🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /t̬/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_flapt_t_as_in_water
First of all I would like to Thank UA-cam video channel. I have learnt almost American accent and all features of English pronunciation like stress, rhythm, connected speech, linking, thought groups, pauses, and intonation. With all these wonderful people contribution , really a common adult who can not afford to pay money but having strong will to learn Standard english pronunciation has been possible. First time in my life, I wish I had made a video to support somebody to learn English pronunciation.
In American English for the word learned, we say "learnd," not "learnt." The "n" at the end of learn is voiced, so if we follow rules of pronunciation, the "ed" is pronounced "d," not "t." Same for the word burned. In British English, they say burnt. We say burnd. Keep practicing!
Tip for Spanish and Italian speakers. The Flap T is represented by the letter R in Spanish and Italian. For instance, "pero" in Spanish and "caro" in Italian. Portuguese speakers also have this sound in words like "para" or "garoto". And in Slavic languages with the Cyrillic alphabet, it's represented by the letter р, for instance "розoв". I hope that helps! :)
whats the difference when you say them? everywhere it says they’re exactly same sound but i can definitely hear the difference, but i don’t know how to say the tapped r
This sound used to be very hard for me to pronounce. I heard it a lot of times in american movies and series, and tried to copy it. I practised and practised and finally improved it. It was really hard because I knew it was different from regular "t", but I didn't know how to look for a tutorial because didn't know this sound's name. It was frustrating haha. I'm kinda proud to say I got by myself a very similar pronunciation to the one you explain in this video. But now after watching your video I feel like I mastered this sound! Hahaha cheers to you all, and thank you again for this splendid work!
I'm 'cridicized' by my 'bridish' friends because of this sound! And when I say 'liderally' they're just pissed off ! So, 'way d go' if you improved it ! Soon, you will not be able d ged away from it! ( So basically, this is how often the flat T occurs in real life speech)
Amazingly you make a great job .. I give you my thanks heartfelt .. It is sort of teaching I have been searching all my life ... that teaching me how pronounce the word correctly thanks to jehovah I found and next to you again May God Jah bless you , teacher
Men, I love the dedication you put in this channel, and also, how practical your videos are.... There is not as much channels like this, thank you very very so fucking much
Hello professor Thank you so much for your priceless advice and interesting guidance. I love your way of teaching and excellent explanation. I really appreciate your job. I wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity. Your Student from Algeria.
As a native American speaker I find this very interesting. I love relearning how we actually speak because it is so different than the rest of English speaking countries.
Thank you so much. I have downloaded all your videos and used them to teach my students. I am eager to have more videos. Besides clear explanations the charts are very useful, which helps fix pronunciation mistakes. It is interesting to see that my students say correctly and happily while watching your lessons.
+eric remarque , you're welcome! More videos are coming, stay tuned! We're glad that our videos are useful for teachers and we'd like to have more teachers in our community. If you have any suggestions for topics that can be useful for your students, let us know! Let's stay in touch.
Hellow, I'm from Dominican Republic. The flap T definitely sounds exactly the R sound in words like "caro" (expensive) and "barato" (cheap). in my native languague spanish.
Great tutorials to improve pronunciation in English, from watching your videos I realized ny mistakes, and thus improved my American English pronunciation. 😀. Friend you are doing great job, thank you 😊. Take care. All the best 👍.
Hi Sounds American, thank you for the great video. The /Flap T/ may also sound similar to /d/ sound - quick /d/ - in Vietnamese. So I seem to pronounce /Flap T/ easier.
@@SoundsAmerican By the way, do you have any lesson about stop t, like in the words can't, fit, hot, etc.? And what about this app you use in the video? Where we can find it? :)
Yes, we do, here you go: ua-cam.com/video/mLlotV_0dRI/v-deo.html About the app - we're using our own app which is not released to the public yet, but we're working on it and hopefully it'll happen soon. :)
It sounds like the /r/ sound to me Well, sort of. In Spanish, there're two sounds for the /R/; one is very strong, and the other one is weaker and softer. We normally describe them like R (erre) and r (ere), which don't exist in English, of course; however, the 'r' is pretty similar to the flap t. I always hear and pronounce it like that. Have you guys heard about that before? I hope so. Nice video, btw. :)
The same story, It sounds like an arabic R too, everytime I hear it, it sounds like an R to me but not an american R, I know that the american R. the tip of the tongue never touch the alveolar ridge but this Flap T I don't hear any d sound on it, I hear just an spanish/ arabic maybe japaness or chiness 'R'.
she's saying the same thing - ua-cam.com/video/j11Qy4dL67g/v-deo.html but don't pronounce this sound like that guy in this video - ua-cam.com/video/zP_10bDxaVo/v-deo.html (it sounds way too weird. but that's just me)
I love this channel so bad. It is an amazing channel to learn English. I have learnt a lot. Keep it up guys! I have some questions on the rule of pronouncing the flap t though. Does this rule apply to t occuring between voiced sounds at the end of two words? As in "get it"? Is the t in words like nineteen, center, eighteen pronounced as flap t?
Yes, you're right, the same rule applies when the letter 'T' occurs between words with voiced sounds and ends a word, it can be pronounced as a Flap /t̬/. In the words "nineteen" and "eighteen," the letter 'T' is pronounced as a regular /t/, because it starts the second syllables: /ˌnaɪnˈtin/ and /ˌeɪˈtin/. In the word "center," the /t/ is often dropped, as it follows the /n/ sound: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html . Hope it helps!
Hello. Congrats on your material. I think you forgot to mention a flap t will never occur if it is part of the stressed syllable. Ex: attack. A very good example, for the same reason, is the first t in potato: (first t) full t and (second t may be a flap t) flap t. I read people trying to find a difference in sound between a flap t and a flap d. It might me useful to let them know they have the same sound: metal/medal, latter/ladder… Once again, Congrats!
Great video! Would it be possible to have a video where you compare pronunciation of words with flap T and D, for example Metal vs Medal. Is there a difference in pronunciation? Thank you!
Hi Sir! Can't thank you enough for your great work. Keep going! As an English learner I have a serious difficulty with the pronunciation. And your channel comes right on point. Thanks! We also be very glad if you can share with us any app name that can help us to master the american pronunciation. There are a lot of them on play store, but I can reassure you I have been trying most of them and none has yet met my expectations. Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words about our channel! The best app is the one we're working on right now. :) It's not released yet, but we plan to make it happen soon. Stay tuned!
Good explanations and practice. When students learn to count to 100 by 10s, I teach them to make the /t/ sound at the end of the word when they say twenty, but the flap /t/ sound for thirty and forty, and then the /t/for fifty and sixty, and then flap /t/ for seventy, eighty and ninety. Not sure what rules apply there. Do you know?
It's the same rule, the letter 'T' is pronounced as the flap 'T' sound (/t̬/) when it's between two voiced sounds and appears at the end of a stressed syllable. Hope this helps!
