English Pronunciation - Linking: Vowel to Vowel -- American Accent

ESL: How to link a vowel to another vowel in American English pronunciation.
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[@NoemeMatos77]

OMG, I can't believe I got it!!!! I don't break the sound anymore. How could I thank you, Rachel? OMG, OMG!! Thanks!

[@rachelsenglish]

The D sound doesn't disappear, but it is a stop consonant that I don't release. Check out the video on Stop Consonants. Also, I have a video on N'T contractions that might help explain the word 'don't'.

[@rachelsenglish]

Yes, we have two glide consonants: [j] and [w]. You can think of the phrase you suggested as being: three yapples. 'Two honest' would link through a [w] sound.

[@rachelsenglish]

Awesome! Congrats!

[@rachelsenglish]

Yes, you we automatically add a glide consonant. 'Doing' would sound like 'do wing'.

[@rachelsenglish]

@Phannaphai Are there words you're not sure how pronounce? Which ones are they? Sites like the Cambridge dictionary are good for that (make sure you're looking at the American English IPA!). As far as nuances, you could reduce 'has' by pronouncing it [əz]. And I would stress the words TEACHING, TWO, and YEARS.

[@dhaka4040]

This video linking the ending vowel of a word to the beginning vowel of another word has been enormously valuable to me. From now on, I think I'll be understanding more of Hollywood movies when I watch them. :) Thanks Rachel.

[@easyenglish2016]

Good job and such an qualified teacher

[@miguelandiatorres4479]

You actually highlight between all american english teachers on KZbin.. You and a Colombian English teacher are the most highlighted.

[@jamesbonofffradestin761]

What's the name of Columbia English teacher? Please. He's on youtube?

[@dios4coronada]

I love all your videos THANK YOU SO MUCH !!

[@thetherrannative]

As a native English speaker, it's really fascinating to see and hear the sounds and rules we take for granted. I didn't even realize this is a thing we do, it's so automatic.

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks for watching!

[@bahrussodik1501]

i think you should create the similar lesson as many as you can... the one i watched really helped me so much

[@guerreiroph100]

I love your lessons.

[@HoangNguyen-gk4rl]

thank you! Rachel, you're videos help me alot

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome!

[@soydelbarza]

No Ms.Rachel, THANK YOU for sharing these instructionals videos. I really appreciate them. =)

[@colcarar]

Thanks Rachel!

[@sayedsaberibrahimi]

i am loving this video!

[@0scarmarroquin456]

Thanks!

[@peterliu8964]

The most amazing lesson ever, thank you for your tips

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome Peter!

[@gogoelgali2872]

Great teacher the God bless you

[@alinn2630]

GREAT.

[@zeinabmore5437]

Thank you

[@dzlps2011]

Hi, Rachel Please do more videos about reduction and linking and show more examples, thanks !

[@rababosman6906]

thank you , you're best teacher i knew her , i'm so glad becase i benefit so much of you , you must get nobil brize because you know how teach and reach information to all people who want

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you Rabab!

[@Rosa-jg9yf]

Excellent, very educational!!!

[@rachelsenglish]

Thanks Rosa!

[@rachelsenglish]

I have a video for each, one on the [w] sound and one on the [j] sound.

[@user-vq2jq7zq6e]

Thanks to you Rachel we speak fluently. By the way I'm the same person as Sarmad ENGLISH

[@rachelsenglish]

@dios4coronada You're welcome!!

[@icarus33]

Love your videos

[@rachelsenglish]

Thank you!

[@gusdom31416]

I love u Rachel! :)

[@khinpannnyeinpyone5815]

Thank you teacher

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome @khinpannnyeinpyone5815!

[@nma-77712]

God bless her

[@imansohrabi5618]

thank you so much for your videos

[@rachelsenglish]

My pleasure Iman!

[@josejaviermaldonado8010]

I came back to share the video with my wife. After 12 years

[@AnkiRomeo]

same😀

[@loneumer6991]

Thank you Rachel, tell me do all native speakers connect words like this.

[@ramzy-6566]

you said ( almost ) is the letter L in almost dark L and the tongue doesn't any place in mouth, thank you.

