Nasalizing Vowels in English (before M/N/NG) & N Dropping

[@steveduarte6752]

Thank you so much! I had noticed that before and talked about it with other people. Everyone else thought I was crazy lol, good to know I was right about the n dropping

[@deliohector]

I used to notice this partial nasalyzation in “can't” and “answer”, but I had no idea you could use it in the other cases you mentioned. Cool!

[@deliohector]

Oh, interesting! I actually used to go out of my way and try to avoid nasalyzing the vowel in words like “invite” and “confuse”. This lesson is liberating, in a way, so thank you.😊

[@mry9311]

I've always felt that nasalizing thing but when I hear teachers say English is not nasalized I thought I might be delusioned but yet whenever I say " CAN'T" i find myself nasalizing NT unconsciously I've been Learning pronunciation for years and I'm still learning new things from you ..I just can't thank you enough ♥️

[@douglasmarinho3653]

I loved this lesson and I already did this partial nasalization because I thought it was easier to pronounce that way when I'm speaking fast and yeah I did! Specially when they pronounce can't I recognized the nasalization totally

[@أحمدالدسوقي-ت9س]

The Content in this Channel is pure gold. I have listened to most of your content and you are literally the best. Yes better than any KZbin channel out there. I don't even think that anyone would be able to come even close to the quality of your content.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

I really appreciate that 🙂 Glad the content is helpful!

[@denou1241]

I'm a native Portuguese speaker. I had seen this video show up on my KZbin recommendations before, but put it on the 'Watch Later' list because I didn't have the time to watch it at the time. Quite a long while ago, I had heard that English is a language without nasalized vowels, so you should not nasalize any of the vowels, like Portuguese, Spanish and French speakers do. So, I tried to do that, back then, but it just sounded really weird. So I just forgot about it and continued to nasalize the vowels as usual, which sounded less weird, but still sounded kinda off. NOW, watching your video, the thing that really did the trick for me was this balance between not-nasalized and fully-nasalized... It really makes a huuuuuge difference, I wish I had watched it before. Also, it helped me to easily pronounce the nasalized version of Æ, that I could never properly pronounce. Before, whenever I would pronounce words like "chance", "lance", "camera" etc., I would just sound British, lol. I've stumbled upon your channel some time ago and have been following it since. You have so many useful videos about things that I had never heard from other teachers, and also some different perspectives on how some things work in the American Accent. I just wanted to take the time to write this and thank you for making these videos. They are extremely helpful!

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Thanks for the feedback and glad I can help! I don't understand why other teachers avoid or straight out deny things like this. That's why I'm so focused on teaching you REAL and natural American English, not just what's prescribed

[@LuizFernando-li1du]

Very interesting video, I've never noticed that the natives can drop the "N" sound in some instances.

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

We don't notice it either! I wasn't aware that we do this until a couple years ago, so I spent about 30 years as a native without ever noticing.

[@mathersmarshall8235]

Just now I watched this video again. Great!

[@laracroftvideos]

Incredible work!!! Also so glad you included the ever controversial can vs. can’t issue, I was hoping you’d bring it up and I kept screaming at you the entire video until you did 😂😂😂 (not really lol 😅).

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

Lol I can imagine that 😆 But of course. I don't shy from controversy here. If anything, I make it lol

[@laracroftvideos]

@@NativeEnglishHacks You are the King of controversy in the KZbin ESL community (and we live for the drama always)!!! 😁

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

What's so controversial about teaching real English? I'm such a radical lol. Just speaks to the problems I'm trying to fix in the space

[@YosukeYano]

I've never seen this information anywhere, so I'm so impressed! Thank you. This is interesting, because /n/ in the Japanese language before fricative sounds has exactlly the same sound change. I'm a Japanese language teacher who loves phonetics. Can all fricative sounds before nasal sounds change into Nasalizing Vowels? For example, - concern /s/ - enhance /h/ - information /f/ - involve /v/ - insurance /ʃ/ - unthankful /θ/ - in those /ð/

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

I'm not fully certain I understand the question. If the below answer doesn't address it, please clarify. I'm only aware of vowels being partially nasalized, not consonants. Playing with it a bit, I assume in very lazy or fast speech such things could happen, but I'd strongly caution against it as it would likely result in too much nasality and stand out as unnatural or annoying. It's an interesting question. I'll try to tune my ears to it to see if I notice natives doing it.

[@YosukeYano]

Thank you for replying. I'm sorry I made a mistake. Let me explain again. When there is a "vowel + nasal sound" before a fricative sound, does this sound(vowel + nasal sound) change into a nasal sound? For example, "enhance" has the /ɪn/(vowel + nasal) before the /h/(fricative), and the /æn/(vowel + nasal) before the /s/(fricative). Does the /ɪn/ change into the /ĩ/ and the /æn/ change into the /æ̃/? So, is the /ɪnˈhæns/ pronounced as the /ĩˈhæ̃s/, because of these 2 fricative sounds? These words below have "vowel + nasal sounds" before the fricative sounds in the same way. Do they have the same sound change? - concern /s/ - information /f/ - involve /v/ - insurance /ʃ/ - unthankful /θ/ - in those /ð/ @EnglishHacks

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

@YosukeYano That's clearer, but I think I'm having difficulty understanding because what you're describing is such a strange and foreign concept to me. So the short answer would be no. What I'm describing has nothing to do with fricatives - or even any sounds aside from the vowel and the nasal consonant. They're in their own little world here. It's not caused by fricatives, nor does it have any effect on them. It does seem that in really lazy/super fast speech we could maybe sometimes end up with a partial nasalization effect on the fricatives, but it's not something I would recommend intentionally trying to do under any circumstances. The partial nasalization of the vowels in "en" and "an" from "enhance" comes solely from the N, nothing else. It does not in any way affect the H or S sounds after them, nor do H or S have any role in the nasalization.

[@YosukeYano]

@@NativeEnglishHacks Thank you very much. I understand. I'll be careful to pronounce them.

[@mathersmarshall8235]

Thank you for sharing. Will vowels be nasalized in General American English accent?

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

As I say in this lesson, there are no fully nasallzed vowels, only partially nasalized before M/N/NG. Do you mean in the future? I'm kinda confused by the question

[@mathersmarshall8235]

@@NativeEnglishHacks Thank you sir! I meant "are" but not "will". Sorry.😂

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

I thought so, but wasn't sure. No problem 🙂

[@mathersmarshall8235]

These're really useful details that I've never seen in any other KZbin videos.👍

[@NativeEnglishHacks]

That's part of why I'm here. Many teachers seem to get caught up in how they think you "should" speak. I only care about teaching you how people actually speak and/or hacks you can use to make things easier 🙂