Transcribing in IPA - Part 1 | English Phonology

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Keyboard with phonemic IPA symbols
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Transcribing in IPA Part 2
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Video The Phonemic Chart
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Video The Schwa Sound
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Video Weak Forms
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Video What is the IPA?
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Stress-timed vs. syllable-timed languages
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Sentence Stress in English
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Connected Speech: Assimilation, Elision & Intrusion
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What is a syllable?
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What is word stress? Part 1
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Video on The Phonemic Chart (vowels, diphthongs & consonants):
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The Vowel Chart
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Video on Diphthongs Introduction
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★★ WHAT THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT★★
In this video we are going to learn how to transcribe a short sentence using the sound symbols from the IPA. I will use the chart for British English. This is the one most coursebooks, websites and publishers use in Europe. First, we are going to transcribe the sentence word for word, sounding out each word and allocating the vowels and consonants on the chart. Next, we will see how to show syllable boundaries and word stress in a phonemic transcription. Then we are going to put the words together into a sentence and we will listen to the sentence said naturally so you can also identify weak forms and learn how to transcribe these as well. Finally, there is a little test for you! Scroll down to the end of this description to see the answer.
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★★ TEST ANSWER ★★
'I have two cats and a dog.'
/ɑɪv tu: kæts ənə dɒg/
- I've (contracted in natural speech)
- and & a = weak forms linked together
- stressed = two cats & dog

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*Key to Gimson's phonetic symbols of Received Pronunciation (RP)* *Vowels and diphthongs* 1 iː _as in_ *see* /siː/ 2 ɪ _as in_ *sit* /sɪt/ 3 e _as in_ *ten* /ten/ 4 æ _as in_ *hat* /hæt/ 5 ɑː _as in_ *arm* /ɑːm/ 6 ɒ _as in_ *got* /gɒt/ 7 ɔː _as in_ *saw* /sɔː/ 8 ʊ _as in_ *put* /pʊt/ 9 uː _as in_ *too* /tuː/ 10 ʌ _as in_ *cup* /kʌp/ 11 ɜː _as in_ *fur* /fɜː(r)/ 12 ə _as in_ *ago* /əˈgəʊ/ 13 eɪ _as in_ *page* /peɪdʒ/ 14 əʊ _as in_ *home* /həʊm/ 15 aɪ _as in_ *five* /faɪv/ 16 aʊ _as in_ *now* /naʊ/ 17 ɔɪ _as in_ *join* /dʒɔɪn/ 18 ɪə _as in_ *near* /nɪə(r)/ 19 eə _as in_ *hair* /heə(r)/ 20 ʊə _as in_ *pure* /pjʊə(r)/ *Triphthongs (diphthong + /ə/)* 1 eɪə _as in_ *layer* /ˈleɪə(r)/ 2 aɪə _as in_ *fire* /ˈfaɪə(r)/ 3 əʊə _as in_ *lower* /ˈləʊə(r)/ 4 aʊə _as in_ *tower* /ˈtaʊə(r)/ 5 ɔɪə _as in_ *loyal* /ˈlɔɪəl/ *Consonants* 1 p _as in_ *pen* /pen/ 2 b _as in_ *bad* /bæd/ 3 t _as in_ *tea* /tiː/ 4 d _as in_ *did* /dɪd/ 5 k _as in_ *cat* /kæt/ 6 g _as in_ *got* /gɒt/ 7 tʃ _as in_ *chin* /tʃɪn/ 8 dʒ _as in_ *June* /dʒuːn/ 9 f _as in_ *fall* /fɔːl/ 10 v _as in_ *voice* /vɔɪs/ 11 θ _as in_ *thin* /θɪn/ 12 ð _as in_ *then* /ðen/ 13 s _as in_ *so* /səʊ/ 14 z _as in_ *zoo* /zuː/ 15 ʃ _as in_ *she* /ʃiː/ 16 ʒ _as in_ *vision* /ˈvɪʒn/ 17 h _as in_ *how* /haʊ/ 18 m _as in_ *man* /mæn/ 19 n _as in_ *no* /nəʊ/ 20 ŋ _as in_ *sing* /sɪŋ/ 21 l _as in_ *leg* /leg/ 22 r _as in_ *red* /red/ 23 j _as in_ *yes* /jes/ 24 w _as in_ *wet* /wet/ Notes / ˈ / represents _primary stress_ as in *about* /əˈbaʊt/ / ˌ / represents _secondary stress_ as in *academic* /ˌækəˈdemɪk/ / n̩ / is the _syllabic n_ as in *lightening* /ˈlaɪtn̩ɪŋ/ / l̩ / is the _syllabic l_ as in *coddling* /ˈkɒdl̩ɪŋ/ / r̩ / is the _syllabic r_ as in *memory* /ˈmemr̩ɪ/ Notes: RP is a non-rhotic accent of English. Therefore, we do not pronounce /r/'s at the end of words and before consonants, except when the next word begins with a vowel and is pronounced without a pause, for example: far /fɑː(r)/ + away /əˈweɪ/ = /ˌfɑːrəˈweɪ/ These are the phonetic symbols of a British English accent called General RP, as introduced by A.C. Gimson in 1977. It is now considered to be old-fashioned, but it is the easiest concept of pronunciation that Indonesians can understand. I just shared this information to you...perhaps you need it.

