Similar English Vowels? Here’s How To NOT Get Confused! [Minimal Pairs Guide]

[@donnapaladino9523]

Hadar you are a gifted teacher. I use what I learn from you to better teach my Native English dyslexic learners. Sound production explained via minimal pairs was never introduced to me in any of my courses for teaching reading. So thankful for your perspective and love the Meryl Strip story.

[@tr3buh]

for me, I'm polish, the most confusing vowels are æ, ʌ, ə, ɑ, because in our native language we only have "a" vowel

[@fidelifulu7014]

Wow. Powerful lesson. With my french speaking influence i have serious vowels confusing problems. Thank God for the way you put it, I understand that all I need t is to work hard on it. Sweet cheers Coach. You're a angel.

[@yesid17]

I'm basically a native bilingual in English & Spanish so idk why I'm watching this but it was a great video!! Your face is very expressive, you do a great job of enunciating, slowly demonstrating even with your hands so that the viewer can get a solid sense of what you mean-and your IPA representations were spot on! If I were to be super nitpicky I would say that the schwa sound is not the same sound as in cup, though that vowel and schwa are effectively merged in american english, the sound in cup is closer to [ɐ] than to [ə] For that sound think [wɑɾɚ] vs [wɑɾɐ] or Ros[ɐ]'s vs ros[ə]s Your story in the intro reminded me of this time I was probably like 5, I pronounced mosquito in a very anglicized way, I nativized the word as /məskɪtow/ my family never let me live it down lol anyway keep up the good work!

[@alanbianchi1]

This is difficult at the beginning, but after practicing and listening more, you'll be able to hear the difference. Thanks a lot for this class

[@lookingforward9532]

Finally, I found the teacher I needed! I really like your charisma, your way of explaining! Thank you for your time, for your dedication to teaching and helping others. Pronounce the vowels it works, but “tt”, no, I can’t repeat it, no matter how hard I try🤭

[@waltervega7798]

I Spanish speaker and these sound are difficult for me. But you're explanation is useful. You're the best!

[@domeniconasca4517]

the best video I've ever watched about English vowels

[@KarmaDorje25]

We, in EU, have so many English lessons at school ! And we keep learning new vocabulary. At the end of high school I was able to read Dickens all day long. But nobody taught us about these differences in pronunciation !

[@rosacuore15]

True. I used to go to the libraries, back in the ‘90s. I have been listening to tapes, then created a notebook for writing down words and practice it at home. I haven’t been having difficulties on learning Latin languages, especially Italian and Spanish, because my native language is mostly derived from Latin.

[@moadashour2425]

Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and effort and hope for more.. and what about the consonants!

[@vitamuzychenko]

I admire your voice and your pronunciation!!! You are also so beautiful!!! 😍 Thank you so much!!! ❤

[@lureal-]

Wow.. This lesson was amazing. I’ve been struggling with words “want” and “won’t” . So, I almost always use the base form “will not”.. but I’ll practice more. Thank you a lot!☺️

[@waelali9057]

fabulous as usual, thanks alot mrs Hadar, I'm really lost for words. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hrantharutyunyan3582]

Hello everyone. I am just learning English. I will be happy to find someone with whom I can communicate and speak more English

[@mavz87]

In all my english schools they told me that foot, book, facebook had to be pronounced as food ("oo"). Thanks for correct my pronounciation beautiful lady. 💓💓💓

[@doanvancolo]

That is very nice of you to point out this kind of mistake from all non native speakers. you've made my day.

[@D.roro1524]

The best course to learn the way to pronouce these sounds. Thank you so much for this help!

[@rinatan4830]

thankyou it's really helpful ! and also clear !

[@marciojrtorres]

That lesson was outstanding, thank you, Hadar. As a Brazilian and Portuguese speaker, it is easier to think of the "i" in Ship as "ê" (with that little hat on it) and the "ee" in Sheep as our "i". Learning a second language made me fall in love with our diacritics 😅.

[@JuYa-yp9fr]

I love the way you explain! The intrusive sound "y" and "w" in words it's very confusing. I wish you have a video. Thanks

[@ecedilekyildirim]

Awesome Hadar…Thank you..

[@micolmazzeotourguide1687]

The most useful lesson ever about vowels!!

[@doriswong5702]

thank you so much for this lesson. you are so amazing and this lesson really helps me a lot

[@rominingthoujam1589]

Very insightful and powerful lessons. Thank you Hadar

[@Liegeliable]

Thank you! You are the best.

[@natashalourenco6575]

Very hard but useful. Thank you ❤

[@nonothimagain]

is that because she's Hadar?

[@ketsyha]

This is a very helpful video! Thank you so much! My first language is Spanish and this is helping me a lot. My main struggle is with the sheep-ship and pool-pull sounds.

[@asusenalopez270]

Hadar, your anecdote about Meryl makes me think about how people back in the eighties were always complaining about how touchy the French were about pronunciation. You make it sound like NYC was the Paris of the new millennium.

