How to Pronounce L and R **Super Easy Comparison**

Learn how to pronounce and recognise the difference between /l/ and /r/ in English. Do you have problems with words like "lice" and "rice"? This easy comparison video will help you!
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I teach using just one of many accents in the world. Please only learn it if you like it and if you are interested in learning it. I do not believe there is one “correct” accent or manner of pronunciation and I fully encourage EFL/ESL learners to expose themselves to as many varieties of English around the world to become accustomed to the beautiful variations of this world language. I focus mostly on teaching “Modern RP” (I may just say “RP” in my older videos, but to clarify, I do specifically mean “Modern RP”), however, you will hear a lovely little Yorkshire twang to my accent from time to time too. Please LOVE and BE PROUD of your accent. After all, it is part of your identity and makes you unique. 💚
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[@soniamonardez2758]

Thank you so much for this extremely clear explanation, Emma! It's the first time that I truly understand how to produce these sounds in order to sound more British and not so Spanish! You're the best teacher ever!

[@ThePrincessAshe]

Hello Emma! First of all thank you for your videos! These are extremely helpful for an English teacher in training who struggles with her pronunciation. However, I still struggle a lot to pronounce the difference between w and r. It might be something related to my accent, but it would be great if you could give a small hint how I can better distinguish it while speaking? For example the words rich and witch sound pretty similar when I say them. Thank you so much in advance! I want to try my best to become a good teacher, thus, I need to be a role model to the students.

[@wingwong8670]

thank you

[@ramonvelazco9365]

Thanks Emma teacher excelent explanation how Is the correct tecnic to pronuncie the words

[@ascensioncano3606]

Thanks for the explanation of the two sounds "L" and "r".

[@mukeshkumar-rl7fh]

I want to be a fluent British English language speaker so i watch your videos and use this pronunciation in my speaking in this journey your video have been helping me much more *thanks a lot*

[@mohammedabdelaziz7902]

Dr. Emma is a professional teacher. Your way is extremely good. I learn a lot from you. Many thanks for your great efforts.

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Your delivery of speech is very spontaneous.I enjoy your style very much.

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Thanks a lot, Emma! 🙃

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Thank you very much✏

[@khanhhoapham1021]

Thank you, Emma. I am studying English phonetics and phonology this semester and I found your video with your words/description quite familiar ^^. It is also really detailed.

[@rezkysrydrzjczyk3696]

Wow, thank you so much for the useful comparison to differentiate /l/ and /r/. Sometimes, it could be troublesome even mispronounce the /l/ and /r/ in a word, such as "rice" and "lice".

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Definitely! It depends on your first language so I get it if people don’t find this video so useful for them, but I know for some people it’ll be a life saver 😄

[@GabrielRodriguesYT]

I love this channel because I learn English and anatomy at the same time. Kudos, Emma.

[@obrein94]

Thank you! I had troubles pronouncing a"vai"lable and the video was helpfully

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Thank you so much !

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Thank you.

[@ingridmarianarodriguez8539]

Morning my amazing British teacher! Starting a new day with you plus my cup of coffee is GREAT. Now I'm ready to get to work with ENERGY & HAPPINESS. Have a nice one ❤❤❤❤❤❤🐶😘

[@حسينمهديصاحبالطرفي]

Thanks to you and thanks to my God

[@JesusLovesYouPerfectly]

i did learn something: i realized that i had been pronouncing my L sound by touching the back of my top teeth instead of doing it the way you demonstrated in this video. this is why i really enjoy your detailed explanations of how to pronounce things because it really does help. keep up the great work you do Emma :-)

[@mengxiang5993]

Agree! I've made the same mistake in many years for pronoucing "L". And I pronounce "R" wrongly in many years as well.

[@grebycastro5517]

I love practicing at the same time since those sounds are very common in english.

[@malikpilo]

Thanks Emma, best pronouciation teacher 🌷.

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Excellent expression.

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THANK SO MUCH.

[@natyescobar8945]

Hola Emma. Me gustó mucho el vídeo. Saludos desde Chile.

[@sergivanovich192]

now i know how explain "r" to my daughter. thank you

[@rahafrj8798]

Thank for mush for your great efforts .l learn alot from you .

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[@SaptarshiBasu2004]

An invaluable lesson for me. Being a non-native speaker influenced by the mother tongue, I always did it the wrong way.

