one is the schwa this is the most common
and the most lazy sound in English how
do you make this sound to make this
sound properly just breathe out of your
mouth and then just make a sound okay
but when can we use the schwa one of the
reasons we use a schwa is in unstressed
syllables example cousin the first
syllable is the stressed syllable cup
the second syllable that’s unstressed so
it has a weak form and that will take
the schwa cars in cousin say with me
cousin other words for example freedom
again the first syllable is stressed
free the second syllable is not it’s
unstressed so try not free Dom no
freedom freedom say it with me freedom
or this word effort the stress is in the
first syllable at so we pronounce that
sound correctly air the next syllable
not stressed so schwa effort effort well
this word has three syllables the middle
syllable is stressed May so the first
syllable has a schwa sound
not amazing no it’s amazing amazing and
where am I now I’m not in London no the
first syllable is stressed the second
syllable is weak and has that schwa
sound London another reason we use the
schwa is when word has the sound for
example in American English the sound
has a very strong R but in British
English it doesn’t for example my job is
a teacher I say teacher Americans would
say teacher if I get sick I go to the
hospital and I see a doctor no I see a
doctor doctor say it with me doctor if I
need legal help
I will not see a lawyer I will see a
lawyer lawyer
with me lawyer someone who works in a
university could be a professor no
professor professor so repeat those four
words with me remember to include that
schwa sound teacher doctor lawyer
professor to British English is
non-rhotic what the hell is non-rhotic
non-rhotic means that we don’t pronounce
that are in the same way that for
example American English pronounces it
we pronounce it in that lazy smooth way
instead of saying here no we say here
warm butterfly um yeah actually not
every British accent is non-rhotic some
are actually Rohtak okay yes fine some
are for example West country or the
pirate accent we all know how Pirates
sound they don’t say ah no they say are
that one is Rohtak for example we might
say bird in the west country they might
say it like this
bird is there an exception to this yes
and that is when we use our linking or
intrusion for example in a sentence like
no better actor is better at acting than
Ben Affleck if you pronounce every word
separately then yes you don’t use our
linking or intrusion but that sounds
like a robot and you’re not a robot you
might be I don’t know if you’re a robot
that’s cool but if you want to sound
like a natural sounding British human
then you might want to use our linking
so this sentence would sound like this
no better rack tour is better at acting
than Ben Affleck try and say it with me
no better rack to R is better with
acting than Ben Affleck three when you
have a regular verb ending in the past
it will always have an IDI ending but
there are three ways that we can
pronounce the IDI ending one is like a
tea one is like Adi
duh and one is like Edie but how do you
know which one has which ending well
this all has to do with voiced and
unvoiced or voiceless sounds what from
voiced and unvoiced sound it’s super
easy let’s compare the sounds of this
and this put your hand to your throat
make this sound now add a vibration now
you’re making this sound hmm
so this because there’s no vibration
it’s called unvoiced or voiceless with
this one there is a vibration so it’s
called a voiced sound
okay voiced and voiceless why should I
care
well it really helps to know what a
voiced and unvoiced sound is if you want
to know how that edy ending should sound
for example take these words kiss walk
work brush all of those words finish
with an unvoiced sound so when you put
them in the past they have the IDI
endings so how does that IDI ending
sound it sounds like it kissed walked
worked brushed it makes more sense if
you say it in a sentence he walked away
but it sounds really natural if you link
that end sound into the next word walked
away
notice that the links into that next
word walked away he walked away it
sounds natural right now let’s look at
these words use play smell they all
finish in a voiced sound so voiced
sounds make that IDI sound like a dirt
used played smelled in a sentence
we played a game fine but sounds a bit
robotic so let’s make it sound natural
and make that dirt sound link into that
next word we play the game we play the
game we played a game when do we say
that IDI like an egg
it’s not walk head it’s not working it’s
not wanted
boom wanted ended needed visited they
either end in a tea or a D so the IDI
sounds like an ED let’s use it in a
sentence not I’m okay I’m okay I just I
needed a moment before is that glottal
tea what is a glottal tea in the words
uh-oh
the up sound makes you a flood clothes
and makes an up sound now in some words
you can replace the sound with that up
sound not in every T sound
no some T sounds for example at the end
of words but it fat not those words cool
glottal T to finish fine it sounds great
but if there is a vowel sound T vowel
sound for example in words like better
water no it sounds I’m just going to say
it sounds stupid don’t do that
what are better yeah it sounds a little
bit stupid just don’t do it also in
words that have confident sound T vowel
sound
for example mountain mountain just no
don’t do that but lastly if there is a
vowel T sound consonant sound for
example in words like Batman then it’s
fine you can use that glottal T that man
but again if you want to know more about
the glottal T when to use it when to not
click here there is a whole lesson on it
five is the in sound sometimes to sound
a bit more natural you might want to
contract the in to an in sound and lose
that last G reading writing running go
in all these words are examples of when
you can contract in to in well notice
that those are all words with more than
