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Your channel is lightening my mind about English pronounciation. I've had a struggle of pronoucing until I catched your channel. It gave me a huge improvement after only one week. I sincerely appreciate for your distribution these videos to everyone! Hope you guys get more and more success!
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Hello, you said ( stop sounds at the end of words are made without a puff of air = not aspirated) - Is that make the /p/ sound and /b/ the same sound at the end of the word? as in pop /pɑp/ and bob /bɑb/ ??? - you said (the /p/ sound is made without a puff of air in the /sp/ cluster ) as in speak /spik/ is that makes the /p/ sound like the /b/ sound because the p after s without a puff of air or not. thank you so much. Have a nice one.
@@SoundsAmerican i watched the video before and now again ( i can here the different between final stop like K - G and T - D but i can't recognize the different between the final p and b, l listened a lot to cap and cab, i know the vowel more longer before voiced sound b, but after five times listen to cap and cab, i heard for ( cap ) to make p sound the end just close your lips after the vowel sound, but for ( cab ) b after the vowel there are vibrate for vocal cord for letter b, am i right. Thank you. in min 7:23 ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html Thank you.
Hi , the /p/ sound most difficult in Arabic language because we have /b/ sound only. you said ( to pronounce the /p/ sound press the lips together to stop the air in the mouth next, part your lips and release the air with a strong puff) can i add something ( the same you said to release the air with a strong puff by nest sound ) i mean the next sound push the air to make burst? - in other words can i full my mouth by air and next sound bush the air out to make/p/?????Thank you.
Hi!I wanna ask that in the words (enter,center)do we have aspirated t sound or not? I have heard that when t comes at the end of word,its not aspirated but in the words like(center,enter)its between n and e. So whats the rule for this t.
Thanks I know you guys have a lot to do!! But you guys should try to post video more frequently! Like you all did from the last video to this video, because after the video 4th of July we had to wait 2 months! They are very helpful.
Hi there! It's me again. please help me!!!! I don't know how to pronounce clusters correctly except fully pronounce them, so how can we pronounce when a cluster come at beginning, middle and end of a word? example spring /spr/, endless /ndl/, jumped /mpt/, collapsed /pst/, attempts /mpts/. If you have time please make a video to help us solve this problem. thank you sir!!!!!!!!!!!!! love all your videos!
This app is not publicly available yet. We'll announce the release on this channel, so please stay tuned! In the meantime, there are lots of practice exercises on our website: soundsamerican.net.
Could you please help me with the followings. Are they correct? 1st case/ If a consonant is behind /p/ ==> /p/ is pronounced AS UNRELEASED /P/ in the same word or linking /p/ in first word with the consonant in the next word EXCEPT FOR 2nd case, 3rd case below Stop the car Open / ˈoʊpn/ People / ˈpipl / Apple /ˈæpl / Purple /ˈpərpl/ 2nd case/ /pl/, /pr/ in the same word==> /p/ is pronounced AS TRUE /P/ but do not add extra sound between as you mentioned Play Place Improve Priority If linking words Stay up late ==> /p/ pronounced as unreleased /p/ though it is said very fast 3rd case /pj/ ==> /p/ is pronounced AS TRUE /P/ Computer Popular Thanks a lot
Do p and b (k and g) have the same sound when they are at the beginning of a unstressed syllable(like happy and baby,simple and symbol)？If they are not same yet , are they becoming more and more similar? Since t and d are already the same sound in unstressed syllables(like wetting and wedding).
You're confusing the basic concept: the /t/ and /d/ sounds don't sound the same in unstressed syllables. The /t/ is voiceless, but for the /d/ you need to add your voice. The same is true for the other four stop sounds: /p/ and /k/ are voiceless, but /b/ and /g/ are voiced.
@@SoundsAmerican thank you. but many teachers for example Rachel say that t and d sound the same when they are between two vowels, they are all pronounced as a flap T?
No, it's not the same as the final /b/ sound, as /p/ is a voiceless sound. When the letter 'P' is at the end of a word or a syllable, it's pronounced as /p/, but without a puff of air. ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html
Yes, we do, 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!
