How to Pronounce CAN and CAN'T in BRITISH ENGLISH

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

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[@stjepanhauser5579]

Good one ☝️

[@cicik57]

and what is the difference with bad word?

[@XXPYR0XX]

you pronoucing it wrong its cant not cont

[@okbaibnnafaaalfehri1131]

I love British accent a lot , All the support

[@mond2440]

Jesus christ, why tho. It's too hard to distinguish between some words

[@okbaibnnafaaalfehri1131]

@@mond2440 ، hhhhhh even to me I'm practicing....

[@yelloweesway149]

I really love British accent too, it's so beautiful ❤️ And it's quite the traditional English because America was discovered after... I don't really know how to explain cause I'm french and I am only 13 so my English isn't perfect but I hope you understand what I mean 😅😂

[@R1ch4rd]

It's beautiful but harder for me to understand sometimes and a lot harder to pronounce than American

[@dessysmith2514]

@@mond2440 Yeah it bloody is hard to disguinsh between accents and pronunciation. I totally agree.

[@SLedu3355]

I moved to the UK recently ,most British people are very helpful ,this video helped me to clarify something I've confused since 5 years old 😁 Thank you Emma

[@dessysmith2514]

Hello Lee. The pronunciation will sound very different in parts of Britain and Ireland due to the many different accents and dialects we have speaking English. It makes it most fascinating.

[@Esther19870]

I’m here because as a native Londoner who works in a museum (so lots of tourists) I’m constantly having to repeat myself when I tell people they “can take photos” I’m forever asked “can or cant” and it’s becoming tedious lol. I was so confused because when I say these words they sound completely different and didn’t understand how they could be mixed up. I tried to change it up to “you are allowed to take photos” but was disappointed when they starting asking “are or arn’t” HELP!! 😂

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Better to say 'YES, you can take photos' so they at least hear the 'yes', maybe? 😅

[@Esther19870]

@@Pronunciationwithemma Haha I wasn’t expecting a reply. It’s a small museum and I tell every person on the way in to take their time and that they can take photos, so whilst it may be a little odd to start a sentence with “yes” I’m going to take that piece of advice and say “and yes you can take photos” along with my over exaggerated thumbs up 🤣 if it works it’ll still stop the confusion. I asked some Americans earlier how they pronounce the word can’t and they had no idea what I was asking lol, to be fair though I am extremely cockney 😂. Much appreciated!

[@ДурдонаРазикова-ч6р]

British accent is very elegant that's why I love British accent 😊😍

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

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[@abdullahahmed8369]

Ema, I came here to learn the difference between Can and Can't when they are pronounced by the native. You taught very excellently but unfortunately, I failed to concenter my mind. Do you know why? It's because of your beautiful eyes. I have never seen such beautiful eyes in my life. They are as blue as like ocean , as big as like sky.When you smile, It seems that all beauty of the heaven and earth are come out from your facial expression. I would really be very fortunate, If I could build a friendship with you.

[@sound-engineer]

Simple and Straight. Thank you, Emma

[@amychgho]

I've been saying 'can't ' in British accent since I went to primary school and actually I prefer British accent.

[@ssjfroku]

@@amychgho you might be autistic.

[@ashikihsan1946]

Yes Emma, I really want to improve my British English Pronunciation. You are the best teacher to me

[@littleexplorersukpequenast702]

Simply amazing! Thanks Emma. I learned English for years and my pronunciation was rubbish because people don’t understand me. I’m improved a lot in just few days with you. You are the teacher I always want it. Thanks

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Happy to help! ^_^

[@dessysmith2514]

You're written English here seem pretty much perfect.

[@loles1356]

This is really good and most of students don't know about this tricky (especially British) pronunciation of can't. This video of yours was really interesting and helpful! Thanks!

[@rubelhossen6057]

I love your pronunciation class.

