R-Colored Vowel Sound / ɑr / as in "car" - American English Pronunciation

[@SoundsAmerican]

🎉Great news!🎉 Our brand new Sounds American website is up and running!🚀🎊 There's lots of content on pronunciation.🤓You can start with the article about the /ɑr/ sound: soundsamerican.net/article/rcolored_vowel_sound_ar_as_in_car

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[@natalya2225]

I had a few substriptions to American pronunciation but you are the best at giving explanations on American sounds. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Kazakhstan.

[@SoundsAmerican]

You're very welcome!

[@Akhoon_faheem]

I have done a course on American pronunciation from University of Irvine California..but this video is the best way i could do my revision as well as making it further strong..

[@Mattias_Nordin]

Just like Hanna I was wondering when the bonus sentences were coming back. Finally they're here! I hope to stay. One other thing though, I would love it if every word was in sentence. That would make it so much easier with the vocabulary aswell. Two birds one stone! Thanks a lot for your videos, they're really great!

[@tungtruong5904]

Best video about /ar/ sound I've found. Thanks a lot.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Hanna Nice , of course! :). You're welcome! :)

[@luismedinabaldeon8411]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Luis medina baldeon Congrats! What kind of tests, exactly? If you don't mind us asking?

[@luismedinabaldeon8411]

Sounds American Those tests were ELASH and Michigan English Test ( MET ). I practiced a lot with your videos and they were very useful. Actually, they are pretty useful for many of us. Specially for those who are interested in learning English as our second language.

[@luismedinabaldeon8411]

I'll stay tuned for more videos. I'm confident those will be pretty useful for everyone. Thanks

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Luis medina baldeon , We couldn't be any happier! We're going to check those tests to see if we can adjust our content somehow. We're very proud of you, regards from all our team! 😀🖖

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Luis medina baldeon , awesome! 👍👋

[@كانيكيكن-ت4ه]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@mshioku8554]

Thank you very much. 8:51 very important chart > Beware! 'AR' can be pronounced 4 different ways! That's why we need to stay tuned on this channel and practice a lot. ;)

[@janetchan1240]

I like your explanations which help me to understand how the ar sound makes. Thank you very much.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hirohiroshima562]

thank you very much for your videos. they are super helpful when i want to study again about the pronunciations of English words, which are getting obscure when i want to enunciate them.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Glad you like them!

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Zil Meza , glad to hear that!

[@tewesk]

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[@MANIPURLANGUAGESFEATURESPG]

THANKS FOR TEACHING SUCH SOUNDS

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@misdo1647]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@florenceakins839]

Thanks for making this easy I've been struggling with the r sound.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Florence Akinremi You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!

[@khachlang1591]

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[@thedamntrain]

*So, in the most of cases if we see the combination "ar" we pronounce it [ɑr] (as in "car", "park", "article") but If we see the "are" or "arr" combination (except for the word "are") we pronounce it as [εr] (as in "parent", "compare", "care", "carrot" "marry") and it is equal to normal sound of the letter "e" as in "bed", "there", "letter"? I guess this can help to understand how to read English words (not to memorize the pronunciation)*

[@SoundsAmerican]

+❱ Shadow ❰ Impressive! You've figured it out correctly. We can add just a little more detail to this. • In stressed syllables, the combination of letters 'ar' is typically pronounced as the R-colored vowel /ɑr/ when it's followed by a consonant or occurs at the end of words: "far," "farm." • If 'ar' is followed by a vowel letter, it's typically pronounced as the R-colored vowel /ɛr/: "care," "Mary." • There are a couple of exceptions that need to be memorized: "guitarist" and "safari." • A similar rule applies to the 'arr' combination: it's typically pronounced as /ɛr/ when it's followed by a vowel sound. For example, "narrow" or "carry." Note that the vowel sounds in words "bed," "there," and "letter" are different: "bed" - /bɛd/ "there" - /ðɛr/ "letter" - /ˈlɛt̬·ɚ/ The /ɛ/ is a single vowel sound, the /ɛr/ is an R-colored vowel diphthong. They typically occur in stressed syllables. The /ɚ/ is a single R-colored vowel that occurs in unstressed syllables. Hope it helps!

