Similar English Vowels? Here’s How To NOT Get Confused! [Minimal Pairs Guide]

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  • @donnapaladino9523
    @donnapaladino9523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hadar you are a gifted teacher. I use what I learn from you to better teach my Native English dyslexic learners. Sound production explained via minimal pairs was never introduced to me in any of my courses for teaching reading. So thankful for your perspective and love the Meryl Strip story.

  • @fidelifulu7014
    @fidelifulu7014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Wow. Powerful lesson. With my french speaking influence i have serious vowels confusing problems. Thank God for the way you put it, I understand that all I need t is to work hard on it. Sweet cheers Coach. You're a angel.

  • @alanbaratieri
    @alanbaratieri ปีที่แล้ว

    This is difficult at the beginning, but after practicing and listening more, you'll be able to hear the difference. Thanks a lot for this class

  • @yesid17
    @yesid17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm basically a native bilingual in English & Spanish so idk why I'm watching this but it was a great video!! Your face is very expressive, you do a great job of enunciating, slowly demonstrating even with your hands so that the viewer can get a solid sense of what you mean-and your IPA representations were spot on! If I were to be super nitpicky I would say that the schwa sound is not the same sound as in cup, though that vowel and schwa are effectively merged in american english, the sound in cup is closer to [ɐ] than to [ə] For that sound think [wɑɾɚ] vs [wɑɾɐ] or Ros[ɐ]'s vs ros[ə]s
    Your story in the intro reminded me of this time I was probably like 5, I pronounced mosquito in a very anglicized way, I nativized the word as /məskɪtow/ my family never let me live it down lol
    anyway keep up the good work!

  • @lookingforward9532
    @lookingforward9532 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Finally, I found the teacher I needed! I really like your charisma, your way of explaining! Thank you for your time, for your dedication to teaching and helping others. Pronounce the vowels it works, but “tt”, no, I can’t repeat it, no matter how hard I try🤭

  • @doanvancolo
    @doanvancolo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That is very nice of you to point out this kind of mistake from all non native speakers. you've made my day.

  • @D.roro1524
    @D.roro1524 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The best course to learn the way to pronouce these sounds. Thank you so much for this help!

  • @lureal-
    @lureal- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow.. This lesson was amazing.
    I’ve been struggling with words “want” and “won’t” . So, I almost always use the base form “will not”.. but I’ll practice more. Thank you a lot!☺️

  • @ecedilekyildirim
    @ecedilekyildirim 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome Hadar…Thank you..

  • @micolmazzeotourguide1687
    @micolmazzeotourguide1687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most useful lesson ever about vowels!!

  • @ketsyha
    @ketsyha 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a very helpful video! Thank you so much! My first language is Spanish and this is helping me a lot. My main struggle is with the sheep-ship and pool-pull sounds.

  • @74camilo
    @74camilo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Muito bom!!! From Brazil!!! Espetacular!!!!

  • @rominingthoujam1589
    @rominingthoujam1589 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very insightful and powerful lessons. Thank you Hadar

  • @marciojrtorres
    @marciojrtorres 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That lesson was outstanding, thank you, Hadar. As a Brazilian and Portuguese speaker, it is easier to think of the "i" in Ship as "ê" (with that little hat on it) and the "ee" in Sheep as our "i". Learning a second language made me fall in love with our diacritics 😅.

  • @waltervega7798
    @waltervega7798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Spanish speaker and these sound are difficult for me. But you're explanation is useful.
    You're the best!

  • @KarmaDorje25
    @KarmaDorje25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We, in EU, have so many English lessons at school ! And we keep learning new vocabulary. At the end of high school I was able to read Dickens all day long. But nobody taught us about these differences in pronunciation !

    • @rosacuore15
      @rosacuore15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True. I used to go to the libraries, back in the ‘90s. I have been listening to tapes, then created a notebook for writing down words and practice it at home. I haven’t been having difficulties on learning Latin languages, especially Italian and Spanish, because my native language is mostly derived from Latin.

  • @rinatan4830
    @rinatan4830 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thankyou it's really helpful ! and also clear !

  • @ramazanacikgoz5175
    @ramazanacikgoz5175 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    great lesson x

  • @waelali9057
    @waelali9057 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    fabulous as usual, thanks alot mrs Hadar, I'm really lost for words. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @domeniconasca4517
    @domeniconasca4517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the best video I've ever watched about English vowels

  • @xiomarastabacksmith1908
    @xiomarastabacksmith1908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    An unbelievable lesson, awesome, thanks for your dedication.

