How to pronounce pool vs. pull | Tense UW vs. Lax U in American English

[@LianCorona-so4oe]

hola, he estado aprendiendo ingles por mi cuenta por ya varios años pero lo había dejado debido a mi estanque con la escucha y pronunciación. pero ahora lo he retomado y con tus videos , sin duda he mejorado bastante , ojala hubiera encontrado tu canal mucho antes, sin duda eres alguien a quien admirar ¡si te hubiera tenido como maestra, otra cosa hubiera sido! gracias por todo, te adoro

[@roldanalinsunurin30]

Very helpful. It was only her that perfectly describe the vowels, and I love how she describe what does it feel to pronounce each.

[@AlainIoualalen]

Thank you dear Hadar , One the most helpful videos for me .. I struggled so much with those 2 vowels as a French native Thank you again

[@ketsyha]

Wow thank you Hadar! Finally I know how to pronounce "full" or "book"! The tip about keeping the tongue up is what created my "aha" moment!

[@marcelociarro8527]

Thanks !! Excellent explanation lady 👏👏 Regards from Argentina.

[@alejandromaciel9748]

These are the hardest... You explain it so good, thank you!

[@ffwang0306]

Finally, I fixed my "pull" pronunciation. I really appreciate you!

[@Evgeniya17]

Your explanations are really great! It's really hard for unnative speaker to distinguish these sounds. Love your videos!

[@michaeltownley4698]

I could barely distinguish these different sounds before watching your video when listening to the song "Sweet Transvestite" (sung by Tim Curry for a movie), specifically at the beginning of the song: Don't get strung out by the way that I *look* Don't judge a *book* by its cover I'm not much of a man by the light of day But by night I'm one hell of a lover After watching this video, the difference between *look* or *book* , and for example *Pool* is crystal clear xD

[@clandestine2701]

Great video' Love the help of a straw and a hot potato

[@陳盈如-p2k]

It really helps me a lot. The way I pronounced the word ,pull, is totally wrong. Now I can do corrections. Hooray!

[@billy402]

I love it! Make it stupid simple!!!

[@陳盈如-p2k]

I have been leraning so much from the videos. What a nice teahcer!

[@roxanatapia7428]

you are really great,

[@roieis]

נהדרת!

[@kmarbenyahya1425]

U're doing realy great job Hadar I Love you and Thank you

[@angelcarrion9854]

it's new for me to know that the long sound (of the two you were contrasting) has a "w" quality at the end. My phonetics teacher told me that it's only long, but she never mentioned all the things you did mention in this video. Thank you very much for making videos like this one I've learnt a lot from you...

[@hadar.shemesh]

Angel Carrion so happy to hear!! And it's absolutely not just length... :)

[@nadiaseasyenglish2163]

Oh my!! I love you ❤

[@ABCDEFGHcreator]

This is the best lesson I've watched.

[@caganyldran7904]

U r doin great job!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you so much 😀

[@RahulSharma-fi9nj]

Superb!

[@DraLuMello]

You're awesome!! Thank you

[@andrewmagic7014]

Hadar, thank you for the lesson. It's always interesting for me to watch your early videos (I mean before 2020), and discover how your style has been changing

[@blakesim3560]

The straw and hot potato analogy helped me a lot!!! Thanks, Hadar

[@amirnemni]

I love your lessons, you are amazing! thank you for being here for us!

[@thabitsheikhalarap9281]

Thank you so much

[@annaanna-oy9kh]

YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!! for a first time I have learnt what is the difference between these 2 sounds. I have watched many viedeos but only yours explains it clearly. You made my day. Thank you so much.

[@hadar.shemesh]

So happy to hear!!!♥️

[@jigsaw0320]

i have to leave the message here because i just learned it in the way you teach. thxXXXX

[@hadar.shemesh]

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[@mabrooksalehowedha]

معلمتي العزيزة أهنيئك على هذا المستوى المتمكن و الأسلوب الشيق

[@ueckbueck]

Can you kindly cover the different pronunciations of “flack, fleck, flag”?

