Amazing! Spanish is my mother tongue and once you've said this sound it's like a soft Spanish "r" everything was crystal clear ! Thanks a lot ! I've already noticed that it was not a strong "t"or "d" but I've never realized it was this new sound until now!
I am a volunteer ESL teacher and am THRILLED to have found this resource. These lessons are useful, compact, 100% clear, and so engaging. I can't wait to send them to my students!
Hadar you're the best! I love watching your videos! I'm Italian and I've been living in Australia for 5 years. I'm pretty fluent in English but now I'm working on losing my "funny Italian accent" and I'm learning so much about the American English pronunciation (which I love) from your videos! Just listening to you and the way you talk is an inspiration, plus your videos are extremely useful. Thank you! 😊
You are the best, you teach exactly the things people need to learn to speak in a more natural way, I love it. Love the way you explain, it makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much.
I'm a Taiwanese, and this really helps me understand the so-called flap D/T sound. I think I will be able to pronounce it better in the future. Thanks for the explanation. ❤️
Boston accent not only barely touches t and d but in some words drops it: mee'in=meeting geh'ih=get it. A long standing tease is that we say Medford -medfuh. (the IPA states we say mɛ́dfəd) Actually, they can't even imitate us because we do say the d so barley that they can't hear it sounds like meh' also typically we don't pronounce 'r' in this case as well as 'd' so it sounds like fih' - meh' fih
There are tons of videos here on TH-cam about the flap T, but this is actually the first time I watch one talking about the Flap D. Words like "president" or "modern" I couldn't pronounce them before this video.. Thank you Hadar.
I wish I could find someone like you who does the same, but for the Turkish sounds. I'm learning Turkish. Please tell me that you do have some videos for Turkish sounds.😀.🙏
Hi Hadar❤ I've a question, your English sounds authentic and your videos helped me a lot, but when it comes to English Grammar, do you learn grammar at all or do you take the shadowing/mouth mimicing kind of approach more, I'd like to know your advice, thanks in advance~
The flap t has the same sound as "r" in Portuguese in words like "cara". I'm overwhelmed by how often American make this sound. In your own video I noticed you made it a lot of times. I would never think that they say president with the flap t. Thanks for your videos, Haddar. You know how to teach. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
You're absolutely right. I hear just a Spanish/ Arabic maybe Japanese or Chinese 'R'. And I think Americans name it as flap T or D sound to not be confused with the American R sound where the tip of the tongue never touches the alveolar ridge.
Awesome video. Any advice for an Arabic speaker who cannot pronounce "rag?" His rolling 'r' is becoming less pronounced but the vowel short 'a' like in black changes to 'o' like in 'olive sock.' I am an ESL teacher, not a speech pathologist. I just found your website and will spend significant time to make sure my students truly understand the language needed to understand all you say. Thank you.
Hello. Some years ago, I read about the pronunciation of 't' as 'r' in the middle of a word, or between two words, and, as far as I can remember, the rules are: You pronounce the 't' as 'r' in the middle of a word, or when it comes between two words in this cases: a) the 't' is surrounded by voiced sounds; and b) the preceding vowel is stressed. Having said so, the 't' in 'atomic' is not pronunced in that way since the stressed syllable comes after the 't'.
I noticed this thing about flap t while singing few songs and I used to do that sometimes not being aware of this rule. Then I was surprised to come across Rachel's video about r and I discovered it is exactly our Rissian r and my intuition was correct! Although i don't always follow this rule. Your videos is very understandable and interesting. I'd like to sound the same. Thank you!
Hey Hadar, I'm Edna from Brazil and I found out about your channel just a few days ago and I'm obsessed. I must say that I always found impossible to pronounce the word LITERATURE, you see, there are too many "ts", I've checked the pronunciation and the phonetic transcription many times but I still couldn't get it right. I find it very hard to pronounce the first "t" because in american English it sounds like a "soft d"(but not flat like you taught here), then I tried to pronounce like the British and it's even worse because the two "Ts" are strong". Now after watching this video I tried to pronounce like you taught, the first "t" flat, the second "t" strong, and I think I can do it now, just need to practice. You are a terrific teacher, keep it up
Hello and I'm very thankful that there are people like You Hadar, who explain in details these tough pronunciation topics. I've been getting lot troubles with these sounds but at the end of the regulars verbs, Could you please explain a bit about past tense regular verbs ?
Thanks a million, Hadar! Could you make a video to talk about how to pronounce words like "rain" "main" "train" and "maintain"? I feel pretty difficult to pronounce these words correctly. Thanks!
Thanks for this lesson. Always useful they are. Here is a list of some words that I came across after watching your video: notice/shadow/created/commuters/chaotically/politically/democratically/getting. Keep up with your work. It means a lot to all of us. Cheers from Brasil.
