Flap T & Flap D (why T and D sound the same)

Have you ever noticed that these words sound the same - writer vs. rider? Metal vs. medal? Adam vs. atom? wedding vs. wetting? Watch the video to learn how to say the T and D in American English when they are in the middle of the word!
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[@DanielSan1900]

Amazing! Spanish is my mother tongue and once you've said this sound it's like a soft Spanish "r" everything was crystal clear ! Thanks a lot ! I've already noticed that it was not a strong "t"or "d" but I've never realized it was this new sound until now!

[@gastonmartintripodi2561]

The funny thing is how we,as Hispanics; dont mess up with president ....presirent?...really brainstorming .... congrats

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Oh my gosh you're our English Godesse My amazing teacher i have been learning more from you

[@henboker3]

Amazing delivery--fluid, smooth, confident. Born to teach.

[@lorenanana]

I was always doing exactly as you explained, I honestly thought I was pronouncing it wrong. this really made me confident in my english, thank you !!!

[@hadar.shemesh]

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[@9206201]

@@hadar.shemesh Same thing here! Btw, your videos are really useful, Hadar! Thanks for your efforts! :)

[@LaKaT41]

u were say better as berer??????

[@al-yasa685]

Lokil can we talk

[@SeaRich]

You do a great job!

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You are the best, you teach exactly the things people need to learn to speak in a more natural way, I love it. Love the way you explain, it makes a lot of sense. Thank you so much.

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I am a volunteer ESL teacher and am THRILLED to have found this resource. These lessons are useful, compact, 100% clear, and so engaging. I can't wait to send them to my students!

[@jankaspallino56]

Hadar you're the best! I love watching your videos! I'm Italian and I've been living in Australia for 5 years. I'm pretty fluent in English but now I'm working on losing my "funny Italian accent" and I'm learning so much about the American English pronunciation (which I love) from your videos! Just listening to you and the way you talk is an inspiration, plus your videos are extremely useful. Thank you! 😊

[@hadar.shemesh]

Wow! Thank you so much. Happy to have you here!

[@junshiokensuke6020]

I was never able to say the "D" and "T" sound before l watched your class. Thank you so much

[@gajendradave2167]

You are a great teacher.

[@GloriaSFH]

I'm a Taiwanese, and this really helps me understand the so-called flap D/T sound. I think I will be able to pronounce it better in the future. Thanks for the explanation. ❤️

[@mindfulcoder2293]

You mean you are Chinese, right?!!

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[@adp8847]

Thank you so much. Very useful video.

[@kor2716]

Thank you for your time 👍

[@ruslana2720]

i still need to practice but my accent really improved just from your videos, thanks!

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So...let's practice. Private me!

[@moments-Lahzat]

you explained it in an fantastic way

[@yassi9731]

I was struggling with this sound for a long time. Good thing I saw your video. Thank you!

[@vanessalourenco2106]

The best explanation, best teacher, best action for the others...thank you for you videos!!!

[@educateonline608]

The best explanation ever

[@tatiananef6594]

My native language is Spanish and you are right the flap t sounds like our r... your explanation is great... thank you so much.

[@SuperEnglish]

Very useful tips! You're just so talented at what you do Hadar! Congrats and keep up the good work!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you dear!!

[@LearnEnglishwithNetflix]

Solid explanation

[@saifes2475]

❤❤❤ thank u miss hadar for this amazing lesson! Im Arabic native speaker ❤❤ and always hear the flap T as Arabic R ❤❤ that's true thank u

[@claudiapatricia4462]

Great! Really easy for us Brazilians. Portuguese has the same sound in words like "para" same saound as in "peRó" in Spanish.

[@johanlibert2866]

You're absolutely right. I hear just a Spanish/ Arabic maybe Japanese or Chinese 'R'. And I think Americans name it as flap T or D sound to not be confused with the American R sound where the tip of the tongue never touches the alveolar ridge.

[@TeferiMekonnin-l2w]

thank you for coming with an interested teaching lesson today about T and D sound!!!

[@metalicoz]

There are tons of videos here on KZbin about the flap T, but this is actually the first time I watch one talking about the Flap D. Words like "president" or "modern" I couldn't pronounce them before this video.. Thank you Hadar.

[@hadar.shemesh]

So happy to hear. Thank you!