  • @Liegeliable
    @Liegeliable 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! You are the best.

  • @doriswong5702
    @doriswong5702 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much for this lesson. you are so amazing and this lesson really helps me a lot

  • @moadashour2425
    @moadashour2425 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and effort and hope for more.. and what about the consonants!

  • @vitamuzychenko
    @vitamuzychenko 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I admire your voice and your pronunciation!!!
    You are also so beautiful!!! 😍
    Thank you so much!!! ❤

  • @aldoh5822
    @aldoh5822 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you teacher. This lesson is very important for me.

  • @farideahmadi2231
    @farideahmadi2231 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much my dear teacher.
    you are the best.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @roxyopida9128
    @roxyopida9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your channel. Thank you so much. ❤️

  • @enis.world2023
    @enis.world2023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was searching for the same type of lessons for a long time. Thank you Hedar. It's really helpful.

  • @natashalourenco6575
    @natashalourenco6575 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very hard but useful.
    Thank you ❤

    • @nonothimagain
      @nonothimagain 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      is that because she's Hadar?

  • @rosacuore15
    @rosacuore15 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you !🙏 ❤️

  • @evgeniagazizova793
    @evgeniagazizova793 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you Hadar! You are amazing teacher! God bless you!

  • @tsscapac7226
    @tsscapac7226 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you !! excellent session and its extremely useful

  • @sisishi6334
    @sisishi6334 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you. You have taught me a lot. I appreciate what you do.

  • @erikgardetemps
    @erikgardetemps 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Thank you Hadar!

  • @tr3buh
    @tr3buh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    for me, I'm polish, the most confusing vowels are æ, ʌ, ə, ɑ, because in our native language we only have "a" vowel

  • @gruberrobert2071
    @gruberrobert2071 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great video, thank you for drawing your attention to gave out this relevant video because there’re some pinpoint that this video contained and thank you for that, really appreciate for it.

  • @start6666
    @start6666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks a lot 🌹

  • @ahmadzatam8218
    @ahmadzatam8218 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really canèt thank you enough for this amazing extraordinary video! You just put your finger on the spots that i have been struggling in my life!

  • @franciscoviana8068
    @franciscoviana8068 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's really an extremely great class. Thak you so much classes like that and, be sure you are helping so many people that for some reasons can't afford to join an English course.

  • @Aleamoxtli
    @Aleamoxtli 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great class👍🏻

  • @rabiatamouh4511
    @rabiatamouh4511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bonjour Mme tu es la meilleure God bless You

  • @MouB-go1ft
    @MouB-go1ft 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    amazing video

  • @daravs9812
    @daravs9812 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hadar, love you sooo much. thank you for the lesson :)

  • @JuYa-yp9fr
    @JuYa-yp9fr ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the way you explain! The intrusive sound "y" and "w" in words it's very confusing. I wish you have a video. Thanks

  •  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a very useful lesson. Thank you, teacher Hadar.

  • @oudmaster248
    @oudmaster248 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you !!

  • @geraldosimoes8875
    @geraldosimoes8875 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A strong hug for you and thanks for the video!❤

  • @marianadutra8976
    @marianadutra8976 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    She is the best.

  • @mavz87
    @mavz87 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In all my english schools they told me that foot, book, facebook had to be pronounced as food ("oo"). Thanks for correct my pronounciation beautiful lady. 💓💓💓

  • @roxyopida9128
    @roxyopida9128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much! Big help for me since am living in Arab country. It helps me to practice and pronounce it again in a correct way. 🙏 💕

  • @kelberadriangutierrezramos550
    @kelberadriangutierrezramos550 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really love your lessons. Greetings from AREQUIPA. PERÚ

  • @caganyldran7904
    @caganyldran7904 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another good job 👍 thanks Hadar 👏🙋

  • @anastasiakozhenkova7570
    @anastasiakozhenkova7570 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for great lesson and good advice!😘

  • @67lomeli
    @67lomeli 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're great and it is a joy.

  • @asusenalopez270
    @asusenalopez270 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hadar, your anecdote about Meryl makes me think about how people back in the eighties were always complaining about how touchy the French were about pronunciation. You make it sound like NYC was the Paris of the new millennium.