Hi Hadar. As a native speaker, I have watched your videos for 3 months. I just wanted to say 'thank you'😊 to you. By the way I've a question. 'Steal and still'. Are these words' pronunciation's same? Could you make a video about this?
Great explanation, you are my new hero (heroine?). I am an English teacher here in Mexico and this is going to be of great help in my pronunciation classes. Buen día.
Once I pronounce it I can only make my tongue touch the alveolar ridge too gently or too hard... Though I still don't have a perfect flap t, from my experience there's a one good method for me to practice it that one says "ddddd" fast and try to make every d sound like a perfect flap t.
Hi Hadar, I know that a lot of S's sound like Z's but I wonder if there are any cases where Z's sound like S's? Could you please make a video about that? Thanks you're the best!
Can I understand it like this: the middle (between vowel sounds) t, d, tt, dd have all the same sound which is called "flap t". this sound is neither a hard d nor a hard t, it is its own unique sound that exists in between t and d? therefore the "d" in "riding" is not really a "d", it is really a flap d, which is the same as a flap t? thanks
Hi from Argentina! When you taught how to make the A as in "cap" and "cat" you exaggerated the movements of your mouth, but when you speak you don't actually do that, I struggle a lot with that sound :C
You have to practice it in an exaggerated manner in order to be able to tone it down afterwards... What does it sound like? cup and cut? If so, think of starting with an 'eh' sound... like ceh..ap ceh....at (if that makes sense in writing..) 😏
You're an amazing teacher! Thank you so so much! Russian is my first language, and I've always struggled to make this sound. And it is really just a short Russian r! Wish you all the best!
But we could say there are types of flap "t/d", right? cause I mean like, In "little", for example: we wouldn't really pronounce it like a flap "r", it'd be so much easier and faster to pronounce it more like a quick "d", in contrast to words or contractions like "gotta" where it would be more appropriate as a flap "r", I believe?
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Amazing! Spanish is my mother tongue and once you've said this sound it's like a soft Spanish "r" everything was crystal clear ! Thanks a lot ! I've already noticed that it was not a strong "t"or "d" but I've never realized it was this new sound until now!
The funny thing is how we,as Hispanics; dont mess up with president ....presirent?...really brainstorming .... congrats
Oh my gosh you're our English Godesse My amazing teacher i have been learning more from you
I am a volunteer ESL teacher and am THRILLED to have found this resource. These lessons are useful, compact, 100% clear, and so engaging. I can't wait to send them to my students!
Amazing delivery--fluid, smooth, confident. Born to teach.
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Hadar you're the best! I love watching your videos! I'm Italian and I've been living in Australia for 5 years. I'm pretty fluent in English but now I'm working on losing my "funny Italian accent" and I'm learning so much about the American English pronunciation (which I love) from your videos! Just listening to you and the way you talk is an inspiration, plus your videos are extremely useful. Thank you! 😊
Wow! Thank you so much. Happy to have you here!
You are the best, you teach exactly the things people need to learn to speak in a more natural way, I love it. Love the way you explain, it makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much.
The rrrr.... Sound exists in Hindi as well... I love watching this channel from India
I was never able to say the "D" and "T" sound before l watched your class. Thank you so much
I'm a Taiwanese, and this really helps me understand the so-called flap D/T sound. I think I will be able to pronounce it better in the future. Thanks for the explanation. ❤️
You mean you are Chinese, right?!!
The best explanation ever
❤❤❤ thank u miss hadar for this amazing lesson! Im Arabic native speaker ❤❤ and always hear the flap T as Arabic R ❤❤ that's true thank u
My native language is Spanish and you are right the flap t sounds like our r... your explanation is great... thank you so much.
Boston accent not only barely touches t and d but in some words drops it: mee'in=meeting geh'ih=get it. A long standing tease is that we say Medford -medfuh. (the IPA states we say mɛ́dfəd) Actually, they can't even imitate us because we do say the d so barley that they can't hear it sounds like meh' also typically we don't pronounce 'r' in this case as well as 'd' so it sounds like fih' - meh' fih
I was always doing exactly as you explained, I honestly thought I was pronouncing it wrong. this really made me confident in my english, thank you !!!
Yassss!!
@@hadar.shemesh Same thing here! Btw, your videos are really useful, Hadar! Thanks for your efforts! :)
u were say better as berer??????
Lokil can we talk
I love your explanation.
you explained it in an fantastic way
The word 'time' also has aspiration at the beginning.
Thank very much ,Hardet
You are a great teacher.
Tank you. that's very useful. Please prepare some examples (like good evening) in pdf or Introduce Reference
There are tons of videos here on TH-cam about the flap T, but this is actually the first time I watch one talking about the Flap D. Words like "president" or "modern" I couldn't pronounce them before this video.. Thank you Hadar.
