American English Pronunciation: The Stop T
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- American English pronunciation involves a wide range of sounds. The Stop T sound is among the trickiest. If you’re working on your pronunciation, you’ll want to master this sound and understand how to use it. American English pronunciation might feel intimidating but I’ll help you with everything!
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Pronouncing the stop T
00:32 Outdoors
01:17 IPA Symbol of stop T
01:22 Fly/Flight comparison
02:37 More Stop T words
02:49 How to make the stop of air
03:32 Fitness
04:09 More words with the stop T in the middle
04:29 Most Americans turn a t into a stop T in 2 cases
05:50 More words with stop T in the Middle
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i have been using your resources rachel flourishing my american accent. i started two years ago and I can see big improvement. I have been also saying "great" with a stop T. The more I am aware about the words that ends with T, my mind already labels it as stop T like the word "right"
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@@rachelsenglish except for T and D, we have any situation else like this (stop T and stop D) ?
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Wow! So many examples. The thing in our throats that stops the sound is called the 'glottis'. It's a flapper that prevents our food from going down our wind pipe (usually😅). What this means is that there's no difference between a "Stop T" and a "glottal stop" which has the IPA symbol of /ɂ/.
When it comes to 'fly' and 'flight', there are actually two differences between the two words. They also use two different diphthongs ('flʌε' & 'fluεɂ' 7M Phonetic English) or ('flɑi' & 'fləiɂ' IPA)
Flaw-ee vs flugh-eet. It's a subtle difference that some people don't hear or mentally distinguish.
I haven't found a reference for the Stop T symbol that you use in the video.
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& I have a question for you!
In words such as 'countdown' or 'shutdown' when after 't' we have 'd' , isn't it ok to ignore the sound of 'stop t' & only pronounce the d sound??
If I understand what you're asking then, no, because then the words would sound too smoothed over, like cown-down and shuh-down.. You need the super-abrupt stop to the previous sound so that you're not making sounds that don't belong there at all. When you pronounce a True T there is the abrupt stop of the previous sound, the stop T relies completely on the abrupt stop so we can get away without pronouncing the True T, but it doesn't sound strange or like a different word.
Hi Zzt! I would keep a small stop T in these words.
Thinking of it... assimilation may be involved here. I would pronounce "countdown" as [ˈkaʊnʔdaʊn], not sure about the right stress. "Shutdown" as [ˈʃʌddaʊn] or [ʃˈʌt̚daʊn].
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Hi Rachel~"How should I remember words with 'stop T' or 'drop T'? If I follow the pronunciation, would it be easy to forget the presence of T when memorizing vocabulary?"
When you're practicing a word, try to practice with visual as well as audio materials, to solidify both the spelling and sound of the word in your mind. For example, practice writing and reading the word in sentences while looking at the spelling (visual), and repeat the word at different speeds out loud, and in different sentences (audio).
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Hi @user-wv6pc8lk4p! The best thing you can do is begin speaking English out loud as much as you can. You can record yourself speaking freely about a topic. If there is a point where you don't know what to say in English, switch to your native language and say what you want to say, then switch back to English. When you're done, watch your recording and take note of the sections that you said in your own language - look them up in English and practice them! Do this everyday! Also, make sure to speak with anyone you can - don't be afraid to make mistakes - that is how you get better and build confidence!! Good luck! :)
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Is it so hard to pronounce t in words fitness, tonight etc
Is the stop T the same sound as the glottal stop t ? Thanks!
Yes, but the stop T does not always need to have a strong glottal feeling. It can feel like a very light stop.
I have a question, Can I make the sound in my vocal cords or should I lift my tongue tip to touch the roof of my mouth?
You can make the Stop T without lifting your tongue.
Does that mean pronouncing the final 't' without aspiration , without releasing the air? If so, do "fate' and "fade" or "mate" and "made" have the same final sound? I think that can be easier than pronouncing /t/ with aspiration. I remember trying very hard to make a difference between some words like "ride" and "right", "tide" and "tight"...One day the teacher had to hold a piece of paper before his mouth for the class to see the differences in the final sounds of some pairs of words like "bud" and "but", "tide" and "tight"...When he said "but" and "tight" the paper vibrated slightly because of the released air. I am not sure if my understanding is correct. It's interesting. Thank you very much.
Fate is a stop T, and Fade is an unreleased D. To make the unreleased D you keep your vocal cords activated and put your tongue in position for the D sound, but don´t release it, or just slide to whatever sound comes next. A native speaker can hear the sound of the vocal cords and the tongue in position for the D blocking the air👍
Thank you very much. But do native English people and 'native' Americans sound differently the 't' at the end of the word 'fate' or 'get'...? I don't think I really have problem pronouncing those words because I have seen that my friends, Americans and English people, don't have any difficulty understanding my English, but in this case I am confused about 'sounded' or 'soundless' consonants because when a native English people say 'get' I can hear the sound of released air and as I said before, one of my teachers held a piece of paper in front of his mouth to show that there was a release of air when we pronounced a word with a final /t/, /k/, /p/...
