How to Get a British Accent - Lesson Two - "The Schwa"

[@Lucifer-qt8wy]

I was so proud of myself when I combined the 't' pronunciation from the last video automatically

[@papateachme]

+xxLaurenxx Good job ;)

[@ashmalafif8833]

+xxLaurenxx had same feeling XD

[@vanilatte421]

the way you explained it was so easy. i keep practicing with british accent 😁 thank you for teaching!

[@papateachme]

+Tiny Vania you're getting better? 😁👍🏻

[@vanilatte421]

+Learn English with Papa Teach Me i keep practicing bcs i working at hotel and so many foreigners guests, so i tried my best to speak with British accent papa 😂

[@papateachme]

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[@vanilatte421]

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Tiny Vania

[@huangtina4883]

Best British accent teach video ever

[@phantrash.-.no.1256]

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[@papateachme]

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[@ramyaranganath4060]

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[@serenyaa9981]

Omg xD

[@divyeshjoshi7581]

Ramya Ranganath haha xD i dont have heavy indian accent but still wanna learn british accent so i'm here too for a teach-aa xD

[@nuria2829]

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[@dr.fatimahuthman4819]

I'm from Sudan , I took elementary , middle & high schools in KSA so I didn't usesd to use "schwa" before , it kind of difficult, but I'm ready for the challenge 😊 Thank you for teaching us ☺

[@Brunaldj]

I'm thankful for your help! I'm really improving my accent with these lessons I'm learning english here in Brazil. I've studied english for 2 years and this is so important for me! I prefer british accent I mean. It is so beautiful! Thank you so much "Learn English Papa Teach Me"!

[@papateachme]

Actually I love the Brazilian accent! Especially from Minas! It's adorable! :D

[@Brunaldj]

Sorry, I mean that english brazilian accent is complicated for me hahaha ;) But you're right! Minas it's very adorable. haha

[@papateachme]

By the way you're an amazing singer! :)

[@Brunaldj]

*-* Thank you very much :3

[@Brunaldj]

I'm improving *-* ;)

[@ellebrown8120]

Your videos about British accent are wonderful and useful! Thank you so much!

[@JhonRodriguez-gb5vy]

I like all your videos Mr. I'm from Medellín Colombia, And I've been striving to get a remarkable british accent. I love that accent I think it's pretty chill. Thanks! Keep on that!

[@MillennialPanic]

You're amazing. So far online I've never found videos that make it easy for me. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@martiw.6638]

Thank you for these videos, I'm trying to get a British accent (I'm still learning, so it's a mix of British and American) and these are helping me so much! Thank you, I found these really interesting.

[@baharesba2224]

Hey Marti, i am also working hard on my british accent and you'd like we can practice our accents together. I have a lot of materials of real british accent and applying them as well as Papa's videos I have almost achieved my desired brilliant accent. Give me your address Marti we can talk to each other and exchange our ideas and thought on learning accent :) See u )

[@ekdrmssama]

I think even in your examples of the Schwa. It could be divided into two vocals. For instance the Schwa in [Ever] or [Police] we pronounce it with "uh". But in [Taken] or [Pencil] we pronounce it like there is an absence of vocal; like Pen-ssl. In Korean we use "ㅓ" and "ㅡ" to differentiate these two vocals.

[@JordanMariev]

Awesome! More power to you mate!

[@mlola74]

Thank you very much for your splendid lessons, I'm learning a lot of stuff

[@cheekyfroggy9208]

Seriously, I've been living in the U.K for 2 years now, and I've always had such a hung-up about my french accent!! Your videos help a lot!! =)

[@papateachme]

+Cheeky Froggy bonjouurrrrr! 😁✋🏻

[@baileydawbin2633]

I'm a New Zealander and so many of these things are similar to our accent 😜

[@papateachme]

+Bailey Dawbin 🤘hey New Zealand!!

[@musregda3108]

Bailey Dawbin ... yo . kiwi accent is specific though. especially the E . like every it's like eevery😊

[@MrNotebookguy]

"Deck" is my favourite word in NZ accent :)

[@itstuamelie]

So true

[@TheNerdynigga]

My dad is from the US and my mother is English.. I've also been going back and forth between the two all my life. So, I sound like a bad actor everywhere I go. So thanks for this! Hopefully I can fix it :)

[@Kartendorf]

Your Videos really helped me to learn the British Accent. Thank you.

[@zahemi914]

Thanks so much... not only for the /schwa/ sound but also for enlightening on the Glottal 'T' and True 'T',

[@sa_ra2496]

You're a great teacher! I'm already improving!! Thank you so much! I'm studying western classical music, and it's hard without a British accent. I'm so grateful to you! :) :)

[@amirmersal]

U know what I'm so exited cuz i was studding at the B.C Egypt branch long time ago , and this lessons help me to make a flash back , Sooo I'm so thankful :)

[@angelam5329]

The way you pronounced the words in English was cool XD, I wish I had a better British accent. But your videos really help , thanks!