  • @aurorarodriguez5758
    @aurorarodriguez5758 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know you But you are so special to me. thank you for your help.🎉

  • @aminibrahim4925
    @aminibrahim4925 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So banging Hadar your exoplanet its very clear . thank's for your teaching

  • @gosiamargaret568
    @gosiamargaret568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The most difficult for me is short vs long u, like foot - food. And as my first language I speak Polish. Thank you so much for your work and that you said you appreciate your listeners. It's really "building" (i don't know whether in english a word "empowering" would exactly mean "building confidence, self-esteem" etc so if anyone knows it correct me please)

  • @srinukalapala1564
    @srinukalapala1564 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much

  • @wedilawed1454
    @wedilawed1454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Hadar!for at all,thanks for you help ,and my trick voal are:all it ! hahhahha when i speak litle bit fast became a tragery!

  • @MaenOrabi1985
    @MaenOrabi1985 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    All the best wishes for you forever

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi teacher welcome everyday in my life tank you

  • @نجيباحمدأدمعسولهعسوله
    @نجيباحمدأدمعسولهعسوله 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Better teacher usefull lesson. Thank you so much. Najeeb Ahmed Adam Asola from Sudan

  • @kattyerazo5630
    @kattyerazo5630 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks. It's cup and cop the more difficult pair

  • @stanleydodds9
    @stanleydodds9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the interesting thing is that the american english sound in "father" and "cot" (used for both ah and o) is used a lot in british english where an "a" is present, as in pass, path, past, but is not used for the same letter in pass(ive), path(ology), past(el), which are like the american pronounciation. The "o" sound in british english seems to not occur in american english.
    I would be interested to know if americans make the same sound for "saab" and "sob", or for "maam" and "mom", because to me "ah" feels very different to "o". Similarly, does "father" rhyme with "bother"? for me, "father" rhymes with "bather" (if that's a word for someone bathing), and sounds nothing like "bother".

  • @HARS-
    @HARS- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought I can be struggling with pull and pool but, suddenly I changed my mind completely and Thought. What about Pull and the name Paul.. they sound more like the same to me.. by the way thanks you for taking the time to read us here

  • @sedmi.kraskyagatapisiewicz4324
    @sedmi.kraskyagatapisiewicz4324 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! Your lessons are just perfect, I was looking for sth like that.
    Can you tell me how long did it take you to learn the accent?

  • @hrantharutyunyan3582
    @hrantharutyunyan3582 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello everyone. I am just learning English. I will be happy to find someone with whom I can communicate and speak more English

  • @neclakonak5384
    @neclakonak5384 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful lesson thank you Hadar pls keep making the same video I was waited you going to teach how to pronounce lunch vs launch

  • @sunilchellappan5645
    @sunilchellappan5645 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice

  • @amrhalabi2753
    @amrhalabi2753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought it pronounced as "Meryl Strip /strɪp/" and I just got to know it's "Meryl Streep" 😅
    Thank you Hadar for saving me from further embarrassment :D
    Also, bin-ben pairs are tricky for me.

  • @khanbabu2635
    @khanbabu2635 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes I want to join.

  • @GL-cj5pf
    @GL-cj5pf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Hader .Thank you for your excellent video. See, city and simple, those are most difficult words for me. If you would like to help with these words, that would be great.

  • @googlepage9992
    @googlepage9992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gurdeep Kaur Aujla I'm doing Practice and follow up your teaching method ♥️ 😉

  • @DoyouTV
    @DoyouTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Hadar

  • @princessnouna2265
    @princessnouna2265 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Hadar for all the advice and the tios that you gave us to improve our pronunciation. I would love to see a video on how to pronounce « committee »
    Bitter / better/batter
    Moroccan follower from Canada 😍

  • @thejillykilly
    @thejillykilly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need a video on vowel practice with exact pronunciations.

    • @HARS-
      @HARS- 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      We already have it here 👉 th-cam.com/video/9E6F57s-V7U/w-d-xo.html

  • @artfuldodger8389
    @artfuldodger8389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    These lil differences are crucial if u wanna aquire American accent, i used to say most of em wrong cuz i wasn't even able to hear them

  • @poohoff
    @poohoff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At 9:27 you're confusing people with that set, because there's honest and job on the one hand and coffee and office on the other hand and those are different vowel sounds, unless the cot-caught merger happens

  • @vovan8695
    @vovan8695 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am a Russian native speaker, and the only pairs that are easy for me to differentiate are bin-ben and boat-bought.
    Ship-sheep, luck-lock, bad-bed, pool-pull pairs are very tough. I order to be certain which one was said I need context, and then I can figure out which one makes sense.

