🎉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 /r/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_r_as_in_run
As a fellow ESL Teacher, I thank you for producing the best North American English pronunciation videos I've seen. The graphical representation of place and manner of articulation, as well as the slow speed and common example words make the videos easy to understand even for beginner students. Congratulations on a job very well done! 👍
Wow, slightly raising and tensing the back of the tongue actually made the difference for me, makes it so much easier. I have never thought about that (only the tip of the tongue). Thank you!
+Lydia Khelil , thank you for your kind words, Lydia! We're glad you like it! The app will be released soon, we're working very hard on it. Stay tuned :).
Hello professor I really appreciate your job. I have been improving my English through your best method of teaching. Thank you so much help and advice. Your follower from Algeria.
Thank you for your video! My Level 2, ESOL class and I just watched your video on R pronunciation. We have a difficult time with that letter; many English learners do. I'm sure that's why you made the video. Anyway, thanks again!
Thank you very much! We're very glad you like our content. BTW, if you haven't seen yet, check our posts on our UA-cam Community (ua-cam.com/channels/-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDg.htmlcommunity) - we share a lot of useful info on phonics and pronunciation there too.
Came across that this /r/ in 1:12 is actually the trilled *r* . The American *r* is /ɹ/ or the voiced (post)alveolar liquid *r* . So why was /r/ used in the video? 😅 (I'm afraid I'm getting confused watching other sources 🤓.) Thank you.
@@SoundsAmerican After reviewing the video, I spotted a footnote at 0:32 : *other possible IPA symbol for this sound is /ɹ/ Sorry for nitpicking. It just got confusing when I heard these two flavours of *R* being compared and deemed different but the same IPA letters were used in the closed caption instead: 01:06 "you should never trill the American /r/," 01:09 "like this: /r/." I would've rather read /ɹ/ when the American *R* was being uttered to home in the difference.
It's just a matter of notation. We use the /r/ symbol for simplicity, as people don't usually know the IPA may be confused by unusual symbols. For those who know it, we added a footnote. In addition to that, they can be confused since most dictionaries also use the /r/ symbol for this sound.
What's goodie guys? Is there any chance you would make a vid on how to make the /tsr/ and the /d3r/ after the DR and the TR combinations in American English ?
I think this sound can be a little bit difficult to Costa Rican people because we have a /r/ distinguish than the other hispanics but it's not impossible to learn.
Guys, I've got a question about the /r/. I read that if you put the back of your tongue between your back teeth and don't touch the upper paladar with the tip, you can easily do a sound called "molar /r/" that sounds similar to a native speaker /r/. In your video the back of the tongue isn't touching the paladar, but when you speak do you usually do this? Can I use this tip to help me pronounce when I'm speaking? For example, I found easier to pronounce words like "through" or "threat" with this molar /r/, because instead of curving the tongue, I just move it backward (and I think it sounds less forced).
+Marquito L Hello there! Sorry for responding so late, for some reason your question wasn't visible to us on UA-cam. There are two ways of pronouncing the /r/ sound. We described the first one in our video, here's the other one: pull your tongue back to your throat and raise it, the sides of the tongue may gently touch your teeth. The tip of your tongue may point upward or remain neutral. Note that in the second method you still should not touch your alveolar ridge with the tip of your tongue. Now, about your question - we don't touch the palate when pronouncing the /r/ sound in either variant. Hope it helps!
Hola me gusta este canal porque en me esta enseñando como pronunciar la palabras correctas del ingles pero me gustaria saber si ustedes tienen una aplicacion como la que tienen en el video para uno poder pronunciar las palabras como indican como ustedes explican
let me ask you something, do you make a "true D" sound" in the word "rides" or a stop d? That word is very tricky because of the combination of the letters "d" and "s"
By a "true /d/” do you mean a fully aspirated stop sound and by a "stop /d/" an unaspirated stop sound? Technically, every /d/ is considered a "stop" sound but there are variations of how this sound can be made. One of these variations is when we don't aspirate the sound, what is called an unaspirated sound. To do this with the /t/ sound we put the tip of our tongue on the tooth/alveolar ridge (behind our upper front teeth) butthen we DON'T make a puff of air, we only gently let go of our tongue and move on to the next sound. This is what is happening in the word "rides". On the /d/ sound we move our tongue (while vibrating the vocal cords, it's a voiced sound :) to the front of our mouth, behind our upper teeth, plant it there for a second (making full contact) and then move on to the /z/ (yes, that's a /z/ and not an /s/ :) You can hear the difference when you try making the /d/ with a puff of air - it sounds really weird :) Hope this helps!
Hello, what's the difference between retroflex r and bunched r. is the (retroflex r ) the front R, the first sound of a word, as in (red) and the R sound comes before a vowel sound, as in great. for the (bunched r ) the back R sound will appear towards the back of the word or the end of the word as in (car) or, before a consonant sound as in ( park ) Combination R sound of the front R sound and the back R sound. When R between two vowels sounds... as in sorry or Erin. Use the back r (bunched r) for the first R, for the second part use the front R sound (retroflex r) . is that right?