[@thedamntrain]

@@SoundsAmericanThanks! One more question: is there any difference between the pronunciation of "o" in "boss" and "a" in "car" Yeah, you may say that in car it's r-colored, but that's not the point. I mean, are the sounds itself the same, is there an [ɑ] sound in both of them? If yes, isn't it crazy to give the [ɑ] sound for letter that is supposed to have the [o] sound and has it even in other types of English? And is it possible to realize how to read the letter "o" in American English without dictionary? I mean, we figured out how read the letter "a" without a dictionary, so there must be something like this with other letters By the way, I think it would be awesome idea for your channel - making videos where you teach how to READ english letters and pronounce them the right way without using a dictionary. That would be really useful content, please, think about it

[@SoundsAmerican]

+❱ Shadow ❰ The pronunciation of the word "boss" depends on where in the US you grew up and learned to speak English. Some people pronounce this and similar words with the /ɔ/ sound, others with the /ɑ/. This happens due to the "cot-caught" merger process(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger). Those who are affected by it, don't differentiate between the /ɔ/ and the /ɑ/ sounds, for them, they "merged" into the single /ɑ/ sound. About the rest of your questions - the answer is "yes" to each of them: 1) Yes, we do say that 'ar' in the word "car" is pronounced as an R-colored vowel sound. 2) Yes, the /ɑ/ is a part of the / ɑr/ vowel, and it sounds almost the same as the /ɑ/ sound. 3) Yes, English spelling and English pronunciation are crazy 4) Yes, it's possible to figure out how to pronounce the letter 'o' in most words but, unfortunately, there are tons of exceptions. 5) Yes, it's an awesome idea to make videos and stuff on phonics (reading) rules 6) Yes, we don't just think about it - we have been working on it since last year So please stay tuned. BTW, we like your questions :)

[@normablandon3555]

Great help for teachers as well as for students. Thank you!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Norma Blandon Glad you found this helpful! 😊👋

[@maitreloup9081]

2:51 I heard a baby dragon! All joking aside, I really enjoy your videos they help me so much to pick up the American sounds :D

[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@liammiller9296]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

You are welcome!

[@eliserstructuraldesigner3636]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+Eliser Structural Designer , you're welcome! 😀👋

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[@motwakilalkhair9974]

thank you for your clear explanation . i want you to make an episode to :when we add R sound between words in speaking?

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Motwakil Alkhair Not sure what you mean, sorry. Could you give an example of such a phrase?

[@yashgupta6722]

thanks to you ! For all Sound American videos that's I've watched but I suggest you to make Video for American Phrase and idioms with sound track .))

[@SoundsAmerican]

+yash gupta , thank you for your suggestion!

[@matinshaikh9971]

Thank You this very useful lesson for me.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Matin Shaikh , you're welcome! Glad to hear that!

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[@jacksonamaral329]

good lesson.

[@SoundsAmerican]

Thanks! 😃

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[@SoundsAmerican]

You're welcome 😊

[@aimefiori1104]

Is the a like in call pronounced the same way?

[@officialshows5443]

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[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you!

[@clandestine2701]

A very good hands-on approach. Thank you

[@SoundsAmerican]

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[@frialanbig9583]

Thank you soooooo much

[@SoundsAmerican]

+frial Anbig , you're welcome!

[@emanelmasry1767]

How about the r in carry or marry it doesn't like the r in car.what is the difference? Thanks

[@SoundsAmerican]

First of all, please, note that there's no /r/ sound in all the words that you mentioned. When you see the letter 'r' after a vowel and they occur in the same syllable, that's an r-colored vowel. For example, the word "car" is pronounced with the r-colored vowel /ɑr/. The words "carry" and "marry" are pronounced with a different r-colored vowel, the /ɛr/ sound: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJvYo3xtrdl2oKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJvYo3xtrdl2oKc Hope it helps!

[@emanelmasry1767]

@@SoundsAmerican it helped a lot .thank you so much

[@huuphuoc149]

Hello, I have a question if the "l" in "darling" is a light or dark l. Thank you, hope to receive the answer soon

[@SoundsAmerican]

We pronounce it with a regular /l/.