Hey! Please help me... I thought we had to pronounce the "p" at the end of the words..? Because I saw some videos that taught me to puff the air "p". Thank you!
Hi I have one question Does /p/ in "happy" and "speak" sound the same, as an unaspirated sound? If so, does this also apply to /k/ sound, like in word "skate" and "second"?
The difference between aspirated and unaspirated sounds is in the puff of air that you need to make when you pronounce them. The aspirated sounds are pronounced with a strong puff of air, the unaspirated ones - without it. Does that answer your question?
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you! I think I understand the difference. The thing is I can tell that native speakers unaspirate the stop sounds when they say happy, second... but I don't know how to pronunce them right myself. When I try, I'm prone to pronunce them as /b/ or /g/. I know even if I aspirate them, people will understand, but I just want to make it more right.. So I was wondering if I can just pronunce them the same with when they are after s sound, such as speak and skate.
The /b/ or /g/ sounds are voiced, that is, you need to vibrate your vocal cords when you pronounce them. This shouldn't happen when you pronounce the /p/ or /k/ sounds, because they are voiceless. Sometimes people "over" aspirate the voiceless /p/ or /k/ by making a too strong puff of air and that makes them sound like /b/ or /g/. Could it be that this is what happens when you're trying to pronounce them?
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!
These sounds are NEVER dropped at the end of words, they are pronounced without a puff of air. Please watch the topic on Aspiration in this video: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
Don't the words "oil" "boil" "spoil" "royal" all have a schwa sound before the final /l/ sound? Sound more like boi-uhl, spoi'uhl, oiuhl, etc, etc. The same goes for the words tool (too-uhl), cool (coo-uhl), fool (foo-uhl), rule (ru-uhl). Are there any rules (ru-uhlz) to this pattern?
Bonjour, que signifie le uhl que vous indiqué???? Ce n’est pas de la phonétique???? À moins, que je ne connais pas cette transcription qui est pour exprimer quel son???? Merci et bonne journée!
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Hi there, I hope you're doing well. Could you help me with "spoon"? I can't help myself to call this word is /sbun/. By the way, I am Vietnamese. Thank you so so much
Hello there! The problem with the voiceless /p/ sound is pretty common among Vietnamese speakers. Here's how you can fix it: First, make sure you know how to correctly pronounce the /p/ sound in isolation. Practice pronouncing it with a puff of air and without it. Often, Vietnamese speakers exaggerate the aspiration (that is, they make the puff of air too strong) and /p/ ounds like /b/ in English. When you're absolutely sure your /p/ is made perfectly, move to the next step - start learning to pronounce it after the /s/ sound. Step 2. The /s/ sound is pronounced with friction; that's why the following /p/ should be made *without* a puff of air (ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html). However, you still need to stop the air with your lips, and *exhale* it from your mouth when you make the /p/ sound. Watch out for the exhalation because Vietnamese speakers often mispronounce the /p/ sound making it implosive. So, at this step, you need to pronounce the /s/ sound, make a pause, and then pronounce /p/: /s/ - pause - /p/. Keep practicing until you feel that you can make these two sounds correctly, then start reducing the pause. Step 3. After you've reduced the pause between /s/ and /p/ to a minimum, start joining the two sounds. Watch out for friction and voicing - you should not vibrate your vocal cords for /p/. At this point, this is the most important part of your practice. Spend enough time at this step. When you feel confident that your /p/ sound doesn't sound like /b/ any more, switch to practicing this sound in words. :) Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any questions.
I wish you a wonderful day. I am sorry for the delay in responding. I began learning English in primary school, but I am still afraid of speaking it. For the first time in my 14 years of learning English, I realized that pronouncing /p/ without the puff of air like in the word "spoon" was not as easy as I had believed. It is extremely worth paying attention to practice under your instruction. Thank you very much, teacher! ❤ P.S. I almost burst into tears when I saw your answer in the comments section.
I just found there were no instructions for P that comes in the middle of words, without stress, such as camPus, oPen, haPPy. It's an unaspirated sound the same as it after S?
