How To Pronounce the L Sound in American English Part 2 | The Dark L Sound
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In this American English pronunciation lesson you will learn all about the pronunciation of L at the end of words and syllables (the Dark L sound). You will learn how native speakers make this sound and we will also discuss alternate tongue placements you can use to achieve the Dark L.
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Be sure to check out the Light L lesson to learn how to pronounce L at the beginning of words and syllables and learn how L is different from R: • How to Pronounce the L...
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I had been so desperate about this Dark L sound until I realised that I'd been pronouncing this dark L correctly all the time. Thank you :)
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I've been speaking American English my whole life. I've never heard of this "Dark L" before. The way I pronounce "L" is that it is shorter at the front or middle of a word and longer at the end of the word. In both cases, the tongue is pressed on the ridge behind the teeth. Perhaps more of the tongue is pressed against the ridge on a terminal "L", but it certainly is not a sound that I make in the back of the mouth; I certainly don't use the uvula. I think, for foreigners learning English, it is helpful to understand that there are variations in the way native speakers of English actually pronounce the language.
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Whenever I try to retract my tongue back to the throat to make that dark L sound. I feel like vomiting..!
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is the tip of tongue for the dark l in the word ( else /ɛls/ ) touch behind lower teeth or upper teeth.
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Great. Thanks you.
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This is so helpful! Thank you so much 😊 I have a question! Do you use a Dark L for the following words: I’m asking because the L appears in the middle of words not the end but I’m thinking it’s a Dark L?
Dollar, calculate (2 L’s), feeling, regular, dialect, relative
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Yes it is dark because it is preceded by a vowel and the rule says: when I is preceded by a vowel get velarized ( becomes dark) l is postvocalic in these examples you have given.
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I was into the idea to pronounce the most accurately possible the dark L that I really force a gag to study the movement of my mouth. It was really painful but worked.
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Thank you. This is very helpful.
The third method works for me in most words but 'final' 😅. Thank you for your great methods. I just need more practice.
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Do I have to keep my tongue low in order to have a correct sound? Or just the movement of retracting the tongue is enough? Thanks!
If the back of the tongue is up it will sound more like /r/ than /l/...
@@ClearEnglishCorner I've exactly this issue my dark L sounds like the R... Any suggestion to lower the back of the tongue or maybe touching behind the teeth with the tip would correct it? Thanks so much for this excellent video!