[@Spoonman257]

Hello,I wanted to add that in America, in the Northeast region, New England, You'll hear the schwa sound quite often, actually even as far south as Philadelphia. Proper pronunciation is more Midwestern, they have a much clearer way of speaking.

[@jamesdefay9494]

your the best ! what u just taught in barely 4 minutes, would take an English class in a foreign country about 6 months of regular classes and lots of tuition fees. Good job keep it up.

[@papateachme]

+Jim De Fay glad we can help 😁✋🏻

[@goroakechi1068]

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[@su.7ussain]

amazing ,easy and very fast lessons thank you very much

[@ashliepolanco210]

I'm learning a lot here!! My friends will feel envy because of my beautiful british accent!! Thanks!

[@anikazuchifan7872]

Your lessons always make my English improved remarkably! I really want to get used to speak with British accent..

[@kevin1294]

thank for the teaching papa, my english accent was Be'er now (btw, i'm your new subscriber!) Cheers Mate!! Greetings from Indonesia, wish you come here someday!!

[@LKokos]

GET TO THE CHOPA

[@hartonoong6859]

LOL

[@novapistol9927]

In Swedish the sound schwa sound is the letter "Ö"

[@carlitoz82718]

I freaking love your videos… Totally helps me with my weird mix accent lol

[@karolinaplebanek]

I've finished to study all your the pronunciation classes and again I will repeat myself that you did a fantaboulous work with all the videos ! I think that I've mastered my pronunciation greatly, however, still I want to tweak it at my corpo-work.Thank you ! :) Could you please recommend any interesting British series from which I could catch a nice British accent ? I've already finished with outstanding "Penny Dreadful". Thank you in advance.

[@papateachme]

+Karolina Plebanek so awesome! 😁🤘😁🤘

[@karolinaplebanek]

Thanks ! Could you please recommend any interesting British series from which I could catch also a nice British accent ? I've already finished with outstanding "Penny Dreadful" :))

[@peshangm3877]

You can watch "peaky blinders" its about the peaky blinders gang in birmingham back in 1920.

[@karolinaplebanek]

Thank you Peshang, I am gonna try it out :)

[@nikoledelarge3376]

I LOVE your video classes!

[@papateachme]

You're lovely! :) thanks for the comment!

[@Doglovergirl30]

Hi guys! I love British accent so thank you for teaching it :)

[@papateachme]

Thank you for watching! :)

[@ananths1122]

Cool Cooll !!! short and to the point, i learnt an important thing in such small time

[@TheCrashdive]

stumbled over your channel when looking for scottish accent. now I'm learning British. maybe a better Choice

[@apollollie]

You're wonderful! Your videos have really helped!

[@papateachme]

YOU'RE wonderful, Kat! Stay wonderful! :)

[@037016]

I love your videos, clear explanations, good examples and a bit of fun, as well. :D

[@cielsbutt5063]

Your Videos are so helpful thank you (I'm not from England but I'm fluent in English, but it really sounds better when I use the English accent )

[@shahira4627]

This is very helpful. Simple and easy to understand.

[@SuperQuinny14]

I really love this videos,where is the Lesson 3?

[@lunamiyoung]

thank you a lot' :) i`m peruvian and i want to have the british sound . Its hard but i will see your videos, thanks a lot teacher

[@papateachme]

You can do it! :)

[@Raddy13]

Can you explain the pronunciation in the first syllable of "doctor?" With my accent (American), I say the "doc-" like "hawk" whereas it sounds like you're saying it almost like "dwok-", if you slurred the W. Anyway, cool lessons!

[@papateachme]

Yes absolutely! We're making a new series with these kinds of sounds! :)

[@phrancisco2847]

I'm enjoying your lessons. Great job!

[@therealpewdiepie9927]

I'm Dutch and it's so difficult to learn the English accent, because our teacher, yes our teacher speaks more American than English, which makes it difficult for a twelve years old boy😆 Ps. If my grammar isn't that good, it's the fact that i'm just twelve years old🤗

[@papateachme]

+Zieboow Games Dude at 12 I could barely go a day without pissing myself. You're doing well 🤘

[@therealpewdiepie9927]

Oh really? Thanks a lot man!

[@arianafan5901]

YT World Hey ik ben ook Nederlands

[@عبدالله-ن6ه2ص]

What are the ways to read long words?

[@Nyancchi_]

wow this is really helpful, thank you. I am not a native english speaker and this helping me much to fix my weird accent

[@papateachme]

+Dien Dinasty Maharani I'm sure you have a lovely accent :)

[@nanasebastian3918]

thank you for the lesson, the way you explained it was so easy. but i dont understand how we know or decide where to stress the word? like the one you marked it with a black dot

[@shosha8562]

0:40, i laughed and i said clearly " You're Brilliant " , Good Job buddy!