The instructions for aspiration are in this very video: ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html The aspiration of the /p/ sound depends if it's at the beginning or at the end of a syllable. In "campus" and "open," it's at the beginning of a syllable: /ˈkæm·pəs/, /ˈoʊ·pən/; in "happy," the /p/ is at the end of a syllable, so it's not aspirated: /ˈhæp·i/.
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for the explanation! My understanding was: when /p/ is between two vowels in an unstressed sellable, such as in 'open', 'happy', 'happen', the sound will become unaspirated, just the same like it's produced in 'speak' 'spring'. Am I right? It's kind of confusing for me when native speakers say these words, it always sounds almost like /obən/, /habi/, /habən/.
@@user-qv7qs3hq2p Seems like you're confusing aspiration with voicing. Aspiration means adding a puff of air when you pronounce a stop consonant. Voicing means adding your voice when you pronounce a stop consonant. The stop consonants can be voiced and voiceless, and each of them can be aspirated and unaspirated. Check out this video for more detail: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html In the transcriptions that you provided, you transcribed the /p/ sound as /b/. These are different consonants. The /p/ is a voiceless sound, it means you don't vibrate your vocal cords (in other words, you don't add your voice) when you pronounce it. However, the /b/ is a voiced consonant, which means you need to vibrate your vocal cords (add your voice) when you pronounce it. Both the /p/ and the /b/ can be aspirated. Note that when the /p/ is aspirated, the puff of air is stronger than the puff of air that you make when you aspirate the /b/ sound. Hope it helps.
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you so much! The video was very helpful. What I'm still confusing is when the stops are unaspirated. According to the videos, it's happening when the stops are after 's' or in the end of syllables. My question is, besides these, P sounds between 2 vowels, such as in 'open, happy, happen' should be also unaspirated? Sorry for the endless questions 😓
Great work thx a lot .. u illustrated that P in the middle after S without puff .. but about other p in the middle of the word .. is there any specific rules?
The word "police" is pronounced as /pəˈlis/. You need to pronounce the /ə/ sound in the first weak syllable, the tense /i/ in the second, and the letter 's' is pronounced as /s/. The word "please" is pronounced as /pliz/. There's only one vowel in this word and it's the tense /i/ sound. The letter 's' is pronounced as the voiced /z/ sound. Hope it helps!
If I don't pronounce the /ə/ sound in the first weak syllable,I just pronounce the word like this (/pˈlis/),Does it sound correct ?Our Chinese English teacher told us ,you don't need pronounce the /ə/ sounds in words. Such as saddle [ˈsædəl] can be pronounce [ˈsædl] little [ˈlɪtəl] can be pronounce [ˈlɪtl] .Is that right?
+Hibbert Jahlil , we pronounce the /ə/ in the first syllable. The words "saddle" or "little" are different, since the /l/ sound is syllabic and follows the /d/ or a flap /t/. In such words the /l/ forms a syllable of its own and can be pronounced with or without the schwa sound.
As usual, the video is super. I have a good question about final stop rule... There is no even the slightest exhale of air from mouth? Just shut your mouth at the end of a word and nothing more? Am I right?
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At the end of words and syllables,the /p/ is not aspirated.How about these words,APPLE PEOPLE Does the p as in apple \ ˈa-pəl \ aspirated?The /p/ is in the end of syllables. Dose the second p as in people\ ˈpē-pəl \ aspirated?The second /p/ is in the end of syllables.
+Hibbert Jahlil The /p/ sound in the word "apple" is found at the end of the first syllable: /ˈæp·l̩/. Therefore, it's not aspirated. Both /p/ sounds in the word "people" occur at the beginning of syllables: /ˈpi·pl̩/. Therefore, they are aspirated. Hope it helps!
How to divide English syllables,apple /ˈæp·l̩/,but the Webster dictionary is \ ˈa-pəl \ .Could you tell me how to do it? In the Webster dictionary , \ ˈa-pəl \\ ˈpē-pəl \ ,the p as in apple and the second p as in people are all occur in the end of syllables.Thanks for your help!
+Hibbert Jahlil Syllabication is a difficult area, we use the maximum onset principle, which is also used by many dictionaries. In any case, the transcription that you provided for the word "people" is similar to what we provided. Both /p/ sounds are at the beginning of syllables :).
