English Vowels /ə/ in 'but' and /ɑ/ in 'not' - American English Pronunciation - American Accent

[@prasadrathnayake9594]

Hi! As per my knowledge, I think you have messed up with the phonemes. e.g. Cut / kʌt/ about /əˈbaʊt /

[@Coopos]

Thank you for your comment. Actually I have not messed up the phonemes, but I understand that I have confused some people. I say in the beginning of the video that /ʌ/ is used for stressed syllables and /ə/ is used for unstressed syllables. I decided to use only /ə/ because I thought it would be simpler to use only one symbol. I explained this in the video. I realize now that this was confusing. The symbols at the top of the board on the left are not intended to be different column headings. Only the /ə/ is the column heading. The /ʌ/ was just extra information. Please notice my explanations at the following time marks: 0:30 /ə/ is for unstressed, /ʌ/ is for stressed 3:38 /ə/ is unstressed 4:01 /ʌ/ is for stressed as in cut 4:39 /ə/ is the first sound in about I apologize for the confusion.

[@pm71241]

Yeah, it was a bit confusing... I thought I'd misunderstood everything wrt. schwa up til now, until I went to the Cambridge dictionary to check. On the other hand.... Unless it's a dialect issue, I'm pretty sure I've mis-pronounced every word in the right hand column until now as /ɒ/ and not /ɑ/ ps ... oh ... it said "american" .... sorry...

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[@atf300t]

@@UCZqybG3PUnvd0ZVOHHUFWbA /ʌ/ is mostly used in British dictionaries, and it's used mostly for historical reasons. Nowadays whenever you see /ʌ/ in a dictionary, it denotes [ɐ] in modern RP or [ɜ] in General American. Because [ɜ] is very close to [ə] and its distribution is complementary to [ə] (i.e. stressed vs unstressed syllables), both sounds are considered as the same phoneme in American English. For more information about sounds, please, take a look at the IPA chat: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPA_vowel_chart_with_audio

[@elchami743]

@@Coopos This lesson confuses people, the shwa sound does not exist in the word "but" and it does exist in about, suceed, etc.

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[@Coopos]

You're very welcome. Thanks for your nice comment and thanks for watching.

[@jms6640]

I love your lessons! Thank you teacher for taking your time to create these amazing videos. For most of us the vowels sounds are very confusing, but you make it very simple to understand. Thank you very much!

[@Coopos]

Thank you! 😃 I'm so happy you like the videos. Thanks for letting me know.

[@amarya6685]

At least I can understand the difference between these two sounds. I'm 64 years old , and I want to speak English with my grandson. Thank you . God bless you .

[@Coopos]

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I speak spanish and the schwa sound drives me crazy Thank you so much for the explanation it helps me a lot!

[@Coopos]

You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it helps.

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[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

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[@bowenwang]

Thanks for your clear explanation and comparison between the two vowels

[@Coopos]

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[@cristianoaraujo2030]

Muito bem detalhada a explicação. Excelente para aperfeiçoar a pronúncia.

[@Coopos]

Obrigado.

[@myworldinenglish2356]

É verdade. Esses videos Dela são otimos. Ela compara muito bem o som com a palavra. Assim fica mais facil para o ouvido discernir o som "Novo" e não ouvir o som errado. No caso do "a" as vezes o meu ouvido Escuta "Ó", mas quando Ela faz isso Eu escuto o som Certo 😊. É um video excelente mesmo.

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Can't thank you enough for this video. I'm finally learning how to pronunciate well.

[@Coopos]

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Good pronounciation is so vital that I can't stress it enough

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[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the kind comment.

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[@Coopos]

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[@pro369]

Simple and easy to grasp. Thanks

[@gigib7414]

I love your videos, it helps me a lot to practice the vowel sounds. Now. I can hear the difference of sounds. Tks for your great job.

[@Coopos]

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[@SycAamore]

Thanks a lot for the exercises! I found them quite helpful. I think I can now pronounce these vowels correctly when I repeat after you. But it's quite tricky incorporating them into my everyday speech. What would be your advice? Appreciate a lot!

[@emanre4573]

Hi Can you please make a video for the T sound that is in words such as cotton, mountain, sentence and important? Thank you

[@Coopos]

Yes, I have added that on my list of videos to make.

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[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

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Thank you for uploading this video! It is very easy to understand and help me a lot, a lot of my friends told me that my spoken English is much better than before. Thank you very much!

[@Coopos]

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[@Coopos]

Thank you.

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[@Coopos]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@naderkhalil8358]

Plz continue that's exactly what we need to pronounce correctly and I hope your videos include other types like as flap t ,stop t these just for example

[@Coopos]

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I will continue. There are many more videos to come. Here is a link to my /t/ and /d/ video. You might find the t information you are looking for. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ2cmGVqpbh7gck

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[@Coopos]

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Nice video for understanding how to pronounce.

[@Coopos]

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[@hansschmitt116]

[ə] (Schwa) and [ʌ] sound different to me. For all words in the left column at 2:27 I hear [ʌ], but for the following words in the second column I hear [ə] (4:18): announce, connect, control, produce, open.

[@Coopos]

You are hearing correctly. I confused a lot of people by writing /ə/ before /ʌ/ above the columns. Those were not intended to be column headings. /ʌ/ is for stressed sounds and /ə/ is for unstressed sounds. You might be interested in reading the pinned comment and responses. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@vasyllisovets5758]

Thank You for a good explanation

[@Coopos]

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[@janjamesramos247]

question, is it possible to use schwa sound for words that should have /a/ sound? is that valid?? for instance, i dont know the pronunciation of the word or i am speaking fast?

