@@SoundsAmerican By the way, I don’t see diphthong “ur” in words like poor, tour from your videos. Or American English just simply replaced them by “or” r-cored sound? Thanks!
Yes, you're right. The /ʊr/ sound is used in the US, but we don't believe it's used in the General American English. For example, we pronounce the words "sure" and "poor" as /ʃɝ/ and /pɔr/, but you may hear some people saying them with the /ʊr/ sound.
Hello there.... I wanna say I love all these pronunciation videos . For us , Braszilians , we have many problems with the pronunciation of some words, vogals and consonants . Thanks God , because we have "sounds american" now ... thank you guys for this great job!! Well done!! Cleo from Brazil.
Thank you so much. I speak Chinese and we have a soft L sound. That’s why every time I pronounce L into soft L while I even didn’t notice this. My kids always told me my L is not right but they couldn’t find the problem. Thank for your video, now I finally know where the problem is.
You’re welcome 😊 BTW, we also have a website with tons of info on pronunciation and practice exercises for all American English sounds: soundsamerican.net/
Dear Sounds American, Thanks a lot for the video, it has been a while .... hope everything goes well with you and keep producing American sounds video _ I believe thousands of people will be benefited from your forte...
Your voice is so amazing, all of your lessons you made that are extremely efficient and helpful. I predict your videos will get million of views. Thanks
I should say that this is just fantastic. I'm a teacher and a student just asked me about the /l/ sound. I answerd properly, but I wasn't enough sure on the phonems and phonology. This vid completely blew my mind. Awesome job. Thank you much!
Glad to hear this! We love having teachers in our community and we're always trying to make our videos as helpful for teachers as possible. If you have any feedback or recommendations, share with us! And don't forget to share our videos with your students. 😂
I am already an English speaker. The only reason I'm here is for a fun project I'm doing. I never realized all the "secret" sounds that English had--like the Dark L. This also makes me realize how much harder that it must be for people to learn English. My utmost respects.
@@SoundsAmerican I'm conjuring up an alternative spelling system so that English can be said as it's written. I want to be precise, but I don't think I'll assign anything to Dark L since it's differentiated from Light L with differented vowels.
Long time waiting for this video, it's the best L sound video I've seen, you're awsome guys, please keep the good job you're doing and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I've been watching all your videos. How can I express my gratitude to you?. I really appreciate your crew. And I am going to watch these videos over and over again. The only thing left is to share this great channel to my family, friends and my pet. right? Thank you so much.
Thank you! Yes, it would be awesome if you share our channel with your friends, family, and your pet (is it a cat or a dog?). Also, RU-vid has this cool feature called SuperThanks which looks like a THANKS button under a video. 😋
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!
Thank you! If you're looking for more information on American pronunciation, you can also check our website: soundsamerican.net/. There's tons of information on American English sounds and phonic rules.
I've downloaded the whole Sound American channel playlists to my laptop 🙂👌 And my pronunciation improved by 110%! Comparing to period before committing to your videos. + Can you please made some video on sound placement !? It would be very appreciated ☺️😊
Thanks a million! I love all of your videos which are truly helpful. The dark L is most difficult for Asians. I've heard some teachers say it should slightly touch the up jaw, even touch the teeth. Yet in this video, it indicated that the tongue should be backward. I'm a bit of confusion, and it might due to my misunderstanding... I'll figure out with it and keep practicing it. Your team is awesome! Much appreciated!!! :)
I wanna thank you for these amazing videos you make. It’s the only channel I know where you can really sit down and practice, no BS. I like your style! Funny, practical, engaging - everything you can ask for! Thank you!
This is the best english channel that I've ever seen, nevertherless I was wondering if you could do a video how to pronounce ''ed'' in past tense. you get me watch your videos almost everyday, I've improved my pronunciation a lot of. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!! I always know about dark L, but I never know there is a soft L thing, and I can still hear myself sounds so different from a native speaker when I say the words with L in them! And nobody could explain why! Now I know I’ve been using soft L instead of a regular L!!
Thank you for explanation. The demo helps a lot and the drawings are quite helpful. It is not easy to pronounce the dark L. Need to practice and get used to it. I don't know dark L in other languages that I know. It is a special sound.
Many people find the dark 'L' sound difficult to master, because it's very different from the regular /l/ sound which is familiar. The good news is that if you practice the dark 'L' regularly, you'll be able to pronounce it correctly. Just make sure to listen to how it's pronounced and repeat after the speaker. These two steps are critical. Hope it helps!
