English Pronunciation | The Letter 'A' | 9 Ways to Pronounce the Letter A

In this English Pronunciation lesson, I'm going to to help you learn how to pronounce the letter A in English. In this lesson there are over NINE ways to pronounce the letter A. 7 common ways and 2 less common or exceptional ways to pronounce the letter A.
The Letter A in English is a VOWEL letter and is pronounced in the alphabet as /ei/.
The letter A can also be pronounced in English with any of the following sounds....
As /æ/ in Cat, Hat, Actually, Exactly
As /eə/ in Share, Care, Hare
As /ɑː/ in Father, Rather, Car and Bar
As /eɪ/ in Pay, Stay, Way, Able, Table
As /ɔ:/ in Hall, Tall, Fall
As /ɒ/ What, Want, Wallet, Was
As /ə/ a, an, Amazing, About, Banana
As /ɪ/ in Private, Climate
As /ɪ/ or /ə/ Legitimate
As /e/ in Many, Any
There are A LOT of rules for how A should be pronounced and also LOTS of exceptions. So my advice is to immerse yourself as much as possible into the language and instead focus on getting a 'feel' for what the A sounds like in certain words. You will be very surprised because after a short time you will start to be able to 'guess' and 'feel' which sound is correct, just like a native speaker of English can!
00:00 Introduction
00:55 A = æ
01:56 A = eə
03:20 A = ɑː
04:50 A = ɔ:
06:18 A = eɪ
07:36 A = ɪ
09:03 A = ə
11:05 Practice Sentences
12:42 Bonus Secrets and Summary
13:05 A = e
13:49 Data vs Data
14:50 Silent A
16:07 A = ɒ
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