The difference between the retroflex /r/ and the bunch /r/ is only in how they are pronounced, the position of the letter 'R" in a word is not relevant, because it represents the same sound. Some people pronounce the /r/ with the tip of the tongue bunched near the palate (the bunched /r/), some with the tip of the tongue raised towards the alveolar ridge and curled back (the retroflex /r/). It doesn't matter which way you choose, it'll still be the same sound. It looks like you may be confusing the /r/ consonant with the R-Colored vowel sounds. When the letter 'R' occurs at the beginning of a word or a syllable, it represents the consonant sound /r/: "red." When it comes after a vowel and they occur in the same syllable, it's the R-Colored vowel: "car," "park."
Could you break down the way to produce the /r/ sound when you don't curl the tip of the tongue but just press the sides of the tongue against the upper back teeth?
We learned how to pronounce consonants apart, but I wonder how to combine them in a word fluently could you guide me? For example : in the word grab, I got confused how to pronounce R after G :)
Is it mandatory/of crucial importance whether the tongue is tense or not? I somehow manage to make this sound without making my tongue tense, I just make sure that it doesn't touch the alveolar ridge.
+Cosmic Disco Hard to say if you're doing it wrong or right without hearing you speak. How about you record yourself saying this sound (isolated and in words), upload somewhere and give us a link?
Hi sounds american this is a great video I watched this video few times and my pronunciation has got better and now I'm looking for others video from the list u have thank for doing this great job to help us with our pronancition and i was wondering is there any private english classes on Skype with you guys where i can get?
+roberrtt roberrt , hello there! Glad to hear about your progress! Yes, we sometimes do private classes on Skype, but it depends on workload and schedule. Please, send us a private message and we'll share more detail. support.google.com/youtube/answer/57955?hl=en
Thanks a lot. have watched this video several times. It has helped me to better manage this sound. R had been always a bit complicated for me. do you have any video on AR as in CAR, BAR, etc and AW sounds as in LAW, ALL, etc. they are confusing to me. Specially, the AR sound brings some complexity since the A in the AR sounds sound nothing like an A sound.... Thanks again..
+Art Apple , You're welcome! Glad to hear this video was helpful. Unfortunately, we don't have videos for the / ɑr / sound as in "car" or "bar" yet, but we plan to make it. However, we have two videos for R-colored vowel sounds that will be helpful to you: 1) the /ɝ/ sound (ua-cam.com/video/6ppOrwjvslc/v-deo.html) and 2) the /ɚ/ sound (ua-cam.com/video/AzNRoSGBh44/v-deo.html). Learning how to make these two sounds will help with the /ɑr/ and /ɔr/ diphthongs later. About the /ɔ/ sound, as in "law" - yes, we have such a video, and also some videos on contrasting pairs with this sound.Here you go:Vowel Sound / ɔ / as in "on" - American English Pronunciation: ua-cam.com/video/pr_KAu-_HmoL/v-deo.htmlow or Law? Row or Raw? Boat or Bought? American English Pronunciation: ua-cam.com/video/ZEqiQgoHgGo/v-deo.html Hope it helps! Let us know if you have any other questions!
Hola quisiera hacerte una par de preguntas espero que me puedas ayudar. ¿que significan la comilla, el punto y el punto intermedio en los fonemas? como en la palabra television "ˈtel·əˌvɪʒ·ən" y ¿ que otros simbolos podemos encontrar y como se aplican? Seria fantastico que nos explicaras en un video si es que se puede GRACIAS! SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO!
+Randy Daniel Cuevas Gonzalez , the symbols you're talked about belong to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) which is used as a standard for phonetic symbols representation. Within the IPA each phoneme has a corresponding symbol. The "dots" (ˑ) you're referring to represent syllables division. These two symbols ˈˌ mark the primary and secondary stress in a word, respectively. There are other letters and symbols in the IPA, you can read about them here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet Hope it helps, let us know if you have any other questions!
Hi Sounds American! your content is very helpful, but I have a doubt, I'm Spanish and when I make the r sound, the tip of my tongue doesn't touch the alveolar ridge but I touch my teeth with the sides of the tongue, Am I doing it wrong? Should I not touch them at all while making the sound?
+ZSurvivor You're asking a very good question. The sides of the tongue may slightly touch your teeth. But watch for that trill! If there's no trilling sound when you pronounce the /r/, you're fine.
Hello there! We made videos about the sounds, not letters. In English, the letter 'X' can be pronounced as several different sounds, for example, /k+s/, as in "experiment," /g+z/, as in "exam," and some others. We have videos on all those sounds on our channel.
Hello.It's useful.But I feel confused that in pronunciation workshop video,he said that when Prounciating R ,the mouth and lips come forward,like you are going to kiss. and your toungue moves back in your mouth,not forward.But in this video, it's totally different.SO, can you give me some advice? If you do that I would feel very grateful.Thank you soooo much.