So happy to hear. Thank you!
thank you for coming with an interested teaching lesson today about T and D sound!!!
Thank you so much. Very useful video.
Now I realized why I was exhausted when I say longer words with an intermediate "t", I will practice the "d" sound.Thank you :)
Thank you!
Solid explanation
I wish I could find someone like you who does the same, but for the Turkish sounds. I'm learning Turkish. Please tell me that you do have some videos for Turkish sounds.😀.🙏
Hi Hadar❤ I've a question, your English sounds authentic and your videos helped me a lot, but when it comes to English Grammar, do you learn grammar at all or do you take the shadowing/mouth mimicing kind of approach more, I'd like to know your advice, thanks in advance~
Best channel i’ve ever subscribed in ❤️
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Thank you for your time 👍
I was struggling with this sound for a long time. Good thing I saw your video. Thank you!
The flap t has the same sound as "r" in Portuguese in words like "cara". I'm overwhelmed by how often American make this sound. In your own video I noticed you made it a lot of times. I would never think that they say president with the flap t. Thanks for your videos, Haddar. You know how to teach. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes, it's funny how they know how to make it but then will struggle with using it in a word like 'cara'....
@@hadar.shemesh It's because they use the R from english and not the flap T.
Yeah Ive been wondering why that is for so long, turns out they actually ARE the same😮
i still need to practice but my accent really improved just from your videos, thanks!
So...let's practice. Private me!
Very useful tips! You're just so talented at what you do Hadar! Congrats and keep up the good work!
Thank you dear!!
The best explanation, best teacher, best action for the others...thank you for you videos!!!
This is very common in the south of the US, that southern draw has a rolling cadence and getting rid of the "T" sound makes it flow better.
thanks a lot, very very useful
You're absolutely right. I hear just a Spanish/ Arabic maybe Japanese or Chinese 'R'.
And I think Americans name it as flap T or D sound to not be confused with the American R sound where the tip of the tongue never touches the alveolar ridge.
your videos are just amazing
Awesome video. Any advice for an Arabic speaker who cannot pronounce "rag?" His rolling 'r' is becoming less pronounced but the vowel short 'a' like in black changes to 'o' like in 'olive sock.' I am an ESL teacher, not a speech pathologist. I just found your website and will spend significant time to make sure my students truly understand the language needed to understand all you say. Thank you.
Good explanation
Great! Really easy for us Brazilians. Portuguese has the same sound in words like "para" same saound as in "peRó" in Spanish.
You are really good one. its a very specific and technical explanation. Believe or not you have changed my point of view about English... THANK YOU.
I’m honored. Thank you.
Thanks very much for your classes. It's the first time that I find a pronunciation class so well explained
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It is really good thank you
You do a great job!
She is brilliant and her videos help me a lot .👍🏻
This is really helpful. Thank you for posting such quality videos, you are helping a lot of us in Korea.
Hello. Some years ago, I read about the pronunciation of 't' as 'r' in the middle of a word, or between two words, and, as far as I can remember, the rules are: You pronounce the 't' as 'r' in the middle of a word, or when it comes between two words in this cases: a) the 't' is surrounded by voiced sounds; and b) the preceding vowel is stressed. Having said so, the 't' in 'atomic' is not pronunced in that way since the stressed syllable comes after the 't'.
Hadar, great lesson. What's the difference in pronunciation here: writter x rider?
I noticed this thing about flap t while singing few songs and I used to do that sometimes not
being aware of this rule. Then I was surprised to come across Rachel's video about r and I discovered it is exactly our Rissian r and my intuition was correct! Although i don't always follow this rule. Your videos is very understandable and interesting. I'd like to sound the same. Thank you!
Hey Hadar, I'm Edna from Brazil and I found out about your channel just a few days ago and I'm obsessed. I must say that I always found impossible to pronounce the word LITERATURE, you see, there are too many "ts", I've checked the pronunciation and the phonetic transcription many times but I still couldn't get it right. I find it very hard to pronounce the first "t" because in american English it sounds like a "soft d"(but not flat like you taught here), then I tried to pronounce like the British and it's even worse because the two "Ts" are strong". Now after watching this video I tried to pronounce like you taught, the first "t" flat, the second "t" strong, and I think I can do it now, just need to practice. You are a terrific teacher, keep it up
the word president was new to me to pronounce it as flap D. thanks
😊
Hello and I'm very thankful that there are people like You Hadar, who explain in details these tough pronunciation topics. I've been getting lot troubles with these sounds but at the end of the regulars verbs, Could you please explain a bit about past tense regular verbs ?
Thanks a million, Hadar! Could you make a video to talk about how to pronounce words like "rain" "main" "train" and "maintain"? I feel pretty difficult to pronounce these words correctly. Thanks!
