American English - EH [ɛ] Vowel - How to make the EH Vowel

[@espeleta9919]

Hello, dear teacher Rachel. Greetings from Colombia. You've helped me improve my speaking through your valuable videos and inspired me to become an English teacher someday. I'd like you to make a video about how to pronounce words with the combination 'bv' as in: obvious and obverse; and how to link those consonants when one of them is at the end of a word and the other at the beginning of an adjacent one.

[@quicker.z]

Quick question: in the dictionary, EMPLOY is /ɪm'plɔɪ/. But in this video @1:46, it's different. Why is that, please?

[@petertc]

also embrace

[@petertc]

It may the more morden sound in America. The video kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6e6eGuQoZdqjLM also uses [ɛ] for embody.

[@CP-nc6fw]

Maybe, language changes fast but dictionaries update slowly?

[@anouarrifaai5990]

Although she says that the word "employ" has the [ɛ] sound, she pronounces the [ɪ] sound instead.

[@quicker.z]

Petertc Chu Yeah, probably

[@Ziba_0]

I'm so happy to find your channel. I really want to have a nice accent. I'm an Afghan girl and have a Persian accent. In my native language, we don't have all these stress and tongue movements. I guess, Persian is a very relaxed languege and doesn't need a lot of effort to make its sounds. But English is totally different. So I really want to accept this challenge and have an advanced accent in English. Your lessons are just the very things I was searching for. I can't thank you enough ❤

[@rachelsenglish]

I appreciate it @user-dh2td9lx8b!

[@muslehosama5168]

Appreciate it, I have checked Oxford advanced learners' dictionary to find out the meaning of embody ,but the phonetic of it was not the one you've mentioned in this video!

[@mauriciolizarazo9074]

hi,I am learning English and this is the first video that demonstrates how to pronounce ,congratulations

[@The_RTX675]

So lovely ❤❤ This vowel was confusing.. I didn't know the difference between / ɛ / sound in Red .... Mess Rɛd .....Mɛss Thanks for you so much ❤

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome and thanks for watching @The_RTX675!

[@The_RTX675]

@rachelsenglish Dear teacher , thanks for you at first 🌹 I have question .. What's the difference between The vowel / e / ... and / ɛ / because I feel the same and dictionaries use both of them Sometimes " Red , pet , mess " ; written as ... (Red , Pet , mess) and as ( Rɛd , pɛt , mɛss ) ❤️❤️🌹

[@JonatanFTChannel]

Today I learned how to pronounce that sound properly, in my native language there's a quite similar eh sound but it's stresser than the English one. Thanks to your Rachel! You've been helping my dream of master your language become true.

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure Jonatan!

[@paulliang7170]

you are a such great teacher. Thanks. I'm looking forward for your new updates on your ebook.

[@Slaventuss]

Still cannot reproduce that sound in "protect". Everything is fine with other words

[@ramzy-6566]

Hello, for /ɛ/ sound. you said when the middle of the tongue arches up towards the roof of the mouth.for me the sound change to /æ/ please help. Thank you.

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! It sounds like you can make two adjustments: - Don't lift the tongue quite so high - Make sure you lift the middle of the tongue, not the back of the tongue. The part of the tongue that lifts for the [æ] vowel is a little further back on the tongue than the part of the tongue that should lift for the [ε] vowel.

[@ramzy-6566]

@@rachelsenglish Thank you so much for the reply in details. i'm practice now [ε] vowel.

[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you. Mrs. Rachel.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome Ramzy!

[@makbulhossain]

life saving lesson . thanking you Rachel

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @ThinkEnglish7!

[@hoanguyen-eh8nu]

Thanks Rachel, your videos help me so much.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks a lot!

[@cclicker9566]

omg its soo detailed

[@AdolescenteVlog]

You are a wonderful person. Keep going with this wonderful job on youtube. I hope you to be always happy ;)

[@tijmwolters]

simp

[@thesmokecriminal5395]

@@tijmwolters hahahhahagagagagaggagagagaga

[@ramzy-6566]

Thank you so much.

[@rachelsenglish]

Always welcome Ramzy!

[@vikashrabha9634]

Thank you for your lesson Eh

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure!

