SPEAK Like an AUSTRALIAN: Linking VOWEL SOUNDS With W or Y or R?

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Hey there, I'm Pete Smissen, the host of the Aussie English Podcast, and today, I'm going to teach you how to speak like an Australian by nailing the linking vowel sounds with w or y or r!
I often get asked questions like:
- How do I link two vowel sounds together in English?
- When do I use the /r/, /w/ or /y/ sound when linking vowels?
- How can I sound Australian? / How can I do an Australian accent?
- How to speak english like an Australian?
- How and when do I use the intrusive r and linking r in English?
- How to do linking vowel sounds with w or y?
Australian English pronunciation is different from American English and British English pronunciation, so if you want to nail that Australian accent when speaking English, there are three rules to learn when linking vowel sounds.
There's linking vowel sounds with y, linking vowels with w, or using the intrusive r or linking r to link vowel sounds.
Today, I'm going to teach you how and when to link vowel sounds in spoken English, so you can speak like an Australian and perfect that Australian accent!
Let me know what you think in a comment below :) Which of these sounds is the hardest for you to pronounce?
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[@colesisler582]

I feel like one of the best ways to learn ANY accent is by hearing it A LOT

[@flaminggale4344]

That's a primitive way to learn accent. But you still need to practice it

[@hawaiianrebels9315]

Yeah Blackpink Lisa started getting an Aussie accent from being around Rosie a lot. LOL

[@stanskz4630]

That's how babies and little kids do it, listening is key

[@Choi.Eunhaa]

@@hawaiianrebels9315 isnt her form new zeland?

[@totowolff69420]

I got the accent by living in Sydney for a period of time

[@lcvlyz3770]

im trying to say "like mate, stop procrastinating" perfectly

[@stay_184]

AYYY STAY

[@lcvlyz3770]

@@stay_184 YAAAS

[@nourhaseena4938]

Eyy,, yeet yeet yeet!!!

[@seolar2001]

😂😂😂same😂😂

[@nourbassil1284]

Stayyyyyyyyy mateeeeeee

[@blackcrystal1]

"He yeet the food" 😂😂

[@Prtyh]

The first vocal coach I have seen to identify the linking r sound in Australian accent! Non-Australian vocal coaches don't pick it up so they end up sounding British.

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Glad to help :D Be careful though as RP and other British accents use the non-rhotic R / linking R too ;)

[@carolmclauchlan1744]

I'm an Aussie & I had no idea what this bloke was going on about!!

[@xtremeslots8074]

I wanted to learn British English but naah I think assie English is for me It feels natural

[@helapenio667]

I still cannot decide. Im still thinking about Audrey Hepburn's accent while watching the video. Lol

[@Ab-ci5kk]

BRUH SAME

[@soundoftoday10]

En la escuela estaban enseñando inglés de Estados Unidos peero me gusta más el inglés británico e intento imitarlo..... y ahora sigo este canal australiano. Creo que ya mezclo todo😂😂😭

[@lilnn]

The trick is.... There's no trick... Haha, good one, Pete. Another great video, good job! Thanks, mate! Cheers!

[@lilnn]

Aussie English, Naaaaah, it was fun, but personally I was hoping you have some sort of a trick. - It's like, the more you learn the easier and faster you expect everything to happen. Or at least I will explain it, this way. Cheers! And thanks, again!

[@rockyourlife2798]

thank's so much for your lessons, i'm a french girl and i want to go in Australia , and your videos are so precious for me. Good job mate!!

[@Featherogue]

I was bored and decided I wanted to learn to speak with an Australian accent and came upon your videos!! They're awesome, keep it up!

[@davideriksson8805]

I'm originally from Sweden and lived in Australia for about 6 months when I was studying overseas at Uni. My English was already excellent and did not need to practice it but came across this series and starting listen closely to it because I wanted to sound more native, after the 6 months in Aus, spending time with native Aussies and listening to key sounds like these, I gave my accent a "kick" in the right direction. Now I'm living in the UK 2 years after living in Aus and people keep asking me if I am from Australia, now I'm stuck with the accent and I'm loving it 😂

[@bizsite6970]

Never had I actually paid attention to Australian English..Great! Greetings from Brazil, mate!

[@madmaster8304]

We've already dominated the world with one word. We are making rounds on a second one now.

