The Intrusive /r/, /j/, /w/ | Control English Pronunciation & Connected Speech

In this video we analyse how, when and why we use the Intrusive /r/, /j/ and /w/. Intrusive sounds are extremely important in English as they are a fundamental part of connected speech and they make it easier for us to connect words together
00:00 Intro
00:42 INTRUSIVE /j/
02:43 INTRUSIVES INSIDE WORDS
03:38 PLAYING
04:57 INTRUSIVE /w/
05:51 LINKING /r/
08:25 INTRUSIVE /r/
12:12 /r/ WITH WEAK FORMS
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[@marinakrasova6114]

Wow, I can't thank you enough for your fantastic video lesson on the connected speech topic. It's been extremely informative. You are so much talented. Thank you! And your own pronunciation is a thing, your speech is so exemplary, I am impressed.

[@EnglogicSam]

Marina! Thank you so much for your brilliant comment 🤩🤩 I'm really happy you like the video and you find it helpful! And thanks for the compliments 😍🤩 Just one little thing: we don't say 'SO MUCH + ADJECTIVE' but only 'SO + ADJ', so YOU ARE SO TALENTED 😊 Thanks again and I hope you find more videos that you like!

[@marinakrasova6114]

@@EnglogicSam Thank you Sam, great 👍

[@EnglogicSam]

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[@otfatalshaar3633]

This is exactly the explanation I needed! Thank you

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you so much for saying that and I'm glad you liked it! 🤩

[@AbdusSalam-kd8ou]

Hi Sam, I attended your class three years ago. I am so happy that I have got you here.

[@EnglogicSam]

Hi Abdus! 😉

[@studentlife2182]

Hello, just want to say thank you fir this one! Really valuable for me learning speaking. Hope you always have the same energy to make technical video like this.

[@EnglogicSam]

That's a brilliant comment to read, thanks!! I'm really happy you found it useful!

[@ModernLanguagesForThais]

Thank you🎉🙏so so clear❤

[@EnglogicSam]

Thanks! I'm really glad you found it useful! 🤩😍

[@CarlosMartinez-mc5qm]

Great job!

[@EnglogicSam]

Thanks! 🤩

[@AndresMedina1]

It must, yes! must be part of every English class. That's why a bunch of students struggle with speaking, which is the most valuable skill in terms of communication . As they are not aware of these sounds that can help them to avoid mumbling while speaking or even sounding like robots

[@EnglogicSam]

I completely agree with you, Andrés: it's a shame that topics like this are not taught in school. Thank you for your comment! 😉

[@user-nm8wb8gh3t]

great, excellent , i really know what it is about RP

[@EnglogicSam]

Thanks! 🤩😉

[@Ricardo-xg6gx]

I'm not trying to flatter you too much, but this video is a masterclass in pronunciation intrusion. I do not know if I am at the right moment to include this subject in my English, but in order to improve my listening, I reckon that it is. The icing on the cake would have been to add a short speech or a place to find it. a place where the intrusion could be noticed easily, especially for learners.

[@EnglogicSam]

Hi Ricardo! By all means, do flatter me! 😜 Thank you for your brilliant comment and I'm very happy you've found my video as useful as you have. If you don't think you are ready to incorporate it yet, as you said, keep paying attention to it when others speak as that alone is a great exercise for your own, and you might even end up starting to use it without even realising 😉 Thanks for the tip: I'll try to give more examples in future videos 💪

[@mitsu31280]

I didn't even realise that there were Ys that are added! Thank you for the video

[@EnglogicSam]

When I learnt that we do that, I was shocked as well! 😜 It's a great fun fact to know 😉

[@Ghertak]

I really enjoyed your video. Instead of going the "so you want to speak/listen better? Here are some tips" route that many videos went when I was looking into it you made a very detailed and comprehensive explanation. Cheers

[@EnglogicSam]

That's a great comment to receive, Lucas: thank you! 😉 Sorry for my late reply but I'm still on holiday and, therefore, not online much. I'm really glad you liked the video! 😀

[@francomarini560]

Fantastic, your explanations are so clear! Keep up the good job!

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you so much, Franco! I'm really glad you like it!

[@Olga03Love]

Excelente video gracias You are one of the best teachers I found on KZbin Blessings .

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you, Estela!!😍

[@EnglishBlackFriday]

You are excellent. Thank you for your class!

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you for your great comment! 😃

[@filolinguista5576]

Better late than never. I started hearing about the intrusive or linking r recently through the English learning videos on KZbin. My English teachers never mentioned it as far as I remember. This is basic in order to learn English. If you don't know this, you're not able to understand the language, the listening comprehension becomes incomprehensible!!! 😃Even though it's not considered correct nor elegant, it's important to be aware of.