Hello, Sounds American... I have watched most of your videos and they are just great... You're doing an excellent... Keep it up! However, I wonder if you could please make some videos on the "sh", "ch", "j/ge" or "zh" sounds in words like (sure, church, age, vision). Thanks in advance!
+José Miguel Flores Baldera , hello there! Thank you, glad to hear you like our videos. Yes, of course, we plan to make videos for those sounds next year. Thank you for your suggestion!
Sounds American. Thanks a lot.. I really appreciate it... I'm from the Dominican Republic and I'm a teacher here... I will recommend this channel to my students as well.
We never said that the tongue touches the upper teeth, because it doesn't. Here's how this sound is pronounced: ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html The tip of the tongue quickly touches the alveolar ridge (the ridge behind the upper front teeth) to stop the air and release it.
@@SoundsAmerican In Spanish we have two R sounds, one of them is stronger and the other one is softer: Perro and pero. People say flat t sounds similiar to the Spanish soft r: mira, cara, pero...
Well it's true, not only ppl with strong cockney accent do, it's common that British people don't pronounce the t sound sometimes, like «wei'ing», «be'uh» or even «bo'al»
First of all, let me thank you for the great channel; i'm afraid i need additional help, however. There are words with the "flap t" that I find specially difficult to pronounce, where the flap the is adjacent to the "r" consonant or to a rhotic vowel, any suggestions on how to improve my pronunciation in those cases? Thanks in advance.
Hello there! Glad you like our channel! We recommend concentrating on making the /d/ sound, and the Flap 'T' (/t̬/), this should be easier. You probably won't have difficulty with the /d/ followed by /r/ or rhotic vowel sounds. Please let us know if this helps!
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for your answer, It indeed helps when the /t̬/ is followed by a rhotic vowel, not so much when it's preceded by /r/ or a rhotic vowel, but doing the practice again i think i found what helps me in that case: Pretending the /t̬/ doesn't exist. Don't know if that makes sense but i think it works for me.
I feel like in some words this sound is more present then in others because in some words it's hard to make and in others it's not. Therefore in some words you hear it fully because you can pronounce it completely and comfortably, and in other words you hear "the tail" of the sound (because you try to make the sound and it's impossible to make it in that particular word, so you kinda hear like an intention to make that sound, "a parody", a sound that is really closed to the og but is not the og)
A "writer" is someone who writes, a "rider" is someone who rides. 😂 On a serious note, these two words can be considered homophones in American English, since there's only a tiny difference between their pronunciation. The vowel sound in "rider" is a little longer than the same sound in "writer" due to the Vowel Length Rule ( ua-cam.com/video/GQa9w__GqLc/v-deo.html)
@@SoundsAmerican (ik what each one means, i was asking about the pronounciation of each one of them) so basically: writer /ɹʌɪt̬ɚ/ and rider /ɹaɪt̬ɚ/? Afterall, can i pronounce writer as /ɹʌɪɾɚ/ to differenciate from rider /ɹaɪt̬ɚ/?
@@SoundsAmerican oh i get it!! I thought that both and when being inbetween two then they're pronounced /t̬/ but each one has a different pronounciation thanks i appreciate it!!
Oi meu amigo eu estou aqui lendo os recursos da gramática realmente é muito importante para mim que eu não tenho como não aprender sem essa gramática isso é preciso ter gramaticais sem entender nada como podemos fazer a leitura do texto do livro será impossível escrever um livro um textos com gramática isso é bom
I have a question, around 2:20 when you pronounce "bet", why the "t" sounds stressed? In the previous lesson I thought that it should be unaspirated. Thank you for these amazing lessons, can't wait to buy the app!!
When words are pronounced in isolation, some people may have difficulties recognizing unaspirated stop sounds at the end of words, that's why some common words are often pronounced with aspiration in our exercises.
A question about glottal T in the sentence. 1.We'll meet in the hall. (meet in) is there has a glottal T? 2.sit in the back(sit in) is there has a glottal T? 3.front and center(front and)is there has a glottal T? Are they dialect or standard american English?Thanks for your help!
+Hibbert Jahlil, we're going to publish a video on the glottal 'T' early next week. Just stay tuned and it'll be easier for you to answer these questions :).
as a Native spanish speaker the flat /t/ sound , is more like a soft /ra/ instead of a soft /da/ sound , i know that in the american pronunciation there's not such thing as /ra/ sound and some people may get confused trying to use the /r/ sound, if you are not an spanish speaker , arabic or another that may be familiar with the /ra/ sound you will get a headache. by the way how do you pronounce, good evening ( gud rivnin?)
“Good evening” is pronounced [ɡʊɾˈivnɪŋ]. [ɾ] represents the flapped T or D but also the Spanish R (as in pero). It’s important not to confuse this symbol with the Spanish trilled R (as in perro) which is written [r], or the English R which is written [ɹ]. Hope this helps!
First of all thank you for your amazing videos, is the Flap T voicless or voice or between? And Thank you again and I wish you have been uploaded thies video 10years ago. You do not how much you helped me.
Can you explain why the words : attention or attack aren’t pronounced with a flap T sound? They’re both following the rule you mentioned, between 2 vowels.
Right, the 'T's in "attention" and "attack" are between two vowels, but the second vowels are stressed. The flap 'T' occurs when the second vowel is unstressed, 'wat·er, 'writ·ing.
The video design and how it flows smoothly is impressive! It looks like you're using a very well-designed app to do the lesson! How do you do that? I'm very curious!
+TheMasterPoke, if you mean the tools, we use Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier and lots of others. We also use our own app for the pronunciation exercise.
+TheMasterPoke , we haven't released it yet, it's still work in progress. We plan to do it soon and will announce the release on this channel. So, please, stay tuned! :)
I was wondering, why do they teach only regular 'T' at the beginning. It might be much easier to get acquainted with flap 'T' at the beginning and not to learn from scratch how to pronounce simple words after several years of learning English.
Hello, teacher. I mastered this sound but can I pronounce the flap t after an 'r' as in 'started'? Can I use the flap t after an 'n' as in 'contaminating'
+Kess Mynus Hello there, The second 't' in the word "started" is indeed a flap t, because it occurs between vowel sounds. In the word "contaminating" it's the regular /t/ though. Hope it helps!
If you learn word stress, you will make the flap 'audoMAdically'! So it's 'conTAminading'. 'AdiTude' (1srt stress on A and 2nd in Tu)... Although, yeah it possible to flat after the n or m but only if T is not part of the stressed syllable AND if you speak fast enough! Eg: I wanted him to be supportive= I WANned'im'd'be suPPOrdive!...👌🏽
In these cases the T is pronounced with a glottal stop. I believe this is because they are followed by an L, but the same doesn’t happen for bottle so I’m not sure.