[@papateachme]

+Mostafa G. Ahmed haha awesome! Thanks for watching! 🤘🤓

[@Mapleloong]

Happened to see the series of videos, quite interesting. I suppose it's not RP but more regional London accent, not sure if I'm correct.

[@nanchombwa]

I already am half British, and can do the accent, but I wanted to make sure I was doing it right! Turns out I was, but this was a gigantic help!

[@75pietro]

i have been waiting for those videos for a long time. thanks for making them. it's because no one speaks BBC English in the street . and as I am a foreigner,i d love to pick up a bit of accent :P could u please make more video for the fallowing sounds : speakING "ŋ" and find very difficult to pick up cAt "æ" and cUt "a'' , and how do u make the 'R" many thanks

[@aquarist]

honestly when i watch or talk to people with accents and i dont think about what im saying, i automatically respond with an accent XD and I really want an accent, my parents think im wierd -.-

[@steven5oclock]

How do you say when one person pronounces the word "doctor" or "teacher" with /ə/ sound and other person with /ɑː/ sound? Are both of them using the schwa sound in their pronunciation? Does the/ə/ sound represent the standard way to pronounce the schwa sound and the /ɑː/ sound is it the Cockney one? Hope I expressed myself well.

[@angngocho7951]

Thank you very much for this amazing lecture

[@nancyarora7455]

you're so good at it! Thanks!

[@papateachme]

+Nancy Arora thanks for watching! 🤘🤓

[@FitYourWayByMelD]

Am more than happy that I found this channel

[@gantenkish]

It did it! Blimey !! Finally i can get my british accent !! It's totally easy after 30 years .. Hahahaha

[@ngocminhbuithi1346]

You are fun

[@markanthonysaquilayan5208]

It is helpful to me this kind of video who wants to learn British Accent...

[@twinkledgo5796]

Excuse me 😊 Do you have any video about how knowing strees syllable in word for non-native speakers in english

[@Kandyshark]

This is awesome! I'm learning a London accent for a musical production I'm in, and this is helping tremendously. Thank you so much!

[@RandytheCobra8x]

I really like these videos please continue!

[@qasquence4817]

Hello! I wanted to ask how can I pronounce schwa sound in words like "evermore" which the 'er' is in the middle of the word. Can I pronounce it like "eva'more"? (Sorry for my English)

[@ashecatleyla]

I'm Iraqi girl and really like ur lessons , great

[@pawepawlak9067]

Wow, I've always thought that the schwa sound should be prononuced more like 'te'. So I say 'wate' in state of 'wata'. Is it OK to prononuce it more like 'te'?

[@papateachme]

Good question! Just remember it's a relaxed sound, so don't worry too much about whether it sounds like a "te" or "ta", it's kind of a mix between the two :)

[@pawepawlak9067]

Learn English with Papa Teach Me Thanks a lot! Yea, we foreigners sometimes try way too hard :P We need to relax more. BTW You do great job with this British Accent lessons, keep it up mate ;)

[@papateachme]

Thanks mate! Very nice of you to say!

[@duylinh931]

Could u please show me if you have any video for glottal T (I mean people say bet-er, import-ant,...)? Thanks very much!

[@papateachme]

+Bố Già i have two actually! ,🤘🤓

[@TuxedoPug]

the main reason i am here is because ever since about 3 years ago people began thinking i'm British, and i have absolutely no idea why. Im going to try to "Improve" my already "existing" "British" accent to mess with people when school starts again, by just constantly talking in a British accent to classmates and teachers, can't wait to see the results :D

[@nymerianightshadow307]

make more of them! LOVE IT! *.*

[@anitastyles2955]

I'm from germany and most people here didn't say better or be'er .... they said like bedda .. Think most German people here understand me ... (sorry for my bad english xD) You're a good Teach-a ... hope that i get a british accent very soon ... Thank you

[@mimewleena9243]

I learn a lot from this ,so thank you so much XD

[@ProducerWannabe]

Hi Papa, why is the schwa sound different between the words end with 'er' and the words with weak syllable?

[@PhuongBread]

Thank you so much, your videos are very useful..English is not my first language so I usually have problems with pronunciation..:)

[@kaaskak123]

Ready to impress my British friends over Skype :) Thanks, Papa

[@Karen-fo5vs]

Your videos are very good. Thank you very much!!!!

[@atc200xfanatic3]

I'm not from England (been there though)and I've always used glottal T's ( wa'er) I'm in the states and I'm so sick of hearing the stressed R. American english just doesn't sound, well , propahh! Great stuff Aly as always thank you for the lessons,my friend.