[@EnglogicSam]

You are absolutely right: tricks like these should be taught in school, but for some reason they aren't 😔 if it's any consolation, it is not just your teachers: no one abroad talks about these topics. It's a real shame as it's much harder to change the way you speak a foreign language you've already learnt than it is to learn it correctly the first time round. Who knows: hopefully, more and more English teachers will start watching KZbin videos and incorporating these fun facts into their lessons 💪

[@zidansharique7352]

Great content and teaching style. Love it.

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you, Zidan! Sorry for my late reply but I was on holiday 😉

[@albacan]

very helpful, thank you...and very presented!!

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you, Jonathan! I'm really glad you liked it! 🤩

[@NM22240]

Brilliant. Thanks a lot for your clear, understandable explanation. I'm really impressed. Good job 👍

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you for your great comment! I'm really happy you liked the video so much! 🤩😉

[@tongkwun8432]

i love your lesson much. your explanation and voice are clear! well done!

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you, Tong! I'm really glad you like it! 😉

[@stefanodallabrida6762]

just the best video about that topic.. compliment ... the video is very detailed and easy to understand :)

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you for your great comment, Stefano! I'm really happy you find the video useful. Intrusives are a good party trick that I love talking about 😊 Careful with the word 'COMPLIMENT' (I'm glad you've used it as it's an interesting fun fact): based on your name and your usage of the word, I assume you are Italian and whilst in Italian it's a very common thing to say 'COMPLIMENTI', the English translation is a bit trickier. In English you COMPLIMENT someone (as a verb), or you give someone a COMPLIMENT (as a noun). BUT unfortunately, we can't use it as a direct exclamation to compliment someone on something. We say 'CONGRATULATIONS' when it's a celebration for an achievement, such as when someone graduates or they tell you they are getting married or are pregnant. What you wanted to express with your 'COMPLIMENT' to me is that you think I did a great job that I should be proud of. In that case we don't have a direct single word, but we use expressions like '(REALLY) WELL DONE', 'GREAT/AMAZING/IMPRESSIVE... JOB/WORK' 😉

[@saidfarid6382]

Hello dear teacher Your lessons are excelent and very interesting i do appreciate your job. All the best. Your Student from Algeria.

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you very much, Said! I'm really happy you like the video! 🤩

[@sh-ky6cv]

subtle 👏

[@EnglogicSam]

😉

[@zaidmohamed3453]

Wowwwww, thaaaanks

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you, Zaid!!! I'm really glad you liked it! :) 😉

[@giuseppesechi248]

Fantastic !

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you very much, Giuseppe! I'm really happy you like it! 🤩

[@giuseppesechi248]

@@EnglogicSam Day by day, I " save" every class of yours. Keep on going. Take care

[@EnglogicSam]

@@giuseppesechi248 awww thanks! That's fantastic to hear 🤩 you will definitely need a summer holiday after ending your spring with my videos 😜

[@giuseppesechi248]

@@EnglogicSam Of course! Your phonetics lessons are very engaging for the mind... and where to place the tongue, palate and throat! But how much I still have to learn ! Note that I wrote this post after half an hour looking in the dictionary! Take care

[@EnglogicSam]

@@giuseppesechi248 Hi Giuseppe! Sorry for my late reply but yesterday was bank holiday here. I love pronunciation and the fact that changing the position of an articulator by one millimetre causes a different sound to be produced and it's great to hear people like my approach, so thanks for saying that! As for taking half an hour to write this message, that's the best way to go around mastering a language. Making a conscious, elaborate and invested effort to be accurate in specific instances like this one is exactly what jolts our brain into action and into absorbing and remembering rules and vocabulary, so keep doing that 💪

[@englishwithBukky]

Great video

[@EnglogicSam]

Thanks!!🤩

[@user-qx5bj3od1m]

I student from Iraq, thanks for your explain, sir

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you very much for your comment and I'm really happy you find the video useful! 😉 CAREFUL: -I AM A student from Iraq -thanks for your EXPLANATION 😉

[@adamseid5447]

9:11 the best explanation I have ever watched on KZbin about this intrusive R!! Thank you. Never seen anyone explained like this. 🏆 so the same is true for PASTA, MALTA Right ?

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you so much for your amazing comment, Adam! 😀💪 It's great to know you liked it so much! And yes, it works with every word ending in -A

[@chitrakala3749]

Nice🎉

[@EnglogicSam]

Thanks! 😉

[@adamseid5447]

And now I understand why football commentators say Zoumer again, Drogber again 😂😂 instead of saying simply Zouma again, Drogba again .😆😄

[@EnglogicSam]

Absolutely! So you can see that I wasn't lying 😜 🤣

[@emanmahmoud9439]

I love intrusive sounds. They make the pronunciation beautiful

[@EnglogicSam]

Yes, they are a very clever feature of English, I find 😉

[@fad1969]

It's revolting. Don't do it.