[@eugeniocampos2903]

Now I realized why I was exhausted when I say longer words with an intermediate "t", I will practice the "d" sound.Thank you :)

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you!

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[@hadar.shemesh]

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[@onadicivil3782]

Thank very much ,Hardet

[@narimanbesch6191]

The flap t has the same sound as "r" in Portuguese in words like "cara". I'm overwhelmed by how often American make this sound. In your own video I noticed you made it a lot of times. I would never think that they say president with the flap t. Thanks for your videos, Haddar. You know how to teach. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hadar.shemesh]

Yes, it's funny how they know how to make it but then will struggle with using it in a word like 'cara'....

[@yeilmusic]

@@hadar.shemesh It's because they use the R from english and not the flap T.

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G.O.A.T English teacher

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Thanks very much for your classes. It's the first time that I find a pronunciation class so well explained

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Carina can we talk

[@slfanta]

Hi Hadar❤ I've a question, your English sounds authentic and your videos helped me a lot, but when it comes to English Grammar, do you learn grammar at all or do you take the shadowing/mouth mimicing kind of approach more, I'd like to know your advice, thanks in advance~

[@AlanaAylin19]

I knew that I was not crazy! Those words have actually a "R" sound!

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Me too! I will be happier now hehehehe

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It couldn’t be easier without you Huge thanks 👍🏻

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Tank you. that's very useful. Please prepare some examples (like good evening) in pdf or Introduce Reference

[@carlosthunder]

You are really good one. its a very specific and technical explanation. Believe or not you have changed my point of view about English... THANK YOU.

[@hadar.shemesh]

I’m honored. Thank you.

[@ivoncruz3441]

Good explanation

[@charlene971]

Hadar your explanations are soooo clear !! Thank you, I can't wait for the next session of accent makeover

[@AmitSingh-hi2mr]

The rrrr.... Sound exists in Hindi as well... I love watching this channel from India

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🙏🏿 Thank you 🙏🏿 clear instructions..

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I love your explanation.

[@luiscerda4031]

Perfect!

[@garridoscar1]

Fantastic!, finally I understand when we change the sound in a word. You’re really good ! Thanks

[@ekaterinaisaeva7404]

I noticed this thing about flap t while singing few songs and I used to do that sometimes not being aware of this rule. Then I was surprised to come across Rachel's video about r and I discovered it is exactly our Rissian r and my intuition was correct! Although i don't always follow this rule. Your videos is very understandable and interesting. I'd like to sound the same. Thank you!

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This class was fantastic! Thank you Radar.

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[@eliasvazquezgarcia5609]

Hello. Some years ago, I read about the pronunciation of 't' as 'r' in the middle of a word, or between two words, and, as far as I can remember, the rules are: You pronounce the 't' as 'r' in the middle of a word, or when it comes between two words in this cases: a) the 't' is surrounded by voiced sounds; and b) the preceding vowel is stressed. Having said so, the 't' in 'atomic' is not pronunced in that way since the stressed syllable comes after the 't'.

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[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you:)

[@jorgeguerrerotoledo]

Great explanation, you are my new hero (heroine?). I am an English teacher here in Mexico and this is going to be of great help in my pronunciation classes. Buen día.

[@Maya_Ruinz]

This is very common in the south of the US, that southern draw has a rolling cadence and getting rid of the "T" sound makes it flow better.

[@cristinafrioni7227]

I wish I could find someone like you who does the same, but for the Turkish sounds. I'm learning Turkish. Please tell me that you do have some videos for Turkish sounds.😀.🙏

[@Albual3zz]

Ow I have been trying to get this straight... thank you for guiding on the tt & d pronunciation.

[@hadar.shemesh]

My pleasure!

[@tazplus2000]

Great lesson thx Hadar

[@kristinaasimova601]

Love your lessons!

[@dougcunha]

Nice lesson! By the way, here in Brazil (Portuguese), the D sound is the same as the single "R" sound. Thank you, Hadar!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Oh interesting! Didn't know that.. Thank you!