+Chang Liu, Thank you for the link! It helped! You're asking a very good question. The matter is, the /r/ sound (it's a palatal rhotic sound if you're interested in the term) as in "road," can be pronounced with a number of different tongue and lip movements by the same speaker. It's been researched a lot with specialists making x-rays of the speakers saying this sound in different words and then studying them carefully. In general, the pronunciation of the /r/ sound can be retroflex and bunched, as you mentioned in your second comment. With the *retroflex* articulation, the tip of the tongue is turned back. With the *bunched* one, the blade of the tongue is raised to the roof of the mouth, but the tip of the tongue is turned down. Note that, the variations are perfectly possible in both the retroflex and the bunch ways of the pronunciation of the /r/ depending on the sounds that a speaker pronounces before or after the /r/ sound. For example, in the word "true," the /r/ follows the /t/ sound, so after making the /t/ sound, the tip of the tongue moves back and downward, as the blade of the tongue raises for the bunched articulation. During the movement from the /r/ to the /u/ sound, the blade of the tongue is lowered. Since the movements of the tongue need to be slow and gliding during the pronunciation of the /r/ sound, it's often difficult to determine the single precise position for this sound (when a speaker makes it in a word). About the lips rounding. The lips can be rounded or in a neutral position. Some studies say that the lips are more rounded during pronunciation of the /r/ before a vowel sound. In our videos, we teach the retroflex pronunciation of the /r/. It doesn't mean that the bunched way of making this sound is wrong. If you pronounce the /r/ correctly this or the other way, you'll get the same sound. Our students come from different countries. In some languages, the /r/ is trilled, in others, there's no this sound at all. So, we want to teach this sound in such a way, that people learn to make it faster and avoid most frequent mistakes. For example, when they learn to turn the tip of the tongue backward, they will not trill the /r/. Also, we tell to raise the back of the tongue so that people who don't have this sound in their language don't make the /l/ sound instead. This is also how we pronounce the /r/ 😊. As for your question, which is more used, the retroflex or the bunched /r/, it's hard to say. Some studies suggest that the retroflex /r/ is more common for General American. Hope this helps! Don't hesitate to ask more questions!
Hey sounds American! I have a question, what does ' (that symbol) means? I'm taking the pronunciation course and we haven't gone to that part yet, but I'd like to know what does it means, thank youu
+SUMIT KUMAR :) the one that we're going to release very soon :). Just make sure you're subscribed to our channel, we'll announce the release of our app here :). Stay tuned!
+Game Theta , there are actually two ways to pronounce the /r/, one is with the back lowered, the other, that we present, is with the back raised. So, yes, it's important.
Yes, you're right. The position of the tongue is the same. There's almost no difference between the /ɝ/ and /r/ in terms of articulation. Your mouth maybe open a little more for /ɝ/, and that's about it. Hope it helps, let us know if you have more questions.
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!
The sound /ɹ/ is not written like this in the International Phonetic Alphabet. This symbol is reserved for the /r/ sound of Roman languages, as in "rápido" in Spanish.
It depends on a great number of factors - if a similar sound exists in your native language, how strong your foreign accent is, how often you're going to practice, etc. :)
+Der Meister , Hello there! It's hard to say what exactly is happening when you're pronouncing that word without hearing you say it. Maybe you could record yourself pronouncing this word and upload the recording somewhere? If you then give us a link we'll listen to it and tell you what we think. If you do it, please, pronounce this word several times on the recording.
+Der Meister , sure, no problem. We listened to the recording. Can’t hear anything of the /u/ sound in the wayyou pronounced the word “art”. Overall your pronunciation of the word sounds good but the /ɑr/ is a little distorted and can be made more clearly. There are two different things that you could do to make the /ɑr/ sound better. First, start by opening up your mouth more for the beginning of this sound. The first part of this sound is the same as the /ɑ/ sound, as in the word “got” (here’s a link to our video for the /ɑ/: ua-cam.com/video/R5CY1UniS68/v-deo.html). Doing this should help. Next, simply try to make this sound more sharply. You have the base /r/ sound there but it would help if you would extend it more and make it more significant and prominent. Don't do anything different than what you are currently doing but put more effort and energy into to the /r/ at the end, to make it more substantial. Doing these two things should make the word sound even better.Hope it helps! :) Don't hesitate to ask any other questions.
I have doubts about the pronunciation of the word "Cure". I'm aware the this word begins with some sort of cluster /k/ as in cat + /y/ as in yes, so we have /ky/. However, the Vowel sound in this word kind of tricks me up. I don't know for sure if it's /or/ as in more o if it's /er/ as in her. Sometimes I even hear this word pronounced with some kind of /oo/ as in food /kyoor/. It's so confusing. Is there any standart pronunciation or ALL three pronunciation are fine? /kyor/, /kyer/, /kyoor/? What the heck!
I've watched so many videos teaching how to pronounce "r" and I think my lips and tongue are in the right position, but when I pronounce "red" it sounds like "gred" or "wet". How do I fix this?
Hard to say for sure withouth hearing you make it. In general, to fix such mispronunciation, you also have to make sure that the tip of your tongue is curled back and the back of your tongue is tensed into a tight ball.
Sounds American wow you replied so fast. I've tried pronoucing like you suggested above but Google Translate sometimes can hear me pronounce "read" and sometimes mistaken "three". It's very frustrating :((((
Well, it's completely normal :). Don't get frustrated, it's a process. It takes time, but if you practice regularly, it'll work. The best way to practice is to start by pronouncing only this sound until you feel confident you know how it's made. After that, move to pronouncing words with this sound. Make sure to first listen to a word pronounced by a native speaker and then repeat after them. It's essential because you need to train not just your tongue, lips, and jaw, but also your ear. Just remember: you're teaching a great number of your muscles to move in ways they're not entirely used to. It's impossible to do it at once, so get give up and keep practicing. Of course, ask questions whenever you need to.