+MICHAEL MICHAEL , hello there! No, the tip of the tongue doesn't touch the back of your teeth to make the flap 'T' sound. The flap 'T' is a positional variant of the /t/ sound, so you make it in a similar way, but with adding your voice. To make the flap 'T,' you should put the tip of your tongue on the alveolar ridge ABOVE your upper front teeth (more detailed instructions: ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html). No, the sound that Americans make in words "middle," "order," and "ordinary" is the /d/, not the flap 'T.' The flap it is not a substitution for the /d/, it's a positional variant of the /t/, meaning that it's used when the /t/ (NOT the /d/ sound!) occurs in certain positions in words: ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html Hope it helps, let us know if you have any questions!
@@SoundsAmerican It makes me laugh when I think of a version of "My Way" being sung that way. Just think of it: And now, the end is near And so I face the final curdin My friend, I'll make it clear I'll state my case, of which I am cerdin. I mean stupid song anyway, but still. I would have thought there'd be a youtube out there by some linguist or philologist tracing the appearance of this bizarre turn of events, but I haven't found it yet. My best guess is that I started hearing it somewhere between 2005 and 2010.
If you still struggle with this then this video may help. ua-cam.com/video/AzNRoSGBh44/v-deo.html It’s from the same channel. This one is about the -er sound.
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@Sounds American I looked at "contract" in the Cambridge dictionary. And it says US speakers pronounce it like /ˈkɑːn.trækt/. Why not the flap 't' after /n./ here?
The flap 'T' sound typically occurs between two vowel sounds or between a vowel and a voiced consonant (ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html). In "contract," the 'T' letter occurs between two consonants, so it's pronounced as a "regular" /t/ sound.
@@SoundsAmerican And again: hesitation = /ˌhez.əˈteɪ.ʃən/. Why? The 't' is between two vowels, right? So why not the flat 't' here? And multiply = /ˈmʌl.tə.plaɪ/ ( voiced consonant and vowel here, the same as in the 'party'). The US transcriptions were taken from the Cambridge dictionary as well.
In “hesitation,” the first T is at the start of the stressed syllable, so it isn’t flapped. In “multiply,” the tongue is already resting on the alveolar ridge for L right before the T, so a flap sound cannot be produced.
I can make the flap in words like cit̬y or mot̬or. but I find it impossible to produce it after an R-Colored vowel like liberty or Turtle. I just can't gather enough momentum on the tip of my mouth. But... I figured if hit the alveolar ridge by the lower side of my tongue ( as in the Retroflex Tap ⟨ɽ⟩ ) It become do-able and somewhat passable. What I am asking is. Is the t̬ in turtle and city exactly the same ? or is there a subtle difference ?
+sghaier mohamed , hello there! Yes, the /t̬/ is the same in words "turtle" and "city." Here's a tip that may help you make it in these words: split the word into syllables and pronounced them separately. For example, "tur - tle" /ˈtɝ·t̬l̩/, "li - ber - ty" /ˈlɪb·ɚ·t̬i/. (The · denotes a syllable division). When you separate the flap 'T' from the r-colored vowels in this words, it'll be easier to practice it. Hope it helps!
Thanks for the response ! I eventually became able to do it after a lot of attempts. It's like a two-syllable tongue-twister. I am surprised how many people pronounce these words without even thinking about it, but I guess practice makes perfect.
+sghaier mohamed, good! Yes, absolutely, practice makes perfect. However, a lot of non-native speakers mispronounce this sound, they just don't know they do. :)
Sounds American do you pronounce the flap T after "l" sound? I don't know if my ear is lying me but I think I've heard the sound in words like "holding" and I can't remember more right now
What about about daDDy, meDal, is there a flap t sound in there? And I was wondering: what about the flap t after N? I was looking for in forums... Some teachers like Lisa Mojsin and Rachel say that t after n is silent (I'm aware of the fact it is not 100% of the cases). I'm Lisa's book. She says that it is not considered casual or choppy speech. However many people disagree with that. Some people says the flap t in this case becomes a nasal flap t and not a pure /n/. But, I found them the same sound. I don't know if my ear is not experienced or, in fact /nt/ split in /n/. I really would like to know what do you think. if you search in Google assistant words like twenty, unlike other words you can hear two different audios, one with the fast n, and another with a true T sound.
In linguistics, there's such a sound called "alveolar tap." Some linguists consider it to be an allophone (positional variant) of the /t/ and /d/ sounds. However, we think that in a real life conversation, in fast speech it's impossible to find the difference between the /d/ sound and the "flap D." About the /nt/ combination, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
thanks teacher by the way i want to know something is there any symbol for the consonant sound flap t in the dictionary like any sound I mean distinctive symbol different from the usual symbol for the consonant t sound to get be able to differentiate between both in pronouncing
I have a question: you said when the /t̬/ is between a vowel and a voiced consonant as in metal or between vowels, as in writer then it has to flap but in the word ""button"" from your previous video (Consonant Sound Glottal 'T' ) you said it has a different sound and the word is between vowel. Can it an explanation? and by the way in the dictionary it has the same symbol for both flat sounds and glotal sounds. Do you think is there a way to know when to choose one of the other? Thank you so much in advance for your kindness.
Great question! The letter 'T' is pronounced as a glottal 'T' sound when it appears before a weak syllable *ending with /n/* : button, cotton, kitten. That's the difference. :) Here's the detailed explanation: ua-cam.com/video/Vabg-EUHOQk/v-deo.html
You're very welcome! Glad you liked our videos! We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
How do I say turtle ? One question: Like I need to pronounce T for the first T on turtle then the flat T for 2nd T? 2nd question how I pronounce the overall word ? Like for example water do I get my tongue on alveolar ridge from the start ? Or I get my tongue there when I am at Wa-T-er part?
1) The fla*p* (not fla*t* ) 'T' occurs between two vowels, so the first 'T' in "turtle" can't be a flap 'T. The first 'T' is just a regular /t/ sound pronounced with a puff of air. The second 'T' is a flap 'T' sound. 2) What word exactly? Are you asking about the word "water"? To pronounce a word you should pronounce all sounds and link them together. So, you shouldn't place your tongue on the alveolar ridge from the start, because you need to pronounce all the sounds before the /t̬/: /w/ - /ɔ/ and only then you place the tongue on your alveolar ridge for the /t̬/ sound. Don't forget to remove it and curl the tip back for the /ɚ/ sound: /ˈwɔt̬·ɚ/.
@@SoundsAmerican thank you, that answers my question. There is so much to do with my tongue to sound like American English and I need practice but I don’t know where to start learning it like which videos ? Can you suggest me which video should I start first ? Or which playlist I should complete first ?
