How to Pronounce Ear vs. Year (American English Pronunciation from SpeechModification.com)

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[@perennialrose4096]

Thanks so much for creating this video, Christine! Connecting ear vs. year to east vs. yeast is super helpful!

[@SpeechModification]

Glad to hear it, Rose!

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Thanks so much 😊

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@venkatasamineni6611]

The suggested idea of to pronounce year, think of yes - amazing! please keep up your great work.

[@SpeechModification]

Glad it helped you!

[@homerocoronado880]

Thanks a lot
I would like to hear the pronunciation of iron

[@SpeechModification]

Here's help for "iron" ua-cam.com/video/XHUJUS8D9d4/v-deo.html

[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you for great video, i hope more.

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Loving this video !

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Thanks! 😁

[@SpeechModification]

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Thanks, you cleared my doubt.

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Thank you for this video, you help me so much.

[@SpeechModification]

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@jacquelinekang75]

Thank you for this video.

[@SpeechModification]

My pleasure!

[@bhawnasharma1277]

Thank u so much...i was studying articles so then i find this problem to put ...a year or an year....now it got cleared...

[@SpeechModification]

Glad to help!

[@SpeechModification]

I'll be covering articles "a" and "an" on Sunday: ua-cam.com/video/JDz-BFsW6JA/v-deo.html

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good.

[@scrumwithvalentine]

Thank you so much, Christine! Much appreciated.

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for your support!

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Great!

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Thanks 🙏🏻

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@takoika7906]

thank you for the brilliant lecture!
what dose "slide" mean, by the way ?

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, slide means to move smoothly and continuously between 2 points. It's also a noun for the children's playground apparatus on which they can slide down.

[@adrianperotti4819]

Very useful video! Thanks!

[@SpeechModification]

Thank you!

[@User-DarkHorse8765]

Please help us with Fin, Bin, Been pronunciation..

[@SpeechModification]

Here's a video that should help: ua-cam.com/video/Pjp2ieRrAN8/v-deo.html

[@mry1393]

hi, I'm a bit confused why is it / ɪɚ / in all dictionaries I've seen same as ( per ) in experience, I'm sure it's pronounced like / ir / but in all dictionaries it's with / ɪr / , is there like an exception when /ɪ/ comes before /r/ it sounds like /i/ ?

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, it's just the way they transcribe the diphthongs. It's not actually an /ɪ/ + /ɚ/, but one sliding sound. In my opinion it sounds like /ir/ and not /ɪr/. Same for "or," it's transcribed as /ɔr/ but sounds like /or/.

[@mry1393]

@@SpeechModification thank you so much, thank you for making confusing things less confusing🙏

[@fakhruddinsarwary3549]

Thank you, please pronounce earth

[@SpeechModification]

Here's a video for "earth:" ua-cam.com/video/FgNgMUqX4sQ/v-deo.html

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[@pasdenom42088]

Merci beaucoup
pour le mot years le s à la fin est ce que ça prononce s ou z ?

[@SpeechModification]

It's a /z/ sound for "years."

[@pasdenom42088]

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[@CacophonyEuphony]

[jɪ] (year, yeast) is the only sound I cannot pronounce in the American English. I’m an adult that just got a tongue tie release for a severe anterior tongue tie. My back of the tongue still doesn’t touch the roof. Could that be the reason why I can’t say this sound? I can pronounce the Y sound attached to any other vowel. Is there another sound that I should test myself that requires the back of the tongue to touch the roof? Also, could speech therapy help even with my physical condition?

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, the k/g sounds require the mid/back of the tongue to touch the roof of the mouth. If you can do those sounds (gear, keer), you will probably also be able to do the /ji/ combination as well.

[@CacophonyEuphony]

@@SpeechModification thanks so much for this information. I can pronounce the k/g sounds. I’ll keep practicing the /ji/ sound

[@SpeechModification]

@@CacophonyEuphony yes, keep trying! I have helped people with this by having them say "yes, yeh, yih, yee," trying to get the tongue higher and the vowel higher bit by bit.

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Hello everyone
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[@brasilioriosleite9542]

To be honest...I have difficulties

[@SpeechModification]

This one is very challenging for some people. Keep working on other words with "y" like "yes" and "you" and it will help you get "year" eventually.

[@sucreke8497]

Unfortunately,can't understand ear year. Need more understanding

[@SpeechModification]

It's a tough one to hear. Try saying "yes" and "s," "yell" and "L," and "yeast " and "east" to really listen for that "y" sound.

[@sucreke8497]

@@SpeechModification ok,let me practice and feel the difference. And coach,I saw the video about the word serious. It seems r in the middle is tricky. Because r could be a part of r colored vowel And a consonant. Should i say sɪr riəs,or sɪ riəs,one is using both functions of r,one is just using r as a consonant

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