[@hugooh8317]

Hello Rachel, I got problem with dealing with EH sound and ae sound. Can you help me how to discern these two vowels?

[@aynasaynas6173]

Me too

[@rodrigoalcantara2961]

Some online dictionaries like Cambrigde Oxford Learners ,Merriam Webster, Collins dictionaries, etc. use a different symbol to represent this vowel sound. They use the symbol /e/. The problem is that in the IPA vowel quadrilateral the symbol /e/ represents another vowel sound the existis in other languages, like italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and many others. In the IPA vowel quadrilateral the vowels /ɪ/ and /e/ are very close, so they sound quite similar. However for the /e/ the mouth is more open than for /ɪ/. Some teachers told me that the /e/ vowel exists in English, but not as a monophthong, pure vowel or single vowel ( these three terms all mean the same thing). In English the /e/ vowel exists but it is part of a diphthong /eɪ/ like in the words Able, cAke, bAIt, or plAY, for exemple. So /e/ and /ɛ/ are different symbols that represent two different vowel sounds in the IPA

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing Bruno!

[@ramzy-6566]

i like this sound too much.

[@muhammedalhesni5326]

You are very clever Rachel

[@rachelsenglish]

Ha! Thanks for watching @muhammedalhesni5326!

[@start6666]

Thanks a lot 🌹

[@sofiaalayon3340]

I think that her voice is the voice that I listen on High school in English Clase o.O Love your videos

[@aishaawuah-adjapong10]

Ɛ is a Akan letter too!❤

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for sharing @aishaawuah-adjapong10!

[@CristianoLima-jn7uq]

Hello Rachel, First of all, thanks for this free usefull lessons. Secondly, I'd like to suggest you to put some minimal pairs in the lessons. I'm having a hard time hearing the difference bettween [æ] and [ɛ]. My native language is Portuguese and for me those sounds seem to be the same.

[@rachelsenglish]

+Cristiano Lima Great suggestion, thank you! I do have a video that addresses this! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i36cmIOwgNhkfsk

[@forever-ic5nu]

hola rachel tengo una pregunta cual es la diferencia entre los simbolos foneticos ɛ y e, ɛmˈbreɪs, minuto 2:58, gracias

[@Kate-ct3nc]

thank a lot for your great lessens Rachel, you are really good teacher )

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure Erwin!

[@tobiasariastoya1485]

Very nice the video 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @tobiasariastoya1485!

[@SahiBaatknowledge4u]

hii Rachel mam I am using your video Lern beginner American English .I am from India very useful video class

[@CentroSelenium]

Sooooo useful

[@rachelsenglish]

Glad to hear that @CentroSelenium!

[@skibitom]

Thank you dear Rachel. Very helpfull lesson.

[@두둥등장-z4s]

easy to understand and repeat after. wonderful job! thank you so much!

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome! Thanks so much for the note. I appreciate it :)

[@AdolescenteVlog]

Hi Rachel, I had a suggestion for you. When I am speaking in English, I don't have problems to make the TH sounds anymore, however, I realised that when I have to use "with that" I don't pronounce it correctly, the same for THS like months, lengths. Maybe you could make a video helping us with that hehehe..Thanks my American teacher

[@rachelsenglish]

+AdolescenteVlog Great suggestion, thanks!!

[@AhmedKhashabaa]

there is already a video about that check her playlist

[@filippoprimavera8356]

​​​@@rachelsenglish I can affirm that the word "pretty" it's with the eh sound but modified by the consonants r and flap t or pure t and the final vowel y ( i:) . Is it right Rachel ? Also the word "even" has the same modification between v and n become a soft eh sound in schwa.

[@abdallamohamed8179]

thanks a lot

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure Abdalla!

[@chongtak]

Is that the sound Canadians use often?

[@rachelsenglish]

It is similar! :)

[@Eloyteacher]

Sorry to disturb you, Rachel. I wonder if you have a vid on the difference in pronunciation between "where-were" and "wander-wonder". thanks a lot and cheers from Spain

[@rachelsenglish]

+Eloyteacher Great video suggestions, thanks!

[@limitless9483]

You deserve 10m subs

[@rachelsenglish]

Aww..Thank you!

[@dasbuchvonCauchy]

I love you!