🎉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 /p/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_p_as_in_pie
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Your channel is lightening my mind about English pronounciation. I've had a struggle of pronoucing until I catched your channel. It gave me a huge improvement after only one week. I sincerely appreciate for your distribution these videos to everyone! Hope you guys get more and more success!
So glad to hear that!👋 By the way, we share a lot of info on our UA-cam Community page, check it out, if you're interested:ua-cam.com/channels/-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDg.htmlcommunity
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Hello, you said ( stop sounds at the end of words are made without a puff of air = not aspirated)
- Is that make the /p/ sound and /b/ the same sound at the end of the word? as in pop /pɑp/ and bob /bɑb/ ???
- you said (the /p/ sound is made without a puff of air in the /sp/ cluster ) as in speak /spik/ is that makes the /p/ sound like the /b/ sound because the p after s without a puff of air or not. thank you so much. Have a nice one.
We address this in this video, make sure to watch it, it's helpful: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
@@SoundsAmerican i watched the video before and now again ( i can here the different between final stop like K - G and T - D but i can't recognize the different between the final p and b, l listened a lot to cap and cab, i know the vowel more longer before voiced sound b, but after five times listen to cap and cab, i heard for ( cap ) to make p sound the end just close your lips after the vowel sound, but for ( cab ) b after the vowel there are vibrate for vocal cord for letter b, am i right. Thank you. in min 7:23 ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html Thank you.
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Its really helpfully.. Thanks.. Please make video on Sh sound..
+Runjeet kartikey, glad to hear that! You're welcome. Yes, that's in the plan, thank you for your suggestion!
Hi , the /p/ sound most difficult in Arabic language because we have /b/ sound only. you said ( to pronounce the /p/ sound press the lips together to stop the air in the mouth next, part your lips and release the air with a strong puff) can i add something ( the same you said to release the air with a strong puff by nest sound ) i mean the next sound push the air to make burst? - in other words can i full my mouth by air and next sound bush the air out to make/p/?????Thank you.
Not sure what exactly the problem is. The puff of air happens when you part the lips after pressing them. Is this when you're having the difficulty?
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As you state that the /p/ is unaspirated after /s/, I wonder if it's the same situation with 'is + a verb starting with /p/'. Thank for your concern.
Great video
+Gene Ruiz Glad you liked it! 😁
P as in 'Penis'
3:56 In the pronounciation of "paw" I hear /pɑː/ but it's represented by /pɔ/ like Brithish acent, why? I'm confused
Hi!I wanna ask that in the words (enter,center)do we have aspirated t sound or not?
I have heard that when t comes at the end of word,its not aspirated but in the words like(center,enter)its between n and e.
So whats the rule for this t.
Great question, and we have an answer in one of our videos: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
Thanks a lot for the video! What about a dark L next time ? !! Keep killing it!!
+Jean carlo da silva , you're welcome! Dark /L/ video is being made :). Not next time, but soon, stay tuned!
Thanks I know you guys have a lot to do!! But you guys should try to post video more frequently! Like you all did from the last video to this video, because after the video 4th of July we had to wait 2 months! They are very helpful.
+Jean carlo da silva , Yeah, UA-cam wasn't happy with us either.
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Hi there! It's me again. please help me!!!! I don't know how to pronounce clusters correctly except fully pronounce them, so how can we pronounce when a cluster come at beginning, middle and end of a word? example spring /spr/, endless /ndl/, jumped /mpt/, collapsed /pst/, attempts /mpts/. If you have time please make a video to help us solve this problem. thank you sir!!!!!!!!!!!!! love all your videos!
is there one app? or only this channel?
Thank u so much for this video.
+Sofia Yaz You're welcome!
what about with the word Phantom
thanks a lot
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How can I download or install this app on mobile for practicing?
This app is not publicly available yet. We'll announce the release on this channel, so please stay tuned!
In the meantime, there are lots of practice exercises on our website: soundsamerican.net.
Thank you!
Could you please help me with the followings. Are they correct?