one syllable and the last syllable is an
in sound so for example singing has two
syllables and in fact two in sounds
singing the second thing you can
contract to an
singing I’ve got a meeting today fine
but it could it sound more natural if
you add the glottal T and contract that
in to an init I’ve got a meeting today
when can’t you contract it then if
there’s only one syllable sing sent no
King one syllable don’t contract it to
Kim sing sin no don’t contract those
only if it’s more than one syllable and
the final syllable isn’t in sound then
it’s fine I’m the Ken of Inland Sea it
doesn’t work yes England has more than
two syllables but it’s the first
syllable that has the end not the final
one number six be careful of silent
letters for example the most commonly
mispronounced words is this one how
would you say no the pain we don’t
pronounce it not received no we
pronounce it receipt receipt not sward
sword the W is silent okay next one not
the B is silent we say it like subtle
subtle subtle what’s the day after
Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday we don’t say
Wed Thursday no Wednesday if you are
from a different country you are what
nope the G is silent it’s foreign
foreign again we have a perfect example
of the first syllable being stressed so
the second syllable is weak has the
schwa sound foreign Rin
foreign say with me foreign seven
practice practice practice that sound
that and that whom sounds are so
important
try to be aware of the sound in words
and don’t pronounce it like it or a
death or or written before we begin I’ve
got joke for you what did the German
philosopher say on the Titanic I’m
thinking
so I know I’m just great
now for most non-native English speakers
this sound is super difficult but you
will need to practice it let’s practice
together the difficult word like this
one try it with me
three three after Wednesday we have
Thursday same with me Thursday Thursday
a word you will say many times during
the date well you should do if you’re
polite is this one thank you thank you
say with me
thank you and on special days you want
to say happy birthday it’s not birthday
it’s birthday birthday say with me
practice birthday for a longer
explanation of how exactly to make this
sound with your mouth click here to see
that video eight eight
you could have amazing pronunciation and
then these words ah they let you down
they disappoint you so let’s practice
them this one is very often
mispronounced not arks
it’s ask ah
ask ask smooth them together
ask ask if you measure how tall
something is you measure its height not
its height height the same mistake I see
in this word not wait note wait wait
this words not come for table
no it’s comfortable comfortable
comfortable push it together comfortable
vegetable no vegetable table veg
vegetable vegetable one type of
vegetable is this one it’s not electus
no it’s a lettuce with an F sound
lettuce
remember run practice those eight tips
and I’ll see you in the next class
and the most lazy sound in English how
do you make this sound to make this
sound properly just breathe out of your
mouth and then just make a sound okay
but when can we use the schwa one of the
reasons we use a schwa is in unstressed
syllables example cousin the first
syllable is the stressed syllable cup
the second syllable that’s unstressed so
it has a weak form and that will take
the schwa cars in cousin say with me
cousin other words for example freedom
again the first syllable is stressed
free the second syllable is not it’s
unstressed so try not free Dom no
freedom freedom say it with me freedom
or this word effort the stress is in the
first syllable at so we pronounce that
sound correctly air the next syllable
not stressed so schwa effort effort well
this word has three syllables the middle
syllable is stressed May so the first
syllable has a schwa sound
not amazing no it’s amazing amazing and
where am I now I’m not in London no the
first syllable is stressed the second
syllable is weak and has that schwa
sound London another reason we use the
schwa is when word has the sound for
example in American English the sound
has a very strong R but in British
English it doesn’t for example my job is
a teacher I say teacher Americans would
say teacher if I get sick I go to the
hospital and I see a doctor no I see a
doctor doctor say it with me doctor if I
need legal help
I will not see a lawyer I will see a
lawyer lawyer
with me lawyer someone who works in a
university could be a professor no
professor professor so repeat those four
words with me remember to include that
schwa sound teacher doctor lawyer
professor to British English is
non-rhotic what the hell is non-rhotic
non-rhotic means that we don’t pronounce
that are in the same way that for
example American English pronounces it
we pronounce it in that lazy smooth way
instead of saying here no we say here
warm butterfly um yeah actually not
every British accent is non-rhotic some
are actually Rohtak okay yes fine some
are for example West country or the
pirate accent we all know how Pirates
sound they don’t say ah no they say are
that one is Rohtak for example we might
say bird in the west country they might
say it like this
bird is there an exception to this yes
and that is when we use our linking or
intrusion for example in a sentence like
no better actor is better at acting than
Ben Affleck if you pronounce every word
separately then yes you don’t use our
linking or intrusion but that sounds
like a robot and you’re not a robot you
might be I don’t know if you’re a robot
that’s cool but if you want to sound
like a natural sounding British human
then you might want to use our linking
so this sentence would sound like this
no better rack tour is better at acting
than Ben Affleck try and say it with me
no better rack to R is better with
acting than Ben Affleck three when you
have a regular verb ending in the past
it will always have an IDI ending but
there are three ways that we can
