hello there this is the sounds American channel in this video we're going to
talk about the American our colored vowel R as in the word car you can also
hear this sound in words like Park art heart or far we'll be using special
phonetic symbols are for this sound let's recap what we've learned in the
are colored vowels overview video
the r is one of the seven American are colored vowel sounds the R is an are
colored diphthong and it's made by merging the AA and the Ruhr sounds as
with all our colored vowel sounds the R is often distorted by non-native
english-speakers the spelling for our colored vows could be confusing
now let's find out how to pronounce this are colored vowel to make the R sound
correctly focus on pronouncing two sounds and making a smooth connection
between them this is how you do that start with making the all sound open
your mouth as wide as possible relax your lips
and allow them to rest in a neutral position now let's move your tongue into
the correct position for the AA vowel place your tongue very low in the center
of your mouth and make it flat
the tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your bottom front
teeth
next connect the aw to the Ruhr sound with the long gliding movement
slightly round your lips curl back the tip of your tongue
now slightly lower the center of your tongue and raise its back your tongue
should be tensed
now let's color the ah with the Ruhr and blend the two sounds together our
are
let's talk about the most typical mistakes that people make when
pronouncing the are sound number one many non-native English speakers reduce
the Brewer sound in the are vowel this would be fine in British English but an
American accent requires the Fuhrer to be pronounced so if you reduce the Ruhr
your American R will be distorted and it may lead to misunderstandings
compare car car park park
you number two some non-native speakers
pronounce the Ruhr in the are but they trill it remember Americans never trill
there are colored vowel sounds compare
cod car Pollock Park how do you avoid trilling the tip of your tongue should
never touch the alveolar Ridge when you pronounce the are colored sounds
remember if you want to sound like an American don't reduce the Ruhr when
pronouncing the are colored vowels and avoid trilling them
now let's practice the are sound in some words
this is how we'll do it
you'll see a word on the screen and hear its pronunciation like this alarm you'll
have a few seconds to pronounce the word
don't skip this part and try to go through as many words as possible the
more you practice the better your American accent will become let's begin
alarm apartment our army our article bar
bark barn car card carpet part charge
charm dark darling department farm
garbage garden
guard guitar hard hardware harmony heart
large marble parcel pardon park part
partner party scar star start tardy yard
you're done congratulations
a few words about how this sound is represented in spelling in about 97% of
all words with this sound the R is represented by the combination of
letters AR that's the good news the news that's not so good is that there are
many words in which AR is pronounced as other are colored vowels take a look how
do you know which sound of pronounce when you see the AR combination well the
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by the way did we say that we like your comments Hanna said I hope you add that
bonus track at the end of each lesson just to get familiar with the sound when
it's used in a sentence that's a good point how could we forget about our
bonus tracks here you go
a guard with a scar in a car
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