@@soaraddie1918 get and fate are the same. Sounds like the teacher was using an exaggerated style of pronunciation with the paper thing. Check out Rachel´s video on the stop T!
ruclips.net/video/cnSuZ3gkDDk/видео.html&pp=ygUXcmFjaGVsJ3MgZW5nbGlzaCBzdG9wIHQ%3D
Interesting! It sounds like the teacher was showing the difference between the D and True T sounds. We have 3 T sounds in English: the True T, the Flap T, and the Stop T. The Flap T sounds like a soft D sound (voiced) and the True T is unvoiced. More on the difference between Stop T and no (dropped) T here: ruclips.net/video/cnSuZ3gkDDk/видео.htmlsi=kxU3AGLkI_R1pbq7
@@rachelsenglish I didn't know that there were 3 T sounds in English. The teacher was trying to tell us the difference between D and T, B and P, G and K -something like that I remember. Thank you very much.
Hi Dear Rachel, I have a question, in the words "fit" and "fitted" the vowel sound same in both words. Plz answer me need help
Hi Paco5! Yes, the IH sound will be the same in both words.
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Hi @mamtadixitmamtadixit2416! I recommend using YouGlish.com to look up those words and listen to how native speakers say them!
The stop t is also there in my native tongue Dutch, but not at the end of a word. In many words the t is not released, at the end of a syllable, unless I speak slowly. There is not only a stop t, but also a stop k [k̚] and a stop p [ p̚], which occurs at the end of a syllable.
So it is not an unusual pronunciation for me. In my regional dialect Twents it occurs way more often!
The stop t is also pronounced in the American English pronunciation of Putin [puːt̚n] (the Russian president). In Russian it isn't pronounced that way. It's pronounced as [ˈputʲɪn].
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It's just easier for me to pronounce the damn "T" sometimes stopped sometimes not.. but I can't really be bothered too much about it, simply because I don't find it difficult to include the T one way or another..
Also, I have never had someone who said ... Oh I didn't understand the word "fitness" or "flight" because you pronounced the full T..
Great lesson though... 👍
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In general people are very forgiving of accents, and in cases like this it's actually speaking more carefully than the smoothed over native dialect. I think Channels like rachelsenglish are not just to learn to speak English so people will understand you perfectly well, but for those who want to achieve a native-speaking quality to their English. In otherwords, no-one would ever care if you always pronounce True T, but you'll also never be mistaken for someone who grew up speaking American English as your native tongue.
@@michaelparent3932 I've never met anyone who started learning English after their teenage years who speaks without an accent... From my observation anyone who started learning english after 16 years of age speaks with some sort of an accent..
Me neither, but then maybe we had and thought they were native speaking Americans because they perfected it so well. ;)
Joking aside, many strive to speak like a native speaker complete with the slang and smoothed over pronunciations, but it's obviously a matter of priorities and motivation.
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As a result many non-native speakers think I'm a native speaker but the actual native speakers always notice my accent.
I've realized that learning a language is a never ending process... I still learn and try to improve every day...
It has become sort of a hobby over the years LOL... 😎
Okay, I’ll sop saying the . Undersand? Do you?
It's rad, love from Asian. BTW, is rad means "very good"? I just learned this one.
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I work in journalism and I have questions about the construction of some sentences in American newspapers.
For Example : Accused Russian intelligence officer pleads not guilty to US smuggling charges
How can I understand that, wonderful lady?
Article titles aren't full sentences. Instead, they are usually informational phrases in the present tense. In this case, the article is about an officer who has pled not guilty to a criminal charge.
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how about swap the T with a space. less confusing.
The sound can really make you like Americans!
No it can not... there are so many other aspects of american english that are way more distinct. Dark "L"... Flapped "D" the "R" sound at the end of words and all sorts of vowels & diphthongs that make american english what it is... The stop T on its own is definitely NOT enough.
@@redpillbulgaria-v2.063 yeah, they are. I didn't say the only sound...
You explain very naturally 😮
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The sign | is also used to show a stop sound. Hot/hot|/.
Almost all of your pairs with drop t sound the same. Do you exaggerate similarity a little?
Here's more on the Stop T vs. dropped T: ruclips.net/video/cnSuZ3gkDDk/видео.htmlsi=kxU3AGLkI_R1pbq7
Oh my God oh my God. I never thought it's that bad/tricky :-). thank you.
I started hearing dropped t in your slow pairs. If there's a t you'll drop, you sound a bit "compressed" as if there's more tension and/or less volume in the vocal apparatus.
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How to pronounce STOP ?
Hi! I recommend using YouGlish.com to look up those words and listen to how native speakers say them!
@@rachelsenglish What is the T sound in the ' STOP ' ? Gegular
/ t / or true / t / ? Thanks
I don’t understand why are those words have different spelling but the sound is same? 😭😭😭😭😭
Unfortunately this is common in English. We call them homophones. A few other examples: flour/flower, knew/new, site/cite/sight.
Link those words to one another, there's no space between them
I think it sounds like a Catalan or Spanish T: you pronounce the T stopping the air, but no realeasing it...
still can not get my head around why stop is sort of a sound, doesn't make any sense. how natives differentiate wait and wake？both of them are ended with a stop sound
You're right! The K does have a slightly different tongue feeling in the throat, but I'd use context to know for sure which one you're hearing.
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No, they're not the same sound. Stop T looks like someone turned you off, so you couldn't tell this "t"
T as in "stop" is not a stop T 😅
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This sound doesn't exist in my native language.
I'm reading your book for the first time to learn the sounds and then dive right into the grammar,I would enroll in the course but as a rule I ask for a minimum of intermediate or advanced English
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