[@BillieEnglish]

Thank you for adding this - I think the examples for vowels and consonants might be helpful. However, the tiphthongs listed are not considered correct. A triphthong is a monosyllabic vowel combination (diphthong + vowel in ONE syllable), for axample in the word 'hour' in English. All the ones above are actually a diphthong followed by a schwa sound but in two separate syllables. That is not the same and not a triphthong. You can have a look at my videos on: The Phonemic Chart: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ22pZqpatakpa8 The Vowel Chart: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIrOeod_psuNbMU Diphthongs in English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3K5eIKmr9agbq8 Consonants in English: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZXWnIuggsynkNU Triphthongs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXTHoYp3bN-Vhrs I also have more videos on the individual sounds :-)

[@receivedpronunciation6696]

@@BillieEnglish Oh I see. Thank you very much for your information. Actually, that key to phonetic symbols above is just the resumé I made after I read some articles about English speech sounds. In other words, I copied the examples from some people's work.

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thank you so much I am taking a class called phonetics and this really helps. do you by any chance have a video on Transcribe the front vowels

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1.25x speed coming in clutch

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Hey Billie can you please make a video on how brits pronounce their d's at the END of words like just naturally, it's the specifics of the release of the 'd' consonant at the end of the words that I'm interested in. Please if you can read my comment please do consider. Thanks

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! Thank you for the suggestion! Sure, I will consider that. I might create a short video with a pronunciation practice. These I also post on instagram, so make sure you follow me there so you don't miss it!

[@darthvader3910]

@@BillieEnglish thanks because there is a difference between the American and British plosives at the end of words. The americans dont release the plosives but the British always do. I just need to know how exactly is it done. Thanks

[@danieluashie5625]

What about TRIPTHONGS?

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Ma'am I need full link to learn basic IPA...transcripts...and also want to be fluent in conversation...guide me kindly

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! Thank you for watching! I will upload another video about transcribing in IPA next week :-) You can also have a look at my channel to find many more videos about the sounds of English!

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/aɪ hæv tʊ keəts ænd ə dɔg/ is it correct mam ?

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Again a great way of transcribing. Can you tell me the difference between glottalized t and elided t? I have exam next week, so if you can kindly tell me in two days time, it will be great.

[@BillieEnglish]

Good question! But difficult to explain briefly in a comment, but ok I'll try: Glottalized t: this appears mostly in the UK, e.g. the way some speakers say 'water' more like 'wa'er' - the /t/ has disappeared and instead we have a glottal stop sound. It is associated with a certain dialect and many people would pronounce a /t/ or /d/ (= American English). You can listen to a few examples in this short video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2myYaCdl52Ynrs Elided /t/ refers to elision (I have a full video on that topic). It is a natural feature of connected speech and means that the final /t/ sound in a word often disappears, e.g. in 'next week' the /t/ is gone (= elided /t/). This is not connected to a specific dialect but happens accross dialects. I hope this helps! Good luck in your exam :-)

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@@BillieEnglish Thanks Billie. It helps a lot and thanks for your prompt reply before my exam. I'll watch your recommended video as well.

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Watched vedio on date 10.03.22 about 7 minutes, Hi Ma'am, My name is Amit from India. I have an question is this /**** / what does symbol mean / /?