We recommend starting with the vowel sounds. We've created a playlist which is perfect if you're a beginner (make sure to check the description inside the playlist): ua-cam.com/play/PLYJV5Moz9cfywp0M0q4o0ukyWcYAgEQ5_.html
It sounds like an arabic R too, everytime I hear it, it sounds like an R to me but not an american R, I know that the american R. the tip of the tongue never touch the alveolar ridge but this Flap T I don't hear any d sound on it, I hear just an spanish/ arabic maybe japaness or chiness 'R'. I need a clarification please.
+Amine El Housni The /t̬/ (Flap 'T') does sound like a brief (short) /d/ sound, it's pronounced the same way as the /d/ consonant. You may not hear this sound correctly, because you're not used to it. You see, our brain often plays this trick on us: when you don't expect to hear a particular sound or a sound is unfamiliar to us, our brain replaces it with a more familiar one. That's why you may hear some Spanish or an Arabic consonant instead of the American Flap 'T'. The good news is that if you practice this sound a lot, you'll teach your ear to recognize it and your speech organs to pronounce it correctly. To do this, you need to listen to this sound in words and repeat after the speaker, as many times as possible. It may take some time, but it works :). Hope it helps!
Absolutely, I understand, thank you for answering me, I just want to make an audio where I can pronounce a few words contain this FLAP T, where I can send it to you please ??
+ Roozy am Happens to a lot of students when they practice these sounds :). Don't worry, you just need to practice it a little more. Keep us posted on the progress, though!
@@SoundsAmerican Please do, I'm an English teach in China and I've been showing our adult students the IPA video series and it has helped them tremendously
I can't pronounce words like monitor and janitor because of the N sound but I'm totally fine with the rest of the words with the flap T that don't have an N before it.
Thank you! The Wikipedia page on the subject (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapping) has such a long-winded discussion and doesn't commit to a definitive phonological rule.
The Spanish /r/ is pronounced differently: you have to roll or trill the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth. When you pronounce the Flap 'T' sound (/t̬/), there's no rolling or trilling. You have to stop the air with the tip of your mouth at the ridge behind your upper front teeth and add your voice. It's the same as pronouncing the /d/ sound, but quicker.
Here is my question. Is the flap t different in words BETTER and PARTY? According to Wikipedia the alveolar flap is something akin Japanese / Serbian R sound and this appears in the word better, however, in the word party it seems more akin to D. So can you please confirm this for me? I am majoring in linguistics and English so I really need to understand this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_and_alveolar_flaps Here is the exact link. To me this sounds nothing like the flap t in PARTY, because after R this sound is very difficult to pronounce. But it does sound like every other flap T in better, city, water, computer etc etc
+VON! Pulse , Thanks for your question, it's an interesting one! There are two things to think about with your question: whether the flap /t/'s are produced differently in each of those words and whether they are perceived differently. We are not sure if you're pronouncing them differently, but please know that in American English if you'd like to pronounce them both with the regular flap /t/ (which sounds like a fast /d/) they will sound perfectly fine to American English listeners - especially in conversation. Hope that this helps.
Hey what app or website do you use to make your video? I love your vids because i can look at the image to see how to make the sounds instead of listening to people explain how it works
Glad to hear you like our videos! We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
Dear teacher, why is TURTLE pronounced as flap T? As I know there are only two forms of flap T ; one is betwieen vowels and other is between vowel and voice consonance. So Turtle is not in these two forms. Thanks,
They are very different. It's best not to compare the sounds of your native language with the American ones. Even if they seem similar, there can be subtle differences in pronunciation. Just focus on how American sounds are made and try to reproduce them as accurately as possible.
🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /t̬/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_flapt_t_as_in_water
Thanks a lot for your work! I see you noy upload videos for 3 years ago, what happend?
@@felixmoragajimenez5523 a wild guess, he ran out of vowels to make videos on?
First of all I would like to Thank UA-cam video channel. I have learnt almost American accent and all features of English pronunciation like stress, rhythm, connected speech, linking, thought groups, pauses, and intonation. With all these wonderful people contribution , really a common adult who can not afford to pay money but having strong will to learn Standard english pronunciation has been possible. First time in my life, I wish I had made a video to support somebody to learn English pronunciation.
In American English for the word learned, we say "learnd," not "learnt." The "n" at the end of learn is voiced, so if we follow rules of pronunciation, the "ed" is pronounced "d," not "t." Same for the word burned. In British English, they say burnt. We say burnd. Keep practicing!
Tip for Spanish and Italian speakers. The Flap T is represented by the letter R in Spanish and Italian. For instance, "pero" in Spanish and "caro" in Italian. Portuguese speakers also have this sound in words like "para" or "garoto". And in Slavic languages with the Cyrillic alphabet, it's represented by the letter р, for instance "розoв". I hope that helps! :)
So it's like waRer, BeRRer?
@@TheTheDoctorWho If writing it like that helps, then yeah, go ahead!
Not exactly this way, but It helps.
@@albertofumagalli2383 Absolutely! It’s not quite the same but it helps.
whats the difference when you say them? everywhere it says they’re exactly same sound but i can definitely hear the difference, but i don’t know how to say the tapped r
This sound used to be very hard for me to pronounce. I heard it a lot of times in american movies and series, and tried to copy it. I practised and practised and finally improved it. It was really hard because I knew it was different from regular "t", but I didn't know how to look for a tutorial because didn't know this sound's name. It was frustrating haha. I'm kinda proud to say I got by myself a very similar pronunciation to the one you explain in this video. But now after watching your video I feel like I mastered this sound! Hahaha cheers to you all, and thank you again for this splendid work!
I'm 'cridicized' by my 'bridish' friends because of this sound! And when I say 'liderally' they're just pissed off ! So, 'way d go' if you improved it ! Soon, you will not be able d ged away from it! ( So basically, this is how often the flat T occurs in real life speech)
@@nzenguemayombogolden2660 you're right, all in all the T letter is the most common used letter in English
For me, it's hard in some words, including "artist", "party", "liberty", basically all words that have the "rt" cluster :(
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At last I got this channel for learning American accent.
As a native American speaker I find this very interesting. I love relearning how we actually speak because it is so different than the rest of English speaking countries.
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Your channel is the best. The lessons are way too informative and comprehensive. Thanks for the effort.
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Thank you so much. I have downloaded all your videos and used them to teach my students. I am eager to have more videos. Besides clear explanations the charts are very useful, which helps fix pronunciation mistakes. It is interesting to see that my students say correctly and happily while watching your lessons.
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Thanks for passing on the important Info in the beginning. Skipped the video. Will go over Flap "T" later.
I just love the way it was explain you made it easier and mostly the examples.
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I was very eager to watch that video. I was waiting for it for a long time for the American fast "d". Thank you very much.
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Sounds American I am sure my students will like it very much too. It is very useful. Thank you so much 😊
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Hellow, I'm from Dominican Republic. The flap T definitely sounds exactly the R sound in words like "caro" (expensive) and "barato" (cheap). in my native languague spanish.