Hello there! We didn't. :) Here's our video about the /u/ sound: ua-cam.com/video/lkM6CKBM2ns/v-deo.html And here's our video about the /j/ sound: ua-cam.com/video/1G8SCotE2yg/v-deo.html BTW, there's no "long" /u/ in American English. Any vowel can be long or short, depending on the following consonant. The /u/, as in "food" is a tense vowel, as opposed to the relaxed /ʊ/ sound, as in "book." ua-cam.com/video/GQa9w__GqLc/v-deo.html
+Nick Trubitsky You are a perceptive guy! And right! There are two different ways that Americans make the r sound - one is called the bunched /r/ and one is called the retroflexed /r/. The bunched /r/ is made by pulling the tongue up and back so that the sides of the tongue touch the insides of the back molars. The tongue stays relatively horizontal, but just bunched backwards tightly. The retroflexed /r/ is made by not only pulling the tongue up and back, but curling the tip of the tongue backwards while tightening the whole thing. I think that this is the /r/ that you've observed Americans making. Hope this helps and thanks for your comment!
I'm Russian and guess that it's not so difficult (the /r/ also doesn't have a corresponding sound in Russian) it seems to me much more difficult to pronounce English vowels.
In American English, the letter 'r' can be pronounced as a vowel sound and as a consonant. When the letter 'r' appears at the beginning of a word or a syllable, it's pronounce as the *consonant* sound /r/, like "run," "road," "write." That's the sound we teach in this very video. However, when the letter 'r' appears after a vowel and they are in the same syllable, you have an R-Colored *vowel* sound, like in the words "her," "here," "word," "world," etc. We have a number of videos on this topic, check out this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLYJV5Moz9cfymC5YbeHTY7fNcarXYc7z-.html
🎉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 /r/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/consonant_sound_r_as_in_run
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I have no doubt that you're one of the best English pronunciation teachers on UA-cam.
Thank you!
As a fellow ESL Teacher, I thank you for producing the best North American English pronunciation videos I've seen. The graphical representation of place and manner of articulation, as well as the slow speed and common example words make the videos easy to understand even for beginner students. Congratulations on a job very well done! 👍
Wow, slightly raising and tensing the back of the tongue actually made the difference for me, makes it so much easier. I have never thought about that (only the tip of the tongue). Thank you!
I adore it, I can't wait for this app to be released, it seems helpful.
Practise makes perfect!
Thanks for the effort guys!
+Lydia Khelil , thank you for your kind words, Lydia! We're glad you like it! The app will be released soon, we're working very hard on it. Stay tuned :).
All the best ;)
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Sounds American Is it released? I cant find it, I'm not from America tho
Lydia Khelil is
awesome, finally I found the video that I was looking for well done.
+Juan Garcia Glad to hear that!
Hello professor
I really appreciate your job. I have been improving my English through your best method of teaching.
Thank you so much help and advice.
Your follower from Algeria.
Great job!
A difficult sounds for my students since in Spanish we have both strong and soft /r/ sound. Great video!
Keep up the good work. Love your videos so much.
Hendra, thank you! :)
One of the few sounds I can already make without even thinking about it, and it actually sounds quite right
Now another subscriber, excellent video. Thanks.
It's true, in my language we tend to drum the consonant r, his explanations are very didactic, thanks for the video.
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thank you it was very useful to me .. all love from Egypt :)
+Shokry Algallad you're welcome! Glad to hear that!
Amazing! Easy, simple and clear!
+Online Eng 😁 thank you! Glad you liked it!
You're welcome! I vote for making videos on "v" and 'w" :)
+Online Eng , sure! We'll make them too!
Fantastic video as always!
Thank you José !
Thank you for your video! My Level 2, ESOL class and I just watched your video on R pronunciation. We have a difficult time with that letter; many English learners do. I'm sure that's why you made the video. Anyway, thanks again!
+John M. Saylor II , happy to help! Please, let us know what other videos would be useful for your class, we'd love to hear your suggestions!
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buen video sigue a si subtiluando los videos al ingles y al español muchas gracias amigo
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+Ahmed Mohamed , you're welcome!
So material. Great! Helpful!
+Максим Макарець , thank you Максим :). We're glad to hear it!
Excellent work
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Hello, Sounds American! I was left with some doubts.... But I will watch for the other videos. A million thanks for your excellent work. I like it!
Hello there, Angello! Thank you! What kind of doubts?
감사합니다.
Thank you for great videos about IPA sounds
I was looking for well-defined IPA sounds resources to learn toefl. now I find it.
Thank you very much! We're very glad you like our content. BTW, if you haven't seen yet, check our posts on our UA-cam Community (ua-cam.com/channels/-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDg.htmlcommunity) - we share a lot of useful info on phonics and pronunciation there too.
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Thank you so much for the exercise
Came across that this /r/ in 1:12 is actually the trilled *r* . The American *r* is /ɹ/ or the voiced (post)alveolar liquid *r* . So why was /r/ used in the video? 😅 (I'm afraid I'm getting confused watching other sources 🤓.) Thank you.
Are you asking about the symbol /r/? Or the sound?
@@SoundsAmerican After reviewing the video, I spotted a footnote at 0:32 :
*other possible IPA symbol for this sound is /ɹ/
Sorry for nitpicking. It just got confusing when I heard these two flavours of *R* being compared and deemed different but the same IPA letters were used in the closed caption instead:
01:06 "you should never trill the American /r/,"
01:09 "like this: /r/."
I would've rather read /ɹ/ when the American *R* was being uttered to home in the difference.