[@ulricwu8211]

Hi, Rachel, I have receive from your instruments with deep delight, but I sometimes still can't be clear the sound from [ɛ] and [æ] in some video, can you help me? Thank you.

[@eswaravinash72]

Hi Rachel, I appreciate your videos. They have helped me a lot to improve my pronunciation and accent. I have a question about the letter 'e' in English. Sometimes it has different sounds in different words, like: bed (/bed/), response (/rɪˈspɑːns/), presentation ( /ˌprezənˈteɪʃən/), extraneous (/ɪkˈstreɪniəs/). How can I know whether to use the /ɪ/ vowel or the /e/ vowel? Is there any rule or pattern for this? Thank you for your explanation.

[@rachelsenglish]

Good question! E does certainly have a lot of possible pronunciations in English (EE, IH, schwa, EH, and more). My recommendation is to study words that have similar patterns, because they will start to give you clues as to what other words spelled similarly may sound like. For example, "bed" has the same spelling as other one-syllable words red, Ted, led, and fed. These all have the same EH pronunciation. The problem with rules in English spelling is that we break them so much of the time. One tip with E that is most often true is that if it is unstressed, it often becomes the schwa or IH sound (such as in your example, "response"). But the surest way to know how an E will be pronounced is to look it up in a dictionary, or hear a native speaker say it. More here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpLXmaKfmb1_j5o

[@eswaravinash72]

@@rachelsenglish Thank you very much.

[@noorlatif8498]

hi Rachel can u make a video about body language(american) because i notice a lot of it in the movies and thanks a lot for these amazing videos

[@rachelsenglish]

+Noor Latif Cool idea, thanks!

[@bradleyclever3541]

i feel like it´s like a a vowel when it comes between l m n and r because i hear the diffrence between any and bed right?

[@ramzy-6566]

are /i/ , /eɪ/ , /u/ and /oʊ/ tense vowels and the rest lax vowels. thank you.

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! I don't consider any vowels to be tense - I don't think that talking in terms of tension helps students pronounce these sounds clearly - using tension usually ends up creating an accented quality!

[@ramzy-6566]

@@rachelsenglish Thank you. Mrs. Rachel.

[@Nunesi]

Hi Rachel, How are you doing? Thanks a lots for the videos the best as always :)

[@halaalshehawe5327]

Thank you

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks Hala!

[@leobardomagdaleno7943]

I love it

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you @leobardomagdaleno7943!

[@村崎わわ]

0:17　EH[ε]の発音方法 2:37　練習

[@JacobIX99]

For those who want to practice their Eh, listen to "Atrévete - Calle 13", Spanish E has the Eh sounds, and it's quite overused in this song lol

[@HaNguyen-ps5hd]

Good

[@Iagreewithyoubearhug]

Hello, I check the IPA table for this sound, but there is no this symbol! Is this sound equal to "e" sound in IPA ?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! Not quite - the IPA that should be there for this sound is: [ε].

[@Iagreewithyoubearhug]

@@rachelsenglish Thanks for reply. I used Cambridge and oxford online dictionary to check it, I think they both use /e/now. Like said in Cambridge is /sed/ and oxford is the same. I think they probably remove this sound [ε].

[@johnconor5485]

Does the sides of the tongue touch the insides of the upper molars when making this :eh: sound? Thank you :)

[@rachelsenglish]

They can! But they do not need to touch any teeth to make the sound.

[@contaaposentada1867]

Hey Rachel, you could make a video showing how to pronounce the words the way we hear them at English series too. Like the word gonna that sometimes we hear as I'm ona(or something like that. I heard it in the Lost series ). Cause sometimes we can't even discern what we are hearing because it does't match with the subtitles, and you could tell us how to pronounce them by,for example, writing how they sound. This would be really helpful. I gonna give you some examples of the phrases I wasn't able to understand even with the subtitles: Lost 12 at 09:57 I don't understand the phrase he said Lost 12 at 23:39 (I can't hear 'hasn't been able') Lost 04 at 22:26 I´m gonna get that boar(The way he pronounces gonna, it sound like I'm 'a' get that boar) lost 5 at 10:12 what should we do with what we got(It seems they are dropping 'ld' of should and connecting the u in should with the i sound, to form 'what should we do', something like: whashouido ) Lost 6 at 22:50(I can't hear the 'you still haven't' and the 'd' of convinced.) Lost 9 at 2:44 (I can't hear the 'can' that is in the subtitles) lost 12 at 06:24(I can't undertand the 'you wouldn't happen to have'.) Lost 12 at 02:53(I can't hear the after. How he is saying it.) I think the first two phrases were the most difficult for me.