[@huuphuoc149]

@@SoundsAmerican Thanks

[@blnkzarizari5038]

Mmm I'm confused really confused , some teachers are talking about the tongue being up and some teachers talking about drawing the tongue with curling it and some other keep saying that we should curl our tongue on both sides please help me here

[@SoundsAmerican]

+blnk Zarizari Sure, how can we help you?

[@blnkzarizari5038]

@@SoundsAmerican I wonder if we should always rise our tongue towards the alveolar ridge instead of other ways like drawing the tongue back or curling the side of the tongue

[@SoundsAmerican]

+blnk Zarizari Looks like you're talking about the /r/ sound, right? There are two ways it can be pronounced. Both are correct. You can choose the one you like better :) We personally pronounce the /r/ sound with the tip of the tongue raised to the alveolar ridge and curled back while the back of the tongue is bunched. Check out our video about this sound: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2bEY2CBqq2eeLc Hope it helps and let us know if you have any other questions!

[@blnkzarizari5038]

@@SoundsAmerican yes I'm talking about the r sound , actually I was drawing my tongue back but honestly I didn't feel comfortable in this position so when I've found your channel and listen how you speak then I said this is how I want to pronunce ,the only problem that i had is I didn't figure out that both are correct so I was confused but now I know , thank you very much , god bless you

[@SoundsAmerican]

+blnk Zarizari Keep us updated on your progress! 👋

[@canvaspham]

good video

[@TheMraaqib]

Is there a thing like a glottal d? Because I can hear you skip the vowel sound at the end of words like pardon, garden,

[@SoundsAmerican]

No, we don't believe so. :).

[@marijune]

Excellent bonus

[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you 😀

[@halam6702]

What about this symbol / ær/ i see it in u dictionary app in american pronunciation as in character /kærəktər/and can you write the transcription of the word ( arabic) is it as /ærəbɪk/ please ??

[@jongcheulkim7284]

thank you.

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[@SoundsAmerican]

+motoaktau , 😀

[@derekdarvell]

Fantastic video, I like how it allows you to learn. It gives me the impression of wanting to buy particular software that I could set to American and when I go to speak it will pre determined if I am speaking the right pronunciation and allow me to know if I am learning the accent. Saying that is there such a software.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Derek Darvell In our videos we use our own app which we haven't released publicly yet. We're working to make it happen soon and will announce the release here on this channel. Stay tuned!

[@elianebarcci9710]

Muito bom seus vídeos. Grata! Poderiam fazer vídeos de separação silábica?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Thank you for your suggestion!

[@travelbonne4872]

@@SoundsAmerican yes I agree. It’s so confusing to separate syllables in English. Thanks for considering making a video on the subject.

Thanks, I like this.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Élcio S. Cunha , you're welcome!

[@um9532]

Thank you may Allah bless you

[@Ruin2010]

I can pronounce a similar sound by a different position of the tongue. But if I use a position you say, I get a vowel like in the word "CAT". What should I do in this situation? Keep my own way to pronounce it or learn the way you say?. I am kinda confused. I can do it separately when I pronounce only AR. But I can't touch the tip of the tongue behind the bottom front teeth when I try to say a whole word. I get a really wrong sound! And what's the difference in vowel "A" in the words CAT and CAR if position of a jaw, lips and tongue the same??

[@SoundsAmerican]

The /æ/ in CAT is a front vowel sound, meaning, it's pronounced with your tongue pushed to the front of your mouth. The /ɑr/ in CAR is an R-Colored vowel sound, which is made by merging the /ɑ/ vowel with the /r/. The /ɑ/ is a central vowel, meaning it's pronounced with your tongue in the center of your mouth, it's not pushed to the front of your mouth, like /æ/. Check out this video, if you click on the links in the video description, you can compare the images of how these two sounds are made: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXbHg3SchLKZpLc

[@Ruin2010]

@@SoundsAmerican Thank you for your answer!!! But what would you recommend if some people can do the proper sound by a different position of mouth? Keep it or learn again?

[@SoundsAmerican]

If the position of your mouth is different, then you're making a different sound or mispronouncing the sound you're trying to make.

