How to pronounce "Ear and Year"

[Lisabna1]

the french r does not allow me to say it properly and I strive to get it right

[TarleSpeech]

@Lisabna1 Send me a message with a voice recording of you saying R. I'd be happy to send you some tips.

[Lisabna1]

@TarleSpeech That will be great :) Thank you

[cipihevent]

here the solution for who doesn't get it.

ear = "i" like in "is" and the r sound, i+r

year = ee + r

[TarleSpeech]

@cipihevent Thanks for helping. I love when viewers use their knowledge to help others. In American English, I would describe it as:

ear = "e" like in "see" and the r sound, e+r

year = Y+ ee + r

Year and ear BOTH rhyme with beer, fear, hear, dear, jeer.

[SleepWhenIamDead]

...I am from the north east of the US, Bucks Co PA, between Phila and NYC, and we say correcTly, not with a K...and it may be the Phila influence but we also tend to use pavement more often than not instead of sidewalk...North America is so diverse it can't be fit in one category...

[TarleSpeech]

@SleepWhenIamDead Yes, some people do. This word varies a lot with regional accents. 

[sweetscorpious]

ear = i-ar  year = yi-ar (y de yuca)

[Sigoroth]

It's "correcTly" not "correckly".

[TarleSpeech]

@Sigoroth True, in British English yes.

[jebx1]

Good to hear that I'm not the only dumb ass not noticing the difference.

[ikepiggy]

"Say them correctly to get the your meaning across." - How are you teaching English like that?

[marthypeter]

she is nice :)

[renatoavatarian]

that´s why English sucks!! I can barely HEAR the difference!!

Put your faith in the context and life goes on!!!

[turboclaps]

move your mouth all you want, the two words sounds exactly the same, in a british accent, maybe. but with an northamerican accent, it's impossible to tell

[TheLate111]

it's clear and helpful :)

thank you

[tsingyuan]

I am not a native English speaker. I actually cannot here the difference of the two pronunciations. Can you guys hear the difference?

[TarleSpeech]

@tsingyuan This is difficult for most non-native speakers. The words are: EAR, EAR, EAR " I hear with my ear". YEAR, YEAR, YEAR "This year I plan to accomplish all of my goals."

I just finished my latest set of videos. The new videos will all have captions to aid in learning the slight differences. Look for them in the fall. Good luck!