[@aurorarodriguez5758]

I don't know you But you are so special to me. thank you for your help.🎉

[@hadar.shemesh]

❤️❤️❤️

[@ramazanacikgoz5175]

great lesson x

[@rosacuore15]

Thank you !🙏 ❤️

[@aldoh5822]

Thank you teacher. This lesson is very important for me.

[@farideahmadi2231]

Thank you so much my dear teacher. you are the best.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@xiomarastabacksmith1908]

An unbelievable lesson, awesome, thanks for your dedication.

[@wedilawed1454]

Hi Hadar!for at all,thanks for you help ,and my trick voal are:all it ! hahhahha when i speak litle bit fast became a tragery!

[@kattyerazo5630]

Thanks. It's cup and cop the more difficult pair

[@roxyopida9128]

Thank you so much! Big help for me since am living in Arab country. It helps me to practice and pronounce it again in a correct way. 🙏 💕

[@geraldosimoes8875]

A strong hug for you and thanks for the video!❤

[@rabiatamouh4511]

Bonjour Mme tu es la meilleure God bless You

[@amrhalabi2753]

I thought it pronounced as "Meryl Strip /strɪp/" and I just got to know it's "Meryl Streep" 😅 Thank you Hadar for saving me from further embarrassment :D Also, bin-ben pairs are tricky for me.

[@hadar.shemesh]

Hahahaha I got you!

[@gosiamargaret568]

The most difficult for me is short vs long u, like foot - food. And as my first language I speak Polish. Thank you so much for your work and that you said you appreciate your listeners. It's really "building" (i don't know whether in english a word "empowering" would exactly mean "building confidence, self-esteem" etc so if anyone knows it correct me please)

[@daravs9812]

Hadar, love you sooo much. thank you for the lesson :)

[@gruberrobert2071]

What a great video, thank you for drawing your attention to gave out this relevant video because there’re some pinpoint that this video contained and thank you for that, really appreciate for it.

[@stanleydodds9]

I think the interesting thing is that the american english sound in "father" and "cot" (used for both ah and o) is used a lot in british english where an "a" is present, as in pass, path, past, but is not used for the same letter in pass(ive), path(ology), past(el), which are like the american pronounciation. The "o" sound in british english seems to not occur in american english. I would be interested to know if americans make the same sound for "saab" and "sob", or for "maam" and "mom", because to me "ah" feels very different to "o". Similarly, does "father" rhyme with "bother"? for me, "father" rhymes with "bather" (if that's a word for someone bathing), and sounds nothing like "bother".

[@HARS-]

I thought I can be struggling with pull and pool but, suddenly I changed my mind completely and Thought. What about Pull and the name Paul.. they sound more like the same to me.. by the way thanks you for taking the time to read us here

[@franciscoviana8068]

It's really an extremely great class. Thak you so much classes like that and, be sure you are helping so many people that for some reasons can't afford to join an English course.

[@ahmadzatam8218]

I really canèt thank you enough for this amazing extraordinary video! You just put your finger on the spots that i have been struggling in my life!

[@enis.world2023]

I was searching for the same type of lessons for a long time. Thank you Hedar. It's really helpful.

[@tsscapac7226]

Thank you !! excellent session and its extremely useful

[@Aleamoxtli]

Great class👍🏻

[@roxyopida9128]

I love your channel. Thank you so much. ❤️

[@erikgardetemps]

Great video! Thank you Hadar!

[@sisishi6334]

I love you. You have taught me a lot. I appreciate what you do.

[@marianadutra8976]

She is the best.

[@evgeniagazizova793]

Thank you Hadar! You are amazing teacher! God bless you!

[@caganyldran7904]

Another good job 👍 thanks Hadar 👏🙋

[@googlepage9992]

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[@kelberadriangutierrezramos550]

Really love your lessons. Greetings from AREQUIPA. PERÚ

[@MaenOrabi1985]

All the best wishes for you forever

[@74camilo]

Muito bom!!! From Brazil!!! Espetacular!!!!

[@anastasiakozhenkova7570]

Thank you for great lesson and good advice!😘

[@sedmi.kraskyagatapisiewicz4324]

Thank you! Your lessons are just perfect, I was looking for sth like that. Can you tell me how long did it take you to learn the accent?

[@نجيباحمدأدمعسولهعسوله]

Better teacher usefull lesson. Thank you so much. Najeeb Ahmed Adam Asola from Sudan

[@oudmaster248]

Thank you !!

It's a very useful lesson. Thank you, teacher Hadar.

