The Y Consonant Sound (IPA /j/) | American English Pronunciation and Ear Training Course
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- There are some important things about this sound that you either don't know about or were taught "wrong". And what's all this about the Y sound being a semivowel? Is it really? And is there a better way to think about this sound? In fact, you'll learn the truth about semivowels in English and why they're actually just consonant sounds. Let's learn about the last consonant sound in the American English Pronunciation and Ear Training course!
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Intro: (0:00)
Note about IPA!: (0:47)
What is the "Y" Sound?: (1:16)
How to Make + EE vs Y: (2:29)
Don't be Tricked by Spelling!: (4:52)
Examples and Important Notes: (6:44)
The "Small Y" Linking Rule + Examples: (7:42)
The Truth about Y as a "Semivowel": (10:30)
Outro and Next Up!: (11:10)
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So great video. Just like in another video where the dark l is clearly located, the distinction between ee and y is clear too in this video.
GOOD JOB! I was looking forward a video like this. Now I am subscribed and waiting the next video. Thanks a lot.
I was one of the confused people. Unfortunately I had used IPA for many years. Changing bad/old habits is much harder than learning/practicing something new. Chinese idiom “good students everywhere while a good teacher is hard to be found “. Thank you so much for being such a good teacher.
I appreciate that ☺ And that's an awesome idiom!
I truly enjoyed your intro. Please keep doing that.
Thanks for the feedback! It's always useful because I don't know what works and what doesn't
Hi. This was a great video. Just a small question. In words like cute, view, human, etc. would that be considered a small y sound? Because in those words I feel like it sounds more like the linking y than the y as in you. Hope you can clear this up for me.
Good question! The way I would explain that is like this: every sound has a range from fully and clearly enunciated to lazy and faster, potentially ending in a completely dropped sound (though you can't just randomly drop any sound you want). The small Y is essentially just a lazy (not fully enunciated) Y used for linking because a full Y isn't appropriate for linking. However, if I say, "yes", "you", or "yikes", for example, I could use a clear, full Y or, if I'm speaking more quickly and/or lazily, I could use a lazier Y (the small Y). This is generally true of any sound and is largely based on speed of speech and how clearly someone is enunciated or not. This is how real speech works.
With that in mind, looking at the words you listed, if I try to say them slowly and fully enunciated (using a full Y), they sound exaggerated at best and unnatural at worst. So these naturally use the small Y, though in this case I would just called it a lazy Y. Same thing, but I originally used the term "small Y" specifically for linking between certain vowels and that's not what we're doing here. Just to make sure there's no confusion. Hope that helps 🙂
@@NativeEnglishHacks You make a great point regarding the lazy sounds, I used to get confused when a sound would change a bit even coming from the same speaker. Thank you for clearing that up for me! And I appreciate that you're still active in your older videos.
Thank you! Do you offer private lessons?
I am currently still teaching directly, but I'm not accepting new students. Also, I'm trying to move away from active, direct teaching and more toward making content and other things.
@@NativeEnglishHacks Aww.. That's too bad that your not accepting new students. But really thank you for the content!
Does the tongue touch anything when making /j/ sound?
The sides, yes, but not the top
haha, the start of the video that "you" sounded like "f*ck you". If you repeat the start of the video many times, you should hear it.
it made it better lol.
It sounds like many words. It sounded one time like "jew", "hayoo", "f*ck you", "few". It's interesting! The background music definitely played a role here.
Yeah, I don't hear any of that lol
@@NativeEnglishHacks I think it has to do with the device your using and the volume. I def can hear all of them almost by command. I hear what I think of. I might also my ear idk.