It's just a matter of notation. We use the /r/ symbol for simplicity, as people don't usually know the IPA may be confused by unusual symbols. For those who know it, we added a footnote. In addition to that, they can be confused since most dictionaries also use the /r/ symbol for this sound.
thanks teacher
What's goodie guys? Is there any chance you would make a vid on how to make the /tsr/ and the /d3r/ after the DR and the TR combinations in American English ?
Thank you for your suggestion, we'll add it to our plan.
I like this UA-cam channel
+Mark Lee, 😁👍
I think this sound can be a little bit difficult to Costa Rican people because we have a /r/ distinguish than the other hispanics but it's not impossible to learn.
+Tony E. It maybe difficult, but it's perfectly possible with regular practice! Proven by many students :)
@@SoundsAmerican I'm working hard to pronounce correctly and your videos help me a lot,thak you.
+Tony E. Great! Glad to hear that!
Great video can't wait when the app comes out
+Abbey Cooper, thank you! :)
+Sounds American you are welcome
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There is a town in Iran named Babol that has this sound
Guys, I've got a question about the /r/. I read that if you put the back of your tongue between your back teeth and don't touch the upper paladar with the tip, you can easily do a sound called "molar /r/" that sounds similar to a native speaker /r/. In your video the back of the tongue isn't touching the paladar, but when you speak do you usually do this? Can I use this tip to help me pronounce when I'm speaking? For example, I found easier to pronounce words like "through" or "threat" with this molar /r/, because instead of curving the tongue, I just move it backward (and I think it sounds less forced).
+Marquito L Hello there! Sorry for responding so late, for some reason your question wasn't visible to us on UA-cam.
There are two ways of pronouncing the /r/ sound. We described the first one in our video, here's the other one: pull your tongue back to your throat and raise it, the sides of the tongue may gently touch your teeth. The tip of your tongue may point upward or remain neutral.
Note that in the second method you still should not touch your alveolar ridge with the tip of your tongue.
Now, about your question - we don't touch the palate when pronouncing the /r/ sound in either variant.
Hope it helps!
I got q such a nice video
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+محاسبة ع النت_el net ع Mo7asba , you're very welcome :)
Hola me gusta este canal porque en me esta enseñando como pronunciar la palabras correctas del ingles pero me gustaria saber si ustedes tienen una aplicacion como la que tienen en el video para uno poder pronunciar las palabras como indican como ustedes explican
Do we need to add our voice when making this sound ?from the presentation I saw it vibrates.
It has been asked before when is the release going to be (in 2016). Where are we in 2021? :)
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let me ask you something, do you make a "true D" sound" in the word "rides" or a stop d? That word is very tricky because of the combination of the letters "d" and "s"
By a "true /d/” do you mean a fully aspirated stop sound and by a "stop /d/" an unaspirated stop sound? Technically, every /d/ is considered a "stop" sound but there are variations of how this sound can be made.
One of these variations is when we don't aspirate the sound, what is called an unaspirated sound. To do this with the /t/ sound we put the tip of our tongue on the tooth/alveolar ridge (behind our upper front teeth) butthen we DON'T make a puff of air, we only gently let go of our tongue and move on to the next sound.
This is what is happening in the word "rides". On the /d/ sound we move our tongue (while vibrating the vocal cords, it's a voiced sound :) to the front of our mouth, behind our upper teeth, plant it there for a second (making full contact) and then move on to the /z/ (yes, that's a /z/ and not an /s/ :)
You can hear the difference when you try making the /d/ with a puff of air - it sounds really weird :)
Hope this helps!
Hello, what's the difference between retroflex r and bunched r.
is the (retroflex r ) the front R, the first sound of a word, as in (red) and the R sound comes before a vowel sound, as in great.
for the (bunched r ) the back R sound will appear towards the back of the word or the end of the word as in (car) or, before a consonant sound as in ( park )
Combination R sound of the front R sound and the back R sound. When R between two vowels sounds... as in sorry or Erin. Use the back r (bunched r) for the first R, for the second part use the front R sound (retroflex r) .
is that right?
The difference between the retroflex /r/ and the bunch /r/ is only in how they are pronounced, the position of the letter 'R" in a word is not relevant, because it represents the same sound. Some people pronounce the /r/ with the tip of the tongue bunched near the palate (the bunched /r/), some with the tip of the tongue raised towards the alveolar ridge and curled back (the retroflex /r/). It doesn't matter which way you choose, it'll still be the same sound.
It looks like you may be confusing the /r/ consonant with the R-Colored vowel sounds. When the letter 'R' occurs at the beginning of a word or a syllable, it represents the consonant sound /r/: "red." When it comes after a vowel and they occur in the same syllable, it's the R-Colored vowel: "car," "park."
@@SoundsAmerican which R do you use bunch or retroflex r thank you so much.
teacher do you have a shadowing lesson?
Could you break down the way to produce the /r/ sound when you don't curl the tip of the tongue but just press the sides of the tongue against the upper back teeth?
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We learned how to pronounce consonants apart, but I wonder how to combine them in a word fluently could you guide me?
For example : in the word grab, I got confused how to pronounce R after G :)
Is it mandatory/of crucial importance whether the tongue is tense or not? I somehow manage to make this sound without making my tongue tense, I just make sure that it doesn't touch the alveolar ridge.
+Cosmic Disco Hard to say if you're doing it wrong or right without hearing you speak. How about you record yourself saying this sound (isolated and in words), upload somewhere and give us a link?