  • @dustin1520
    @dustin1520 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great lesson teacher, but I keep confusing /ɑ/ with /ɔ/, I think I have the Cot-Caught merger lol, anyways, i appreciate your effort 🙏

    • @hadar.shemesh
      @hadar.shemesh  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s fine though! It’s clear either way! Don’t be bothered by it!

  • @FanjaniainaVéroniqueRalaiariso
    @FanjaniainaVéroniqueRalaiariso 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I understand your explication but still hard for me to follow,I hope,I can do it with you,thanks a lot,God bless.

  • @Dariocomposer
    @Dariocomposer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    In this particular case, practicing on your own first is actually better, because if you rely, like I do, to listening to people, you'll might easily get confused because of the variety of accents. I live in Ireland, for example, and after 7 years I still have problems listening and understanding. The American accent is so clear, and I'm kind of used to it because of the movies and some of my American friends, but when I'm with Irish people with a strong Dublin accent, my brain still struggles.
    Also, my current English speech is naturally (and unintentionally) influenced by the Irish accent, and I just don't like the sound of it, I'm curious to see how long it will take to shape it after moving to the States

  • @hernandogomez153
    @hernandogomez153 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Hadar. Does the schwa sound exactly the same in every syllable? In words like "government," "occurrence," "concurrent" "covenant" and "current", which are all schwa phonemes, do they sound exactly the same?

    • @hadar.shemesh
      @hadar.shemesh  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes and no. Technically yes - the tongue is always in the same position, but also no - because it is such a short vowels it may be slightly affected by sounds around it especially Ls and Rs

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic teacher is you ilumination hadar

  • @ivywang4539
    @ivywang4539 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi,Hadar. I am from Taiwan. I want to know how to pronounce -oar- ,such as board.Thanks a lot.

  • @caganyldran7904
    @caganyldran7904 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please, more videos on .... Pairs

  • @shermusic7489
    @shermusic7489 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sheep - ship
    Green - grin
    Leap - lep
    Peach - pitch
    Seek - sick
    Bin - ben
    Chick - check
    Disk - desk
    Middle - medal
    Bed - bad
    Head - had
    Left - laughed
    Bitter - better - batter
    Bus - boss
    Cup - cop
    Luck - lock
    Color - collar
    Pool - pull
    Food - foot
    Who'd - Hood
    Luke - Look
    Fool - full
    Boat - Bought
    Law - low
    Lawn - lown
    Want - won't

  • @mhmodking1927
    @mhmodking1927 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please Miss Hadar what the meaning of kinda .

  • @noraldeenali2381
    @noraldeenali2381 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well

  • @ricardomachado6792
    @ricardomachado6792 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brazilians think the vowel æ like in apple , cat , reaction , classic , jave a sound as É. They say ə , then their sound has no difference between bed and bad , bag and beg , they think is the same sound and dont realize that æ is just an high Á.

  • @lulumink0
    @lulumink0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What? Hadar is not a native English speaker? How is this possible? She has the most pure accent I've ever heard someone speak. So shocked.

    • @Mr_Catt_555
      @Mr_Catt_555 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😭😭I got shocked too...the day I found out

  • @franciscojose6496
    @franciscojose6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of course teacher repetition is the mother of learn you ilumination teacher ever teacher hadar don't stop never your videos

  • @richardfrangie3518
    @richardfrangie3518 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍

  • @ProfaManoelaVasconcelos
    @ProfaManoelaVasconcelos 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My mother tongue is Portuguese. It's incredible how English is difficult to spell!

  • @tricky_english
    @tricky_english 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    9:40 I recommend to open… ❌❌❌❌

  • @MYldrm
    @MYldrm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meryl Streep is an actor? or an actress?

    • @hadar.shemesh
      @hadar.shemesh  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actor can be both for male and female. Actress is just for female but it’s not the frequently used anymore :)

    • @MYldrm
      @MYldrm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hadar.shemesh Oh, I did not know this point. Thanks...

  • @ilariandre_
    @ilariandre_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My brain is boiling now!! 😂

  • @asusenalopez270
    @asusenalopez270 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I confuse the ε with the e. I think it happens to people who speak a romance language.