Ya me hice bolas jajaja, en 3:34 no suena como la r que usamos en español. Por eso me preguntó si es realmente el mismo sonido.
Great tutorials to improve pronunciation in English, from watching your videos I realized ny mistakes, and thus improved my American English pronunciation. 😀. Friend you are doing great job, thank you 😊. Take care. All the best 👍.
Glad to hear that! Let us know if you have any questions!
Hi Sounds American, thank you for the great video. The /Flap T/ may also sound similar to /d/ sound - quick /d/ - in Vietnamese. So I seem to pronounce /Flap T/ easier.
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@@SoundsAmerican By the way, do you have any lesson about stop t, like in the words can't, fit, hot, etc.? And what about this app you use in the video? Where we can find it? :)
Yes, we do, here you go: ua-cam.com/video/mLlotV_0dRI/v-deo.html
About the app - we're using our own app which is not released to the public yet, but we're working on it and hopefully it'll happen soon. :)
It sounds like the /r/ sound to me
Well, sort of. In Spanish, there're two sounds for the /R/; one is very strong, and the other one is weaker and softer. We normally describe them like R (erre) and r (ere), which don't exist in English, of course; however, the 'r' is pretty similar to the flap t. I always hear and pronounce it like that.
Have you guys heard about that before? I hope so.
Nice video, btw. :)
The same story, It sounds like an arabic R too, everytime I hear it, it sounds like an R to me but not an american R, I know that the american R. the tip of the tongue never touch the alveolar ridge but this Flap T I don't hear any d sound on it, I hear just an spanish/ arabic maybe japaness or chiness 'R'.
she's saying the same thing - ua-cam.com/video/j11Qy4dL67g/v-deo.html
but don't pronounce this sound like that guy in this video - ua-cam.com/video/zP_10bDxaVo/v-deo.html (it sounds way too weird. but that's just me)
They're somehow similar, but they're definitely different sounds.
Right! I was listening to it and thinking this is R sound
It just seems. In fact, a tongue has different positions in both cases. Try to say ''water'' and ''park'' by comparing.
I love this channel so bad. It is an amazing channel to learn English. I have learnt a lot. Keep it up guys! I have some questions on the rule of pronouncing the flap t though.
Does this rule apply to t occuring between voiced sounds at the end of two words? As in "get it"? Is the t in words like nineteen, center, eighteen pronounced as flap t?
Yes, you're right, the same rule applies when the letter 'T' occurs between words with voiced sounds and ends a word, it can be pronounced as a Flap /t̬/.
In the words "nineteen" and "eighteen," the letter 'T' is pronounced as a regular /t/, because it starts the second syllables: /ˌnaɪnˈtin/ and /ˌeɪˈtin/.
In the word "center," the /t/ is often dropped, as it follows the /n/ sound: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html .
Hope it helps!
@@SoundsAmerican thank you so much!
This video is amazing....Thank you.
You're welcome! Glad you liked this one too!
Hello. Congrats on your material. I think you forgot to mention a flap t will never occur if it is part of the stressed syllable. Ex: attack. A very good example, for the same reason, is the first t in potato: (first t) full t and (second t may be a flap t) flap t. I read people trying to find a difference in sound between a flap t and a flap d. It might me useful to let them know they have the same sound: metal/medal, latter/ladder… Once again, Congrats!
Great video! Would it be possible to have a video where you compare pronunciation of words with flap T and D, for example Metal vs Medal. Is there a difference in pronunciation? Thank you!
Thank you for your suggestion!
I believe the flap sound is identical regardless of whether it is spelled with a T or a D. Thus, metal and medal sound identical in American English
Hi Sir! Can't thank you enough for your great work. Keep going! As an English learner I have a serious difficulty with the pronunciation. And your channel comes right on point. Thanks! We also be very glad if you can share with us any app name that can help us to master the american pronunciation. There are a lot of them on play store, but I can reassure you I have been trying most of them and none has yet met my expectations. Thanks!
Thank you for your kind words about our channel! The best app is the one we're working on right now. :) It's not released yet, but we plan to make it happen soon. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican Great!!! We will. Thanks so much! 🙏
@@SoundsAmerican we're waiting for a tool where we can record our voice then compare it and correct it
thank you. Now I understand the winter. But for “return” t between two vowels. but why I heard people say t not d.
In "return" the letter 't' is at the beginning of the second syllable, so it's pronounced as a regular aspirated /t/ sound.
This is indeed an amazing lesson.It has helped me a lot! Congrats....
Glad to hear that!
Thanks for making such a great video; I still struggle with this sound. Hopefully I will master it soon.
+Mohamed Katri You're welcome! Of course you will, practice makes perfect!
Good job and thank you it really helped me
+Eman elmasry , glad it was helpful!
I swear to god, pronoucing the flap t is easy but I can NEVER pronounce water correctly. It"s literally the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
What exactly makes it so difficult?
Sounds American
I don't know, it just sounds nothing like how Americans pronounce it. I think I just have to practice more.
😊 Sure, practice always helps. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions, okay?
Sounds American
Sure! Thanks for replying!
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What a good explanation! Well done.
I really like this video, it's so helpful
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I´m awaiting for a website interface to practice my pronunciation and compare it with Sounds American´s
Thanks a lot. very helpful
I really loved this
Glad to hear that!
It was great. Thank you!
I loved it! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good explanations and practice. When students learn to count to 100 by 10s, I teach them to make the /t/ sound at the end of the word when they say twenty, but the flap /t/ sound for thirty and forty, and then the /t/for fifty and sixty, and then flap /t/ for seventy, eighty and ninety. Not sure what rules apply there. Do you know?
It's the same rule, the letter 'T' is pronounced as the flap 'T' sound (/t̬/) when it's between two voiced sounds and appears at the end of a stressed syllable. Hope this helps!
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Hello, Sounds American... I have watched most of your videos and they are just great... You're doing an excellent... Keep it up! However, I wonder if you could please make some videos on the "sh", "ch", "j/ge" or "zh" sounds in words like (sure, church, age, vision). Thanks in advance!
+José Miguel Flores Baldera , hello there! Thank you, glad to hear you like our videos. Yes, of course, we plan to make videos for those sounds next year. Thank you for your suggestion!
Sounds American. Thanks a lot.. I really appreciate it... I'm from the Dominican Republic and I'm a teacher here... I will recommend this channel to my students as well.
+José Miguel Flores Baldera , 👍 thank you! If you have any other suggestions or questions, let us know!
the tongue touches the upper teeth or is it a little separated and something else, the air that comes out is internal, right?
We never said that the tongue touches the upper teeth, because it doesn't. Here's how this sound is pronounced: ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html
The tip of the tongue quickly touches the alveolar ridge (the ridge behind the upper front teeth) to stop the air and release it.