Hi sounds american this is a great video I watched this video few times and my pronunciation has got better and now I'm looking for others video from the list u have thank for doing this great job to help us with our pronancition and i was wondering is there any private english classes on Skype with you guys where i can get?
+roberrtt roberrt , hello there! Glad to hear about your progress! Yes, we sometimes do private classes on Skype, but it depends on workload and schedule. Please, send us a private message and we'll share more detail. support.google.com/youtube/answer/57955?hl=en
As always, great content. Is there an app that you are developing that I need to download?
Thank you! Yes, there's an app, but we haven't publicly released it yet. We're working hard to make it happen soon. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican Cool! Of course!
Thanks a lot. have watched this video several times. It has helped me to better manage this sound. R had been always a bit complicated for me. do you have any video on AR as in CAR, BAR, etc and AW sounds as in LAW, ALL, etc. they are confusing to me. Specially, the AR sound brings some complexity since the A in the AR sounds sound nothing like an A sound.... Thanks again..
+Art Apple , You're welcome! Glad to hear this video was helpful.
Unfortunately, we don't have videos for the / ɑr / sound as in "car" or "bar" yet, but we plan to make it. However, we have two videos for R-colored vowel sounds that will be helpful to you: 1) the /ɝ/ sound (ua-cam.com/video/6ppOrwjvslc/v-deo.html) and
2) the /ɚ/ sound (ua-cam.com/video/AzNRoSGBh44/v-deo.html).
Learning how to make these two sounds will help with the /ɑr/ and /ɔr/ diphthongs later. About the /ɔ/ sound, as in "law" - yes, we have such a video, and also some videos on contrasting pairs with this sound.Here you go:Vowel Sound / ɔ / as in "on" - American English Pronunciation: ua-cam.com/video/pr_KAu-_HmoL/v-deo.htmlow or Law? Row or Raw? Boat or Bought? American English Pronunciation:
ua-cam.com/video/ZEqiQgoHgGo/v-deo.html
Hope it helps! Let us know if you have any other questions!
Thanks a lot for the information.
+Art Apple , 😀🖖
Hola quisiera hacerte una par de preguntas espero que me puedas ayudar. ¿que significan la comilla, el punto y el punto intermedio en los fonemas? como en la palabra television "ˈtel·əˌvɪʒ·ən" y ¿ que otros simbolos podemos encontrar y como se aplican? Seria fantastico que nos explicaras en un video si es que se puede GRACIAS! SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO!
+Randy Daniel Cuevas Gonzalez , the symbols you're talked about belong to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) which is used as a standard for phonetic symbols representation. Within the IPA each phoneme has a corresponding symbol.
The "dots" (ˑ) you're referring to represent syllables division. These two symbols ˈˌ mark the primary and secondary stress in a word, respectively.
There are other letters and symbols in the IPA, you can read about them here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Hope it helps, let us know if you have any other questions!
thanks a lot!
+Randy Daniel Cuevas Gonzalez np!
When will this app launch?
+shashank soni We're working to make it happen soon! Stay tuned.
It’s not an app. It’s the design. But I can see why. And maybe it is an app.
Why are there not the W and J sounds as in Water and Job, sir?
+LAN , we haven't made those videos yet :), but they are on our list :).
Hi Sounds American! your content is very helpful, but I have a doubt, I'm Spanish and when I make the r sound, the tip of my tongue doesn't touch the alveolar ridge but I touch my teeth with the sides of the tongue, Am I doing it wrong? Should I not touch them at all while making the sound?
+ZSurvivor You're asking a very good question. The sides of the tongue may slightly touch your teeth. But watch for that trill! If there's no trilling sound when you pronounce the /r/, you're fine.
@@SoundsAmerican No trilling sound when I pronounce the /r/, thank you!
Bonjour, est-ce que vous avez faites une vidéo sur la lettre X parce que je ne trouve pas la vidéo? Merci!
Hello there! We made videos about the sounds, not letters. In English, the letter 'X' can be pronounced as several different sounds, for example, /k+s/, as in "experiment," /g+z/, as in "exam," and some others. We have videos on all those sounds on our channel.
Hello.It's useful.But I feel confused that in pronunciation workshop video,he said that when Prounciating R ,the mouth and lips come forward,like you are going to kiss. and your toungue moves back in your mouth,not forward.But in this video, it's totally different.SO, can you give me some advice? If you do that I would feel very grateful.Thank you soooo much.
+Chang Liu hello there! Can you give a link to that video?
And also,I confused that if this video is about the reretroflexed /r/ ? so about bunched /r/ or retroflexed /r/.which is more used ?
+Chang Liu what about that link to the video you mentioned?
+Chang Liu,
Thank you for the link! It helped!
You're asking a very good question.
The matter is, the /r/ sound (it's a palatal rhotic sound if you're interested in the term) as in "road," can be pronounced with a number of different tongue and lip movements by the same speaker. It's been researched a lot with specialists making x-rays of the speakers saying this sound in different words and then studying them carefully.
In general, the pronunciation of the /r/ sound can be retroflex and bunched, as you mentioned in your second comment.
With the *retroflex* articulation, the tip of the tongue is turned back. With the *bunched* one, the blade of the tongue is raised to the roof of the mouth, but the tip of the tongue is turned down.