[@joelmasamba6762]

Thanks a lot for giving us this great and amazing lesson

[@thuynguyenthibich9164]

Thank you so much for your lessons, the way you teach is so useful for me , thank you again

[@AminulIslam-xj8wy]

Your elaborations are mesmerizing

[@finalholylin2388]

The insight into this murky part really amaze me; YOU are my very saviour.... while many other native speakers just utter this sound symbol like 'ə' sound and keep confusing many ESL learners the words like 'sugar', 'could', 'wood'

[@lenonnitchergore2246]

Lindo peinado y preciosa explicación!!! Gracias!!!

[@tatianazakharova5620]

The best explanation ever, thank you!

[@АлександърАлександров-ъ3ь]

How to differentiate between the u in book and look and the one in buck and luck

[@yinweiwu8421]

You are really an amazing master to teach us how to speak as an English native. Thanks so much~~~~~

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you dear!

[@kohy741]

You are awesome Thank you. I'm a foreigner. You are so kind.

[@hkemk6965]

Wow...I had problems with those but you made it clear. .thank you so much. ..waiting for new podcasts..

[@gabs32100]

another great video! I've seen million videos on this topic, but none of them were as good as yours.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you!

[@ashkuuali4401]

Thank you ,you are amazing I like all your English lessons

[@julianatomassini7569]

Thank you so much!! You teach very well!

[@juansolorzano4058]

Thank you so much! Your classes are FANTASTIC.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you! ❤️+Juan Solorzano

[@assimpleasdimple1300]

it really make sense. Thank you so much for such a wonderful lesson

[@jarolinreyes5877]

I really appreciate your help... You are the best

[@anaxcontadora]

You're amazing Hadar!!!! 😚

[@hadar.shemesh]

+Ana Paula Moreira ❤❤❤😊

[@allouthersites2428]

Gosto de seus vídeos porque vc é bastante enérgica e descontraída para ensinar kk parabéns

[@stefanyvaleriaserpapasache3740]

Food and foot! Even in the right context happened to me that people heard foot instead of food. It’s so frustrating when it happens specially when we are on the table and it’s impossible that I would mention the word “foot”. Thanks a lot for this video!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Exactly!! Look up ‘Jimmy Fallon and Gal Gadot Box of lies’ and watch it from around minute 4. You’ll thank me for it 🤣

[@tirinox]

Hello, Hadar. Could you explain please what difference in pronunciation the words "distract" and "destruct"?

[@kmarbenyahya1425]

poll also a tricky word

[@aztlaneca1]

Excellent video - loved it!

[@reyazmalik.ph.d.7734]

u really teach awesome... thanks for ur efforts....

[@hadar.shemesh]

Reyaz Ahmad. Thank you!

[@MarigabyFr]

Excellent!!! Thanks 👍🏻

[@abquyoom]

Hi Hadar thank you for the wonderful videos. My pronunciation is very bad, suggest me few tips to improve it. Thank you

[@samarpanananda1150]

This is a very important video

[@samarpanananda1150]

Thank you so much , your videos are helping me to improve my pronunciation

[@vladimirsavenkov2424]

Само совешенство!

[@orhoushmand85]

The vowel uː sounds to me like the "default" one and the vowel ʊ sounds to me like a quick allophone of the uː one.

[@kalilmagal2733]

Pretty good lesson. But I have one question : There is any difference between "u" and "w" sounds?

[@pumas5111]

great explanation!! thank you

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thanks! :)

[@ポジティブ心理学博士山口ま]

Hi Hadar, the difference between "bowl" and "ball" is hard to distinguish. Also the difference between "corn" and "cone".

[@kulik03]

Great video, you've earned a new subscriber!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Yey!! :) +kulik03

[@humbertorodriguez6595]

I would add 2 more words to this tricky pair: poll and Paul. PS: I love your accent Hadar.

