Hello, students. This is F@nny.
Welcome to this English pronunciation video. In this video, I'm going to focus on two English
vowel sounds: /æ/ and /ʌ/
They sound similar, but they are different so you need to pronounce them differently.
Let's start with two example words. My first example word is ‘ran’.
Can you hear the sound? ‘ran’
M second word is, ‘run’. /ʌ/
run run
run Can you hear the difference?
Well if you can't I promise by the end of this video,
you will improve your hearing and pronunciation of these two vowel sounds.
So keep watching. Get ready guys.
I am going to help you make these sounds. are and in English
I want you to hear the difference very clearly and to be able to pronounce them correctly.
Also you should know the IPA spelling, watch how I move my mouth,
and please try to always repeat after me. I know you can do it so let's get started.
First, let's try to make the sound /æ/. So your tongue is very low in your mouth.
/æ/ Can you repeat after me:
/æ/ /æ/
/æ/ Let's now use the word, ‘ran’.
Repeat after me. ran
ran ran
And now let's produce the sound /ʌ/. /ʌ/
Your tongue is in the middle part of your mouth.
Please repeat after me. /ʌ/
Let's now practice with the word ‘run’. Repeat after me.
run run
run Good guys.
Let's now use minimal pairs. Words that are very similar, but the vowel
sounds change. A very good way to practice the vowel sounds.
First, just the sounds. Repeat after me.
And watch how my mouth moves. /æ/
/ʌ/ /æ/
Let's now use the words ‘ran’ and ‘run’. Please repeat after me.
ran ran
ran run
run run
ran run
Great guys. Ok, guys.
Let's see other minimal pairs together. Repeat after me and pay attention to my mouth
how it moves. Let's get started.
ankle uncle back buck
bad bud badge budge
bag bug ban bun
bank bunk bat but
began begun brash brush
cab cub cam come
cap cup cat cut
champ chump cram crumb
crash crush dabble double
dab dub dad dud
dam dumb
damp dump dank dunk
drank drunk fan fun
fanned fund F@nny funny
flank flunk flash flush
flax flux gash gush
glam glum grab grub
hag hug ham hum
hang hung hash hush
hat hut hatch hutch
jag jug lag lug
mad mud massed must
mat mutt match much
pack puck paddle puddle
pan pun pat putt
rabble rubble rag rug
ram rum rang rung
rash rush sack suck
Sally sully sang sung
sank sunk sapper supper
sax sucks scam scum
shacks shucks slag slug
slam slum slang slung
slash slush stab stub
stack stuck stand stunned
stank stunk swam swum
tab tub tack tuck
tag tug tang tongue
thrash thrush track truck
tramps trumps Excellent job guys.
Let's carry on. Okay, guys.
Let's practice further. I'm going to show you some words.
I want you to read them, but with the proper vowel sound.
Let's get started. Let's start with word number one.
Which one is it? ‘hang’ or ‘hung’?
‘hung’ Very good.
Next word. dad or dud?
dud Next word.
Which one is it? rag or rug?
rag Next word.
F@nny or funny? funny
Next word. Which one is it?
stab or stub? It's ‘stab’.
Next word. hang or hung?
It's ‘hang’. Next word.
dad or dud? It’s ‘dad’.
Next word. rag or rug?
rug Next word.
stab or stub? It’s ‘stub’.
And finally, F@nny or funny?
It's ‘F@nny’. Very good guys.
Awesome guys. Let's move on.
Okay, guys. Let's move on to sentences now.
I have sentences for you and they all contain /æ/ and /ʌ/ sound
so pay attention and repeat after me. The first sentence is:
‘My funny uncle must come’. The second sentence:
‘The bad crab stunk’. And finally:
‘F@nny must teach funny slang’. Excellent, guys.
Let's move on. Great job, guys.
I know it's hard but you now have a better understanding of the
difference between the English vowel sounds /æ/ and /ʌ/.
Keep practicing. It takes time and practice of listening and
speaking to master the English vowel sounds. But you can do it.
And also make sure to watch my other pronunciation videos.
They're very important if you want to improve your English skills.
See you next time. Thank you so much guys for watching my video.
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