Short vowel sounds - American English Pronunciation Introduction

Introduction to American English short a (cat), short e (bed), short i (sit), short o (top) and short u (sun) vowel sounds pronunciation including a common spelling pattern, non-phonetic words, and a caution against similar long vowel spellings.

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[Emperorpenguinonline]

there is sth ,,i cant really understand.

is the short O sound in the word "top" the same in the word " far " ?

Is shoer O sound = a ,,,like in far / father / bar/ Etc..........

[SeattleLearning]

@Emperorpenguinonline No, the sounds are slightly different... When the letter 'r' follows a vowel, it often changes the quality of the vowel sound. These are called r-controlled vowels. I haven't created a specific 'ar' sound video, yet, but I do touch on it a little with the 'schwa+r' video. You can find that video from our channel page, or you can find more information on our website.

Thanks!

Mandy

[batigolthan]

perfect lesson...

[SeattleLearning]

Many thanks! We appreciate your comments!

[docholl93]

@Emperorpenguinonline Uhmmm... the "a" of top is a bit longer than the one of far. It's more like the "a" of bother or father. Actually in standard AE there ain't no father-

bother merger.

[WMcConn]

thanks so much for posting this video. i am a native english speaker who teaches many ESOL students and I find that sometimes it's hard to really break it down and make it clear how to pronounce the short vowel sounds because I don't think about it, it just comes naturally to me when i'm speaking. very helpful!

[AKVR19]

@AKVR19 But the idea isn't always to recognize the right word by context.

[AKVR19]

@Emperorpenguinonline I have the same problem when it comes identifying which vowel sound is pronounced between 2 that are almost alike, I hear them like if they were the same, in my case, the vowels that I don't distinct from the each other are in the words GOT & GUT i guess I might get confused when I hear those ones individually, maybe a context could help me know what word is said.

[AKVR19]

Thank you very much!! it deserves the button "Awesome" you has cleared my doubts.

Greetings from Colombia

[raijenny98]

Thanks 4 the video N i love you all Amercian ( from Hong Kong ) ^_^

[hyylo]

hi

can you tell me if the letter Y is a vowel?

do you have a video about Y and if it is a vowel?

thank you

[elijahcheung]

So much effort u gs uy hv made! Thz SEATTLE LEARNING

[nightwisher30]

excellent video thanks for posting it.