[@ashikihsan1946]

My thumbs up Emma. Thank you for telling me how to pronounce words with R and L. I love your video Emma with your best English lessons

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Hi Emma, I enjoy watching your professional sharing. Cheers from Hong Kong...

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Thanks

[@AkihikoKoga]

This is a very fundamental question. Japanese do not have the consciousness or habit of *recognizing consonants alone* as speech sound. So when listening to *"light/right"* , we (I) do not recognize the sounds *"l"* or *"r"* alone, but rather *"la"* and *"ra"* combined with vowels. In other words, we recognize the *INSTANTANEOUS EXPLOSIVE SOUND* of the *TRANSITION* changing from a consonant to a vowel. I think/doubt that native speakers recognize the consonant alone before the explosive transition. *LA = lll la aaaa, RA = rrr ra aaaa* where *"la"* and *"ra"* express an explosive transision Since I am Japanese, I cannot hear *"lll"* and *"rrr"* part and hear only the very short explosive part *"la"* and *"ra"* . Do You, native english speakers, really produce/recognize the preceeding part *"lll"* or *"rrr"* ? Or you also produce only after *"la"* and *"ra"* part as Japanese? I think the short explosive part *"la" and "ra" are similar even to native speakers* and it can be a main reason that Japanese can not distinguish the two sound "L" and "R" in English. It also explain that Japanese are bad at distinguishing explosive sound *"ba"* and fricative sound *"va"* . I think Japanese people unconsciously recognize the parts that are close to rupture and ignore the important sound before it. These short explosive parts are similar. To sum up, *MY QUESTION* is whether *ENGLISH NATIVE SPEAKERS PRODUCE/RECOGNIZE A CONSONANT BEFORE THE EXPLOSIVE TRANSITION "LA" AND "RA"?* Some people respond and some don't, and I want to ask many native speakers, so I think I'll post the same question in several movies in KZbin. I apologize to those who find it annoying to see similar comments multiple times. The following is Japanese version of the above comment for Japanese people. これは，根本的な質問です． 日本人は子音単独で音声と認識する意識と習慣がないので， light/right を聞くときは，l や r 単独の音を認識することはなく，母音と合成された la と ra を認識しています． *LA = lll la aaaa, RA = rrr ra aaaa* where "la" and "ra" express an explosive transision つまり，子音から母音に変化する一瞬の爆発的な音の変化部分 "la" と "ra" を認識しています．ネイティブの話者はその推移の前の子音単独から認識していると思うのですが，実際はどうなのでしょうか？ 母音に移行する一瞬の前から少しの間，子音を出している/聞こえているのでしょうか？ 私は日本人なので，その移行の前の音は聞こえていません．母音に移行する時の爆発的な音だけです．この部分の音，つまり，l->a, r->a の推移の音はネイティブにとっても区別しにくい音なのではないでしょうか？ 最近，それが，日本人が l/r を区別できない理由の大きなものと思い始めています．ba も va も同様です．大体，破裂音と摩擦音を区別できないことがおかしいと思います．日本人は，無意識に破裂に近い部分を認識して，その前の部分を無視しているのではないかと思います． 返事をくれる人とくれない人がいますし，多くのネイティブに聞いてみたいので，いくつかの動画で同じ質問をすると思います．同じようなコメントを何度も見てうるさいと感じた人はごめんなさい．

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Hi Emma, Appreciate your efforts. Thank you.

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💜the more you speak, the better we understand your diffilcut lenguage

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By God, I thank you very much. You always explain in a very smart way, and I benefited a lot from you I love you.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I’m really glad :) thank you

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Thanks .. for your fabulous explanation..💓💓 about English sounds.

[@denysolleik9896]

You missed a really good example, which is the reason I found your video, so it has helped me partially. The word is roles. It’s really hard for me to say R followed by L sound.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I missed many good words, Denys, the English language has over 4 million words!

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Hi, I really like your videos because I've learnt a lot. Greetings from Colombia.

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Obrigado, belo vídeo!

[@adama8570]

I don´t know if you have explained RP but it is important to emphasize that it is not a question of status but of universal clarity since it is accent free. RP can of course be defined as an accent onto its own but this is not strictly true since it is not bound to any specific region and is not tied to social class as for instance aristocratic forms of English. No language in the world is so dependent on an accent free version and strict grammatical rules. American English is deeply flawed with very incomplete use of adverbs for instance, and phonemes are often very inaccurate, no differentiating between "cant" and "can´t" etc.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I disagree with some of the points you’ve made there, but enjoy your day nevertheless.