pronounce the IDI ending one is like a
tea one is like Adi
duh and one is like Edie but how do you
know which one has which ending well
this all has to do with voiced and
unvoiced or voiceless sounds what from
voiced and unvoiced sound it’s super
easy let’s compare the sounds of this
and this put your hand to your throat
make this sound now add a vibration now
you’re making this sound hmm
so this because there’s no vibration
it’s called unvoiced or voiceless with
this one there is a vibration so it’s
called a voiced sound
okay voiced and voiceless why should I
care
well it really helps to know what a
voiced and unvoiced sound is if you want
to know how that edy ending should sound
for example take these words kiss walk
work brush all of those words finish
with an unvoiced sound so when you put
them in the past they have the IDI
endings so how does that IDI ending
sound it sounds like it kissed walked
worked brushed it makes more sense if
you say it in a sentence he walked away
but it sounds really natural if you link
that end sound into the next word walked
away
notice that the links into that next
word walked away he walked away it
sounds natural right now let’s look at
these words use play smell they all
finish in a voiced sound so voiced
sounds make that IDI sound like a dirt
used played smelled in a sentence
we played a game fine but sounds a bit
robotic so let’s make it sound natural
and make that dirt sound link into that
next word we play the game we play the
game we played a game when do we say
that IDI like an egg
it’s not walk head it’s not working it’s
not wanted
boom wanted ended needed visited they
either end in a tea or a D so the IDI
sounds like an ED let’s use it in a
sentence not I’m okay I’m okay I just I
needed a moment before is that glottal
tea what is a glottal tea in the words
uh-oh
the up sound makes you a flood clothes
and makes an up sound now in some words
you can replace the sound with that up
sound not in every T sound
no some T sounds for example at the end
of words but it fat not those words cool
glottal T to finish fine it sounds great
but if there is a vowel sound T vowel
sound for example in words like better
water no it sounds I’m just going to say
it sounds stupid don’t do that
what are better yeah it sounds a little
bit stupid just don’t do it also in
words that have confident sound T vowel
sound
for example mountain mountain just no
don’t do that but lastly if there is a
vowel T sound consonant sound for
example in words like Batman then it’s
fine you can use that glottal T that man
but again if you want to know more about
the glottal T when to use it when to not
click here there is a whole lesson on it
five is the in sound sometimes to sound
a bit more natural you might want to
contract the in to an in sound and lose
that last G reading writing running go
in all these words are examples of when
you can contract in to in well notice
that those are all words with more than
one syllable and the last syllable is an
in sound so for example singing has two
syllables and in fact two in sounds
singing the second thing you can
contract to an
singing I’ve got a meeting today fine
but it could it sound more natural if
you add the glottal T and contract that
in to an init I’ve got a meeting today
when can’t you contract it then if
there’s only one syllable sing sent no
King one syllable don’t contract it to
Kim sing sin no don’t contract those
only if it’s more than one syllable and
the final syllable isn’t in sound then
it’s fine I’m the Ken of Inland Sea it
doesn’t work yes England has more than
two syllables but it’s the first
syllable that has the end not the final
one number six be careful of silent
letters for example the most commonly
mispronounced words is this one how
would you say no the pain we don’t
pronounce it not received no we
pronounce it receipt receipt not sward
sword the W is silent okay next one not
the B is silent we say it like subtle
subtle subtle what’s the day after
Tuesday Wednesday Wednesday we don’t say
Wed Thursday no Wednesday if you are
from a different country you are what
nope the G is silent it’s foreign
foreign again we have a perfect example
of the first syllable being stressed so
the second syllable is weak has the
schwa sound foreign Rin
foreign say with me foreign seven
practice practice practice that sound
that and that whom sounds are so
important
try to be aware of the sound in words
and don’t pronounce it like it or a
death or or written before we begin I’ve
got joke for you what did the German
philosopher say on the Titanic I’m
thinking
so I know I’m just great
now for most non-native English speakers
this sound is super difficult but you
will need to practice it let’s practice
together the difficult word like this
one try it with me
three three after Wednesday we have
Thursday same with me Thursday Thursday
a word you will say many times during
the date well you should do if you’re
polite is this one thank you thank you
say with me
thank you and on special days you want
to say happy birthday it’s not birthday
it’s birthday birthday say with me
practice birthday for a longer
explanation of how exactly to make this
sound with your mouth click here to see
that video eight eight
you could have amazing pronunciation and
then these words ah they let you down
they disappoint you so let’s practice
them this one is very often
mispronounced not arks
it’s ask ah
ask ask smooth them together
ask ask if you measure how tall
something is you measure its height not
its height height the same mistake I see
in this word not wait note wait wait
this words not come for table
no it’s comfortable comfortable
comfortable push it together comfortable
vegetable no vegetable table veg
vegetable vegetable one type of
vegetable is this one it’s not electus
no it’s a lettuce with an F sound
lettuce
remember run practice those eight tips
and I’ll see you in the next class
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