ !
Hi Aya - Thanks for your question! It's difficult for me to give you a clear answer in a comment, so the best way for me to help you is if you joined my live English class at Julie's Conversation Club (courses.sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/courses/julies-conversation-club). I could answer your question during the class! I hope to see you there :)
Thanks. I never understood why short i as in "it" is so different as in "in". To me "in" sounds just like a long i but not short i.
Hi Mathers - Thanks for your comment :) I hope this video helped you to hear the difference in the vowels in the words "in" and "it"!
I'm so confused by this video, I'm currently working on reducing my nasality and how to avoid making my vowel sounds too nasal. Am I missing something?
Hi Ivonkah88 - Thanks for your question :) Nasality in English depends on a few things. It depends on the vowel and if it is next to a nasal consonant or not. Some vowels are really influenced by the nasal consonant, so they should be pronounced with nasality in order to sound the most natural. For example, the vowel /æ/ in the word "hang" /hæŋ/ becomes nasalized, so much that "hang" sounds closer to "hayng". But the same vowel exists in the word "hat" /hæt/, and in this word it is not nasalized at all.
Nasality in English also depends on where the native speaker is from. Some areas of the United States don't nasalize the vowels as much as I do. For example, speakers from New York might not pronounce "man" the same way that I do (I'm from California).
But it also might depend on your native language. Some language have much more nasality in the vowels than English, so in that case you would need to reduce the nasality of those vowels in order to sound natural in English.
I hope this answer didn't add to your confusion! If you want me to listen to your speech and give you feedback, let me know - you can email me at julie@sandiegovoiceandaccent.com or contact me through my website: sandiegovoiceandaccent.com/contact.
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent thank you! Yes, my native language tends to be very nasal. I work with an accent coach and we just started nasality lessons. I wanted to find more videos on it to practice in between sessions. Got a little confused at first but I get it now. Thank you!
@@Ivonkah88 No problem - glad to help! :)
0:35 i know the vowel more longer if followed be voiceless sound as in the word sit , and more longer if followed by voiced sound as in the word sin.
- for example pop the vowel o more shorter then the vowel o in the word bob . am i right?
Yes, you are correct! The vowel in "pop" is shorter than the vowel in the word "bob" because of the consonant that follows the vowel. Vowels before voiceless consonants are usually shorter (like in "pop"), and vowels before voiced consonants are usually longer (like in "bob").
Thanks for your question! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Thank you so much.
@@ramzy-6566 You're welcome! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Hello, you said the (Vowels before voiceless consonants are usually shorter (like in "pop"), and vowels before voiced consonants are usually longer (like in "bob").
- is the sound at the end of a word more longer than vowels before voiced consonants as in ( bee /bi/) ( before voiceless beet /bit/ before voiced bead /bid/ ) thank you.
Some american told me when the /æ/ before the ng sound,it doesn't change to an /eɪ/ sound, if it does, It's a dialect. Is that ture? I am confused! Thank you for your help!
Hi! Thanks for your question. In my personal experience with speaking American English (I grew up in California) and listening to other native speakers, I've always heard more of an /eɪ/ sound for the /æ/ vowel when it comes before the NG consonant.
When I say the word "hang" without a nasalized /æ/ vowel, it sounds so bizarre and unnatural to my ears, and I think people would have a difficult time understanding me!
The /æ/ vowel needs to be nasalized before the NG, and this makes it sound closer to the /eɪ/ vowel. This is how I've always heard it pronounced!
I hope this helps! :)
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent I heard a lot of people nasalized the short a before ng .I feel it's easier to pronounce.But I don't it is standard typical american accent or not.Now I got the idea.Thank you so much!
@@hibbertjahlil4512 You're welcome - I'm glad I could help! :)
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