Cap-Cup-Cop (The 3 A's) | American English Pronunciation | vowels

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Yo do an outstanding job at explaining these tricky concepts to non-native speakers. Kudos!

[@ykknc]

The front “æ” is pretty easy and distinct for me The central “ʌ” and back “ɑ” and (also “ɔ”) are killing me. Btw you’re the best American English teacher by far! Thanks for so many helpful videos!

[@javiervillacorta3847]

wait a minute, arent back a and ɔ the same sound?

[@pronunciacionconben]

@@javiervillacorta3847 It depends on the region you come from, but for some people, there's no difference between these two sounds. :)

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[@ter2710]

she pronounces ok, but her explanations are not so good.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

A rule for the long "a" is to remember when a doctor asks you to say "a" loud: The mouth is quite open and the sound is produced rather in the back of the palate.

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[@reynaldopampacondori331]

The lesson was clear in showing the difference among those sounds.

[@ketsyha]

Wow thank you for these videos!! I loved the sentences with the three different words!!!

[@lauraaltamira7999]

oh my gosh, you are a master @hadar. I've always had issues pronouncing the u and watching the difference between Cap-Cup - Cop I'm really getting it. I love it! love it! thank you.🙃😉

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that's really benefits , thank you - could you make a video about (tub , top and tap)

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Your explanations are clear and accurate. Thanks

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[@ToritoCopal]

I thought I was pronouncing it right, maybe I wasn't. I was just waking up after a long nap and asking for a new "cup". I was getting another starbucks refill, anyway, I had my own way. Thank you for this one! Keep uploading!

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[@maksim8888888]

That's pretty difficult. Thanks for your explainations !

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[@ElPocoyo]

I think pronouncing those sounds is easier that listening because native speakers often pronounce cup and cop very similar

[@prof.carlos8193]

Now I understand why my A's sounded so bad.

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[@Dikosha_cat]

thank you . what is the difference between /ɔ/ /ɑ/ sound? I think / ɔ /like in words lost and all?

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[@gabs32100]

this is a great video. these three sounds are so hard to differentiate and produce, actually I take it back, the middle sound is hard. I never thought of these sounds as back, middle or front. It kinda make sense now

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[@sotasottile]

I think "lost" is the odd one out at 2:04. It's not the “ɑ” sound: /lɔst/

[@pauchrysostomo482]

May I ask you if the en in the word ENTREPRENEUR sound like a in cop the back a sound. And the en in the word end.

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[@ivomoreira42]

First of all, thank you, Hadar. You're the very best teacher! So... I always thought that the letter *u* in words like "dust" and "lust", e.g., sound it as a schwa. I mean, this /ʌ/ vowel is difficult and soft at the same time. I think I'm gonna use the schwa or the open front unrounded vowel /a/ that American English doesn't have, haha. It's the only way I found to distinguish cap and cop from cup. One day I'll master that sound!

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Thanks

[@giyu2687]

useful lesson ! but what is the the difference between /ɑ/ and /ɔ/?

[@ter2710]

one is a and another o. oh god

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Can you teach us how to pronounce the word "Later" in American accent? Thank you so much. You are a great teacher.

[@BaurzhanZhakeleyev]

+bassam alhazmi , this is intresting... I think 't' there will 'flapped T' which sounds like light 'd' sound, and immediately after that schw for the 'r' goes. So it would be like: Later = Leid'r. Is that correct Hadar?

[@hadar.shemesh]

+Baurzhan Zhakeleyev Absolutely! :)

[@paulkiss1981]

something like "lader"

[@IliaCinema]

very very important matter. Thanks for bringing it up! Unfortunately, explanation of difference between lOst an lUst sounds is short and not very clear.

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I would love to contribute with better subtitles in Spanish. This is a video I always show to my beginner students but they don´t understand very well these spoken explanations yet, and the Automaticly-generated/translated subtitles don't help too much.

[@martinjesus9854]

What is the difference between the central A and the schwa sound ?

[@ridesharegold6659]

Some American accents have a lax/tense split so there are actually 4 "a" sounds so to us you're merging these two sounds in you're "front" a.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Not sure what you're talking about.. Are you referring to the bed-bad vowel pair as the front a?+RideShareGold

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Hi Hadar, there seems no ɑ sound in word lost ，but ɔ sound, am I right?

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Could you make an entire video for each sound? pls

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[@jaimec2783]

Is it some sort of tonal system? Or long vowels vs short ones?

[@hadar.shemesh]

Front center back (position of the tongue)

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[@jeremyjohnson6111]

Not to quibble, but as a native MidAtlantic speaker, I haven't ever heard anyone pronounce "lost" to rhyme with "roster". Normally would rhyme it with cost and foster though. I've heard 'flog' pronounced to rhyme with either frog or dog but the back 'ah' sound for lost sounds strange to my ear FWiW.

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Jeremy Johnson I live in Texas, and all those O's sound exactly the same to me (also in Johnson.) Remember, this is series is for students learning English, and Hadar cannot possible account for regional differences in dialect. There are words which she teaches that sound different from the way I say them, but in the big scheme of things, I would have no problem understanding them in a conversation. They aren't wrong, just not the same.

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[@nz5302]

Dear Hadar, your lessons are great, but I have the same question as Victor below. To me, words "Cop" and "Father" have never been in the same transcription group, as the dictionaries define short "o" for Cop and long "a" for Father and to me they also sound differentjy, could you please explain, why do you put them on one plate?

[@annlisunova]

Hi, but long "a" is an "ai" sound, like in "train" or "mane". It is not like in the word Father

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[@TheLittlesunshine95]

Nice video Hadar!!! But how can I know those words with different “a” sounds? I mean: is there any list of words that I need to memorize?

[@hadar.shemesh]

No, you shouldn't memorize a list. a as in cat is usually spelled with 'a', cup is usually spelled with 'o' 'ou' 'u' 'oo' and ah as in father is spelled with 'o' and sometimes 'aw' 'au' 'ou'.. But I mostly recommend to open your ears and first try to hear the difference ..

[@TheLittlesunshine95]

Accent's Way by Hadar Thank you Hadar, yes, I notice the difference but it takes me a while to pronounce them correctly. I think I need to practice more. What about ran and run, do they sound different? Thank you again!

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cup,cap,cop - yes I can, Lost, Last - yeah - I can , Lust - I despair, but my german got better, At the age of 58 I learn to speak🤣🤣🤣

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Great job

[@moacirmeireles3516]

Hi teacher! CAP is easy to identify that's FRONT a, but CUP and COP is a little confused to know when to use CENTRAL or BACK a.

[@excitedaboutlearning1639]

Back A is quite often spelled as "o" Cambridge Dictionary & Wiktionary are good resources to find which A sound you should use.

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