[@Coopos]

You don't have to be perfect. 😊 If you don't know the pronunciation or you are speaking fast, yes, you can substitute. If two words have similar pronunciations like 'not' and 'nut' a listener might be confused. Usually, though, a listener understands from the context.

[@janjamesramos247]

@@Coopos alright. big thanks 🙂

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Que buena explicación

[@JN-ip6vb]

Can you help me to pronounce the word other?

[@Coopos]

To the person who asked if /ɑ/ is a back vowel, I am not able to reply to your comment. Can you check your KZbin settings to allow me to reply? Anyway, here is my answer. Yes, many linguists classify /ɑ/ as a back vowel, but there are others who classify it as central. It is shown as a back vowel in the IPA vowel chart. In my vowel overview video, I decided to put it between central and back. Since it is unrounded, I didn’t want to put it with the rounded vowels. For this video, I wanted to be consistent with my overview video. I should have explained that /ɑ/ is a back vowel in the IPA chart. I’m sorry if this was confusing. You’re pretty sharp to have noticed this! /a/ is a front vowel and /ɑ/ is central-back. They are both low unrounded vowels. /a/ does not directly correspond to one vowel sound. Thanks for watching!

[@sagirsaniabdullahi1652]

thanks you put us on the way to pronounce the word correctly.

[@Coopos]

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[@berodicko8131]

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[@Coopos]

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[@lindafortin2931]

Bonjour, je ne comprends pas que vous utilisez le son schwa pour sun, alors que dans le dictionnaire Cambridge IPA américain donne comme transcription phonétique sʌn et la plupart des mots de la colonne de gauche, pouvez-vous me donner des explications SVP, car je ne comprends pas? J’adore vos vidéos, vous expliquez bien la prononciation. Merci et bonne journée!

[@Coopos]

Bonjour. S'il vous plaît voir ma réponse au premier commentaire épinglé. J'ai décidé d'utiliser uniquement /ə/ parce que je pensais qu'il serait plus simple d'utiliser un seul symbole. Malheureusement, cela a dérouté certaines personnes. Voici la première partie de mon commentaire, mais il y a plus. Veuillez le lire si vous êtes intéressé. Merci d'avoir regardé! De plus, les autres commentaires sont intéressants. I say in the beginning of the video that /ʌ/ is used for stressed syllables and /ə/ is used for unstressed syllables. I decided to use only /ə/ because I thought it would be simpler to use only one symbol. I explained this in the video. I realize now that this was confusing.

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[@Coopos]

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[@janjamesramos247]

As a Filipino, I used to think that those two have the same sound.. Most filipinos dont know that schwa sound exists. 😄 Anyway thank u for the video.. It is so helpful.

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[@m.lukana2575]

In American English the Schwa is being pronounced as a [ ʌ ]. This happens in all General American varieties. The British English Schwa is more like the German, French or Dutch Schwa. The words 'Sir' and 'Word' have a long Schwa in British English. Thus = in American English the words 'cut, about, word' have all a [ ʌ ]-like Schwa, which is a feature of General American standard language usage.

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[@luizakinoshita6246]

Acho q a lista está invertida. A primeira coluna, a da esquerda, contém 'stressed vowels'

[@Coopos]

Olá. Por favor, veja o meu comentário fixado onde tento explicar isso. Me desculpe, foi confuso. Hello. Please see my pinned comment where I try to explain this. I'm sorry it was confusing.

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What are examples of short vowel sounds

[@Coopos]

The vowels in these words are considered short vowel sounds: sit, set, sat, but, not.

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[@Coopos]

Hi. Thanks for watching my video. What do you mean by a three line review? Can you explain a little more?

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[@bredfigure2902]

thank you so much, can you tell whats the name of the upside down "v" ?

[@Coopos]

On the keyboard, this character is usually called caret in English. According to this page in Wikipedia, there are no official names for IPA symbols. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Symbol_names

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Amazing video and amazing explanation could you please tell me what do college dock mean. Thanks a lot for your effort

[@Coopos]

Thank you for your nice comment. College is a university. Dock is a place to tie your boat to the land.

[@mahmoudfareed4245]

@@Coopos thanks for your replaying But it sounds awkward I mean the link between a college and dock! I appreciate your acceptance to my question

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Keep going by the way I really finally understand the bowels and consonants pronunciation

[@Coopos]

@@mahmoudfareed4245 Oh! Ha ha! I'm sorry but I don't know the answer to your question.

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[@heartlove1587]

You do well in pronouncing..but can we know if there's rules to pronounce O in some as a because letter e comes at the end of word and that makes long sound..I hope you clarify that for me. Thanks a lot for You.

[@Coopos]

This would make a good video. I will put that on my list of videos to make. In general, if there is a silent e at the end of a word, then the first vowel 'says its name.' This means the first vowel is pronounced in the same way that we say the name of the letter. So, 'o' in 'hope' sounds like the name of letter 'o.' But, 'o' in 'hop' does not sound like letter 'o' because there is not an 'e' at the end of the word. This works for other vowels, too. 'A' in 'cape' sounds like the name of the letter 'a', but 'a' in 'cap' does not.

[@heartlove1587]

Coopos thank You too much for this clarifying.

[@Coopos]

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So so helpful, congratulations, keep working!!

[@Coopos]

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[@gillehrer2824]

The most important thing is the message being sent, sent conveyed in a conversation , right? So If mix the sounds /ʌ/ and /ə/ and the other person understands what I say, I guess it's okay that little mistake... (gilberto lehrer from brazil)

[@Coopos]

I agree. The most important thing is the message being sent. Pronunciation does NOT have to be perfect. To me /ʌ/ and /ə/ sound the same.

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