American English - AH [ɑ] Vowel - How to make the AH Vowel
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Thanks so much.
If u dont mind,please explain about what is the difference between father and butter vowel
Hi. Than you. My daughters name is Alannah. I was meticulously careful how I chose her name on pronunciation, but I still get individuals including teachers calling her Alana. I try to inform others about the ah rule, but get told I am wrong. I truly was starting believe I gave my daughter the wrong spelling or pronunciation. Thank you so much for insuring me I did not royalty mess up my beautiful daughters name.
Hi Rachel, I love your videos very much, it's really helpful.
It would be great if your team has the time to put a summary of each video content in the description box ^^
Thank you and love you.
Why you're an amazing teacher !😢😊😊
I appreciate it @xamle6523!
I am a student from China.And thank you so much!I like those videos.They are useful for me!😊
Hello, Rachel. Your channel is the place where I occasionally find myself rewatching videos in order to improve my pronunciation. Finally I got better with R sound and can simulate it quite well - thank you!
butter [ʌ] and father [ɑ] sounds similar (pretty much almost indistinguishable to me).
That's great to hear! You're welcome :)
Didática impressionante!
Thanks so much :D I'm a beginner phonetician and even though I'm a native English speaker it's hard for me to explain how I pronounce things and what happens in my mouth so that I can teach non-native people how to speak English correctly, before I found your videos I stood in front of the mirror making weird sounds still not knowing what process I have in my oral cavity xD
thank you so much Rachel
you always make me happy, when i learn new sound.
Glad to hear that @ramzy-6566!
Thank you from Morocco ! :)
I'm using in a conlang I'm building.
Hello, greetings from Colombia. Your explanations are amazing. By other hand, I think it would be great if you could make a video explaining the differences between this sound in american English and the long vowel sound /a:/ in british English. Thanks.
I apprecate your videos theyr helpful🙏
Thank you rachel, iv'e been thinking of a couple more weeks now but I can see it on my end if it is still in mind
You're very welcome Pham!
Thank you
Hi Rachel :) This video helps me a lot because I used to pronounce letter “o" always as /ɔ/ but now I know it sometimes should be pronounced as Ah. I am curious that when should I pronounce the letter "o" as /ɔ/ and when should I pronounce it in Ah sound?
thanks
thanks for the lesson🌹🌹🌹
Thanks so much !
You're welcome!
Another excellent video. Congrats Rachel... I wish you and the baby health.
Well Done, Dinosɑur.
Thnak you
Your this series of videos is really helpful. overall all of your videos are great. Thanks for these videos and your presentation.
My pleasure Barun!
Thank You Rachel!
You're welcome!
All of them & More & Mɑny More.
Hi Rachel , could I ask you to tell me some steps to be good at speaking American as a native speaker ?
You are so good 👌
Thank you so much. you're great in English teaching
You're welcome Ghazal!
Amazing 🤩
Thank you very much for the video! I enjoyed and learnt! Great!
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
nyc.....i realy like it
Amazing
thank you Rachel for the video. it made me understand a lot things because i used to have a lot mistakes in my pronunciation. greetings from peru
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
this video helped me, thank you Rachel :)
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Well Done, Mɑte.
Thank you, Rachel. You‘re doing a great job. You really make the process of learning English so easy. Thank you, once again +Rachel‘s English.
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
awesome
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She is beautiful !!!
Thank you 😙
You're welcome Hala!
Rachel, could you make a video explaining the differences between this and the /æ/ sound?
+Calvin Koigakubo Thanks for the great video suggestion!
+Rachel's English thanks :)
And sorry, I might have accidentally flooded the video with this comment. XD
Nice clip as ever!
Well Done, Sɑur.
You're a great teacher! Wish you all the best!
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
Are You Reɑdy To Going To Bed Now?
Thank you very much for the tips Rachel! You're a fabulous teacher and very beautiful!
You're welcome Ribamar!
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that was very helpful. but if it's possible make a video about differences between [ɑ] and [ʌ].
sometimes I pronounce these two in the same way
Cool.
I heard the reverse-script-a ( /aw/ ) when she said the word "soft" instead of the forward script-a as shown.
Thank you Rachel. As always, awesome video :)
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Well Done, Mɑte.