[@anhnguconhung1782]

Thanks for your video. And could you make a video about /ʊr/ . is it an R-colored diphthong? Thanks.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Hung Le There's no such an R-Colored vowel sound in American English, sorry. We've made videos about all existing R-Colored vowel sounds, here's a playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLYJV5Moz9cfymC5YbeHTY7fNcarXYc7z-

[@mhabetkhater7439]

I found some difficult with this r colored vowel sound Thank you

[@tricky_english]

Do you know why? Because the R-colored vowels do NOT exist in GA English 😂

[@burak01]

Hi, thanks for this great video. I'm a bit confused. What's the difference between ɝ and r sound?

[@SoundsAmerican]

+noname , These are two different sounds of American English. The / ɝ/ is a vowel sound, and the /r/ is a consonant sound. We have dedicated videos for both of them, make sure you checked them out: * ** ► R-Colored Vowel Sound / ɝ / as in "first": kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKHTgKWtn9umosU&► Consonant Sound / r / as in "run": kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2bEY2CBqq2eeLc The key point is these two sounds pronounced with almost the same position of your tongue and lips, but with a different sound coming from your vocal cords. Please watch the videos and try to make the practice exercises, you'll never confuse them after that.

[@burak01]

I got it. Thank you.

[@apolina79]

Great Video. I like the format, the graphics and examples. It helped me a lot. Appreciate it. by the way, does Gordon and Garden sound the same? I might have been using the latter without knowing :) :) :)

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Art Apple , glad you liked it! Well, we pronounced "Gordon" as /ɡɔr·dn̩/ and "garden" as /ɡɑr·dn̩/, so the r-colored vowels are different :).

[@apolina79]

Thank you

[@Akom3n]

Thanks all ❤

[@atrickateman3371]

What application is this

[@SoundsAmerican]

We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

[@sriratdecha8809]

Thank you!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Tui2 ratdecha, you're welcome!

[@linhadabeleza]

Sorry, but the syllable division of the word "army" is not the same as the Cambridge Dictionary, /ˈɑːr.mi/. Is it normal?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Yes, absolutely. It's also how it's syllabified in the Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.

[@luisfeliz1442]

Thank you

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Luis Feliz, you're welcome!

[@hibbertjahlil4512]

How about /aʊr/ in the word hour flower ,is it a R-Colored vowel?

[@hibbertjahlil4512]

and /ʊr/?

[@maderaca1395]

Good job

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Madera Ca Glad you liked this video.

[@gianglong2007]

Ending sound "l" please!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Giang Long , yes, we have it in our plan, thank you for your suggestion!

[@BrianNguyen-jy3vq]

I always confusing with three sounds are /ir/, /air/ and /ar/ ,as in the words: hero, fire and park. Can you help me, please?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Yes, those sounds are often confused. We have a video that may help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHvRo4d9fZiUjtE It also provides references to the videos about all R-Colored vowel sounds.

[@FernandoGarcia-hc9mn]

Sir, where do you get those statistics? It would be interesting to see all of them at once.

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Fernando García , That’s a great question! Here is a response from our data analyst: “I’m afraid we’re not ready to make the entire dataset publicly available just yet. Sorry. We do, however, plan to publish it on github once it’s in a good shape. To cut the long story short, our data is based on 10K words pronounced with General American Accent. These words were selected, transcribed and analyzed by our restless Sounds American team. Please let us know what information you're interested in. We can't make promises but if you have any special interest let us know and we will see if we can help.”

[@SayedSayed-c5z]

Please I want to learn schaw sound

[@nhattien476]

what is app in this video?

[@SoundsAmerican]

We're using our own app, but we haven't released it to the public yet. We're planning to do it very soon and we'll announce the release on this channel. Stay tuned!

[@hannanice6636]

Correct me if I'm wrong, please! But the "D" in words Garden & Pardon sound like a stop D!

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Hanna Nice , well, the /d/ is a stop sound :). In those words, it's slightly aspirated. What is it that surprises you?