[@ОсобыйИндивид]

You're the best! Thank you so much!!! Your lesson is VERY useful

[@edna.c.s]

Hey Hadar, I'm Edna from Brazil and I found out about your channel just a few days ago and I'm obsessed. I must say that I always found impossible to pronounce the word LITERATURE, you see, there are too many "ts", I've checked the pronunciation and the phonetic transcription many times but I still couldn't get it right. I find it very hard to pronounce the first "t" because in american English it sounds like a "soft d"(but not flat like you taught here), then I tried to pronounce like the British and it's even worse because the two "Ts" are strong". Now after watching this video I tried to pronounce like you taught, the first "t" flat, the second "t" strong, and I think I can do it now, just need to practice. You are a terrific teacher, keep it up

[@muhammed2971]

This lesson is very useful. thank you so much

[@nourahead9961]

Thank you

[@kimipouria4720]

Boston accent not only barely touches t and d but in some words drops it: mee'in=meeting geh'ih=get it. A long standing tease is that we say Medford -medfuh. (the IPA states we say mɛ́dfəd) Actually, they can't even imitate us because we do say the d so barley that they can't hear it sounds like meh' also typically we don't pronounce 'r' in this case as well as 'd' so it sounds like fih' - meh' fih

[@mid5606]

The word 'time' also has aspiration at the beginning.

[@sergiodecastrobelem5318]

Thanks for this lesson. Always useful they are. Here is a list of some words that I came across after watching your video: notice/shadow/created/commuters/chaotically/politically/democratically/getting. Keep up with your work. It means a lot to all of us. Cheers from Brasil.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thanks Sergio! I just made an Instegram story and read aloud those GREAT words. Check it out I'm at @accentswaybyhadar.

[@tetedoo]

You have cleared my mind and relieved my tongue! Very useful! Thank you very much!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Haha love it

[@tetedoo]

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[@alexandertabora1151]

Hello and I'm very thankful that there are people like You Hadar, who explain in details these tough pronunciation topics. I've been getting lot troubles with these sounds but at the end of the regulars verbs, Could you please explain a bit about past tense regular verbs ?

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I like your unique accent thank you for your courtesy .do more please

[@benalexender3046]

Thanks from Egypt

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You're a nice teacher ,Hadar

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you:)

[@LisaB_12204]

Awesome video. Any advice for an Arabic speaker who cannot pronounce "rag?" His rolling 'r' is becoming less pronounced but the vowel short 'a' like in black changes to 'o' like in 'olive sock.' I am an ESL teacher, not a speech pathologist. I just found your website and will spend significant time to make sure my students truly understand the language needed to understand all you say. Thank you.

[@Jlundy12]

I love saying the phrase "edited it on the computer" because of 5 flap-t sounds :)

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thanks for the tip!

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I'm loving your tips... You got a new follower ❤️

[@luanamello6782]

I loved your video! You are awesome, I will keep training that sound!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Great!!

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Your videos are really useful! Congrats!

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you so much!

[@minhdungle8131]

thanks for teaching

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Thanks a lot! :)

[@LearnWithKarl]

Awesome! I love the way you explain these.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thanks!

[@dofubu7926]

Thanks a million, Hadar! Could you make a video to talk about how to pronounce words like "rain" "main" "train" and "maintain"? I feel pretty difficult to pronounce these words correctly. Thanks!

[@dofubu7926]

I can never pronounce "main" and "man" correctly. Similar story to "rain" and "ring".

[@theoneandonly1410]

thanks a lot, very very useful

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Great video.. keep going

[@slfanta]

Yeah Ive been wondering why that is for so long, turns out they actually ARE the same😮

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wonderful video👍👍, thank for you time in the videos.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Thank you dear!

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You are fantastic! thank you so so much for these videos ! It helped me a lot! :)

[@hadar.shemesh]

I’m happy to hear!!!

[@myLearnidou]

Hadar I do that and I really like sounding like that. I looove having american accent

[@copitorubik2853]

Your Spanish is so good :D

[@hadar.shemesh]

YES!!

[@copitorubik2853]

Accent's Way by Hadar :D

[@crasttinus]

In Portuguese we have this sound for some R sounds like in the word "Amarelo"!

[@farahmazloum7711]

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[@milenapuma8379]

Hadar, great lesson. What's the difference in pronunciation here: writter x rider?

[@mardbenzmura1446]

I can't thank you enough that's what I was looking for

[@youssefg442]

Thanks, you're so amazing finally I made it.

[@machyavelly]

the word president was new to me to pronounce it as flap D. thanks

[@hadar.shemesh]

😊

[@rawman909]

Great explanation. I struggle with the word Still not feeling comfortable with it..

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Omg great explanation!! I think I’m finally getting hold of it 😫😫

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