[@rachelsenglish]

+Blue Butterfly Thank you for all of this! It's a great idea for a series!

[@contaaposentada1867]

:) I must be the one thanking you. Cause you are helping us all a lot. Really, thank you.

[@jaimearias2503]

Hello Rachel, your videos are motivating me to take care of my pronunciation. Are words like; military, judiciary, arbitrary, diary, secretary, subsidiary, veterinary, etc part of this "E" sound group? Thanks.

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! Two of the words in your list use the EH as in BED vowel in their stressed syllables: secretary and veterinary. The other ones use other vowel sounds. Here's a video that teaches you how to research any word you have questions about! rachelsenglish.com/how-to-pronounce-every-english-word/

[@abusleem4639]

very very very fantastic lessons

[@samuelchan853]

Some dictionaries transcribed [ e ].

[@j-8ej216]

thanks from france

[@cledimariadeoliveira2112]

Ótimos esses vídeos, ao acompanhar estou melhorando muito minha compreensão como minha pronúncia. Thanks teacher Raquel

[@angelaparisi1718]

Wa iKB ijN wa! Oaz jhC uhB uw?Sos==33580=

[@garishqualm344]

Embrace and employ sound more like IH(ship) to me. I know it's both OKay but Are there better options for unstress EH? Thank you.

[@rachelsenglish]

I think what you describe sounds fine! To me, the first syllable of 'embrace' and 'employ' will often sound like an unstressed IH as in SIT vowel or a schwa.

[@TheRectorscale]

Is there any difference between ɛː and ɛ?

[@saiphenay]

I use oxford OALD 9th. Why the IPA in OALD9 is different from yours? love the way u teach by the way.

[@lequocty83]

/ɛ/, I couldn't search for it on google, the standard symbol is / e /, right?

[@rachelsenglish]

Those are actually different sounds. [ε] is the EH as in BED sound.

[@Hwert12_uyn]

Teacher Rachel What is the difference between these phonetic symbols? ‏/ɛ/ /e/

[@rachelsenglish]

Good question! The first one represents the EH sound (EH as in bed). The second is a sound we don't really use in American English. Many other languages use this "closed e" sound, but Americans prefer to use the EY diphthong or the EH sound.

[@patriciaperez1459]

Thanks a lot for your help, I’m traying to make but I couldn’t make that position for my tongue is so hard. I don’t know if there’s any kind of exercises to be better the flexibility of my tongue thanks again for your help Rachel

[@monicaleon2601]

Sí, hay varios ejercicios para mejorar la agilidad de la lengua. Seguro en internet puedes encontrarlos, yo los encontré en un libro. Busca el método Linklater. O si gustas dame tu mail y te mando fotos del capítulo de la lengua. Saludos.

[@ruoyuzhang4826]

I heard EH [ɛ] and AA [æ] are exactly same? Can u help me to distinguish this two?

[@m.6327]

The position of the tongue is a bit different. Tongue position of [æ] is a bit lower than [ɛ].

[@isaaccarrero5232]

Great

[@gunishooo]

0:05 best part

[@sebastianalegria3401]

hello rachel, its a better video honestly l'm thankful for your well done English lesson, other thing, did you see the ceremony of the oscars?

[@abdelsaboorshaheen9138]

good

[@pksharma214]

Good after noon mam 🙏 Mam, white colour is tongue and upper red colour is upper jaw and lower red colour is lower jaw?? Is it so?? Please reply because I am confused

[@ROckgrunge2987]

What is called to that kind of letter? It's interesting

[@rachelsenglish]

Those are the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet

[@ROckgrunge2987]

@@rachelsenglish Wow thanks for the information ❤️❤️❤️

[@GopalSinghR1]

Hi Rachel i'm waiting for the 4 and 5 part if interview series is it done?

