Learn American English! Advanced Intonation of Statements and Questions

[@sergey_english_usa]

Wow. Your video was the third I watched on KZbin about this topic, and it's unquestionably the best one. What makes it stand out is the number of examples you used. You didn't go into long theorization; you simply showed us how the intonation is used and what happens if we change it. I'm very grateful to you, Julie.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Wow, wow, wow - Thank you so much for your comment, @sergey_english_usa! I'm thrilled that this video has been so helpful for you :) Thank you so much for your support! And I have a quick favor to ask you: Would you be willing to share your experience as a Google Review on my Google Business page? This is the best way for other students to find me and benefit from my free training videos: g.page/r/CRKVA27p84i0EBM/review Thank you so much in advance! :)

[@kemigisamarriah2175]

Thank you so much Julie for this lesson.You have no idea how thankful and grateful I'm right now after watching you.Please more lessons on this same topic..Love you Julie

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Kemigisa - Thanks so much for your comment!! I'm so happy that this video has helped you :)

[@idoumouamarbaga6175]

The best video I've seen on KZbin to explain this

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks so much, Idoumou! Your comment made my day! I'm thrilled that you liked this video and thought it was helpful!

[@aestheticdogg613]

really great video! haven´t seen one so good like this

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Aesthetic - Thank you so much for your comment! I'm glad you liked the video :)

[@پارساشکروی]

With which software do you extract native English speakers' intonation?

[@khuma65]

I enjoy this lesson very much. This is very important for me. I would love to learn more intonation with stressed word or words in a sentence. Thank you so much. 🙏

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

That's great to hear, S. Khuma! Thanks for your comment - I'm glad this video was helpful :) And hey, if you think this video would be helpful for other people, too, it would be nice if you wrote a Google Review about it: g.page/r/CRKVA27p84i0EB0/review. This would help other people to find my videos! Thanks! :)

[@Ceshua]

This is very helpful, thank you for making and sharing this. I always sound flat and all my questions ends in upward intonation, because my native tongue sounds like that. I became aware of it when my friends pointed it out. They said I sound monotonous and dead or something like that. lol

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Ceshua - Thanks for your comment! Yes, your native language will definitely impact your intonation skills in a second language, but sometimes it's difficult for a person to hear it. Glad my video was helpful :)

[@martinpractice9977]

Thank you teacher, I enjoyed this video, Please More videos about Intonation using linking words, elision, etc ;)

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Martin - Thanks for your comment! I'm glad you liked the video! And I'll do my best to continue with videos about intonation, linking, etc. - these are my favorite topics to discuss :)

[@ampachiani]

I like your voice! Congratulations!

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks, Ademar!

[@billelrouis]

thank you miss ❤❤❤❤❤

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

You're welcome, billelrouis:) Thanks for your comment!

[@ramzy-6566]

Yes, nice video, and you can look to Person B left and she can look to you right. Thank you Mrs. Julie. Have a nice day.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Yes! I should have made the two people interact more :) This was my first time creating this type of video, so hopefully the next one will be better!

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent it was nice and fun.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Thanks! :)

[@Nelson-Cs]

I really love your voice..

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks, Nelson! I hope you find my teaching style to be helpful as well :)

[@Nelson-Cs]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Absolutely!! Apart from your amazing teaching skills you have a beautiful voice :)

[@ibrahimkhamisn1189]

Very good

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks, Ibrahim! I appreciate your comment! :)

[@Svetlana5-lingua]

Great video❤

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thank you so much, Светлана! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

14:04 you said. i'm going to have it again tomorrow. are you pronounced the t in (to ) like flap t or soft d. Thank you.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks for your question! Yes, I used a flap for the /t/ in "to", so it sounded closer to "going-duh". Great ears! :)

[@jinshunlin6420]

Thanks.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Lin - Thanks for your comment! You're very welcome - I'm glad that this video was helpful! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

10:23 why the question mark after the phrase ( it's twelve o'clock )

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Oops - that was a typo! Sorry about that - it should have been a period. Thanks for asking :)

[@andreamurillo5826]

is a interesting video

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Andrea - Glad you liked the video! Thanks for the comment :)

[@ramzy-6566]

Hello, Mrs. Julie. is person B, her name is ( Julia )

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Ha! That's a great name for her - Julia :) Next time I do a video like this, I'll give the people names instead of "Person A" and "Person B" :)

[@ramzy-6566]

please turn on subtitles cc on this video.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks for noticing that, Ramzy! I'll add them right now. I'm not sure why KZbin didn't add them automatically (??)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent i think you have to chose ( No, it's not made for kids ) when you uploading a video, or after. i hope this video help kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3vdiZyJoNR5gdk support.google.com/youtube/answer/9527654#zippy=%2Cif-you-set-your-channel-as-made-for-kids%2Cwhy-are-notifications-comments-and-other-features-turned-off-on-content-set-as-made-for-kids

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Thanks for the link! The video was set to "not made for kids" so I'll have to investigate further why KZbin sometimes doesn't create captions automatically. I'm sure there is a reason - I just have to find it! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Hello, someone told me about subtitle cc ( KZbin takes a couple hours to process them)

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Yes, sometimes KZbin will load them immediately, and other times it takes hours...days...weeks... ???

[@choeunuk]

🎉

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks so much, @choeunuk!

[@richardfrangie3518]

👍

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hey Richard - Thanks for the thumbs up! :) Glad you liked it!

[@ramzy-6566]

2:17 are you pronounced the sound r in California weak or light or silent. 6:01 in this time you pronounced the sound r in California clear 8:31 in this time you pronounced the sound r in California weak or silent

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Hi Ramzy! Thanks for these questions. I pronounced the R in "California" each time, so I can hear a clear R sound in all three words. But in the "California" at 6:01, my intonation was a little different than the other two times. My voice went down when I said the OR syllable in "California" and I added a little bit more stress and volume to that syllable. Maybe that is why the R in "California" at 6:01 seems to be stronger than the other two? Because it was louder than the other two? Let me know if this helped! :)

[@ramzy-6566]

@@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent Yes, helped, thank you so much.

[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

@@ramzy-6566 Glad to help :)

[@20argelys]

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[@SanDiegoVoiceandAccent]

Thanks Arge! I'm glad you liked the video! :)

[@geraldosimoes8875]

Can I have lunch with you?