English Pronunciation | The Letter 'A' | 9 Ways to Pronounce the Letter A
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In this English Pronunciation lesson, I'm going to to help you learn how to pronounce the letter A in English. In this lesson there are over NINE ways to pronounce the letter A. 7 common ways and 2 less common or exceptional ways to pronounce the letter A.
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Some NOTES about this lesson.
1.) The letter A can actually be pronounced in more than 7 ways, but the 7 ways described in the video are the most common.
2.) The A sound /ɒ/ in words like - What, Want, Wallet, Was is rare (doesn't appear in many words) BUT these words are quite common (we use want and what A LOT in English)
3.) The best way to learn these sounds is to read as much as possible and repeat the sentences in the lesson until you can FEEL which sounds are correct for which words. If you have the time and put in a lot of effort I promise it is MUCH easier than trying to remember all the crazy pronunciation rules in English!
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The Letter A in English is a VOWEL letter and is pronounced in the alphabet as /ei/.
The letter A can also be pronounced in English with any of the following sounds....
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As /æ/ in Cat, Hat, Actually, Exactly
As /eə/ in Share, Care, Hare
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As /ɑː/ in Father, Rather, Car and Bar
As /eɪ/ in Pay, Stay, Way, Able, Table
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As /ɔ:/ in Hall, Tall, Fall
As /ɒ/ What, Want, Wallet, Was
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As /ə/ a, an, Amazing, About, Banana
As /ɪ/ in Private, Climate
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As /ɪ/ or /ə/ Legitimate
As /e/ in Many, Any
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There are A LOT of rules for how A should be pronounced and also LOTS of exceptions. So my advice is to immerse yourself as much as possible into the language and instead focus on getting a 'feel' for what the A sounds like in certain words. You will be very surprised because after a short time you will start to be able to 'guess' and 'feel' which sound is correct, just like a native speaker of English can!
00:00 Introduction
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00:55 A = æ
01:56 A = eə
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03:20 A = ɑː
04:50 A = ɔ:
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06:18 A = eɪ
07:36 A = ɪ
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09:03 A = ə
11:05 Practice Sentences
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12:42 Bonus Secrets and Summary
13:05 A = e
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13:49 Data vs Data
14:50 Silent A
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16:07 A = ɒ
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NOTE: THERE IS A NEW UPDATED VERSION OF THIS LESSON, with much more content and the RULES of Letter A pronunciation!
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