@@SoundsAmerican In Spanish we have two R sounds, one of them is stronger and the other one is softer: Perro and pero. People say flat t sounds similiar to the Spanish soft r: mira, cara, pero...
In UK we often pronounce it "wo-ah" (with glottal T)
maybe if you're from cockney lol
Well it's true, not only ppl with strong cockney accent do, it's common that British people don't pronounce the t sound sometimes, like «wei'ing», «be'uh» or even «bo'al»
That sound is exactly an r sound other languages like Spanish, Portuguese, Italian... etc but not for the double r it represents in those languages.
no, it's just similiar
so cool. thanks for your video.
Glad you liked it!
First of all, let me thank you for the great channel; i'm afraid i need additional help, however.
There are words with the "flap t" that I find specially difficult to pronounce, where the flap the is adjacent to the "r" consonant or to a rhotic vowel, any suggestions on how to improve my pronunciation in those cases?
Thanks in advance.
Hello there! Glad you like our channel!
We recommend concentrating on making the /d/ sound, and the Flap 'T' (/t̬/), this should be easier. You probably won't have difficulty with the /d/ followed by /r/ or rhotic vowel sounds.
Please let us know if this helps!
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for your answer, It indeed helps when the /t̬/ is followed by a rhotic vowel, not so much when it's preceded by /r/ or a rhotic vowel, but doing the practice again i think i found what helps me in that case: Pretending the /t̬/ doesn't exist. Don't know if that makes sense but i think it works for me.
try to pronounce the flap /t/ like an soft /d/. For example, "party" like "pardy"; "particle" like "pardicle"; "theater" like "theader" and so on.
Great! Thank you so much!
+Carine Ott, you're welcome!👋
Thank you!
Thank you for the video and your work behind !!!
+Truong Binh, you're welcome! Glad you like it!
I feel like in some words this sound is more present then in others because in some words it's hard to make and in others it's not. Therefore in some words you hear it fully because you can pronounce it completely and comfortably, and in other words you hear "the tail" of the sound (because you try to make the sound and it's impossible to make it in that particular word, so you kinda hear like an intention to make that sound, "a parody", a sound that is really closed to the og but is not the og)
how would you diffirenciate "writer" and "rider" then?
A "writer" is someone who writes, a "rider" is someone who rides. 😂 On a serious note, these two words can be considered homophones in American English, since there's only a tiny difference between their pronunciation. The vowel sound in "rider" is a little longer than the same sound in "writer" due to the Vowel Length Rule ( ua-cam.com/video/GQa9w__GqLc/v-deo.html)
@@SoundsAmerican
(ik what each one means, i was asking about the pronounciation of each one of them)
so basically:
writer /ɹʌɪt̬ɚ/ and
rider /ɹaɪt̬ɚ/?
Afterall, can i pronounce writer as /ɹʌɪɾɚ/ to differenciate from rider /ɹaɪt̬ɚ/?
The word "rider" is pronounced with the /d/ sound, not the flap 'T' (/t̬/). These two sounds may sound very similar, but there's still a difference.
@@SoundsAmerican oh i get it!! I thought that both and when being inbetween two then they're pronounced /t̬/ but each one has a different pronounciation
thanks i appreciate it!!
Oi meu amigo eu estou aqui lendo os recursos da gramática realmente é muito importante para mim que eu não tenho como não aprender sem essa gramática isso é preciso ter gramaticais sem entender nada como podemos fazer a leitura do texto do livro será impossível escrever um livro um textos com gramática isso é bom
It is very nice for practising pronunciation
+Amar jeet Singh Glad that our video is helpful!
I have a question, around 2:20 when you pronounce "bet", why the "t" sounds stressed? In the previous lesson I thought that it should be unaspirated.
Thank you for these amazing lessons, can't wait to buy the app!!
When words are pronounced in isolation, some people may have difficulties recognizing unaspirated stop sounds at the end of words, that's why some common words are often pronounced with aspiration in our exercises.
Thanks!!
+luciana Costa , you're welcome! 😀👋
A question about glottal T in the sentence.
1.We'll meet in the hall. (meet in) is there has a glottal T?
2.sit in the back(sit in) is there has a glottal T?
3.front and center(front and)is there has a glottal T?
Are they dialect or standard american English?Thanks for your help!
+Hibbert Jahlil, we're going to publish a video on the glottal 'T' early next week. Just stay tuned and it'll be easier for you to answer these questions :).
I will be waiting for the glottal 'T' .Thanks a million!
+Hibbert Jahlil , you're welcome!
as a Native spanish speaker the flat /t/ sound , is more like a soft /ra/ instead of a soft /da/ sound , i know that in the american pronunciation there's not such thing as /ra/ sound and some people may get confused trying to use the /r/ sound, if you are not an spanish speaker , arabic or another that may be familiar with the /ra/ sound you will get a headache.
by the way how do you pronounce, good evening ( gud rivnin?)
That's right
As Arabic native speaker I hear the flap t as a soft (ra)
Thanks for comment it helped me to pronounce flap t
“Good evening” is pronounced [ɡʊɾˈivnɪŋ]. [ɾ] represents the flapped T or D but also the Spanish R (as in pero). It’s important not to confuse this symbol with the Spanish trilled R (as in perro) which is written [r], or the English R which is written [ɹ]. Hope this helps!
First of all thank you for your amazing videos, is the Flap T voicless or voice or between?
And Thank you again and I wish you have been uploaded thies video 10years ago. You do not how much you helped me.
The flap 'T' is a voiced sound. Like the /d/, for example.
Happy to hear that our video was helpful. 🤗
Hello! Is there a flap "t" in the word cutting?
There is!
Can you explain why the words : attention or attack aren’t pronounced with a flap T sound? They’re both following the rule you mentioned, between 2 vowels.
Right, the 'T's in "attention" and "attack" are between two vowels, but the second vowels are stressed. The flap 'T' occurs when the second vowel is unstressed, 'wat·er, 'writ·ing.
A T or D at the beginning of a stressed syllable is never flapped
You are a wonderful teacher. Do you teach online?
That's possible, just send your request at packardcommunications.com/
The video design and how it flows smoothly is impressive! It looks like you're using a very well-designed app to do the lesson!
How do you do that? I'm very curious!
+TheMasterPoke, if you mean the tools, we use Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier and lots of others. We also use our own app for the pronunciation exercise.
Can the app be downloaded?
+TheMasterPoke , we haven't released it yet, it's still work in progress. We plan to do it soon and will announce the release on this channel. So, please, stay tuned! :)
I was wondering, why do they teach only regular 'T' at the beginning. It might be much easier to get acquainted with flap 'T' at the beginning and not to learn from scratch how to pronounce simple words after several years of learning English.
You are totally right
they need to start with reɡular t because flap t miɡht ɡet mixed up with stop t or ɾ
If there's a T version; there has to be a D version. What does Flap D sound like?