[@start6666]

Thanks a lot 🌹

[@shermusic7489]

Sheep - ship Green - grin Leap - lep Peach - pitch Seek - sick Bin - ben Chick - check Disk - desk Middle - medal Bed - bad Head - had Left - laughed Bitter - better - batter Bus - boss Cup - cop Luck - lock Color - collar Pool - pull Food - foot Who'd - Hood Luke - Look Fool - full Boat - Bought Law - low Lawn - lown Want - won't

[@franciscojose6496]

Hi teacher welcome everyday in my life tank you

[@aminibrahim4925]

So banging Hadar your exoplanet its very clear . thank's for your teaching

[@vovan8695]

I am a Russian native speaker, and the only pairs that are easy for me to differentiate are bin-ben and boat-bought. Ship-sheep, luck-lock, bad-bed, pool-pull pairs are very tough. I order to be certain which one was said I need context, and then I can figure out which one makes sense.

[@artfuldodger8389]

These lil differences are crucial if u wanna aquire American accent, i used to say most of em wrong cuz i wasn't even able to hear them

[@neclakonak5384]

Very helpful lesson thank you Hadar pls keep making the same video I was waited you going to teach how to pronounce lunch vs launch

[@MouB-go1ft]

amazing video

[@67lomeli]

You're great and it is a joy.

[@khanbabu2635]

Yes I want to join.

[@srinukalapala1564]

Thank you so much

[@princessnouna2265]

Thanks Hadar for all the advice and the tios that you gave us to improve our pronunciation. I would love to see a video on how to pronounce « committee » Bitter / better/batter Moroccan follower from Canada 😍

[@dustin1520]

What a great lesson teacher, but I keep confusing /ɑ/ with /ɔ/, I think I have the Cot-Caught merger lol, anyways, i appreciate your effort 🙏

[@hadar.shemesh]

It’s fine though! It’s clear either way! Don’t be bothered by it!

[@GL-cj5pf]

Hi Hader .Thank you for your excellent video. See, city and simple, those are most difficult words for me. If you would like to help with these words, that would be great.

[@FanjaniainaVéroniqueRalaiariso]

I understand your explication but still hard for me to follow,I hope,I can do it with you,thanks a lot,God bless.

[@hernandogomez153]

Hi Hadar. Does the schwa sound exactly the same in every syllable? In words like "government," "occurrence," "concurrent" "covenant" and "current", which are all schwa phonemes, do they sound exactly the same?

[@hadar.shemesh]

Yes and no. Technically yes - the tongue is always in the same position, but also no - because it is such a short vowels it may be slightly affected by sounds around it especially Ls and Rs

[@Dariocomposer]

In this particular case, practicing on your own first is actually better, because if you rely, like I do, to listening to people, you'll might easily get confused because of the variety of accents. I live in Ireland, for example, and after 7 years I still have problems listening and understanding. The American accent is so clear, and I'm kind of used to it because of the movies and some of my American friends, but when I'm with Irish people with a strong Dublin accent, my brain still struggles. Also, my current English speech is naturally (and unintentionally) influenced by the Irish accent, and I just don't like the sound of it, I'm curious to see how long it will take to shape it after moving to the States

[@thejillykilly]

We need a video on vowel practice with exact pronunciations.

[@HARS-]

We already have it here 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3aZd2htqJKJbbc

[@DoyouTV]

Hello Hadar

[@sunilchellappan5645]

Nice

[@poohoff]

At 9:27 you're confusing people with that set, because there's honest and job on the one hand and coffee and office on the other hand and those are different vowel sounds, unless the cot-caught merger happens

[@franciscojose6496]

Fantastic teacher is you ilumination hadar

[@ivywang4539]

Hi,Hadar. I am from Taiwan. I want to know how to pronounce -oar- ,such as board.Thanks a lot.

[@franciscojose6496]

Of course teacher repetition is the mother of learn you ilumination teacher ever teacher hadar don't stop never your videos

[@mhmodking1927]

Please Miss Hadar what the meaning of kinda .

[@noraldeenali2381]

Well

[@ricardomachado6792]

Brazilians think the vowel æ like in apple , cat , reaction , classic , jave a sound as É. They say ə , then their sound has no difference between bed and bad , bag and beg , they think is the same sound and dont realize that æ is just an high Á.

[@caganyldran7904]

Please, more videos on .... Pairs

[@caganyldran7904]

Boat of both🤔

[@ProfaManoelaVasconcelos]

My mother tongue is Portuguese. It's incredible how English is difficult to spell!

[@lulumink0]

What? Hadar is not a native English speaker? How is this possible? She has the most pure accent I've ever heard someone speak. So shocked.

[@Mr_Catt_555]

😭😭I got shocked too...the day I found out

[@ahmadzatam8218]

Boat, wood, foot, wool,

[@tricky_english]

9:40 I recommend to open… ❌❌❌❌

[@matveinaumov938]

Salary and celery. Now I know how to pronounce them. My first language is Russian

[@profesordanielalvarez3498]

Hi ! :D What's your native languege?

[@asusenalopez270]

I confuse the ε with the e. I think it happens to people who speak a romance language.