[@IlaMedlin]

Thank you for being an amazing resource! I found you because I am trying work on accents for a dungeons and dragons game I'm running, and I didnt want all the people in the world to sound like they are from the American Midwest. Your videos have been EXTREMELY HELPFUL. 💛

[@Patricia-kl3mz]

Thanks a lot for writing the phonetics symbols!!! I was looking for the right pronunciation of those vowel sounds when I came across your video!!! You're great, thanks!!

[@Patricia-kl3mz]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast Thanks! It's a subject called Phonetics and Phonology IV, it is one of the last subjects we have to study here in Argentina to become English teachers for primary and secondary education.

[@Gaibreel]

You put so much effort in all your videos! Amazing job

[@SohaNoha]

I subscribed to your channel as a result I changed my accent from American to Aussie lol

[@rodolpholuizdelorenzi5612]

This video is awesome, Pete. Could you make a video explain word stressed or phrases stressed. Thanks, mate

[@cntrue1989]

Very very very useful video and I think this explains a lot to English learners with the tricks of linking pronunciation.

[@suwaidi99]

I really enjoy your lectures... Pretty interesting , very convincing body language 🥰🤞I love English I'm using it every sec lately!

[@mqnexus7538]

Excellent guidance, Pete! Much appreciate!

[@namie214]

It's hard for me bc all my life I've been learning American english at school so like I'm very used to the accent but I look forward to learn to speak with australian accent. Thanks for your videos!

[@empress-s]

I'm Australian and I love watching videos like this to learn more about my own accent and maybe even try to exaggerate it a bit more lol But every time I find out a new weird thing about my accent that I didn't know about I'm immediately like "Wait what???? The fuck??????" and then I try it out and am mind-boggled

[@mp.antonella]

I recently subscribed to your channel and I'm loving it!! You have such an amazing knowledge 'bout what you're teaching, thanks for sharing it.

[@SuperPranav25]

Thanks mate got to learn something exclusive which i never heard or read about the OZ accent before :)

[@Ecey156]

I've learned several things, thank youu 😊✨✨

[@Flyer984]

Perfect ! I do like this kind of videos! You're killing!!! Thanks

[@linamansour1816]

I watch ur videos everyday it's so helpful 😍😍..thx very much..I wanna learn Australian accent more and more

[@annuviswanath3216]

I love your lessons and I am trying to learn the accent as I will be migrating to Australia next year.

[@carlodino2k2]

im having difficult understanding Australian accent.. im from Philippines... following this video hopeing i can learn more

[@lowkeylokieanimations]

Im from The Philippines having plans to move

[@hatehypocrisy1]

Very informative Pete, thanks.

[@ripsad1847]

I love how is saying "It wasn't easy!" no matter what. It really motivates you.

[@yihyeonmin153]

This channel is what i expectly am looking for!!

[@ronysilva4663]

Interesting! Keep it up this work.

[@astrolotl5896]

when ever this video was posted, This is helping me learn how to do an aussie accent! Thank you so much!

[@Lagawan_ni_Bai]

thank you for sharing!!!

[@apoloniaornai3813]

Thank you so much, i'm Timorense girl. It's the first time I learn Aussie language so very difficult for me

[@carlosfernandoperezcastell9590]

Thank you for this helpful tips

[@prabodiperera7573]

Thank you very much. It's really worth

[@lizaandola4240]

I love to speak Aussie english but it's a bit difficult.

[@alicevettorello2343]

Amazing content and hd video! Awesome

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Hello Pete , i'm really chuffed by this lesson. Great and fantastic. Thanks mate. He /y/ eats the food after his work is done. He /y/ often watches Australian movies. The war /r/ is over. This arvo it is going to rain. He /y/ always goes to the bottlo to buy chokkies and chewies. I don't know why he suddenly becomes aggro. Now I remember, he called the ambo but it arrived very late. He /y/ is having brekkie /y/ at the cafe round the corner.

[@michaelm.5000]

@2:42 “And four rhymes with law” as an American, this taught me so much about Australian English. In American English four absolutely does not rhyme with law. 🫠 Thanks for your videos! They are great!

[@poonyisaa]

Thank you very much! I have learned a lot from your videos!

[@ogasac8530]

very helpfull thanks alot

[@antoniocabezas6095]

Pete, thanks so much for you very interesting master English class.

[@lizaandola4240]

I love Aussie english. Willing to learn it.