1st case/ If a consonant is behind /p/ ==> /p/ is pronounced AS UNRELEASED /P/ in the same word or linking /p/ in first word with the consonant in the next word EXCEPT FOR 2nd case, 3rd case below
Stop the car
Open / ˈoʊpn/
People / ˈpipl /
Apple /ˈæpl /
Purple /ˈpərpl/
2nd case/ /pl/, /pr/ in the same word==> /p/ is pronounced AS TRUE /P/ but do not add extra sound between as you mentioned
Play
Place
Improve
Priority
If linking words
Stay up late ==> /p/ pronounced as unreleased /p/ though it is said very fast
3rd case /pj/ ==> /p/ is pronounced AS TRUE /P/
Computer
Popular
Thanks a lot
Do p and b (k and g) have the same sound when they are at the beginning of a unstressed syllable(like happy and baby,simple and symbol)？If they are not same yet , are they becoming more and more similar? Since t and d are already the same sound in unstressed syllables(like wetting and wedding).
You're confusing the basic concept: the /t/ and /d/ sounds don't sound the same in unstressed syllables. The /t/ is voiceless, but for the /d/ you need to add your voice.
The same is true for the other four stop sounds: /p/ and /k/ are voiceless, but /b/ and /g/ are voiced.
@@SoundsAmerican thank you. but many teachers for example Rachel say that t and d sound the same when they are between two vowels, they are all pronounced as a flap T?
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Thank you so much is this app released
Not yet, working hard on that.
Iam very confused about ( p ) at the end of the word , is it same as b when it comes at the end of the word ?
No, it's not the same as the final /b/ sound, as /p/ is a voiceless sound. When the letter 'P' is at the end of a word or a syllable, it's pronounced as /p/, but without a puff of air. ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html
Do you have app for this?
Yes, we do, 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!
@@SoundsAmerican That excites me, I would also like to receive help, some words are difficult for me, how could I receive it?
like it, helpful
+Dimipov Korosov , glad to hear that!
This is called:
Voiceless bilabial plosive
A pulmonic consanant
Hey! Please help me... I thought we had to pronounce the "p" at the end of the words..? Because I saw some videos that taught me to puff the air "p". Thank you!
Of course, the /p/ sound is pronounced at the end of words, it's just in conversation, it's pronounced without a puff of air.
Hi I have one question
Does /p/ in "happy" and "speak" sound the same, as an unaspirated sound?
If so, does this also apply to /k/ sound, like in word "skate" and "second"?
The difference between aspirated and unaspirated sounds is in the puff of air that you need to make when you pronounce them. The aspirated sounds are pronounced with a strong puff of air, the unaspirated ones - without it.
Does that answer your question?
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you! I think I understand the difference.
The thing is I can tell that native speakers unaspirate the stop sounds when they say happy, second... but I don't know how to pronunce them right myself. When I try, I'm prone to pronunce them as /b/ or /g/. I know even if I aspirate them, people will understand, but I just want to make it more right..
So I was wondering if I can just pronunce them the same with when they are after s sound, such as speak and skate.
The /b/ or /g/ sounds are voiced, that is, you need to vibrate your vocal cords when you pronounce them. This shouldn't happen when you pronounce the /p/ or /k/ sounds, because they are voiceless. Sometimes people "over" aspirate the voiceless /p/ or /k/ by making a too strong puff of air and that makes them sound like /b/ or /g/. Could it be that this is what happens when you're trying to pronounce them?
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question is that an app... it would be easier to practice and btw great job
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!
Hi .i wander when you say the word "post" and "park" . why not drop the last t and k sound？ it should be drop or not?
These sounds are NEVER dropped at the end of words, they are pronounced without a puff of air. Please watch the topic on Aspiration in this video: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
It's really sad that there's no such a channel for practicing British pronunciation :(
Don't the words "oil" "boil" "spoil" "royal" all have a schwa sound before the final /l/ sound? Sound more like boi-uhl, spoi'uhl, oiuhl, etc, etc.
The same goes for the words tool (too-uhl), cool (coo-uhl), fool (foo-uhl), rule (ru-uhl).
Are there any rules (ru-uhlz) to this pattern?