Thanks to my teacher
Well Done, Sɑur.
Astoning Rachel! Thanh you!
Alright
Well Done, Dino
Hello, please when i read a word how can me differentiate between stressed and unstressed syllable?
The title of this video misuses the letters "AH". In American cartoons in newspapers "AH" is always the international phonetic alphabet æ. when a child is frightened, and the child runs away, they scream "AHHHHHH!". This video is about "AW"... The awful awning was a above the fawn and the fawn was one the lawn. The letters "AW" in English always map to the open back unrounded vowel [ɑ]. The letters "AH" usually map to the near-open front unrounded vowel (æ) as in (APPLE, æPPEL), (ANSWER, æNSWER), (AND, æND)
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Perfect
Thanks Rachel , for another best video you did as always . Wish everything great for you and for the baby :)
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
Right.
Are you reɑdy to go to bed now?
Cissɑbutterfly, Whɑt Vowel?
can you help me differentiate between without and with out ( separated ) as native speakers often pronounce? thank you in advance!
great
Well Done, Sɑur.
Hi Rachel, do you have the old version of how to pronounce series of each vowel and diphthongs posted on youtube? Thanks!
Thank youuuu
You're welcome!
American: Jahb gaht stahp. Canadian: Jawb gawt stawp.
I love you evet
What's a Father?
Hi Rachel . can you make avideo of tips to overcome difficultes that we face in understanding native speakers ?
thanks in advance 😁😁
+Mekawy Makmak Thanks for the video suggestion!
THANK YOU
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Rachel, could you please make a video explaining the differences between the pronunciation of "hobby" and "happy" ?
+Mayar Fathy Thanks for the video suggestion!
I like u and ur channel but i got a trouble coz i cannot tell [ɑ] from [Λ]. Could u make a video and explein defferences beetween this vowels? Coz it's really difficult for non-native speakers.
Don't even bother, she speaks her own standard of English confusing people. Roughly speaking there is no such letter like [ɑ] from this video. Go and get some English student books in your native language instead.
Stressed shwa is different. cuz and cause.
@@ArtiomNeganov Prove it.
@@Zavantica I think he can't
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So would you please explain wether that sound is long or short vowel? @Rachel's English
Hi Rachel because "job" has an accent if it does not have (ˈ)
Thanks Rachel:-)
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
I noticed a little bit rounding in your demonstration which I guess is of an accent variety, but I'm not sure...
Thank you very much for your videos, Rachel. They are awesome for foreign speakers to learn American pronunciation. I have a question after watching the videos of AH and UH. May I ask what is the difference between them? My understanding is that when pronouncing AH, the tongue tip will move forward to reach the teeth, while it will stay relaxed when pronouncing UH.
Hello and thanks! The tongue tip will rest gently behind the bottom teeth for both of these vowel sounds. The difference is mainly in how much the jaw drops (a bit more for the AH vowel) and the position of the middle of the tongue (more relaxed for the UH vowel, lower and possibly pressing down slightly in the back of the mouth for the AH vowel).
Rachel's English thanks! That helps a lot :)
Thank you so much
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
Are you reɑdy to go to bed Now?
which one is more standard: Fawther or fahther?
Whenever I watch this video series again, I learn a new thing I didn't understand before. Thank you very much. I start repeating these videos again in front of mirror in this time. Anyway I have a question. It sounds and looks that unstressed ɑ and unstressed ɔ are very similar, I can not get the difference between both. Let me know how much different between both sounds, please.
Yes, the are very similar especially when unstressed. I actually don't think you need to worry about this. Many Americans don't have a well-defined AW in it sounds like AH anyway!
Hi Rachel, Google's dictionary says soft pronounce /sôft/ as in stalk, is that pronunciation fine too?
I mean i'm not a creep, but i just realized that if i follow through with your program, you gonna be like my english lingual mom.
because everyone gonna hear your background in my words, for example last time i talked with a french canadian girl and she thought i was american XD.
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u are really good!!!
Well Done, Sɑur.
Are you reɑdy to go to bed Now?
Rachel Hi! Thank you so much for your videos. I want to ask, why is it that for the a vowel as in father, being the tip of the tongue forward and pressing a little bit in the back (similar to in position to the uh as in butter) you have this vowel as a back vowel in the IPA chart?