[@spymen08]

i remember an aussie guy said " you cannot trust me because i laaaaaaaaai " it sounded cool by the way

[@maplesyrup3559]

I never had a proper accent.... not british, not american, not australian...well at least I thought so.😂 A lot of people kept telling me I have kind of an australian accent, even though I don’t have anything to do with Australia. 😂🤦‍♀️ After watching a few of your Videos, I get why people are telling me that my accent reminds them of an australian accent 😂

[@ThisIsAlmondz]

Same

[@davidfetter728]

"For example: 'LOWR rhymes with FAUXR and DOUGHR...'" Why do you add an "R" to such words? And then we he says the word "ARE" it sounds like he's saying "AAAHHH" ?

[@lorrenzom]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast Same as South African English the R in the word " car" its silent sounds more like Caah

[@anas-fatimatv683]

Thank so much

[@AJWRAJWR]

On the intrusive R: It trips a lot of foreigners up when us Aussies pronounce 'Yeah, hey' as yeah ray. People have even asked me 'what do you mean by the word 'Rizz'' when I was saying 'is'.

[@NazmulHasan-dm2dl]

I'm from Bangladesh. I don't know australian accent properly.Australian accents is so tough from other accents.

[@madhavikarande8678]

lovely vedio thank you dear ..

[@mathlysakiny1293]

Could you recommend some Australian book should I learn ( listening and speaking skills) ?

[@belajarbahasainggrisdengan2358]

Thank you a lot for this video.

[@Suicidalsquadd]

I want my daughter to have an Australian accent, so I’m doing this until she picks it up long enough then I’ll stop so eventually she asks why she sounds different lmao

[@madmaster8304]

Shows, movies and KZbinrs make this ten times easier. Also living in Australia will 100% guarantee it since children talk like their peers.

[@krt5650]

Great Smissen, I found you on Spotify.

[@faticooking5981]

G'day mate. Keep going your awesome we need some conversations

[@DiscoDashco]

Okay, where should to get down that r sound in words like “home” “so” and “zoom” and “below”. I can’t articulate what I’m asking for better than that, but I’m sure you know what I mean! : ) Loved the video M8, yeah it’s an ace!

[@mizukarpa]

Hi Pete, how will you find where to not connect when a sentence has many words end with consonant and start with vowel? For example "Law and order is important in economy" (Please don't worry about the meaning) I don't think you would connect all but I'd like to know how you think where to connect and not to. Thank you in advance! X

[@gsreads]

The linking r sound is a revelation of sorts. I've wondered why I hear an 'r' unnecessarily in several British accents and was thinking 'I am imagining'. I hear this in Formula 'r' E or something like that.

[@hautran1030]

Hi, I have dowloaded Podcast but cant find the transcripts. Pls let me know how I can get the these. Thanks so much for your help.

[@jannatnoor8216]

That's awesome!

[@S9.S4]

Ma Man !! You're A Good Teacher !

[@aidilfadzly8024]

Hi pete did u have class lesson online for english australian ?

[@sajbarrios9351]

Thank You 😉😄😄

[@suvar8667]

Очень интересно)спасибо.

[@DanielEliasKana]

Great video, Thanks Pete :)

[@DanielEliasKana]

A peruvian living in Sydney :)

[@luciasandler1573]

agradeço a aula, Pete! eu pensava estar ouvindo fantasmas pois ha palavras que NAO TEM R entre elas mas o som de R existe ali !! 👏🏻( sou de Sao Paulo, Brasil) minha filha é neozealander cityzen e vive em Adelaide , Oz. Prof de capoeira, Pilates, circo, apresentou-se no WomAdelaide, look for Clô Mudrik. Desde seus 1ºs videos sigo v. Antes de v aprender portugues. Congrats!!!!

[@usa-uj8ho]

Please Could you make a video a1 to b2 And connected speech a lot of examples thank you 😊

[@YS-fw7mk]

Hey Pete, what's the main difference between Spoken English Course and Australian Pronanciation course, and which one would you recommend to do/do first to sound more like an Aussie? TIA

[@mishlina6534]

Wow never knew I already did that until I saw the video

[@VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw]

You did very well

[@VoteforAndrewYang-rn5mw]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast absolutely

[@susanrahimi8591]

Great thank you

[@borayoon7647]

Good lesson. Thank u. How can I say "woolworths" correctly? It's hard...i say it "ool-us"^^.