[@lesyaa7428]

I live 10 years in the UK and struggle to pronounce scarborough, can you help please Papa?

[@TrevorStruthers]

Do you think there are similarities between lazy British accents, and lazy Southern American accents? I find when I get drunk my accent becomes more southern. Does yours in turn get more hoody?

[@adumont]

Hi, great video as always! How would you pronounce "Azure", like in Microsoft Azure. Does it end with a schwa sound?

[@Batvolle]

yes, it does :)

[@Carlisho93]

I learn a lot with your video lessons 😄

[@houssamek6233]

2019❤️ Great teacher❤️

[@risc7]

Excellent, thank you.

[@jayjaymalecha]

I'm not even slightly surprised "Doctor" is used as example

[@TDeclinator]

First thing that came through my mind when he said doctor was Doctor Who

[@MikeGreenwood51]

GriM ZenoX Which doctor?

[@TDeclinator]

Michael Greenwood The doctor from doctor who. if your saying which of all 13, all.

[@MikeGreenwood51]

GriM ZenoX TY. The Who are playing Glastonbury Festival this coming weekend.

[@menacedemort2878]

I love your lessons, there are very good. I have a question. Should try to get a British accent when I live in the U.S.? I originally speak French so English in not my first language, and I kinda have a French accent.

[@simoneolivia6464]

Hey there ! Honestly, keep your accent as it is. I know that having a French accent can be uncomfortable in a way when you live in an english-speaking country but having an english accent in the US is the same. Besides, you'll have people asking you if you're British and all that sort of stuff and it might just get awkward. And don't forget that they actually prefer a French accent, they find it sexier. ;)

[@papateachme]

Simone Olivia I second that :)

[@groverchiri4031]

Excellent lesson,thanks a lot.

[@Shadow-fb7gj]

American accent have always started sounding weird to me few years back and I just turned 23. Is it to late for me to develop this accent or can I still learn it?

[@haivuminh2787]

0:40 schwa sound pronouncing 3:00 practicing time for this lesson

[@StayPolishThinkEnglish]

Papa, so I can help myself with the recognition of stress by looking at all vowels in words? It's still hard for me to stress words properly...

[@wonddark6118]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU IMPROVED ME IN MINUTES VERY VERY MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sebastienlopezmassoni8107]

Thanks for your explainations.

[@FitriHandayaninewagent]

teacher... i am new in english language,, because i am from Indonesia, Maybe you never know about this country,, but i think u will know when i called i am from Bali. hehhehe,,, This video is so useful but my tongue difficult to adopt British accent because of english is my third language. Yet, i will watch your lesson and please speak loudly ,,, thanks

[@roraio]

I don't know if you've already addressed this, but could you please explain the 'science' behind some Londoners pronouncing 'TH' like 'F'? For example, the verb 'to think' sounding like 'to fink'? Which accent is this? I don't mean to sound racist or anything, but I just want to note that I've heard this accent mostly at black British persons. Thank you!

[@papateachme]

Check our video about cockney! We explain that

[@recholasngan143]

Is that any video teaching "stress" pronunciation?

[@Gravesin]

So I was wondering, how do you know if the accent you use sounds right, or doesn't sound stupid?

[@camocat0136]

just because im american doesnt mean anything >.< im learning the British ways

[@MrGustavoKO]

yeah it does, it's stupid

[@camocat0136]

that was unnecessary :(

[@papateachme]

Camo cat 01 We have only love in our hearts for Americans!

[@rainbowbecca3340]

Don't worry, that's good!! You've got to love the British accent!! ;)

[@TheSuperSaturos]

Rainbow Becca It's good to sound like a gentleman and get all the ladies.

[@richardrichard8001]

Great !!! interesting a lot...You are a genius Papa !!!! thanks !!!!!!!

[@nataliatarasek5616]

Do you have sth about short and long /a/ /o/ /e/ sounds? It's sometimes impossible to tell the difference :(

[@fukuokakusuo2391]

hi 👋 could you please make a video which is all about the differences between weird, bizarre, strange and odd. they're so confusing. thank you 😃

[@SaiyanBRZRKR]

im trying to get a accent like murdoc naccals if u don't know who that is look him up on youtube if anyone can suggest to me how to possibly sound like that id appreciate it

[@minhphinguyen7055]

teacher Papa , I love u and your lesson .However, after the first lesson about glottal T and true T, I prefer true T. So, I have got a little confusion that can I only use true T in my every sentence when I talk ? Thanks so much for supporting me ! Your fan-student (I mean I admire u so much )

[@papateachme]

+Minh Nguyễn we're making a new one about glottal t! :) coming soon!

[@minhphinguyen7055]

+Learn English with Papa Teach Me thank you so much . Im so happy to hear that ^^