Master the American Accent! How to Pronounce Been, Bean, and Being
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Been, bean, and being sound so similar, and they look similar when someone pronounces them! But there are 4 ways in which these words are different: length, intonation, syllable count, and the vowel and consonant sounds. Perfect your American accent and learn the tricks to pronouncing been, bean, and being like a native speaker!
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great video, thank you so much.
You're welcome! I"m glad you liked the video! :)
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Thanks for your comment, Richard! :) Glad the video was helpful!
Do you mind make a video explaining the -ound and -und? for example, found and fund. Thank you very much!
Hi! Thank you for your request - I'll add that to my list :)
I found a tricky thing. When the/ɪ/ followed by the/ŋ/ sound, It sound more like the / i/ sound, It sounds longer and tense . such as the words sing pink think.( I watched a lot of phonic ink ing words famillies lessons), I feel it really sound like a long E. But I'm not sure about that. Could you give me some help? The more improtant is can I download this video? I wanna share it with my classmates. This is the best explanation about how to pronounce been bean and being I ever seen. It helps me a lot. I'm certain that my classmates will love your videos very much!👏👏👏👏👏
i agree with you i feel there are small or short sound /i/ between /ɪ/ and /ŋ/ as in a word morning noun /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ = /ˈmɔrnɪiŋ/ but not exist when i say morning without g morning noun /ˈmɔrnɪn/ am we right, i hope you make a video for this example , thank you so much.
Hi! Yes, you are correct about the IH /ɪ/ followed by the NG /ŋ/ sound. It sounds more like the EE /i/ sound. I made a video about this called "Nasalized Consonants and Nasalized vowels"; here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/orA2HjB7p_0/v-deo.html. Hopefully this video will be helpful!
I've researched this question about the IH /ɪ/ vowel and the NG /ŋ/ consonant, and I've asked every English pronunciation coach that I know, and we all agree with you! We all wonder why the IPA transcription says to use the IH /ɪ/ vowel instead of the EE /i/ vowel? And we don't know that answer! Instead, we have to follow the standard IPA transcription on this one. We teach our clients that the IH /ɪ/ vowel is influenced by the nasal consonant, and that is why it sounds closer to EE /i/. So the word "sing" is transcribed as /sɪŋ/, even though it sounds like "seeng". We follow the standard IPA transcription rules with this particular sound.
My advice would be to imitate what you hear - don't worry too much about the IPA transcription - because the nasal consonants will influence the vowel sounds, and sometimes the effect is very noticeable (like with the IH /ɪ/ and the NG /ŋ/ consonant). But this effect isn't noted in the IPA, which is really annoying. Just trust your ears and you'll do fine!
I'm not sure how you can download videos from UA-cam (?) I'm sure there's a way to do it! But I don't mind if you download it and share it with others - it's a free video, and if it can help other people, I'm happy to do it!
@@ramzy-6566 And yes, you are correct about "morning" /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ and "mornin" /ˈmɔrnɪn/ . "Morning" /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/ sounds more like the EE /i/ vowel, but "mornin" /ˈmɔrnɪn/ uses the IH /ɪ/ vowel. :) The NG /ŋ/ consonant changes the vowel much more severely than the N consonant.
Thanks for this discussion!
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent This website can download UA-cam videos.www.clipconverter.cc/2/
In our county, we are not allowed to use UA-cam Facebook Twitter and so on... I use VPN, but most people don't have vpn in our country, so I have to download it if it wanna share with my classmates.
@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Great answer, thank you so much.
I remember hearing BEEN & BEAN pronouncing the same sound.
Hi! Thanks for your question! In my experience living in the western part of the US (California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah), I've never heard a native US English speaker pronounce "been" and "bean" the same. I've only ever heard "been" pronounced as /bɪn/, using the IH /ɪ/ vowel. And "bean" as /bin/, using the EE /i/ vowel.
"Been" is pronounced with the EE /i/ vowel in other types of English, like British, Australian, South African, and Canadian.
It would be so much easier if US English was the same as the other forms of English on this word - "been" certainly looks like it should be pronounced using the EE /i/ vowel! But in the US, it's different.
I hope this helped! :)