2nd Vowel Sound IH (/I/) vs 3rd Vowel Sound EH (/ɛ/) | Slow Minimal Pairs

[@elmirabelo8996]

I'll start to comment every video just to help the KZbin algorithm recommend more this playlist.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Aw, you don't have to do that, although I really appreciate the support! Glad you're finding these lessons valuable ☺

[@elmirabelo8996]

​@@NativeEnglishHacksIt's the best work I have ever seen. Already tried to learn more and improve my pronunciation and speaking skills but the poor materials or not well "connected" contents out there made me think that was impossible. With this lesson, I already can see some improvement. Not so much on the pronunciation because it takes time, but I'm starting to identify the different sounds more easily. And it's the first time that I used Patreon. That shows how amazing is your work.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Wow! That's really high praise. Thank you so much! I'm super happy my lessons are helping that much 😊

[@ajitshing8765]

I'm so thankful to you

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

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[@claudiabarbosa8187]

Now it's clearer the sound ih and eh thank u so much!

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

That's the plan! 😎☺

[@alisaria2109]

well, I wouldn't say it was easy for me but after several times I got it all well. the key is to listen and repeat it again. English hack, u doing amazing work. but I have a suggestion, next time when u make these videos try to put a video of ur mouth so we say and hear when u pronounce minimal pairs. believe me, I will help a lot.:)) btw that Pikachu reminds me of my childhood lol. keep working

[@saadkhamisi7101]

You’re great 👍🏻 thank you 🙏🏼

[@Av-gw9bg]

It's difficult for me to differentiate between them. Anyway, I can differentiate between them easily when eh or ih are followed by n, m. I think that's because the nasal consonants affect vowels. it's also a little bit easier when one of them is followed by a voiced consonant.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Yes, the nasal consonants do affect vowels 🙂 Keep practicing. Your ears will eventually adjust. Try to the ear trainer if you have a Windows PC (link in description of more recent videos)

[@eliot1197]

​@@NativeEnglishHacks please, teacher, I want the ear trainer 😭

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

@@eliot1197 it's no longer available

[@eliot1197]

@@NativeEnglishHacks Can the minimal pairs playlist substitute then? One side note: I am really happy that you responded, I wanna tell that you are great!💯💯💯

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

@@eliot1197 The channel is inactive, so I'm not really replying anymore, but I'm glad the content is useful. The minimal pairs playlist will help, but might not be enough alone

[@iiAbdullah635]

1:23 two => [choo] that t really sounded like ch

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Not quite. There's a little bit of sliding in the T because I'm not enunciating it 100% perfectly. This is completely within the normal bounds of the T sound. Too much sliding and it will really start to change into a CH. But I can assure you that the T at that time stamp is in no way an English CH and a native would not recognize it as one

[@iiAbdullah635]

@@NativeEnglishHacks hmm, I sound like weak ch /tʃ/ to me. Maybe not the same ch that exists in English, but at least similar. And also it's worth mentioning that I hear many Americans change the t to something more like ch /tʃ/ in words like true, tree, try, street.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Yes! That's a very common and natural thing. This is a special case because of the R consonant after the T. This is pronounced as an actual CH (not a lazy T) by many (myself included), but some speakers keep it as a T. Both are common and natural. Remember not to confuse the sound and the spelling. In a word like "true", it's either a T or a CH, which is a sound change and completely different than what we were talking about with the word "two"