Note that, the variations are perfectly possible in both the retroflex and the bunch ways of the pronunciation of the /r/ depending on the sounds that a speaker pronounces before or after the /r/ sound. For example, in the word "true," the /r/ follows the /t/ sound, so after making the /t/ sound, the tip of the tongue moves back and downward, as the blade of the tongue raises for the bunched articulation. During the movement from the /r/ to the /u/ sound, the blade of the tongue is lowered.
Since the movements of the tongue need to be slow and gliding during the pronunciation of the /r/ sound, it's often difficult to determine the single precise position for this sound (when a speaker makes it in a word).
About the lips rounding. The lips can be rounded or in a neutral position. Some studies say that the lips are more rounded during pronunciation of the /r/ before a vowel sound.
In our videos, we teach the retroflex pronunciation of the /r/. It doesn't mean that the bunched way of making this sound is wrong. If you pronounce the /r/ correctly this or the other way, you'll get the same sound.
Our students come from different countries. In some languages, the /r/ is trilled, in others, there's no this sound at all. So, we want to teach this sound in such a way, that people learn to make it faster and avoid most frequent mistakes. For example, when they learn to turn the tip of the tongue backward, they will not trill the /r/. Also, we tell to raise the back of the tongue so that people who don't have this sound in their language don't make the /l/ sound instead.
This is also how we pronounce the /r/ 😊. As for your question, which is more used, the retroflex or the bunched /r/, it's hard to say. Some studies suggest that the retroflex /r/ is more common for General American.
Hope this helps!
Don't hesitate to ask more questions!
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+Dexian Chen 😊👋
Hello how many symbols in american phonetic alphabet?
Hey sounds American! I have a question, what does ' (that symbol) means? I'm taking the pronunciation course and we haven't gone to that part yet, but I'd like to know what does it means, thank youu
This is a symbol for the primary stress.
Is the tongue tip of this r sound a little bit wide?
which apps is better for practice....
+SUMIT KUMAR :) the one that we're going to release very soon :). Just make sure you're subscribed to our channel, we'll announce the release of our app here :). Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican Soo, where is the app? It's been 2 year now
Rising the back of tongue is important ???
+Game Theta , there are actually two ways to pronounce the /r/, one is with the back lowered, the other, that we present, is with the back raised. So, yes, it's important.
Sounds American Thanks you are great !!!!
+Game Theta , you're welcome! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions! 👋
Bonjour, pourquoi on voit parfois un r à l’envers, quoique dans la transcription phonétique le r est à l’endroit? Qu’est-ce que ça signifie? Merci!
It's a matter of notation, we use the /r/ symbol as this is what the majority of dictionaries prefer. ua-cam.com/video/q5a2-KuHkBU/v-deo.html
as I see a position of tongue is same with ɝ, Is there any other difference with ɝ and r ?
Yes, you're right. The position of the tongue is the same. There's almost no difference between the /ɝ/ and /r/ in terms of articulation. Your mouth maybe open a little more for /ɝ/, and that's about it.
Hope it helps, let us know if you have more questions.
@@SoundsAmerican Thank you!!!!!!!
which application are he using ? can we use the same for practice ?
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!
@@SoundsAmerican Thanks. looking forward to use it.
The sound /ɹ/ is not written like this in the International Phonetic Alphabet. This symbol is reserved for the /r/ sound of Roman languages, as in "rápido" in Spanish.
Check out a note on this screen: ua-cam.com/video/q5a2-KuHkBU/v-deo.html
How long does it take for me to learn how to say the R?????
It depends on a great number of factors - if a similar sound exists in your native language, how strong your foreign accent is, how often you're going to practice, etc. :)
One of the hardest sounds to master if people want to speak like American.
Is /r/ voiced or unvoiced?
Shouldnt the ipa for this be /ɹ/? /r/ is trilled r
Check out the note on this screen: ua-cam.com/video/q5a2-KuHkBU/v-deo.html
Could somebody say to me it is normal when I pronounce a word 'art' after the r sound I have a little bit the u sound?
+Der Meister , Hello there! It's hard to say what exactly is happening when you're pronouncing that word without hearing you say it. Maybe you could record yourself pronouncing this word and upload the recording somewhere? If you then give us a link we'll listen to it and tell you what we think. If you do it, please, pronounce this word several times on the recording.
Thanks for your attention very much. Here is the link drive.google.com/open?id=0B1JWsSj6d09CaTdpeXZyWDRzZ3c
+Der Meister , sure, no problem. We listened to the recording. Can’t hear anything of the /u/ sound in the wayyou pronounced the word “art”.
Overall your pronunciation of the word sounds good but the /ɑr/ is a little distorted and can be made more
clearly. There are two different things that you could do to make the /ɑr/ sound better.
First, start by opening up your mouth more for the beginning of this sound. The first part of this sound is the same as the /ɑ/ sound, as in the word “got” (here’s a link to our video for the /ɑ/: ua-cam.com/video/R5CY1UniS68/v-deo.html). Doing this should help.
Next, simply try to make this sound more sharply. You have the base /r/ sound there but it would help if you would extend it more and make it more significant and prominent. Don't do anything different than what you are currently doing but put more effort and energy into to the /r/ at the end, to make it more substantial.
Doing these two things should make the word sound even better.Hope it helps! :)
Don't hesitate to ask any other questions.
Thank you for helping so much, I'll necessary watch the video.
