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American English Pronunciation Podcast (Pronuncian.com), #04: American English pronunciation of the r sound

#04: American English pronunciation of the r sound

#4: American English pronunciation of the r sound Learn the North American way of saying the r sound Transcript Hello everyone.

It's me, Mandy. Welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy's American English Pronunciation podcast. This is podcast number 4. Today we are going to begin a series of podcasts dedicated to one of the most hated sounds of English, the r sound and l sound . These are very complicated sounds, and it will take us a few shows to get through them in their entirety. In fact, today, we aren't even going to talk about the l sound . Our sentence for practicing the r sound today is, "On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks." It is no accident that we are putting so much emphasis on the r sound after the unvoiced th sound in that sentence. Before we begin talking about the r sound and l sound , let's review our sentences and word sets from podcasts one through three. First, the th sounds . Repeat after me. "Think about this thing, that thing, and those things." (pause). Then our d sound/t sound minimal pairs, "dime, time; dense, tense; code, coat; tide, tight; spend, spent." And finally our s sound / z sound practice with the s endings in the sentence, "Cats love boxes, dogs love beds." All of these practice sentences are in the show notes, along with audio for them, as well as the transcripts for each show, at www.pronuncian.com. Now, back to the r sound and l sound . First, let's give these sounds a category. We'll use the common linguistic term "liquid" for these two sounds. Liquid is the most consistent term I've found for these sounds. When speaking with the General American Accent, Americans use a rhotic r , which means we say it in all parts of the word, including when it occurs after a vowel sound. This is one of the major differences among accents of English. I tell my students, where you see an r written, pronounce the r sound . Wikipedia has a map showing Britain and America and the areas of those countries that speak with a rhotic and non-rhotic accent. All I want you to remember is that the General American Accent pronounces the r sound wherever it is written. So how do we create this tricky sound?

Well, there is no single correct way. The tip of the tongue may be raised or lowered, some people bunch the tongue up in the center of the mouth, and some bunch the tongue up at the back of the mouth. The important feature of creating an r sound is that the very back of our tongue, actually down in our throat, is constricted. In the General American Accent, the r sound is also a smooth sound that we can make continually without stopping. ( r sound ) The continuous quality of the sound is very important.

It means that we do not tap the r sound like this, (red-tap) trill, or roll our r sound like this. (red-trill) If the tip of your tongue is raised so high that it touches the tooth ridge, you cannot be creating the sound correctly. Also, if the back of your tongue is causing friction and a substantial vibration, as a fricative would, you cannot be creating the r sound as an American English speaker would, like this. (red-fricative) The sound is smooth and continuous, and the tongue never touches the tooth ridge. Red. It is usually at the beginning of a word that a non-native speaker can first say the sound correctly, as in the words "race" "rough" or "red".

The pronuncian.com webpage has all the General American Accent sounds with words sorted by beginning, middle, or end of the word. See for yourself if you have an easier or harder time with the sound based on where the sound is in the word. Since we've already studied the unvoiced th sound, let me bring attention to a particularly difficult sound combination for a lot of people, the unvoiced th sound then r sound . If you have a tendency to tap your tongue, you will probably find that this is quite difficulty to stop doing in this combination. Ready? Repeat after me. "On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks.

Let's try it again.

"On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks.

And, one more time a little faster.

"On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks.

Let me say here that there is not a language group that I have taught yet that has had no trouble with the r sound . So if this is a really, really tough sound for you, you're not alone. Spend some time analyzing your own speech patterns and see what you learn about the way you speak. In our next podcast I'll add the l sound to the picture, and then after that I will come back to r-controlled vowels. For now, practice the r sound at the beginning of a word and after the unvoiced th sound. If it takes a long time to make this change, remember that you are dealing with both relearning to use the muscles in your mouth as well has needing to break very old habits. If you have a pronunciation issue that you would like me to talk about, please email me at podcast@pronuncian.com, and I'll get to it as soon as possible.

Also, if you've downloaded this podcast through iTunes, please, write a review and tell the world what you think. Good luck with the r sound everyone, and have a great week!


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#4: American English pronunciation of the r sound # 4: произношение звука r в американском английском #4: r sesinin Amerikan İngilizcesi telaffuzu Learn the North American way of saying the r sound r sesini söylemenin Kuzey Amerika yolunu öğrenin Transcript Hello everyone.