The good thing with your videos is, they will always be up to date. I really hope your views increase soon. You need to reach out to foreign schools. I'll send this channel to my former English teacher in Germany. They could show it to students who want to learn more, too!
Sounds American They are so good! Really! Did you think about business models? I could imagine a site with 1on1 curses via Skype for a small fee or an app with X free lessons (per week) and premium for more whatever :)
Thank you. I'm so glad meet you. Some day I hope to study with english sentences you made not just words. Because i sometimes so confused the pronounces between words and words that people say in the states. Anyway thank you.
About your post guys, the second pronunciation of the word "been" is with schwa sound and with the same sound for "pen" or "ken", for example. It seems to be actually three different pronunciations for the same word.
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Hello there! Thank you! We haven't released our app just yet, but we have a website (soundsamerican.net/). It's also free, just like our channel and hopefully it'll be helpful for your pronunciation journey. 😊 Слава Україні!
@@SoundsAmerican Hello, brother, I have already learned the sounds and consonants in American, if you want, please tell me how to read in American, I really want to
Looks like you're reading just fine! :) Yes, we know, it's pretty complicated when it comes to reading in English, as you have to know phonic rules and exceptions. We haven't approached this part of training systematically just yet, but we do have a lot of useful content in our blog (soundsamerican.net/articles?tag=blog). Check it out and please let us know if that's what you're looking for.
Thank you for all the feedback you've been providing. We tried to make our videos and other materials as useful for teachers as possible. By the way, if you haven't seen yet, check out our RU-vid Community page (link: ru-vid.com/show-UC-MSYk9R94F3TMuKAnQ7dDgcommunity). Every Wednesday, we post a quiz on phonics and ask our audience to choose an answer. On Friday, we post a detailed answer explaining how English phonic rules work. These quizzes and the Friday posts may be very useful for your students too. 👋
The British dark L is a vocalised L. That means the L has become a vowel. The dark L is in 3 forms: 1. "a schwa followed by a dark L", as in "vowel", "mail"; 2. a /u/, as in "bull"; or 3. a /o/, as in "doll". (For 2 & 3, the vocalised dark L is turned into a vowel similar to the preceding vowel, usually pronounced without lip rounding.) For the dark L, the tongue tip doesn't touch the alveolar ridge. If it does, it is not a dark L but a light L. For the light L, the tongue tip touches the alveolar ridge.
It would be nice if you add contents that you read short stories to show how to pronounce in sentences. To me, listening your pronunciation helps me listen and understand others’ speaking.
To pronounce Dark " l " sound it’s recommended not to touch the tip of tongue to alveolar ridge. But I have to keep it little bit touching. Otherwise I can't produce dark " l "sound.
That requires a lot of practice. Don't worry though if you can't pronounce the dark 'L' correctly, this sound is usually not critical for your accent. The light 'L' works just as well, you'll be understood.
Interesting. I'm a native American English speaker from the PNW, and the tip of my tongue is ALWAYS up and touching the top of my mouth. However for "dark" L's the back of my tongue is also up. I cannot say "full" without at least tapping the tip of my tongue up. If I keep my tongue tip down, it feels like I'm swallowing it or have a British accent.
Would you consider adding a donation link in your videos so we can have a way to buy you a coffee for your quality videos and also as a support for your future video release
Thank you for your kind words! We'll think about that, but most likely we'll add a channel membership or similar. We want our subscribers to get something nice in return for their support.
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Hey, guys! First of all I want to say that your channel is absolutely ah-mazing! Just what the doctor ordered. it's been a while since your last video, maybe you need some ideas for making new ones? Could you please make a video about differences in pronunciation of these words: hustle-hassle, reword-reward, wander-wonder, stuff-staff, very-vary, bold-bald, taxes-taxis, son-sun, warrior-worrier. To my ears they sound very similiar.
Hello there! Glad to hear that you like our channel! We're working on something big and suspended videos production for a short time. We'll resume publishing soon, stay tuned! We always welcome suggestions, thank you!
We're currently busy working on our next projects, the Sounds American website (soundsamerican.net - highly recommended) and some others. But don't worry, we'll make more videos! Stay tuned!
Here's a video suggestion for you: 'How is the final '-s' in third person singular verbs pronounced in the simple present, like in the word 'works' - American English Pronunciation. I absolutely haven't seen anyone talking about this :/
I love how the t and d are not pronounced at all at the end of words. "can" and "can't" sound exactly the same (1:13). And "build" has a silent d. We don't have that problem in Br.E. lol
They are pronounced, they are just not aspirated. In American English, the final stop consonants are pronounced without a puff off air. We talk about this in detail here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yFPbLcUCraQ.html