The flap 'D' might exist in some dialects, but we don't have it in the General American accent.
In American English, both T and D can be flapped, producing an identical sound
Good job
Am I out of the woods of the pronunciation of "t"? am I in the clear yet? Yes! Good!
+Dimipov Korosov , glad to hear that! There will be one more video on a related topic :).
Hello, teacher. I mastered this sound but can I pronounce the flap t after an 'r' as in 'started'?
Can I use the flap t after an 'n' as in 'contaminating'
+Kess Mynus Hello there,
The second 't' in the word "started" is indeed a flap t, because it occurs between vowel sounds.
In the word "contaminating" it's the regular /t/ though.
Hope it helps!
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you, teacher.
If you learn word stress, you will make the flap 'audoMAdically'! So it's 'conTAminading'. 'AdiTude' (1srt stress on A and 2nd in Tu)... Although, yeah it possible to flat after the n or m but only if T is not part of the stressed syllable AND if you speak fast enough! Eg: I wanted him to be supportive= I WANned'im'd'be suPPOrdive!...👌🏽
the hardest sound EVER
How about Absolutely and Completely? Am I gonna pronounce it Absoludely and Compledely?
In these cases the T is pronounced with a glottal stop. I believe this is because they are followed by an L, but the same doesn’t happen for bottle so I’m not sure.
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+MICHAEL MICHAEL , hello there! No, the tip of the tongue doesn't touch the back of your teeth to make the flap 'T' sound. The flap 'T' is a positional variant of the /t/ sound, so you make it in a similar way, but with adding your voice. To make the flap 'T,' you should put the tip of your tongue on the alveolar ridge ABOVE your upper front teeth (more detailed instructions: ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html).
No, the sound that Americans make in words "middle," "order," and "ordinary" is the /d/, not the flap 'T.' The flap it is not a substitution for the /d/, it's a positional variant of the /t/, meaning that it's used when the /t/ (NOT the /d/ sound!) occurs in certain positions in words: ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html
Hope it helps, let us know if you have any questions!
You teach very well,very specific.hope you will get more subscribers.💪🏿
When and why did I start hearing the flap consonant sound for: button, curtain, certain. (budin, curdin, cerdin)?
No idea, you tell us! 😂
@@SoundsAmerican It makes me laugh when I think of a version of "My Way" being sung that way. Just think of it:
And now, the end is near
And so I face the final curdin
My friend, I'll make it clear
I'll state my case, of which I am cerdin.
I mean stupid song anyway, but still. I would have thought there'd be a youtube out there by some linguist or philologist tracing the appearance of this bizarre turn of events, but I haven't found it yet. My best guess is that I started hearing it somewhere between 2005 and 2010.
I think the flap T with a following -er is what makes saying water so difficult for me. i can pronounce flap t in different words but not water
Same
If you still struggle with this then this video may help.
ua-cam.com/video/AzNRoSGBh44/v-deo.html
It’s from the same channel. This one is about the -er sound.
Very good
+sameer salihy, already? 😲😀
Could you please give us the link of your American app sir It can also help us please.
We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
@Sounds American I looked at "contract" in the Cambridge dictionary. And it says US speakers pronounce it like /ˈkɑːn.trækt/. Why not the flap 't' after /n./ here?
The flap 'T' sound typically occurs between two vowel sounds or between a vowel and a voiced consonant (ua-cam.com/video/9b-UIkuwOdU/v-deo.html). In "contract," the 'T' letter occurs between two consonants, so it's pronounced as a "regular" /t/ sound.
@@SoundsAmerican And again: hesitation = /ˌhez.əˈteɪ.ʃən/. Why? The 't' is between two vowels, right? So why not the flat 't' here? And multiply = /ˈmʌl.tə.plaɪ/ ( voiced consonant and vowel here, the same as in the 'party'). The US transcriptions were taken from the Cambridge dictionary as well.
In “hesitation,” the first T is at the start of the stressed syllable, so it isn’t flapped. In “multiply,” the tongue is already resting on the alveolar ridge for L right before the T, so a flap sound cannot be produced.
I can make the flap in words like cit̬y or mot̬or. but I find it impossible to produce it after an R-Colored vowel like liberty or Turtle. I just can't gather enough momentum on the tip of my mouth. But... I figured if hit the alveolar ridge by the lower side of my tongue ( as in the Retroflex Tap ⟨ɽ⟩ ) It become do-able and somewhat passable.
What I am asking is. Is the t̬ in turtle and city exactly the same ? or is there a subtle difference ?
+sghaier mohamed , hello there! Yes, the /t̬/ is the same in words "turtle" and "city." Here's a tip that may help you make it in these words: split the word into syllables and pronounced them separately.
For example, "tur - tle" /ˈtɝ·t̬l̩/, "li - ber - ty" /ˈlɪb·ɚ·t̬i/. (The · denotes a syllable division).
When you separate the flap 'T' from the r-colored vowels in this words, it'll be easier to practice it.
Hope it helps!
Thanks for the response ! I eventually became able to do it after a lot of attempts. It's like a two-syllable tongue-twister.
I am surprised how many people pronounce these words without even thinking about it, but I guess practice makes perfect.
+sghaier mohamed, good! Yes, absolutely, practice makes perfect. However, a lot of non-native speakers mispronounce this sound, they just don't know they do. :)
Sounds American do you pronounce the flap T after "l" sound? I don't know if my ear is lying me but I think I've heard the sound in words like "holding" and I can't remember more right now
What about about daDDy, meDal, is there a flap t sound in there? And I was wondering: what about the flap t after N? I was looking for in forums... Some teachers like Lisa Mojsin and Rachel say that t after n is silent (I'm aware of the fact it is not 100% of the cases).
I'm Lisa's book. She says that it is not considered casual or choppy speech. However many people disagree with that. Some people says the flap t in this case becomes a nasal flap t and not a pure /n/. But, I found them the same sound. I don't know if my ear is not experienced or, in fact /nt/ split in /n/. I really would like to know what do you think. if you search in Google assistant words like twenty, unlike other words you can hear two different audios, one with the fast n, and another with a true T sound.
In linguistics, there's such a sound called "alveolar tap." Some linguists consider it to be an allophone (positional variant) of the /t/ and /d/ sounds. However, we think that in a real life conversation, in fast speech it's impossible to find the difference between the /d/ sound and the "flap D."
About the /nt/ combination, check out this video: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
thanks teacher by the way i want to know something is there any symbol for the consonant sound flap t in the dictionary like any sound I mean distinctive symbol different from the usual symbol for the consonant t sound to get be able to differentiate between both in pronouncing
can you help me out? why do we use the phonetic transcription /d/ con la flap T, as in some dictionaries?