It’s me, Mandy. Welcome back to Seattle Learning Academy’s American English Pronunciation podcast. Seattle Learning Academy'nin Amerikan İngilizcesi Telaffuz podcast'ine tekrar hoş geldiniz. This is podcast number 4. Today we are going to begin a series of podcasts dedicated to one of the most hated sounds of English, the r sound and l sound . Bugün İngilizce'nin en nefret edilen seslerinden biri olan r sesi ve l sesi üzerine bir dizi podcast'e başlayacağız. These are very complicated sounds, and it will take us a few shows to get through them in their entirety. In fact, today, we aren’t even going to talk about the l sound . Our sentence for practicing the r sound today is, "On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks." 今日、rサウンドを練習するための私たちの文は、「木曜日に、テルマは3つの赤い岩を投げました」です。 It is no accident that we are putting so much emphasis on the r sound after the unvoiced th sound in that sentence. この文で無声のth音の後にr音を強調しているのは偶然ではありません。 Before we begin talking about the r sound and l sound , let’s review our sentences and word sets from podcasts one through three. First, the th sounds . Repeat after me. "Think about this thing, that thing, and those things." "Bu şeyi, o şeyi ve o şeyleri düşün." (pause). (Duraklat). Then our d sound/t sound minimal pairs, "dime, time; dense, tense; code, coat; tide, tight; spend, spent." Sonra d sesimiz/t sesimiz minimum çiftler halinde "dime, time; yoğun, gergin; kod, ceket; gelgit, sıkı; harcamak, harcandı." And finally our s sound / z sound practice with the s endings in the sentence, "Cats love boxes, dogs love beds." All of these practice sentences are in the show notes, along with audio for them, as well as the transcripts for each show, at www.pronuncian.com. これらの練習文はすべて、www.pronuncian.comでショーのメモに、オーディオと、各ショーのトランスクリプトとともに含まれています。 Now, back to the r sound and l sound . First, let’s give these sounds a category. まず、これらの音にカテゴリーを付けましょう。 We’ll use the common linguistic term "liquid" for these two sounds. これら2つのサウンドには、一般的な「液体」という用語を使用します。 Liquid is the most consistent term I’ve found for these sounds. リキッドは、これらのサウンドで私が見つけた最も一貫した用語です。 Sıvı, bu sesler için bulduğum en tutarlı terimdir. When speaking with the General American Accent, Americans use a rhotic r , which means we say it in all parts of the word, including when it occurs after a vowel sound. Amerikalılar Genel Amerikan Aksanı ile konuşurken rhotic r kullanırlar, bu da bunu bir sesli harften sonra geçtiği zamanlar da dahil olmak üzere kelimenin her yerinde söylediğimiz anlamına gelir. This is one of the major differences among accents of English. I tell my students, where you see an r written, pronounce the r sound . Wikipedia has a map showing Britain and America and the areas of those countries that speak with a rhotic and non-rhotic accent. ウィキペディアには、イギリスとアメリカ、およびそれらの言語のうち、韻律と非韻律のアクセントで話している地域を示す地図があります。 All I want you to remember is that the General American Accent pronounces the r sound wherever it is written. 覚えておきたいのは、ジェネラルアメリカンアクセントは、どこに書いてもrサウンドを発音することです。 Hatırlamanı istediğim tek şey, Genel Amerikan Aksanının yazıldığı her yerde r sesini telaffuz ettiği. So how do we create this tricky sound? では、このトリッキーなサウンドをどのように作成するのでしょうか? Peki bu zor sesi nasıl yaratırız?

Well, there is no single correct way. Tek bir doğru yol yok. The tip of the tongue may be raised or lowered, some people bunch the tongue up in the center of the mouth, and some bunch the tongue up at the back of the mouth. 舌の先端が上下する場合があり、口の中央で舌を束にする人もいれば、口の奥で舌を束にする人もいます。 Dilin ucu kaldırılabilir veya alçaltılabilir, bazı insanlar dili ağzın ortasında ve bazıları da ağzın arkasında toplar. The important feature of creating an r sound is that the very back of our tongue, actually down in our throat, is constricted. Pour produire le son r, il est important que l'arrière de la langue, c'est-à-dire le fond de la gorge, soit contracté. rサウンドを作成する重要な機能は、実際には喉の奥にある舌の一番後ろがくびれていることです。 R sesi çıkarmanın en önemli özelliği, dilimizin en arkasının, aslında gırtlağımızın aşağısında, büzülmüş olmasıdır. In the General American Accent, the r sound is also a smooth sound that we can make continually without stopping. ( r sound ) ( r sesi ) The continuous quality of the sound is very important. Sesin sürekli kalitesi çok önemlidir.