[@raymondjames2733]

Hellauur! Nauur! Oh my gauurd! I wanna learn the rule behind these words or phrases pronunciation, and when to apply I find it cool and wanna learn it too😁

[@carlossanchezn.2459]

Hi, Pete. I just want to say thank you. Your videos are very helpful. I have a question. Do people in australian cultivated accent link words? Please make a video with all the vowel and dipthtong sounds of the cultivated accent. I want to know the difference in sounds between the general and cultivated accent. Thanks a lot.

[@jessestrickland3143]

Hes almost got a cultivated accent ay

[@greghenderson6782]

My oath mate.

[@guruchahal5571]

YOU ARE AMAZING SIR EVERY TIME YOU GIVE UR BEST 👌

[@hamidamuradian8172]

I love Aussie English.

[@daniel_8181]

We need to work on your pronunciation of your ciao ahaha

[@Katy38316]

Hi Pete do you know if this also used in New Zealand too? I’m studying English in NZ and I wanna stick to this accent.

[@ycajal]

The intrusive R is the most confusing XD I'll need more practice and listening to get used to the sound!

[@madmaster8304]

I hope you get the hang of it.

[@petethebastard]

I laughed when you said "even if it has shitty spelling"! I speak fluent Strayan, but still watch in fascination....

[@Nizamuddin-nt3pe]

Loved ❤

[@sapphirefire291]

but why do we make the "r" sound when we say "saw it" like it's "sa_r_it"

[@madmaster8304]

"However, a linking /r/ can occur when a word that has a final in the spelling comes before another word that starts with a vowel. An intrusive /r/ may similarly be inserted before a vowel in words that do not have in the spelling in certain environments, namely after the long vowel /oː/ and after word final /ə/. This can be heard in "law-r-and order," where an intrusive R is voiced after the W and before the A." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English To put it simply, The "linking /r/" sound appears between words that end in /r/ such as 'car' and before words starting with a vowel (sound) such as 'alarm'. [ "Car (r) alarm" ] The "intrusive /r/" sound appears before words starting with a vowel (sound) but the preceding word may not end in a /r/ but instead can come after a different vowel sound. This is usually /oː/ and /ə/. Saw IPA in Austrlaian is /soː/ /soː/ - /r/ - /ɪt/

[@patipats50]

blackpink's rose 'nor'(no) too hahahah

[@SELFLOVE93]

im really into the word 'go' and 'no' with aussie accent

[@noirberries]

Just curious. Are these linking words taught in schools in Australia?

[@katsukibakugou170]

“ i lie alot “ “Low and Lazy” Me:*Sweats nervously thinking back to his rebellious phrase*

[@rubiksharma5387]

Being indians, we are lucky to have our roots of Sanskrit and therefor easily pick multipal pronunciations.

[@helena1151]

keep going with the pronunciation I'm a followa

[@debfarrell]

Interesting about the non-rhotic r. I live in the UK and it's odd hearing people say words like "our" or "hour" with the pronounced r at the end. I just sound like I'm stubbing my toe

[@minyuri2559]

i‘m ALL IN

[@monamasri7110]

You are amazing 👍

[@jingz4326]

Here is another super good video

[@jingz4326]

Thanks Pete. I need to improve my pronunciation to sound more natural-:)...

[@jingz4326]

Thanks buddy. Thank you for your lessons. Keep them up too mate

[@legiabao7035]

Why your videos always good and useful but you dont have much viewers ?

[@Katy38316]

What about “I can’t hear him” or “I can’t hear her”?? I pronounce the “r” on “hear” I find it weird if I don’t pronounce the “r” with this one.

[@angelaragonesd9581]

Sounds like nowr (no). The bar is Orpen (open). 🙂

[@fergiegazu1988]

Actually I am a Spanish speaker, I learn English in my high school but I really want to speak like an Australian. The bad thing here is my teachers, probably their gonna say "don't pronounce the words like this" I don't know what to do :(

[@ntartienii]

Hi Pete, a question about the word "boat". The pronunciation without the final "t" is tipically Australian, right?

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

It can be released or unreleased :)

[@madmaster8304]

Here's more info. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-glottalization I'm pretty sure Pete did a video too.

[@dsfhhv2492]

You have just said the r when you approached the example of (her school), am i wrong?

[@dsfhhv2492]

@@AussieEnglishPodcast (-_-)

[@akaashi6176]

Dsf Hhv ?

[@laurentalbot3083]

Wait, I'm English and I already speak exactly like this...maybe it's my time to make the move to Oz!