Minimal Pairs in English | English Pronunciation

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[@lil-jo4001]

Thank u so much I love ur videos . As an Arabic speaker I really struggled with [f], [v] not just [p] and [b] so thank u for clarifying this. Today is my final exam wish me luck❤️❤️

[@BillieEnglish]

Good luck! 💛

[@abohdieye5217]

Thank you teacher for your interesting video.

[@tildropes6630]

hi i love your viedo i have an example: fine, mine and cry, dry . thank you for listerning to my options bye

[@BillieEnglish]

Great examples of minimal pairs - well done!

[@khadijaelkhalfi462]

Thank you from 🇲🇦 Morocco

[@LeadershipAndHappinesssCoach]

Thankyou so much for your video. Learning for the first time about minimal pairs. My example ring, sing, reel, peel.

[@BillieEnglish]

Wonderful! Great examples!

[@LearnEnglishwithChakir]

U are amazing thank you much i have been struggling with phonology and minimal pairs for weeks trying to understand them from the pdf that our professor post but he complicate things and now i got it ur explanation is brief and simple thanks again, ❤️

[@BillieEnglish]

I am happy to hear my video helped you! Actually I go over some more examples of minimal pairs in 2 of my latest videos on plosives and fricatives - so have a look at these as well!

[@LearnEnglishwithChakir]

@@BillieEnglish yes definitely i will watch more of your videos.. It's like i'm in the right place because i'm going to have exams next week concerning linguistic and this stuff so i found what i need her thank you ❤️

[@أحمدمحمدفؤادالنقيب]

You videos are awesome.thanks As far as I can remember, we have homophones ( same pronunciation) homographs( same spelling)

[@hema-oz1ud]

Thank you 🤝

[@shavinshamo]

Thank you!

[@masterrls]

Thanks and Tanks

[@hanabanjavani]

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[@learnen6634]

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[@diagnembaye423]

Great ideas. Thanks

[@GoodnessPOkafor]

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[@ma.eugenia4820]

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[@ghghg3862]

Thank you 😊

[@nicolerayoff8403]

I appreciate your video it was easy to understand.

[@nshimyuremyiaugtin861]

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[@naurozegul2386]

1.Bull , pull 2.car , far Thankyou so much it was really helpful

[@BillieEnglish]

Great examples 👍

[@nidhisingla707]

Amazing explanation ❤ but one suggestion I must gave you also must have add minimal pair different in dipthong rest of lecture is amazing thank you 😊

[@nagallasowjanya4133]

Thank u so much maam. So much interested in your class

[@BillieEnglish]

Glad to hear that!

[@soniaisabelalmada6246]

Very important

[@MohamedDihi]

Thanks a lot

[@mrwael8026]

Useful and interesting episode. Would you please tell me whether the following words are considered as minimal pairs or not " but - put "

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! No, these 2 are not minimal pairs because they differ in two sounds: the initial consonant sound as well as the vowel sound.

[@rifa2909]

Wonderful teacher

[@ayoubanr5473]

Hi, can you make a brief ed video on near minimal pairs? Apart from what they are I couldn't find any infos on advanced details.Thanks

[@BillieEnglish]

I think near minimal pairs are pairs of words in which 2 sounds in the same position are different. An example would be: kiss & keys transcribed as kiss - / kɪs/ & keys - /ki:z/ - so here you have a short and long i in second position and an unvoiced and voiced 's' in third position - it's not quite a minimal pair, so we could call it a near minimal pair.

[@Aaryuman]

your voice is very cute and you explain very well and beautifully.

[@isiekhator3544]

Thanks. Examples of minimal pairs. Vowel. Bag / bæg/ Bat/ bæt/. Fit/fit/ feet / fi:t/ Consonant. At the initial position Rat/ ræt/ cat / kæt/ Consonant at the final/ coda position.

[@BillieEnglish]

Great examples - yes, these are all minimal pairs! Well done :-)

[@mustafajawad8099]

The minimal pairs must have the same number of letters. Is it right or wrong

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! The pair must have the same amount of syllables and sounds (not necessarily letters since sometimes a group of letters is represented by just one sound). For example: 'caught' & 'cot' are a minimal pair. They consist of one syllable each and 3 sounds each. However, 'caught' has 6 letters and 'cot' only 3.

[@maricarmenvalladares8795]

Excellent explanation. My minimale pair are boss and bus.

[@BillieEnglish]

Great 👍 Well done!

[@emineozcelike]

Great video! Can I download your presentation so I can tell my friends?

[@snufkin8253]

Mine - fine 🙂

[@abbasalliwaizy6663]

Can you make video to explain The phontic transcription in detail? i hope that.

[@BillieEnglish]

Hi Abbas! There is already one on my channel :-) Here is the link to it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ22pZqpatakpa8

[@q8shades]

Along side with /P/ and /b/ as I am an Arabic Speaker I found a difficulty to pronounce / Th : of that / and Th : of throw, hope to recommend content focus on this part of common pronunciation

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello Ahmed, I have a separate video on the 2 TH sounds which you might find useful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHzRq4Wuebt7qbc I also have a shorts specifically on /p/ & /b/ on my channel.

[@ريالمدريد-ع9و1ح]

Minimalpairs: two words that differ in one sound and they have different meaning .Like (net) and knit / pen And pin

[@BillieEnglish]

A good summary and two nice examples! I especially like 'net & knit' - they are a minimal pair and a good illustration as well that English spelling and pronunciation differ a lot! They spelling of both words looks so different but they really only differ in one sound! /net/ & /nit/ 👍😊

[@RTAV108]

thing / sing, zip / sip, pack / back, sack/ sag ?