[@barbaraaguado4999]

Thank you 🙏!!

[@rebecahernandezvargas1801]

Excellent

[@aleenazahir]

THANK YOU

[@-wil2013]

Hello everyone. There is a lot of American people who pronounce the word "pull" as the last syllable of "apple".

[@victortheboss1474]

3:46

[@polianapolain]

You nailed it! Best tutorial ever on that subject matter. Thank you a lot.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Poliana Polain yey! Thank you😊

[@NguyenThanhTrung-lh1ff]

for me, the lax U the most difficult one. I have tried so many ways but there is still no success.

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

Hi Hadar! Why do you pronounce 'ull' in 'Pull' very similar 'all' in 'Ball'? Thank you!

[@hadar.shemesh]

It’s not the same, these are two different sounds...

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

@@hadar.shemesh I meant you pronounce 'pull' very similar 'pall'? It should short 'u' not 'o', it made us confused. As you teach, the 'full' will be very similar 'fall'. Could you make a video to compare 'pull' vs 'pall', 'full' vs 'fall'? Thank you!

[@ctcl_centrotaoista]

Pool is ok for me but pull is really difficult.

[@rgsulpoa]

Love these lessons ! :-)

[@hadar.shemesh]

Yey!

[@theteacher6353]

Number one. Good luck

[@derp4317]

I don't know why, but even though i can perceive that this sound isn't like a u, i can't hear the w at the end

[@phaninhdy748]

Who else is watching this video and struggling with the word 'pull' like me?

[@annal6719]

🎉 thanks

[@caslinchen]

Can you make a video how to pronounce the word " totally "?

[@andreslizanobenavides1396]

hiiii!! I missed you!

[@runzetang2250]

hi， hadar! can you teach us how to read song and son? thank you!

[@hadar.shemesh]

That's a good idea! Thanks!! +Runze Tang

[@TheFritha]

is it only in the US that they distinguish these sounds?

[@kiam2651]

thank you

[@goutammitra722]

I enjoyed a lot your native pronounce voice, it's really appreciable. But one by one learning is really stressful, in fact with out any formula of a general for pronounce may help us to learn a ton. Rather than learning one by one we could learn to use of formula.

[@BallisticaMetal]

this "lax u" somehow if you say these words with a little schwa it may pass as "short u" what do you think ? Am I crazy ? does it work?

[@hadar.shemesh]

+BallisticaMetal you're not crazy and I think it's better than saying it with a pure U sound

[@heriveltopereiraduarte6607]

Why don't you use the Ipa to show the pronunciation? It is confusing for those who use ipa charts.

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

The 'pull', why you pronouce as /ʌl/ in 'result'?

[@lrlizribeiro]

What about: Paul, pole, poll, and pal?

[@LongNguyen-yy1bl]

anyone see, she is really pretty ?

[@eliasnunez61]

Excelent! Lady

[@livinglifetothefull649]

if u could say pull more in a real sentence ,that would be great, like , pull the drawer out plz, dont pull, u gonna break it

[@linkSCO]

I'm Scottish. it all sounds the same to me; pooool and pooool. I can tell the difference lol

[@hadar.shemesh]

Hahaha yes, it's all the same there:)

[@poe12]

Everything is ok till you check it with elsa 😊

[@husseini6033]

amizing

[@BadrunGodang]

I heard pull sound like /pol/.. english made me stressed. English is hard.

[@jhayzagal7154]

fool vs full

[@cristianegraciliano5713]

Same shit

[@zoobafornow]

Does pull sound like Paul?

[@hadar.shemesh]

No.. Paul is more open (open mouth)

[@israelc0605]

I actually put a hot potato in my mouth and now I can’t speak at all.

[@anwarbukhari6178]

One thing you are not telling every body is connecting these words together e.g. pool pulls your hight up food is your foot on which you stand

[@losblogsdemarcos8590]

Oh my gosh this is so complicate!!! This is Lycanthropic!

[@daniahasnaningtyas6450]

Complicated