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello Amit! We use these to show that this is phonemic transcription, not normal spelling. Some phonemic symbols look the same as the letters, e.g. the letter 'g' and the sound /g/ share the same symbol. The slash shows you that this is the sound, not the letter. I hope this helps! Thanks for watching :-)

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I have two cats and a dog /æɪ hæv tɔː kæts ænd æ dʊg/ this is in weak form */æɪ v tɔː kæts ən dʊg/* the stress is in cats and dog please see my comments and correct it if there is a mistake. I appreciate that 🌸🌸 Thank you very much ⚘⚘👏

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello Adwaa! Sorry for my late reply! You transcribed the sentence almost correctly! strong: I have two cats and a dog /æɪ hæv tuː kæts ænd ə dɒg/ - check 'to' , 'a' & 'dog' this is in weak form: /æɪv tuː kæts ən ə dɒg/ So good try!! Well done :-)

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@@BillieEnglish Thanks a lot 🌸🌸

[@ahedseifeldeen3203]

Thanks for your efforts. The sound (o) in [ to] is long vowel. My question is: why didn't you shorten it since it is a weak form?

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[@boushabakarim5447]

Please check this. / aɪ hæv tuː kæts ænd ə dɒg /

[@arzuabasova4836]

Hello. İs have stressed or unstressed. İ've heard about it, if the word have means that you have something(you owe something) it is stressed. However, in other contexts it is unstressed. İs it true or not? Thanks beforehand

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! If it is used as a main verb it is usually stressed. However, if it is used as an auxiliary verb it usually isn't - unless it is in the negative form, then sometimes it is.

[@masalaworld4006]

Is there any possibilities to do this without knowing exactly how to read English....

[@BillieEnglish]

If you know the IPA you could transcribe any language you hear, even if you don't speak it or know what is being said. Linguists use it to write down new/ unknown languages to learn them.

[@huaino5522]

I think ill fail because my accent is literally so different so the stresses are also different...

[@NasirAhmad-jb4kp]

aI have tu: kaets aend a dOg

[@duckydarttheeditor1867]

shouldnt AN be written like (ən)

[@swathis3379]

Hii ma'am... I am from India... I have a doubt... In the sentence... My friend has an elephant... first u transcribed each word... And later changed has and an for oral purpose... But in exams.. which is correct one?

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello Swathi, good question: that depends on the instructions in the exam. But when you have to transcribe a full sentence (not just an individual word), usually the exam asks us to transcribe it as someone would say it naturally, i.e. including features of connected speech which I go over in the second transcript. Best check with your professor!

[@swathis3379]

@@BillieEnglish thanks a lot

[@onyigeleantonia3996]

I haz two cat and a dog

[@mohamedmounaji6614]

I think that you are wrong in syllables of elephant ( e - le - phant )

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello Mohamed, I know it can be tricky to find the syllable boundary but I believe it's: el.e.phant - have a look at a dictionary 😊

[@lienebredike6376]

ai v tu: m

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aı hæv tu: kætz ænd ə do:g

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I am a Bangladeshi.I cannot speak in English

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I hæv tu: kæts ænd a dog I can’t write the correct sound in dog 😊

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Fanatic transcription... 😂

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Please translate all the video to Arabic language.

[@BillieEnglish]

I would if I spoke Arabic! But apart from shukran, inshalla & habibi I know nothing!

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@@BillieEnglish I think there is a feature in KZbin which is automatic subtitles, if you can translate the video into Arabic by using this feature Thank you ⚘⚘

[@Yu-dd3oe]

/ɑɪ hæv tu: kæts æn(d) ə dɑg/ Have-and (h)əv ən(d) The stress is in cats and dogs

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//ɑɪ həv tuː kæts ənd ə dɒg// 😄

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/aɪ hæv tuː kæts ænd ə dɔɡ/

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ɪ/ɑɪ h/æv tʊ kætʃ ænd/ənd/ən eɪ ðɒgz.

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[@ninavielorejo1833]

Hi, do you have a video that teachers us how to divide syllables is written IPA? For example, in your video it’s /ˈel.ɪ.fənt/ but what if I write /ˈe.lɪ.fənt/ would it still be correct? Need help! 🙏🏻

[@aniconics]

aɪ hæv tuː kætz ænd ɑː dɑɡ

[@aniconics]

Ohh i only messed the S in cats it’s supposed to be “kæts” and the “ɑː” it’s supposed to be “ə” 😭 ugh it’s so hard im gonna cry

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/ɑɪ həv tʰu: kʰæts ən ə dɒg/

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[@BillieEnglish]

Happy to help! 😊👍