Look up "light L and dark L"
Bonjour, que signifie le uhl que vous indiqué???? Ce n’est pas de la phonétique???? À moins, que je ne connais pas cette transcription qui est pour exprimer quel son???? Merci et bonne journée!
What’s the app name ?
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!
Could we expect the app to come out in a month maybe ? :)
+Computer Science Basics We can expect the app to come out when our developers are 100% sure it's ready for the market. 😁👋
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Hello, I have a question: how to pronounce pl. I think the /p/ sounds a little like /pu/ in pl.
It's pronounced the same way: /p/. We have examples in this very video: ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html
Hi there, I hope you're doing well. Could you help me with "spoon"? I can't help myself to call this word is /sbun/. By the way, I am Vietnamese. Thank you so so much
Hello there!
The problem with the voiceless /p/ sound is pretty common among Vietnamese speakers.
Here's how you can fix it:
First, make sure you know how to correctly pronounce the /p/ sound in isolation. Practice pronouncing it with a puff of air and without it. Often, Vietnamese speakers exaggerate the aspiration (that is, they make the puff of air too strong) and /p/ ounds like /b/ in English. When you're absolutely sure your /p/ is made perfectly, move to the next step - start learning to pronounce it after the /s/ sound.
Step 2. The /s/ sound is pronounced with friction; that's why the following /p/ should be made *without* a puff of air (ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html). However, you still need to stop the air with your lips, and *exhale* it from your mouth when you make the /p/ sound. Watch out for the exhalation because Vietnamese speakers often mispronounce the /p/ sound making it implosive. So, at this step, you need to pronounce the /s/ sound, make a pause, and then pronounce /p/: /s/ - pause - /p/. Keep practicing until you feel that you can make these two sounds correctly, then start reducing the pause.
Step 3. After you've reduced the pause between /s/ and /p/ to a minimum, start joining the two sounds. Watch out for friction and voicing - you should not vibrate your vocal cords for /p/. At this point, this is the most important part of your practice. Spend enough time at this step. When you feel confident that your /p/ sound doesn't sound like /b/ any more, switch to practicing this sound in words. :)
Hope this helps! Let us know if you have any questions.
I wish you a wonderful day. I am sorry for the delay in responding.
I began learning English in primary school, but I am still afraid of speaking it. For the first time in my 14 years of learning English, I realized that pronouncing /p/ without the puff of air like in the word "spoon" was not as easy as I had believed. It is extremely worth paying attention to practice under your instruction. Thank you very much, teacher! ❤
P.S. I almost burst into tears when I saw your answer in the comments section.
Where can I get these lecture slide?
Glad you liked them, but these are not slides, these are videos that we're created from scratch. They are available only on this UA-cam channel.
@@SoundsAmerican Oh! Thank you for your great effort.
I just found there were no instructions for P that comes in the middle of words, without stress, such as camPus, oPen, haPPy. It's an unaspirated sound the same as it after S?
The instructions for aspiration are in this very video: ua-cam.com/video/V_n_rUKQSew/v-deo.html
The aspiration of the /p/ sound depends if it's at the beginning or at the end of a syllable. In "campus" and "open," it's at the beginning of a syllable: /ˈkæm·pəs/, /ˈoʊ·pən/; in "happy," the /p/ is at the end of a syllable, so it's not aspirated: /ˈhæp·i/.
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for the explanation! My understanding was: when /p/ is between two vowels in an unstressed sellable, such as in 'open', 'happy', 'happen', the sound will become unaspirated, just the same like it's produced in 'speak' 'spring'. Am I right?
It's kind of confusing for me when native speakers say these words, it always sounds almost like /obən/, /habi/, /habən/.
@@user-qv7qs3hq2p Seems like you're confusing aspiration with voicing. Aspiration means adding a puff of air when you pronounce a stop consonant. Voicing means adding your voice when you pronounce a stop consonant. The stop consonants can be voiced and voiceless, and each of them can be aspirated and unaspirated. Check out this video for more detail: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
In the transcriptions that you provided, you transcribed the /p/ sound as /b/. These are different consonants. The /p/ is a voiceless sound, it means you don't vibrate your vocal cords (in other words, you don't add your voice) when you pronounce it. However, the /b/ is a voiced consonant, which means you need to vibrate your vocal cords (add your voice) when you pronounce it.