+Der Meister 👍😁
I have doubts about the pronunciation of the word "Cure". I'm aware the this word begins with some sort of cluster /k/ as in cat + /y/ as in yes, so we have /ky/. However, the Vowel sound in this word kind of tricks me up. I don't know for sure if it's /or/ as in more o if it's /er/ as in her. Sometimes I even hear this word pronounced with some kind of /oo/ as in food /kyoor/. It's so confusing. Is there any standart pronunciation or ALL three pronunciation are fine?
/kyor/, /kyer/, /kyoor/? What the heck!
But position of lips are the same? I heard that lips can be round , also neutral...
+Наталья Эшли ua-cam.com/video/q5a2-KuHkBU/v-deo.html
Excuse me.. Do you have the J and Y in American sounds????
+Fernelly Jor Not yet, we plan to make them soon. Stay tuned!
@@SoundsAmerican wow thanks. God bless you for being a great blessing for my learning...
did your app released already?
+Donquixote Rosinante We haven't released it yet, but it'll happen soon. Stay tuned!
Already
What is the name of this application (for prononciation)
This is our own app, We haven't released it to the public yet, but we plan to do it soon. We'll announce the release on this channel, stay tuned!
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There's a town in Kosovo called Gjakov that has this sound
How to make sure its not as the same as er?
Can you please give an example of a word? To make sure we understand correctly which sound you're talking about.
r is tense ，so i think r is vioced?
The /r/ sound is voiced, because when you pronounce it, your vocal cords vibrate.
@@SoundsAmerican 😊
hmmm...good
+Shahin Ali Glad you liked it!😀
what's the name of the app?
+realminecraftgames [RMG] we haven't released our app yet, we're working on it and we'll announce the release on this channel. Please, stay tuned!
Sounds American ok thx
I've watched so many videos teaching how to pronounce "r" and I think my lips and tongue are in the right position, but when I pronounce "red" it sounds like "gred" or "wet". How do I fix this?
Hard to say for sure withouth hearing you make it. In general, to fix such mispronunciation, you also have to make sure that the tip of your tongue is curled back and the back of your tongue is tensed into a tight ball.
Sounds American wow you replied so fast. I've tried pronoucing like you suggested above but Google Translate sometimes can hear me pronounce "read" and sometimes mistaken "three". It's very frustrating :((((
Well, it's completely normal :). Don't get frustrated, it's a process. It takes time, but if you practice regularly, it'll work.
The best way to practice is to start by pronouncing only this sound until you feel confident you know how it's made. After that, move to pronouncing words with this sound. Make sure to first listen to a word pronounced by a native speaker and then repeat after them. It's essential because you need to train not just your tongue, lips, and jaw, but also your ear.
Just remember: you're teaching a great number of your muscles to move in ways they're not entirely used to. It's impossible to do it at once, so get give up and keep practicing.
Of course, ask questions whenever you need to.
Sounds American thank you so much. I'll keep practicing
Hello you forgot to mention the long u / ju /
Hello there!
We didn't. :) Here's our video about the /u/ sound: ua-cam.com/video/lkM6CKBM2ns/v-deo.html
And here's our video about the /j/ sound: ua-cam.com/video/1G8SCotE2yg/v-deo.html
BTW, there's no "long" /u/ in American English. Any vowel can be long or short, depending on the following consonant.
The /u/, as in "food" is a tense vowel, as opposed to the relaxed /ʊ/ sound, as in "book." ua-cam.com/video/GQa9w__GqLc/v-deo.html
Thank you very much, I was misled by this site pronuncian.com/sounds
I se Egypt flag 😂 i drill it , American r is very heavy for me
I found that lots of Americans curl back their tongue when pronouncing this sound. So their R sound is formed a bit farther back in their mouth
+Nick Trubitsky You are a perceptive guy! And right!
There are two different ways that Americans make the r sound - one is called the bunched /r/ and one is called the retroflexed /r/.
The bunched /r/ is made by pulling the tongue up and back so that the sides of the tongue touch the insides of the back molars. The tongue stays relatively horizontal, but just bunched backwards tightly.
The retroflexed /r/ is made by not only pulling the tongue up and back, but curling the tip of the tongue backwards while tightening the whole thing. I think that this is the /r/ that you've observed Americans making.
Hope this helps and thanks for your comment!
thank you! What's General American standard of pronunciation R, then? I think, the retroflexed one is more common
what is this sound? ɛə
I am Japanese and found this super hard, because r sound doesn't exist in my language.
I'm Russian and guess that it's not so difficult (the /r/ also doesn't have a corresponding sound in Russian) it seems to me much more difficult to pronounce English vowels.
my country is here the land of the Pharaohs
Can't trust my own language at this point. XD
please in korean subtitle
The Americd difficult sound R shows itself in words such as "world" and not in the exmples presentet her.
In American English, the letter 'r' can be pronounced as a vowel sound and as a consonant. When the letter 'r' appears at the beginning of a word or a syllable, it's pronounce as the *consonant* sound /r/, like "run," "road," "write." That's the sound we teach in this very video.
However, when the letter 'r' appears after a vowel and they are in the same syllable, you have an R-Colored *vowel* sound, like in the words "her," "here," "word," "world," etc. We have a number of videos on this topic, check out this playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLYJV5Moz9cfymC5YbeHTY7fNcarXYc7z-.html
me gusta un poco, no repites mucho
/r/ and /з/
It't too difficult
What exactly is the difficulty?
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This is the incorrect phonetic symbol
that is ɹ/ɻ to you!
When will this app launch?
We're working hard to make it happen soon!👋