I can never pronounce "main" and "man" correctly. Similar story to "rain" and "ring".
Thanks for this lesson. Always useful they are.
Here is a list of some words that I came across after watching your video:
notice/shadow/created/commuters/chaotically/politically/democratically/getting.
Keep up with your work. It means a lot to all of us.
Cheers from Brasil.
Thanks Sergio! I just made an Instegram story and read aloud those GREAT words. Check it out I'm at @accentswaybyhadar.
Perfect!
Hadar your explanations are soooo clear !! Thank you, I can't wait for the next session of accent makeover
flap t and d exist also in Japanese, so I was confused.
But now It's crystal clear, I also learned the sound exist anly between 2 vowel.
I was also cnfused because t and d sounded exactly same for me, but it was not only for me.
I knew that I was not crazy! Those words have actually a "R" sound!
Me too! I will be happier now hehehehe
Nice lesson! By the way, here in Brazil (Portuguese), the D sound is the same as the single "R" sound. Thank you, Hadar!
Oh interesting! Didn't know that.. Thank you!
Hi Hadar. As a native speaker, I have watched your videos for 3 months. I just wanted to say 'thank you'😊 to you. By the way I've a question. 'Steal and still'. Are these words' pronunciation's same? Could you make a video about this?
Thank YOU!! And yes, I have a video named 'sheep-ship' and it talks about this vowel pair:(
I mean - :):)
Great explanation, you are my new hero (heroine?). I am an English teacher here in Mexico and this is going to be of great help in my pronunciation classes. Buen día.
Could you explain Writing/ Writhing
Great video.. keep going
Once I pronounce it I can only make my tongue touch the alveolar ridge too gently or too hard... Though I still don't have a perfect flap t, from my experience there's a one good method for me to practice it that one says "ddddd" fast and try to make every d sound like a perfect flap t.
Fantastic!, finally I understand when we change the sound in a word. You’re really good ! Thanks
Ow I have been trying to get this straight... thank you for guiding on the tt & d pronunciation.
My pleasure!
It couldn’t be easier without you
Huge thanks 👍🏻
Great explanation. I struggle with the word
Still not feeling comfortable with it..
I have a question. When t comes before n or ng should we use flap t? For example listen to me , or something to do
Hi Hadar, I know that a lot of S's sound like Z's but I wonder if there are any cases where Z's sound like S's? Could you please make a video about that? Thanks you're the best!
You have cleared my mind and relieved my tongue! Very useful! Thank you very much!
Haha love it
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You’re a real teacher! I love your videos 😍👏🏻
Thank you:)
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This class was fantastic! Thank you Radar.
Can I understand it like this: the middle (between vowel sounds) t, d, tt, dd have all the same sound which is called "flap t". this sound is neither a hard d nor a hard t, it is its own unique sound that exists in between t and d? therefore the "d" in "riding" is not really a "d", it is really a flap d, which is the same as a flap t? thanks
Thanks from Egypt
i just love your tips. Thanks a lot!
This lesson is very useful. thank you so much
I like your unique accent thank you for your courtesy .do more please
I like your teaching very much.
I loved your video! You are awesome, I will keep training that sound!
Great!!
You're the best! Thank you so much!!! Your lesson is VERY useful
🙏🏿 Thank you 🙏🏿
clear instructions..
At last I have found infotmaton I needed! My respect to you from Ukraine.
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Great lesson thx Hadar
Your videos are really useful! Congrats!
Thank you so much!
You're a nice teacher ,Hadar
Thank you:)
Hi from Argentina! When you taught how to make the A as in "cap" and "cat" you exaggerated the movements of your mouth, but when you speak you don't actually do that, I struggle a lot with that sound :C
You have to practice it in an exaggerated manner in order to be able to tone it down afterwards... What does it sound like? cup and cut? If so, think of starting with an 'eh' sound... like ceh..ap ceh....at (if that makes sense in writing..) 😏
Accent's Way by Hadar thank you! :D
Love your lessons!
You're an amazing teacher! Thank you so so much! Russian is my first language, and I've always struggled to make this sound. And it is really just a short Russian r! Wish you all the best!
Same here
What about diction?
Awesome! I love the way you explain these.
Thanks!
wonderful video👍👍, thank for you time in the videos.
Thank you dear!
Dear Coach
How do you pronounce /d/ in " How old are you?" is ít flap /d/ or true /d/? Thanks so much
But we could say there are types of flap "t/d", right? cause I mean like, In "little", for example: we wouldn't really pronounce it like a flap "r", it'd be so much easier and faster to pronounce it more like a quick "d", in contrast to words or contractions like "gotta" where it would be more appropriate as a flap "r", I believe?
I love saying the phrase "edited it on the computer" because of 5 flap-t sounds :)
thanks for the tip!