[@gitadbala9084]

Thank you teacher! Loves from Malaysia ! 🇲🇾

[@FelipeCampelo0]

I often mix American and British accents when speaking. That makes me even harder to be understood by natives, specially when I try to say “can’t”.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Mixing is fine, don't worry :)

[@BioTheHuman]

I feel you. It's not easy to learn correct pronunciation when you receive so much different inputs 😅

[@robbiewales3007]

I'm an Australian and we use the term can't, the same as Britain and New Zealand. Rhotic accents such as Ireland, America and Canada draw out can't and it sounds like cant as in can of drink followed by the t.

[@paulac.5898]

I can recommend several songs from British artists where you can clearly identify the pronunciations, especially for "Can't". Music has really helped me to learn English including some accents.

[@paulac.5898]

Greentea peng - Mr. Sun (The "I can't lie, I need you Mr. Sun" line)

[@RogerRamos1993]

Can't and c#nt keep sounding the same to me.

[@llucyllucybella6376]

Ur voice as well as accent is super sweet !

[@agussetionoasli]

The first KZbin video that tells the truth today. Short but true.

[@Hoanhai14321]

Your video is very useful with me. Thanks so much Emma !

[@jreyes085]

Oh Lovely! very clear and simple explanation! thanks!

[@rakr6635]

British style is much more easy than american style, especially 'cant', both style will remove 't' sound occasionally, but British style is much more clear in pronunciation.

[@rafaelgonzalez8836]

Thank you

[@CreceConFeSusan]

difficult, but very useful video.

[@mr.taswarsultanraviaala5693]

Great teacher of linguistics love you for teaching me these sounds....

[@metalicoz]

This was really interesting. In American English, people make an "a" sound, as in "cat" when pronouncing "can't". On the other hand, when they want to say "can", they just make a schaw sound. It's always great to learn about those differences. Thank you teacher Emma.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

OscarG We use a schwa in British English too for “can” (never for “can’t”, as negatives are never weakened in rapid speech). American English is a whole different kettle of fish in terms of pronunciation too, but it’s just as interesting! 😁

[@vian8871]

Love British accent thanks for your video

[@pardeep1715]

Useful video again. Thanks for clearing my doubts.keep uploading new videos.🙏🙏

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

You're welcome! Thank you for watching! :)

[@Kosar_bapishty]

Well done teacher.

[@syee797]

Finally I got this lesson 😢 thanks Emma

[@anasalsadi7438]

Thank you for this video ... I have learned a lot from following you

[@elvira4653]

lol I speak more with American English but this particular " cant" I always say as a British lol

[@Zino-d1g]

Thank you very much. I understood the lesson. I love you, Emma ❤

[@ryota5645]

I learned a lot! Thank you from Japan!

[@marcelloeduardomenezesguim1433]

Obrigado emma suas dicas tem sido muito importante pra mim valeu

[@Kpaxlol]

I love the kaen vs ka:nt, that's how we studied it in school :)

[@robert33232]

Hi Emma! 1. Do native British speakers say can't [k æ n t] ? Mb sometimes. 2. Do native British speakers interpret can't [k æ n t] as a mistake or something weird?

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Hey! 1. nope, maybe something like /æ:/ in some accents in the north of England, but never a short /æ/. 2. It would sound very odd to our native ears.

[@Happypowerup]

Some diction use a and a: to replace æ and æ: æ is more less open than a and a and more open than e Different dictionary represent sounds differently but its potato pah taa toh Same thing No way to intrude or challenge Emma You re beautiful and brilliant Learn a lot from you

[@ahmedelgaidi]

it's essentially an amazing topic

[@juanfacundoneminahess5670]

cheers for the video! i can distinguish them while listening but when speaking i always get confused how to pronounce them

[@ossaguena]

Yes, it was very useful for me. Thanks a lot, señorita Emma.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

De nada, Roberto! :)

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[@Bianca-pw5cn]

Brilliant video! Thanks, Emma! ⭐

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Bianca you’re welcome!