[@BillieEnglish]

Great examples!

[@joyceasare9951]

reap vs rip tear vs clear right vs write Wright write Cheat vs chit

[@Ayaomari19-b2p]

Am Arabic I can prounonce P very easily 😁

[@ayushsawarkar8723]

Deep vs Keep Leap vs lip

[@shavinshamo]

Sit vs. Seat

[@maazizi883]

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[@doniaomail4160]

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[@batool_22]

Can I find the word with zero onset or zero coda as a minimal pair?

[@BillieEnglish]

If the word has zero onset and zero coda and only exists of a nucleus it would only have one vowel sound, e.g. the indefinite article 'a' - those words have no minimal pairs.

[@marijkhan441]

Right /rait/ night /nait/

[@Claudia-yc8xk]

Hiya, can I just ask why more and moor are not minimal pairs please ?

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! Yes, of course :-) They are homophones = 2 words with different spelling and meaning but the exact same pronunciation. That's why! Minimal pairs don't have the same pronunciation, they differ in one sound. An example of a minimal pair would be: more & nor OR more & pour etc. I hope this helps!

[@Claudia-yc8xk]

@@BillieEnglish Thankyou very much ! 1st speech and language therapy student and trying too make sense of it all. Brillant x

[@mmh452]

We Arabic Tunisian speakers are able to pronounce p as p... Peace ✌️ 🌹😊 thanks for the explanation 👍

[@maazizi883]

Good

[@palaksharma7974]

Please correct me 🥲 1. Bee: see 2. Bin: pin 3. Peach: beach 4. Toe: blow / sow 5. Pine: fine 6. Tease: knees 7. Pick : lick 8. Fig: dig 9. Tail : bail 10. Link: pink Please please please check them !! Lots of love 💕💕

[@BillieEnglish]

Perfect Palak! They are all correct :-)

[@palaksharma7974]

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[@mohinurkhakimova9738]

These - those. Are they minimal pair?

[@BillieEnglish]

Yes!

[@mohammedmbarki5954]

hip trip a minimal pair or nah

[@BillieEnglish]

Yes, those 2 words form a minimal pair! Good job :-)

[@abohdieye5217]

Still vs steal Tomb vs comb Light vs fight Bit vs beat Deed vs lead...

[@BillieEnglish]

Well done - they are all correct examples!

[@pegatrond7263]

major- measure

[@BillieEnglish]

Almost! But these two are not quite minimal pairs. Have a look at the phonemic transcript to see the difference in sounds: major measure /meɪdʒə/ /meʒə/ They differ in more than one sound!

[@tallyeed9791]

Draft and draught ? I am not quite sure

[@BillieEnglish]

These 2 words describe the same thing and show two different spellings: 'draught' (British English) pronounced as /drɑːft/; and 'draft' (American English) pronounced as /dræft/. So yes, in a way you could say they work a bit like a minimal pair, but since the meaning is the same it's also not a real minimal pair because real minimal pairs usually have a different meaning as well as a different pronunciation. I hope this makes it clear! :-)

[@boukirilatifa7509]

Soup vs Soap

[@leanneh5071]

Too - two?

[@BillieEnglish]

These two words form homophones but are not a minimal pair because the pronunciation is exactly the same in both: /tu:/ - I have a video on homophones explaining what they are exactly, basically two words with identical pronunciation but different spelling (e.g. flower & flour). A minimal pair would be: team & dream - almost the same but the first sound is different in both words, the rest is identical!

[@marijkhan441]

Sleep /sli:p/ slip /slIp/

[@jsgaming2293]

Boil and toil

[@bushrazaman1251]

Fight Right

[@EnglishhBinglishh]

Place.. Plays... Force.. Fall Love.. Tough Ball.. Call Soar.. More

[@bushrazaman1251]

Hen Ten

[@FareehaJehanzeb-d4f]

Sleep slip Kite bite Light fight

[@alvarosanchez5819]

Let

[@CUTECUPCAKECCC]

Toy -boy Sigh-high

[@BillieEnglish]

Good examples :-)

[@ditnopota]

Americans would say chip(s) for fries? That doesn't seem correct

[@BillieEnglish]

'Fries' is American English, 'chips' is British English.

[@bushrazaman1251]

Fist List

[@chriscoughlan5221]

sorry for being pedantic, but americans have never ever called french fries CHIPS!! its only us brits that say CHIPS!! and dont get me started on the Kiwi pronunciation!!

[@BillieEnglish]

I'm not American! 😝 In my world they're chips, and they come with battered sausage and gravy! 😅

[@m.gnsgrd16]

Pat / Bat

[@amirahamdy9433]

deal, peal!

[@BillieEnglish]

Very good!

[@johnlie8586]

Zip, sip, dip, pip. Like, bike, pike, dike. Love ,dove. Night,right, fight, tight. Look, book.

[@BillieEnglish]

Great job! Yes, these are all minimal pairs :-)

[@omarwistohn9806]

heart hat hot hit hut heat hurt het hoot

[@edveedvelos1561]

Sip zip

[@BillieEnglish]

Good example - yes, they form a minimal pair!

[@srishtisadhu]

shut and but?

[@BillieEnglish]

Yes, this is a minimal pair! Well done :-)

[@IddrisuBukari-uv1tn]

But Put

[@udarasenarathne3379]

fish,dish

[@rabeenathapa8722]

rat bat

[@AyushSharma-dw4pl]

hat and bat

[@Dubumint92]

Crimp, Cramp

[@nramella]

Sheet / Shit

[@rekhasharma713]

Thank you ☺️