Both the /p/ and the /b/ can be aspirated. Note that when the /p/ is aspirated, the puff of air is stronger than the puff of air that you make when you aspirate the /b/ sound.
Hope it helps.
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you so much! The video was very helpful.
What I'm still confusing is when the stops are unaspirated. According to the videos, it's happening when the stops are after 's' or in the end of syllables. My question is, besides these, P sounds between 2 vowels, such as in 'open, happy, happen' should be also unaspirated?
Sorry for the endless questions 😓
No problem, ask as many questions as you need. Regarding the aspiration of the /p/ in these words: check our first answer in this thread.
Great work thx a lot .. u illustrated that P in the middle after S without puff .. but about other p in the middle of the word .. is there any specific rules?
Could you tell me what difference between police and please is ?( pronunciation police VS please )
The word "police" is pronounced as /pəˈlis/. You need to pronounce the /ə/ sound in the first weak syllable, the tense /i/ in the second, and the letter 's' is pronounced as /s/.
The word "please" is pronounced as /pliz/. There's only one vowel in this word and it's the tense /i/ sound. The letter 's' is pronounced as the voiced /z/ sound.
Hope it helps!
If I don't pronounce the /ə/ sound in the first weak syllable,I just pronounce the word like this (/pˈlis/),Does it sound correct ?Our Chinese English teacher told us ,you don't need pronounce the /ə/ sounds in words.
Such as saddle [ˈsædəl] can be pronounce [ˈsædl] little [ˈlɪtəl] can be pronounce [ˈlɪtl] .Is that right?
+Hibbert Jahlil , we pronounce the /ə/ in the first syllable.
The words "saddle" or "little" are different, since the /l/ sound is syllabic and follows the /d/ or a flap /t/. In such words the /l/ forms a syllable of its own and can be pronounced with or without the schwa sound.
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As usual, the video is super.
I have a good question about final stop rule...
There is no even the slightest exhale of air from mouth? Just shut your mouth at the end of a word and nothing more? Am I right?
Check out the Aspiration chapter in this video, we describe it in a great detail here: ua-cam.com/video/yFPbLcUCraQ/v-deo.html
what is the app you use??
+Trường Vũ Nguyễn, it's our own app, which is not publicly available yet. We'll announce the release soon here on this channel, so nake sure you're subscribed to receive a notification! Stay tuned!
I subscribed. I wanna improve my English
+Trường Vũ Nguyễn, well, our videos can definitely help improve your pronunciation 👋.
which softwere is this?
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!
March 15, 2020
At the end of words and syllables,the /p/ is not aspirated.How about these words,APPLE PEOPLE
Does the p as in apple \ ˈa-pəl \ aspirated?The /p/ is in the end of syllables.
Dose the second p as in people\ ˈpē-pəl \ aspirated?The second /p/ is in the end of syllables.
+Hibbert Jahlil The /p/ sound in the word "apple" is found at the end of the first syllable: /ˈæp·l̩/. Therefore, it's not aspirated.
Both /p/ sounds in the word "people" occur at the beginning of syllables: /ˈpi·pl̩/. Therefore, they are aspirated.
Hope it helps!
How to divide English syllables,apple /ˈæp·l̩/,but the Webster dictionary is \ ˈa-pəl \ .Could you tell me how to do it?
In the Webster dictionary , \ ˈa-pəl \\ ˈpē-pəl \ ,the p as in apple and the second p as in people are all occur in the end of syllables.Thanks for your help!
+Hibbert Jahlil Syllabication is a difficult area, we use the maximum onset principle, which is also used by many dictionaries.
In any case, the transcription that you provided for the word "people" is similar to what we provided. Both /p/ sounds are at the beginning of syllables :).
this app out yet? :)
+jabadeos Not yet, soon!
Hey guys make a video on H sound sometimes it's confusing
+Gurdeep Singh , yes, sure. Stay tuned!
what is this app? thanks
+Linh Huong Pham This is our own app, it's not publicly available yet but we'll release it soon. Stay tuned!
Okay, Thank you!
+Linh Huong Pham , 👋
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