I have a question: you said when the /t̬/ is between a vowel and a voiced consonant as in metal or between vowels, as in writer then it has to flap but in the word ""button"" from your previous video (Consonant Sound Glottal 'T' ) you said it has a different sound and the word is between vowel. Can it an explanation?
and by the way in the dictionary it has the same symbol for both flat sounds and glotal sounds. Do you think is there a way to know when to choose one of the other?
Thank you so much in advance for your kindness.
Great question! The letter 'T' is pronounced as a glottal 'T' sound when it appears before a weak syllable *ending with /n/* : button, cotton, kitten. That's the difference. :) Here's the detailed explanation: ua-cam.com/video/Vabg-EUHOQk/v-deo.html
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you so much for taking your time to reply back. Wonderful videos.
Wonderful. It's really very useful and helpful. Thank you so much. What's the name of the application for the practice in the video, please ?
You're very welcome! Glad you liked our videos! We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
How do I say turtle ? One question: Like I need to pronounce T for the first T on turtle then the flat T for 2nd T?
2nd question how I pronounce the overall word ? Like for example water do I get my tongue on alveolar ridge from the start ? Or I get my tongue there when I am at Wa-T-er part?
1) The fla*p* (not fla*t* ) 'T' occurs between two vowels, so the first 'T' in "turtle" can't be a flap 'T. The first 'T' is just a regular /t/ sound pronounced with a puff of air. The second 'T' is a flap 'T' sound.
2) What word exactly? Are you asking about the word "water"? To pronounce a word you should pronounce all sounds and link them together. So, you shouldn't place your tongue on the alveolar ridge from the start, because you need to pronounce all the sounds before the /t̬/: /w/ - /ɔ/ and only then you place the tongue on your alveolar ridge for the /t̬/ sound. Don't forget to remove it and curl the tip back for the /ɚ/ sound: /ˈwɔt̬·ɚ/.
@@SoundsAmerican thank you, that answers my question. There is so much to do with my tongue to sound like American English and I need practice but I don’t know where to start learning it like which videos ? Can you suggest me which video should I start first ? Or which playlist I should complete first ?
We recommend starting with the vowel sounds. We've created a playlist which is perfect if you're a beginner (make sure to check the description inside the playlist):
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It sounds like an arabic R too, everytime I hear it, it sounds like an R to me but not an american R, I know that the american R. the tip of the tongue never touch the alveolar ridge but this Flap T I don't hear any d sound on it, I hear just an spanish/ arabic maybe japaness or chiness 'R'. I need a clarification please.
+Amine El Housni The /t̬/ (Flap 'T') does sound like a brief (short) /d/ sound, it's pronounced the same way as the /d/ consonant.
You may not hear this sound correctly, because you're not used to it. You see, our brain often plays this trick on us: when you don't expect to hear a particular sound or a sound is unfamiliar to us, our brain replaces it with a more familiar one. That's why you may hear some Spanish or an Arabic consonant instead of the American Flap 'T'.
The good news is that if you practice this sound a lot, you'll teach your ear to recognize it and your speech organs to pronounce it correctly.
To do this, you need to listen to this sound in words and repeat after the speaker, as many times as possible.
It may take some time, but it works :).
Hope it helps!
Absolutely, I understand, thank you for answering me, I just want to make an audio where I can pronounce a few words contain this FLAP T, where I can send it to you please ??
+Amine El Housni Just upload it somewhere and give us a link here, we'll download.
I struggled a lot when the r came before the t! My tongue got stuck and confused each time the R before the T 😂😂
+ Roozy am Happens to a lot of students when they practice these sounds :). Don't worry, you just need to practice it a little more. Keep us posted on the progress, though!
Thanks alot!
You're welcome!
Man, as a teacher, I'd totally pay for an app like this.
We're working hard to release our app soon!
@@SoundsAmerican Please do, I'm an English teach in China and I've been showing our adult students the IPA video series and it has helped them tremendously
Thanks a lot
How about the vowel length before the flap t?For example,does the i vowel longer in the word kitty than the word kit?Thanks for your help,sir!
The flap 'T' is a positional variation of the voiceless 'T' sound, so a vowel would be shorter before the flap 'T'.
Can you make video from Glottal stop
+John Smith, yes, that's going to be our next video. Stay tuned!
I can't pronounce words like monitor and janitor because of the N sound but I'm totally fine with the rest of the words with the flap T that don't have an N before it.
Thank you! The Wikipedia page on the subject (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flapping) has such a long-winded discussion and doesn't commit to a definitive phonological rule.
I'm really confused now , some people say it's just a Spanish r , and others say it's a quick light D
The Spanish /r/ is pronounced differently: you have to roll or trill the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth. When you pronounce the Flap 'T' sound (/t̬/), there's no rolling or trilling. You have to stop the air with the tip of your mouth at the ridge behind your upper front teeth and add your voice. It's the same as pronouncing the /d/ sound, but quicker.
@@SoundsAmerican We have two different R sounds in Spanish: perro (stronger) and pero (softer) People say Flap T sounds similar to the softer one.
Here is my question. Is the flap t different in words BETTER and PARTY? According to Wikipedia the alveolar flap is something akin Japanese / Serbian R sound and this appears in the word better, however, in the word party it seems more akin to D. So can you please confirm this for me? I am majoring in linguistics and English so I really need to understand this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_and_alveolar_flaps
Here is the exact link. To me this sounds nothing like the flap t in PARTY, because after R this sound is very difficult to pronounce.
But it does sound like every other flap T in better, city, water, computer etc etc
+VON! Pulse ,
Thanks for your question, it's an interesting one!
There are two things to think about with your question: whether the flap /t/'s are produced differently in each of those words and whether they are perceived differently.
We are not sure if you're pronouncing them differently, but please know that in American English if you'd like to pronounce them both with the regular flap /t/ (which sounds like a fast /d/) they will sound perfectly fine to American English listeners - especially in conversation.
Hope that this helps.
Hey what app or website do you use to make your video? I love your vids because i can look at the image to see how to make the sounds instead of listening to people explain how it works
Glad to hear you like our videos! We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!
Dear teacher, why is TURTLE pronounced as flap T? As I know there are only two forms of flap T ; one is betwieen vowels and other is between vowel and voice consonance. So Turtle is not in these two forms. Thanks,
The second 'T' in the word "turtle" is between the R-Colored vowel /ɝ/ and the voiced consonant /l/, which is also a syllabic consonant.
Excuse me , when we pronounce stop consonants? Always?, ffor example "hard" we dont pronounce d like stop. So when exactly we pronounce stop?
+Наталья Эшли We recommend that you watch this video: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
Is the same sound of spanish "r"
They are very different. It's best not to compare the sounds of your native language with the American ones. Even if they seem similar, there can be subtle differences in pronunciation. Just focus on how American sounds are made and try to reproduce them as accurately as possible.
Thank a lot, the illustrations make it much easier I don't know why your videos appear on top when searching
You're welcome 😊
hello. Then how can you explain winter and return?I am so confusing
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