[@jeeturohila4259]

Good night ma'am I'm from India even though I can speak English but I've removed lot of doubts by the virtue of your great explanation thanks a lot.

[@rachelsenglish]

You're welcome Jeetu!

[@gustavog3238]

rachel do you remember that i requested a lot of times why in the phrase i am has the j there was a video that 's it and thanks so muc hfor using rachel's english

[@Phannaphai]

Hi, I am Phanna. I am from Cambodia. How do you say "She has been teaching m[e E]nglish for the last two years."

[@mudaquetoca]

Great video, Rachel. I have one doubt: how do I connect repeated vowels??

[@user-xj4vz4lh7w]

Rachel, I was wondering if you could tell me you american people use r to link vowels or not, like law and order, China and Japan.

[@tengma7849]

If you lips are round (o) at the end of the 1st word, we insert a /w/ sound: too /w/ often, who /w/ is, so /w/ I, do /w/ all, how /w/ are you do(w)ing. If you lips are wide (--) at the end of the 1st word, we insert a /y/ sound: I /y/ am, the /y/ end This applies in one word too: doing = do /w/ ing, radio= radi /y/ o

[@edenwang4731]

村长？？

[@samg5182]

also the acent do you have any?

[@yijacab]

hey rachel ! according to what u said ,u pronounce "do it"like "do wit" but do u add the "w"sound in to "doing" like "do wing"?

[@SLV0707]

Hi Rachel, I wondered when u pronounce "three apples", would you add a j sound to link these two words? would you pls explain it? Thank you :)

[@jakewood5475]

Hello from 2019... Rachel, your lessons about American accent are brilliant...

[@deathkt1414]

Rachel i got a question that 'L' on 'fell on'... is a dark or light l?

[@leonailinkcharging5721]

hi Rachel, how to pronunance 'until' ? thanks

[@richardfrangie3518]

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[@sssss4636]

Hello Rachel. How do you pronounce "Do you" I know normally Americans would say "Dya" but what if you don't reduce to the vowels to schwas. Do you need the ''w'' to link those words together like this "Do-w-you?" Thank you so much.

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! If you fully pronounced both of these words and linked them together, you still wouldn't hear a W consonant sound due to the Y consonant that would start as you are relaxing your lips after the OO as in BOO vowel.

[@rachelsenglish]

No, that would sound lik 'lee -yo'. :)

[@Phannaphai]

Hi, teacher How do you say "She has been teaching [me English] for the last two years".

[@yijacab]

hey rachel,thanks a lot~and i same as"go over"sounds like"go wover" and "radio " sounds like "radi wo"how about "leo"sounds like"le wo"?am i right? sounds wired ,tho

[@kimtrucngo7773]

Hi Rachel, your lesson is great and it does help me a lot. When I practice saying the examples, I notice that I pronounce the /j/ and /w/ too clearly. It makes the word sound more like Woody Yallen. Do you think that I should link words more subtly?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! Thank you for your comment! It is hard to tell you to be more subtle without hearing how you are sounding - but if you listen to my example in the video - you will hear that the Y consonant sound is actually pretty clear when I'm linking the two words together. So, it actually will sound just find to have a clear Y sound in between those words!

[@kimtrucngo7773]

Great to hear that, by the way, I hope that one day you can make a clip about how to pronounce /ch/,/j/, /dr/, /tr/, I find myself struggling to distinguish and pronounce these sounds.

[@yemoto3990]

Hi Ms Rachel, it sounds like adding Y or W between Vowels. Is that right?Can I practice in that way?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hello! Yes, you can practice that way. That is an accurate way to think of it.

[@SLV0707]

oh sorry, I watched this video again and realized that this "I like Woody Allen movies" is the ee vowel linking to the aa vowel . I heard the j sound in between ;)

[@samg5182]

rachel i want to learn about american letters. if how can i pronounce them correctly. its so hard for me

[@rachelsenglish]

+sherimay lagahit Check out my website to easily watch all of the sounds of English - and remember that spelling is not always helpful with English! rachelsenglish.com/video-categories/

[@laurpable]

Native speaker here. I'm pretty sure I sometimes put a glottal stop before the second word starting with a vowel. Kind of like /juʔɛksɚsa͡ɪz/. What might be the rule here?