[@hannanice6636]

Sounds American I thought the stop D is made only at the end of words not in the middle! Thank you

[@mwongerezajanvier3611]

Thanks

[@SoundsAmerican]

+mwongereza Janvier You're welcome!

[@siddhantkapoor8079]

My tongue rolls back completely... Is that ok ? ... Also I don't know how to connect the r and d sounds... For example in the word card...

[@SoundsAmerican]

At which point does it roll back? When you pronounce /ɑ/ or /r/?

[@HotSanWorld1]

tongue : *arrr* what are you watching? eyes : mmm nothing brain : nice video haha

[@SoundsAmerican]

👍😂👋

[@oliveiracruz1642]

does this application exist?

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Mateus soares , it does :), but we haven't released it publicly yet, we're working on it.

[@burak01]

I have a question about trill. "Car" okay, I can pronounce this word like in the video. But... Because of the letter "s" at the end of the word I cannot pronounce "cars" without trill. In that case, How should we pronounce it?

[@SoundsAmerican]

+noname Sorry for the delay but here's our response: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpW5aIWvoticg7s Hope it helps!

[@burak01]

Thanks :)

[@xuanmike7172]

thank you!

[@SoundsAmerican]

np! 👋

[@jaeliismeriobianchini5986]

I love you guys

[@SoundsAmerican]

We love you too!

[@ivomoreira42]

My life was a lie, I pronounced all those words with a legit [a] sound and now this? hahaha

[@SoundsAmerican]

😀🖖

[@larrinlopez1677]

excelent, so thank, so far so good

[@SoundsAmerican]

+larrin lopez Glad you liked it!

[@oliveiracruz1642]

thanks a lot

[@SoundsAmerican]

+Mateus soares , you're welcome!

[@parazeetus_old]

Is Britain pronunciation channel too like it?

[@SoundsAmerican]

Let us know if you find one. 😂

[@parazeetus_old]

@@SoundsAmerican Okay.

[@ismu_83]

I do not quite understand why it is considered a diphthong if it is a union of a vocal sound plus a consonant sound, a diphthong would not be two different vocal sounds?

[@SoundsAmerican]

You are absolutely right! A diphthong is a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable. And this is exactly what the majority of R-colored vowels are. Here's why: the letter 'r' represents the /r/ sound is a consonant when it occurs at the beginning of words or after consonants, like in "run" or "try." But when the letter 'r' follows a vowel sound and they occur in the same syllable, they form an R-Colored vowel sound, like in "her," "for" or "car." So, the /ɑr/ sound is an R-Colored vowel, in which the /r/ part is not a consonant, but a part of a vowel sound. Technically, we should have presented /ɑr/ with the two symbols /ɑ/ and /ɝ/ for this sound, because this is exactly as it's formed, but since such notation is not used by dictionaries, it could be confusing. Hope it helps!

[@valarie_p9829]

I like how he said correctly it makes it sound like I was doing it wrong but I do it as British people say it so I guess they say it wrong XD

[@szewczor4856]

Very good film. When will this app be available ? I've been waiting for this for 8 months !

[@SoundsAmerican]

+SZEWCZOR , glad you liked it. Our app will be available when our engineers say so :).

[@AhmedMohammed-gg5kx]

You say " the tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your bottom front teeth". But this is an open back vowel. And the tongue should be at the back not at the front. Am I wrong??

[@woozie7034]

the boston accent though 3:34

[@ykaiofhelipelacerda4101]

9:36

[@humbertopieronineto8019]

Really hard to pronounce the word 'article' without a little accent.

[@officialshows5443]

So it became /αr/

[@gpscmotivation945]

4:01 Indian accent 😂

[@habeebalrahman515]

Bro turned Indian for a moment: 4:01 😅

[@anhhoctieng2775]

diphthongs and triphthongs are the most difficult sounds in english usa, my mouth is too tired

[@aminakoroma3044]

Help me out here folks, so 'Corridor' would be pronounced "C_ar_idor" an 'Coronation', "C_ar_ination",

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[@mst7644]

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[@victorhernandez4613]

No, problem. If you really want to learn English, you need to adapt yourself. English is like "English". Then, you need to accept English as it is. If you don't accept it, you can NOT learn English.