[@shadownote-world]

Thank you my lovely. this helps a a lot.

[@gerrentvseries2975]

I love having British accent, like I'm a Dutch-British

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

that's a cool mix! :)

[@j-hopebiased2587]

I’m really struggling because I’m bad at American accent imagine how terrible I’m in British accent, but I really want to learn, I love British accent :(

[@dzmalekvali1110]

I like the middle one

[@nadeemashrafkhan4716]

😊😊 thank you so much Emma. God bless you always 😊

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Thank you!

[@nadeemashrafkhan4716]

Pronunciation with Emma always welcome. God keeps you always fine ⚘⚘😊

[@sandyirawan316]

Perfect Miss Emma.I am very interested to be better speaking with british accent

[@LearnAcademicEnglish]

This is so interesting because the pronunciation of these words is so different in the U.S.!

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

It's different in Irish, Scottish, Yorkshire, Aussie, and so many other accents too.

[@dessysmith2514]

@@Pronunciationwithemma Yes, in the Southwest of England it sounds very American

[@mayanglambamsurajmeetei9402]

The other day I was playing PUBG online game. My teammates were from the USA. Whenever I used the word " Can", they took it for the word "can't". Our teacher in school taught us to pronounce the word " can't " the way you pronounced in this video. But it's hard to differentiate between 'can' and 'can't' when Americas speak

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I agree. I have some American friends and I sometimes have to clarify with them whether it's can or can't. They're very similar, aren't they?

[@mayanglambamsurajmeetei9402]

@@Pronunciationwithemma yes. Another interesting thing, rather funny, is that they seem to pronounce the word "better" like "beder". I don't understand why we have to pronounce 't' as 'd' especially in the middle of a word

[@hiimcortana1568]

@@mayanglambamsurajmeetei9402 it is called flat T or something.. British english pronounce the T sound much more clearly..

[@عمارالبخاتي-ف4ق]

Thanks a lot, it's a very useful lesson.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

You're very welcome!

[@عمارالبخاتي-ف4ق]

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[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Your recording is good, my only feedback is that you make the vowel in "can" shorter :)

[@curiousbrain5321]

Your videos are really very useful. Awesome.. keep it up dear.

[@craftsmanavin4627]

On one of the spoken codes my teacher taught that it is pronounced caent

[@jorgeramirez-hu6rc]

Muy útil, gracias Emma 💯

[@gesangwibawono7570]

To avoid wrong pronunciation, sometimes i use 'can not' instead of 'can't'

[@midomohamed3280]

Thanks so useful

[@tamiaisha5794]

Wonderful! I'll send you my record 🤓Thank you dear teacher, Emma 🙂👍🏻

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

You're welcome! :)

[@janisauzins4103]

"These two words can sound very similar" Americans: Hold our beer

[@julianarmandocifuentescarv3854]

Gracias!!

[@ramamonato5039]

Emma, what do "a cup of tea dies", "bestie" and "have a cookie" mean? Hmm...the Scottish people say /kan(t)/ for the three words...so simple, but confusing. That is what I know from phonetic books for university students.

[@gabor222]

This is the same what was taught to me by my English teacher >20 years ago. It is shocking and sad that nowadays the kids in my country are taught without writing down the phonetics and even the teachers mix-up the British and the American pronunciation.

[@Darknight-xh9yf]

Thanks teacher Emma!

[@sinisterjon]

Shared with my students, cheers Emma. Thanks for the video.

[@viruz3778]

Ok

[@sound-engineer]

@@viruz3778 :))))))))))

[@alialian7155]

thanks for your help

[@hanibenfetima9347]

Have a good day Emma

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

You too!

[@nabothbmaraknabothbmarak3028]

Thank you for this video I appreciate it

[@srichom3257]

Thank you , Emma.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

You're very welcome!

[@RADEnglish]

I can't believe you don't have more subscribers!

