More Examples/Practice: 2nd Vowel Sound, IH (/I/) | American English Pronunciation & Ear Training

[@laracroftvideos]

Perfect! You're constantly outdoing yourself.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Thanks 😊 That seems a bit much to me, though haha

[@jerryw4881]

Great video..as always!!!

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

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[@ajitshing8765]

Awesome

[@justplaymusik1748]

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[@Mirador2]

Could you please explain the "Low back merger" (where /ɔ/ and maybe /ɒ/ become /ɑ/) and the "Weak vowel merger" (where unstressed /ɪ/ and maybe /ʊ/ become /ə/) ? I'm learning to pronounce words in American English (in general), so I focus on the most standard/common pronunciations, but it's very difficult to know what they are; various dictionaries differ from each other and I think the main conflicts are based on these two mergers, the rest is usually consistent. So far my understanding is that in General American English (or Standard American English) people pronounce /ɑ/ instead of /ɔ/ (and they use /ɔ/ only in /ɔɪ/ and /ɔɹ/), and that /ɪ/ and /ʊ/ in unstressed syllables should be pronounced as /ə/, but I really don't know.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

AW lesson (including cot/caught merger): kzbin.info/www/bejne/d520nmyhe8eZppo The backwards C sound is never required. For AWR: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4DRc6xqnrykh9E For OI: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmXQiKBqhKifra8 As for the "weak vowel merger", you don't have to pay any attention to that in my opinion. You can learn even more and how these sounds (minus AWR) relate to mouth posture in my latest lesson

[@stillwatersrundeep2438]

Hello sir, do you mind asking you a question about the rule that put a /j/ between two vowels, does it include/ɪ/ and /ɔɪ/? When it comes to adding a /w/, does it include /ʊ/ sound? Thank you ver much in advance. Have a terrific day.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

W is not created with UUH as in "book". EE and IH can both create the Y when linking, including in EI, AI, and OI kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5THfIpngZ5_jbs

[@stillwatersrundeep2438]

@@NativeEnglishHacks Thank you very much for helping me out, I watched your video that you recommended, they are (your videos are ) useful and helpful, I truly appreciate your help sir. Thank you for your hard working.

[@elmirabelo8996]

Can I pronounce been using the sound of the first vowel? For some reason when the IH is followed by N it's difficult to me to make the IH sound.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

You could, but as far as I know, Americans don't pronounce it that way, so you'll probably sound Canadian at best. Which is fine if you don't mind. However, there are many words that have IH+n, so it's better to practice until you can form that combination. I can go into some more details about the physical mechanics of it in the next live stream if you want. Just remind me about it ☺

[@elmirabelo8996]

@@NativeEnglishHacks Yeah, that's the main reason why I should try master that part. If was just the word been and not the problem with N it'd be ok. I'll be on the live for sure. Thx.

[@alisaria2109]

English hack, the silent phonetic spelling has a silent h, means it pronounce softly or we drop it?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Silent is silent, so it's not even there. It just helps to clearly mark that sound so that it doesn't get confused with another sound. Remember also that all vowels are voiced, so we don't want any voiceless breath (the H sound) after them

[@alisaria2109]

another question to the amazing teacher hehe, there are 3 IPA spelling of the word begin? why, means it pronounced in different ways?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Very important: those are NOT IPA spellings. Those are the English Hacks phonetic transcription spellings. The reason I do that is because of common reductions. Some words have a full pronunciation, a reduced pronunciation and maybe a second option for the reduced pronunciation. The fully enunciated version of "begin" uses the EE vowel in the first syllable: bee-GIHN. This first syllable is usually reduced, but there are two differents sounds that we can change it to. First is the schwa: buh-GIHN, and second is the IH vowel: bih-GIHN. All three are correct, common pronunciations, but the reduced forms are most common. Either reduction (uh or ih) is perfectly normal and natural.

[@alisaria2109]

@@NativeEnglishHacks is there any video for reduced sound about verbs?,thanks for the great info u give us🥳

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

You mean verbs that use reductions? Not that I've made. But I can definitely add it to the list ☺

[@dan_ilario]

What's the difference between beegihn, bihgihn and buhgihn? I mean, if I pronounce one or another does it make any difference? Where do people use each one of them the most?

[@fhayari9665]

Hi. I confused about pronunciations of "six"

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Yes, that word uses this vowel sound: sihks