Hi! The tongue pressing down in the back makes this AH as in FATHER a back vowel. The UH as in BUTTER vowel has very light pressing down (if any), and that difference is enough to make it a mid-vowel.
thanks a lot Rachel !! I already bought your book, is great work!! Why don´t you make a webseminar with your students, It will be fantastic , this is a good idea , don´t you guess? bye bye from BRazil !!!
+Marcelo Natalino Thanks for purchasing the book! I have done webinars with students before - keep an eye out for more in the future!
Rachel, could you make a video explaining how to pronounce the words "collar", "caller" and "color" ?? Please teach the difference between these pronounciations
+Felipe Lopes Great suggestion, thanks!
hello, Mr. Rachel. is the lips a little bit rounded for the sound AH /ɑ/ .
I like to learn English I am from Costa Rica
great video. could you teach pronounce regular verbs in the past followed by words that start with t y d? for example:continued to worked to. Thank you.
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Well Done, Dinosɑur.
Rachel is this sound interchangeable with the "ɔ" vowel as in "saw" ? For instance, can I pronounce "hɔt" instead of "hɑt" ? Thank you.
+Luks ll Great question! The switch only goes one way. Many AW vowels are pronounced as AH vowels - but you don't want to make AH vowels sound like AW vowels. So 'hot' should stay [hɑt].
Hi,Rachel, these videos are very good, 哈哈
Well Done, Dino.
Are you going to bed Now?
All of them.
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Great job Rachel! You videos worth at lease10 times watch - to be honest. so the unstressed /a/ sound is same as stressed /^/?
Hi! Thank you! And, no, the unstressed AH as in FATHER vowel will still sound a bit different than the stressed UH as in BUTTER vowel. These two vowels can be very challenging for non-native speakers to master - but with practice you'll begin hearing the difference between them more clearly.
Hi Rachel!, What does it mean to have some IPAs inside brackets in a transcription?!
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Does the unstressed [ʌ ] sound the same as unstressed [a]?
When [ʌ ] is unstressed, it sounds like the schwa sound. For [a], Whether it's stressed, it sounds like [ʌ ] .
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even though you're trying to explain all these vowels clearly, I still feel very confused about 'aa' 'uh' and 'ah'
I would love to watch a video with an explanation about the difference between them
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Well Done, Mɑte.
is there difference in the phonetic transcription between [a] and [a:] ? on this web page it is all [a:] whatever word you type in dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/father
No. the : symbol is just used to show length.
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Differences between [ə] and [ɑ] sounds very similar. Soccer and Succor - Body and Buddy - Wants and Once - Blonder and Blunder. please make a video, thank you.
+Victor Nando Instead of the schwa - the words in your examples (succor, buddy, once, blunder) all use the [ʌ] consonant sound. I actually do have a video on that difference: th-cam.com/video/eJPv2mJJwHQ/w-d-xo.html
Rachel! I am a student from China! Could you make a video about how to pronunce "DOWN" and "TOWN" well? I found a lot of students have trouble pronuncing this kindbof words! Thanks for your considering~
Good suggestion, thanks!
@@rachelsenglish thanksss Teacher Rachel ~
THIS IS AWESOME , I`M ASKING IF YOU CAN MAKE A VIDEO TO SHOW THE DIFFICULTIES IN PRONUNCIATION OF WORDS LIKE (QUESTION ,GESTURE ,MOISTURE,POSTURE .....) ,
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+Mohamed Atiya Thanks for these video suggestions!!
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ɑは口をすぼめてオに近づけるのではなく顎を落としてオに近づけるのがいいですよ
Hi Rachel! I was watching your videos and they are really helpful, thanks! Just a comment: I noticed you said the phonetical transcription of "honest" is /ˈɑn ɪst/, however I looked up this word in 3 different dictionaries and they said that the correct pronuntiation is /ˈɑn əst/. They are right? Please, I kindly ask you to give us a little answer about that detail. Thank you in advance!
Hello! You will often see the [ɪ] and [ə] vowels used interchangeably in unstressed syllables. You can feel free to think of the unstressed syllable in 'honest' as a schwa sound. Because of the way your tongue moves from the N consonant to the S consonant, it may sound like an unstressed [ɪ] vowel, but they are basically the same in this instance!
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