[@rachelsenglish]

I think that's more of a style - I will do that myself sometimes. I think it happens whenever I want to emphasize a syllable that begins with a vowel sound, personally.

[@laurpable]

@@rachelsenglish You're right, I do it when emphasizing or after a pause. Thank you for your reply.

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[@Carlos-rv9wi]

Hi Rachel how do you pronounce "was"? sometimes it's so hard becuase who are non native English speakers we pronounce "was" but native English speaker pronounce different.

[@rachelsenglish]

Carlos C Yes, we make that very fast in a sentence. Thanks for your suggestion!

[@yijacab]

and does "radio"sounds like "radi yo"??

[@blacknwhite6186]

Don't we automatically make the /j/ and /w/ sounds when we are linking and speaking in a flow?

[@rachelsenglish]

They will start to feel like they are naturally happening with a smooth flow, yes!

[@edo7131]

In "did you exercise?" What if the "you" is reduced to a schwa? How'd it be linked?

[@rachelsenglish]

The schwa will link directly into the EH as in BED vowel of 'exercise'!

[@SarmadENGLISH]

Thanks I always look for a lesson about how to link a vowel to a consonant. But I don't find.. Could you pls tell us about that connection?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! Thanks for this video suggestion! I actually do have content like this in my Academy - you can learn more about that here: www.rachelsenglishacademy.com/

[@SarmadENGLISH]

@@rachelsenglish Ive just visited it, it is not for free.. i have a problem to pay for it the problem is that those cards like master and visa dont work in Iraq.. And I really need the answer to that question of how to connect a vowel to a consonant

[@moisesrosas7916]

No i didn't do any exercise today. I'm taking a cup of cofee and some fruit.

[@user-vl3uw4mo3v]

Is there a linking between I and always (I always)?

[@rachelsenglish]

Yes! There will often be a Y sound added to link the words. More on vowel-to-vowel links here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZjFfJ-rpdlqopo

[@rachelsenglish]

@SaintCarlos007 You must smile when you wear a thong. Are you sure I wasn't saying diphthong??

[@aly3835]

What about "draw a etc..." how do we link them?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi! For 'draw a' you'll just move directly from the AW as in LAW vowel into a schwa sound with no break in sound. Just smoothly move your articulators from the AW as in LAW vowel position into the schwa position. You can hear examples of this here: youglish.com/pronounce/%22draw%20a%22/english/us?

[@aly3835]

@@rachelsenglish could you please make a video about this?

[@paulneheimer8346]

God Bless this little girl. Take me instead.

[@yennguyen7591]

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[@pasantthabit25]

Hi, Rachel How are you? How to link Do you And What was Thanks

[@rachelsenglish]

Hi, I'm doing well! You have a few options for these links. For "do you", most of the time I will just try to connect as smoothly as possible between the OO in "do" and the Y in "you" (with the option to reduce either word). For "what was", most of the time I will drop T, and link the UH sound in "what" to the W in "was". More on linking on my playlist here: kzbin.info/aero/PLrqHrGoMJdTTaj_eEk5kITau40ykdanQB

[@pasantthabit25]

Do you Can I pronounce it like Do ju

[@user-dl5im3ed2u]

Is j sound consonant sound, isn't it?

[@rachelsenglish]

That's right! The letter J is most often pronounced like this (using the IPA symbol): [ʤ]. The IPA symbol [j] actually represents the Y consonant! (Confusing, right?) But both are consonant sounds!

[@Phannaphai]

Hi, Rachel, I have an English text, maybe one page. Could read that in linking for me because I like your voice. Thanks

[@maguiesquivel8571]

is there a video with british english?

[@rachelsenglish]

Hello! I do have a video that addresses British English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnq9aGuIrM2GhsU

[@missi010]

Are all these vowels linking only

[@rachelsenglish]

+ahmed mohamed This video is all about vowel to vowel linking. If you're looking for other types of linking, check here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/baXWnZ2rgJmZaKc And here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKvMfJ6JnsxjoK8

[@missi010]

+Rachel's English thanks a lot for reply me

[@user-vq2jq7zq6e]

I miss you as a girl

[@yennguyen7591]

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