It means that we do not tap the r sound like this, (red-tap) trill, or roll our r sound like this. (red-trill) If the tip of your tongue is raised so high that it touches the tooth ridge, you cannot be creating the sound correctly. (赤いドリル)舌先が高くなりすぎて歯根に当たる場合は、正しく音を出すことができません。 Also, if the back of your tongue is causing friction and a substantial vibration, as a fricative would, you cannot be creating the r sound as an American English speaker would, like this. また、摩擦音のように舌の後ろが摩擦と大きな振動を引き起こしている場合、このようにアメリカ英語のスピーカーのようにrサウンドを作成することはできません。 (red-fricative) The sound is smooth and continuous, and the tongue never touches the tooth ridge. (kırmızı-sürtünmeli) Ses düzgün ve süreklidir ve dil asla diş çıkıntısına değmez. Red. Kırmızı. It is usually at the beginning of a word that a non-native speaker can first say the sound correctly, as in the words "race" "rough" or "red". 「人種」、「大まかな」、「赤」などのように、非ネイティブスピーカーが最初に正しく音声を言うことができるのは、通常、単語の先頭です。 "Yarış", "kaba" veya "kırmızı" sözcüklerinde olduğu gibi, ana dili İngilizce olmayan bir kişinin sesi doğru olarak ilk söyleyebildiği yer genellikle bir sözcüğün başındadır.

The pronuncian.com webpage has all the General American Accent sounds with words sorted by beginning, middle, or end of the word. See for yourself if you have an easier or harder time with the sound based on where the sound is in the word. 言葉のどこにある音に基づいて、音に慣れるのが楽なのか難しいのか、自分で確かめてください。 Since we’ve already studied the unvoiced th sound, let me bring attention to a particularly difficult sound combination for a lot of people, the unvoiced th sound then r sound . If you have a tendency to tap your tongue, you will probably find that this is quite difficulty to stop doing in this combination. Ready? Repeat after me. "On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks.

Let’s try it again.

"On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks.

And, one more time a little faster.

"On Thursday, Thelma threw three red rocks.

Let me say here that there is not a language group that I have taught yet that has had no trouble with the r sound . Permettez-moi de dire ici qu'il n'y a pas un seul groupe linguistique que j'ai enseigné qui n'ait pas eu de problème avec le son r . ここで、rサウンドに問題のない言語グループはまだ教えていません。 Burada şimdiye kadar öğrettiğim ve r sesiyle sorun yaşamamış bir dil grubu olmadığını belirteyim. So if this is a really, really tough sound for you, you’re not alone. Si ce son est vraiment très difficile à entendre pour vous, vous n'êtes pas le seul. Spend some time analyzing your own speech patterns and see what you learn about the way you speak. Passez un peu de temps à analyser votre propre façon de parler et voyez ce que vous apprenez sur votre façon de parler. In our next podcast I’ll add the l sound to the picture, and then after that I will come back to r-controlled vowels. Dans notre prochain podcast, j'ajouterai le son l à l'image, puis je reviendrai sur les voyelles contrôlées par le r. 次のポッドキャストでは、l音を画像に追加してから、r制御の母音に戻ります。 For now, practice the r sound at the beginning of a word and after the unvoiced th sound. Pour l'instant, entraînez-vous à prononcer le son r au début d'un mot et après le son th sans voix. If it takes a long time to make this change, remember that you are dealing with both relearning to use the muscles in your mouth as well has needing to break very old habits. Si ce changement prend du temps, rappelez-vous que vous devez à la fois réapprendre à utiliser les muscles de votre bouche et rompre avec de très vieilles habitudes. この変更を行うのに長い時間がかかる場合は、口の筋肉を使用するための再学習と非常に古い習慣を打破する必要のある両方の両方を扱っていることを覚えておいてください。 If you have a pronunciation issue that you would like me to talk about, please email me at podcast@pronuncian.com, and I’ll get to it as soon as possible. Si vous souhaitez que j'aborde un problème de prononciation, envoyez-moi un courriel à l'adresse podcast@pronuncian.com, et je m'en occuperai dès que possible.

Also, if you’ve downloaded this podcast through iTunes, please, write a review and tell the world what you think. Par ailleurs, si vous avez téléchargé ce podcast via iTunes, écrivez un commentaire et dites au monde ce que vous en pensez. Good luck with the r sound everyone, and have a great week!