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Muito obrigado, Emma. Você é muito legal!!!

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You have clear voice. I like it

[@rodrigodamacenafigueiredo1451]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thak You My daughter didn't go to school today, because she had lice I bought 2 packs of rice, because it was on sale

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Haha good examples 😁

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Thank you Emma you're...I'm sure going to learn a lot from you ..

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Please explain word, conundrum.

[@viktoriatheswede]

Very good video! I've been looking around trying to find a good explanation on this, and your video really helped. Thanks 😊✨

[@chichou6486]

Thank you so much! I can pronounce R correctly now!!

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Thank you for your video.

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Hi Emma wow you really fantastic favourite teacher. I love you accent 🤗💞👍

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Hi Emma I'm very happy to listen your interest accent. I really was confused my life😢 but when I see your channel my life changing good. I hope I will be come to you teaching for me thanks you so much always give us good way and good kind☺💞👍

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I love the accent

[@ayaby7047]

Emma please,we need contractions lesson of you 😘😘😘

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Already done ✅

[@ayaby7047]

@@Pronunciationwithemma ❤️❤️❤️ thanks

[@natyescobar8945]

Emma, antes que se me olvide, quisiera hacerte unas preguntas, haber si me puedes ayudar. 01: ¿Cual es la diferencia, entre las palabras "Cry" y "Weep"? Es decir ¿En que situaciones o contextos se puede usar la palabra "Cry" y en cuales "Weep"? 02: ¿Cual es la diferencia, entre las palabras "Scream", "Shout" y "Holler" ¿En que situaciones se puede usar cada una?.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I think it’s best to check the Cambridge English dictionary to see the differences and see some examples too 😄 It’ll help much better than I can in a comment here.

[@sendatamie8574]

Thanks as always .

[@Juniorsaxplayer]

Hey, Emma! I never get tired of complimenting you on your sweet, lovely English accent! Would it be possible for me to acquire that accent myself? What should I do?

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Imitation is the key! It’s why I do lots of listen and repeat exercises in my videos.

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Please, the able teacher, how much is the course price and how do I contact you?

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almost cured my rhotacism thank you.

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So so so nicely explained ❤

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Good morning.

[@bngocoanh2001]

Your video is very useful and interesting. Could I use this video for my students? Thank you so much for your reply.

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Sure! :)

[@58_shilpa.e30]

Emma could you please teach how to pronounce these words asks, ghosts, tents, guests, months,....etc.

[@atsuko1422]

I really like the way you explain how to pronounce R sound. However, that makes me a bit confused. Isn't it a bit different from how American people do?

[@mohdparwez338]

It's amazing, but I am not able to pronounc what should I do

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My teacher 😊

[@elianazuliani9437]

Hi Emma! Your videos are very useful, thank you for that! In some opportunity, could you explain the difference between de "t" and "d" pronunciation? Thank you very much

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

It’s on my list :)

[@elianazuliani9437]

@@Pronunciationwithemma Great! Fantastic!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@ahmeddjoghma3169]

thank you for your detailed explanation of how to pronounce the L and R sound but you speack very kuikly so that those who are not accustometed to hearing the native english speacker can not folow wou easily

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I speak at a normal speed. You can slow the video speed down in the settings though if it is too much for you.

[@sebastinhere2041]

Nice

[@ebrimawaggeh700]

Hi Emma can you help me some words sentence pronunciation vowels. I'm very confused that such as. a sometimes become o like want. And a sometimes become ä please how do I see these examples sentence 😢🤝🏾

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

There’s no rule for that. English isn’t a phonetic language. You’ve just got to learn it by heart like English children have to.

[@ebrimawaggeh700]

Good thank so much Emma you very lovely teacher 👍

[@ebrimawaggeh700]

Thank so much I'm really enjoying all of your videos. I haven't seen many videos 👍💞☺

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

Sorry I can’t really help more 💚 Glad my vídeos help though:)

[@ebrimawaggeh700]

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Thanks from Yemen.What does(oh dahling)mean?

[@jigneshgajera123]

This pronunciation is same for PTE exam also?

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I don’t know what exam this is, sorry

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@@Pronunciationwithemma it's IELTS alternative exam for AUS & NZ region.

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Interesante🤔

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I want to learn preposition..teach Preposion please

[@Pronunciationwithemma]

I have 😬