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I ALWAYS think exactly the same when I see your channel too, Rob! 😄

[@annieskitchentips2309]

Thank you Sister

[@elietrinidad6633]

Thanks, I was doing particulately the Can't wrong, and was thinking i was saying right😀

[@pubghighlevel7024]

me too😙

[@MA-xd9zl]

Just came to confirm I was speaking correctly since every time I say can’t people are a bit confused, it just happens I speak like a native and it’s there English that is not as good 😅

[@darkbright2598]

Thank you Emma

[@basicspokenenglish949]

Wow, It was new lesson for me

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Thanks a lot my best teacher ❤️❤️❤️

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You're my legend.

[@tamiaisha5794]

I liked the idea of recording our voice! 🙂

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Tami Aisha thank you! I also like it too! It means that I can help you guys more 😄

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Hello my teacher that's useful l send my sound 😘😘

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Great! I can't see your link though :(

[@akmysh]

/aɪ/ /laɪk/ /ðə/ /weɪ/ /ðæt/ /ju/ /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/ /əs/ /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/. Thank you a lot!

[@Kaze1111]

Not teaching, it should be teach lol

[@benedictusyongen4510]

Finally, my first time exposing a cyber-bully calling can't as a can on British

[@msatya7210]

Thank you very much Emma for this video, keep it up 👍

[@Funvlogs31]

Very Very nice teacher love you so much mam

[@abdulmuhit8939]

thanks a bunch

[@azizdarwish1415]

THANK YOU

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Aziz Darwish you’re welcome!

[@sh1ro9]

I'm not English but perhaps because I went to a british boarding school, I sound like a brit and didn't really noticed it till I went to uni abroad.

[@usefbouamama177]

Hi Emma♡! We can change our lives to be the best

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

usef bouamama exactly!

[@shadaftab392]

Thanks for the video Emma .This is really helpful .Do you have any pronunciation course if yes then let me know

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

shad aftab thank you! And not yet! I currently only offer face to face courses on pronunciation, but I plan to make pronunciation courses which are specific to speakers of certain languages 😄🙌 what’s your native language?

[@shadaftab392]

Pronunciation with Emma my native language is hindi .

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Perfect! I'll bear this in mind (remember this) when I create future courses!

[@HanuShakthiNatraj]

Thank u so much Emma...

[@GuyemmanuelDadi]

I really enjoy your video!

[@stephenwestland942]

I notice some people pronounce can't with a strong t, but they use the short vowel sound that you used for can. Is this ok?

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I've personally not heard this so I cannot comment, sorry. Perhaps it's an accent thing you're hearing? Where are you hearing people say this?

[@MOHAMMED-wq1fp]

I can understand every single word of you but i can't talk fluency like you 😉😄

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Mohammed Ismail good! Haha. Practice makes perfect!

[@themaninthesuit440]

Great Video Thank you very useful :)

[@radiamohamed4531]

Thanks .... good luck

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Cheers!

[@marinavalfre1328]

Great! Very clear!

[@guca2024]

Thanks Emma

[@raymundofantastico]

I'm familiar with the different variations and we (people living in the Caribbean region) have similar ways of saying things to the British. I say "can't" making the aah sound & so do the people in my community. Am I wrong? Lol

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

So long as you’re understood, does it matter? :)

[@raymundofantastico]

Pronunciation with Emma I guess you're right lol. Making oneself understood is important.

[@reyhanmeisa8386]

thank you emma

[@rizwanali-jj3pu]

Emma you are great..❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@fahmidesu718]

This is way clearer than american accent

[@alexfavarodoheroisdorio695]

Good job teacher. I have a question; when i say another x other . Grateful for the answer?👍

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Other - plural, another - singular. 👍

[@philippep.c.4426]

I love British people saying can't XD (My maternal language isn't english)

[@พันธุ์ศักดิ์ศิริเลิศ]

Thankk you.