[@thecuriousone1790]

Hello, Sam! What about the words like "studying, worrying, carrying"? Does the Intrusive /j/ appear there as well? Many thanks

[@EnglogicSam]

Absolutely! Again, it's not that you MUST absolutely do it, but I do. I would never say them without it :)

[@MsTranthihai71]

Thanks for your very helpful videos. If I want to give you feedback directly but not make it public here, which of your contacts can I use? In my locality people mainly use Facebook/Messenger, not the social networks you have posted in the "ABOUT" section of your KZbin channel.

[@EnglogicSam]

Thanks for watching my videos! I've linked my Facebook account but please, bear with me because I hardly ever use it 😉

[@MsTranthihai71]

@@EnglogicSam Thank you for your reply. I just sent you a message via Messenger/Facebook hoping you will read it soon.

[@EnglogicSam]

@@MsTranthihai71 🙂

[@carolinewiggins2803]

I am an English ALT in Japan. I worked out for myself that we had these sounds between words (didn't know they were called "intrusive" until recently.) The thing that has surprised me, though, is that I thought all native speakers of English added intrusive "r". I've never heard anything different! How can you say for example, Laura and Sarah in rapid spoken English without one?! My bottom jaw has to break off (not literally!) and suddenly move down and back. Sorry, , I don't know the technical terms.☺️

[@EnglogicSam]

Hi Caroline! I know exactly what you mean: the intrusive /r/ is very convenient and, above all, contagious! Once you start using it, it's hard to stop. I don't usually use it myself, but since in my videos I talk about the SCHWA sound a lot, I've noticed that I basically always use an intrusive /r/ after it now, and it's spilling into my normal everyday speech. But funnily enough, it is indeed the only intrusive sound that we CAN live without, to the point where other accents don't use it all. But if you like it, by all means, keep using it. Now that you know it doesn't exist in American, listen to something and you will notice it's not there😉

[@carolinewiggins2803]

@@EnglogicSamThank you. I listen to the World Service so I'll have plenty of chances...

[@EnglogicSam]

@@carolinewiggins2803 🙂

[@CHALDEXPRESS-zi8fu]

Portamento

[@AbdusSalam-kd8ou]

How can I contact with you? I want to take some lessons from you. Please help me, Sam.

[@EnglogicSam]

Hi Abdus, thank you very much for wanting to have lessons with me but now I teach through a company that works with large companies and I don't have time to take on private clients, I'm afraid

[@tsogtsaikhanjambal5768]

You are wonderful teacher, but please use here punctuation !!!!

[@EnglogicSam]

Thank you so much for saying that! 🤩 What do you mean when you say I need to use punctuation?

[@rohitchaoji]

I wonder if the /j/ connective/intrusive sound just naturally arises out of how those vowels sound together.

[@EnglogicSam]

That's a very good point and something I've always wondered about myself, regarding all intrusive sounds. As far as I can tell/hear, intrusives don't occur in the other languages I speak (Italian, German and Spanish), or they are so weak that I can't notice them. But if you have any examples, by all means, do let me know as I'm very curious myself 😉

[@rohitchaoji]

@@EnglogicSam Oh I don't think I have relevant examples. But the other two languages I speak (Hindi and Marathi) do have some intrusive sounds in cases of inflection and agglutination. But I'm not a linguist so I don't know if they're considered "intrusive" in such cases.

[@EnglogicSam]

@@rohitchaoji I see! I guess it's a process that doesn't happen only in English, but we need to know what languages have it. Thanks again for your input: you've finally put my mind at rest about this after many years! 🤩

[@mervateyoussefe8439]

Faaaast

[@EnglogicSam]

I hope you still managed to follow it with ease 😉

[@emanmahmoud9439]

The intrusive r are a bit strange

[@EnglogicSam]

Using it as an extra sound when the 'r' is not actually written can indeed feel strange, but it's only a British thing and you don't have to do it if you don't want to 😉

[@EnglogicSam]

DID YOU ALREADY KNOW INTRUSIVES BEFORE THIS VIDEO?

[@nile7202]

Amazing explanation. Keep doing such well researched lessons.

[@EnglogicSam]

@Nile Thanks, Nile! :) 😍

[@user-kr5vm4vj5c]

It's interesting! Intrusives always tricky for me but it really helped me understand native speakers!

[@EnglogicSam]

@@user-kr5vm4vj5c Thanks! I'm really glad it helped you! :)

[@martineboureau2881]

Thanks so much. It is very helpful and the explanations are very clear.

[@MrPickledede]

I always got annoyed when I heard a British or Australian presenter pronounce what I thought sounded like America as Americer or China as Chiner...

[@EnglogicSam]

At least now you know why we do it 😉💪

[@ezinafauda4394]

Intuitive R is actually pretty terrible sounding. I went to FloridER with LindER yesterday and we had a lovely time with LindER and RamonER after in the pool. Only some Brit’s have this hideous accent. Some Americans in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and New York have this ugly accent as well. When they’re eating PizzER on Fridays.

[@ezinafauda4394]

You’re also… very cute. 🥰

[@EnglogicSam]

@@ezinafauda4394 thanks! 🤩😜