[@essamzaky3214]

You 're the best

[@henrydavis5794]

Hello Rachel, Thank you for your useful videos. I have a problem that why the first letter in "embrace" is pronounced as [ɛ] rather than [i]? Thank you!

[@namahn6622]

Is difference between æ and ɛ that only opening size? In my ear, both sound the same, difficult.

[@rachelsenglish]

Good question! Here's my video comparing the two vowel sounds: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i36cmIOwgNhkfsksi=0Cpgy4q1icGoihS-

[@benalexender3046]

thank you so much

[@lunching3354]

thanks teacher

[@abethomas8625]

Great.thanks

[@mateuspatzlaffbittencourt8039]

Rachel, how do I pronounce the word "party"?

[@rachelsenglish]

+Mateus Patzlaff Bittencourt Check out this video! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zp6wXpeVdq18Z7M

[@AthanAbend4]

It's pɑrdi.

[@doppiovinegar3]

nice

[@patreeceah5317]

👉🏼Please need help to clarify. 👉🏼 We named our daughter after her Portuguese Grandmother it’s Eva and it’s pronounced like ehva but in the English language we weren’t sure and she ended up with Ava and of course everyone calls her Ayva. We would like to know how to spell it to give it the same pronounciation.

[@МахамадСалм]

a syllable like "importantly " "gotta" " bottom " it 's really hard in pronunciation so could you please make a video to show us the correct pronunciation . thanks

[@AndersonSilva-tg1dt]

The unstressed words and syllables are more hard to pronounce, it's necessary a lot of practice. I'd like give you an idea, if possible for you make a video about how to training the unstress specifically. Thanks for everything.

[@rachelsenglish]

+Anderson Silva Great idea! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@srinubk8299]

How can we use inauguration instead of Unveil, regarding STATUE OPENING?? please can anybody explain my doubt?? I AM EXPECTING THIS FROM RACHEL...

[@mp.falcon25]

mil gracias Rachel :)

[@МахамадСалм]

awesome

[@tatouabdelwaheb4127]

thnx

[@phuongnguyen-gq1if]

I wonder why when I look up "embrace, employ" on cambridge dictionary and oxford dictionary, they are /imbreis/ and /imploi/, not 'e'? In addition, why the sound 'e' in this lesson is written by an letter 'E'( I can't type it exactly as yours) which is not similar with IPA symbols? Plus why the 'r' letter in your video is in a reverse position?

[@ngoctruong7229]

Hix..tui cũng ko hiểu sao lại như vậy

[@mingyang1690]

今天早上已经开始上班 看广

[@yuhuang9746]

how to lower the jaw . it is confusing

[@rachelsenglish]

Think about how you might move your mouth to take a big bite of food! It's the same kind of movement! :)

[@vyvicky]

magnificent

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you!

[@macarthur7258]

Repeat with me : "YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY TEACHER !!"

[@ymj9481]

복습용 02:14 *Example words 02:38 .

[@mishavouse1840]

It's hard to distingush the 【æ】 and 【ɛ】

[@hissendaud653]

BEAUTIFUL NOSE I LOVED HIM

[@longyou1431]

Hi everyone! I'm English Learner. i get confused by this, like enjoy is the short i or e and why embrace and embody from IPA pronouns as short i. Thank you

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome!

[@KCSQR]

can you show me the difference between "worth" "word" "world" "work" please?

[@rachelsenglish]

+KCSQR Great question! Here is a video that compares two of those words: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpC6qJxngLqolc0

[@cruelladaphoque2816]

This ε sound is so close to the æ sound for some reason

[@garishqualm344]

No, it isn't

[@uccreations5354]

hey well this question is not related to the video just wanna ask cz I've heard it soo many times on youtube . what's the meaning of........ "What's cracking lacking papis"

[@rachelsenglish]

+Unaiza Chohan I have no idea!! I've never heard that!

[@uccreations5354]

+Rachel's English its ok. by the way you're an amazing english teacher. And u've an admirable attitude towards your students on youtube. alott of respect for your work.

[@zoef9986]

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[@ritikayadav6916]

When I say said my G translet catch sad😭😭

[@itzjustramen]

Here's the backwards three pretty much Ɛ