English Short A Sound - /æ/
Video Overview & Insights
The English Short A Sound /æ/ is a frequent one in American English, so if you’re trying to speak with an American accent, you’ll need to master it. This is the A sound in words like cat, hand, family, January & Amazon. Can you pronounce Amazon in English?
Challenge! List 5 words that are pronounced with a short A sound. Write them below & I’ll tell you if you’re right.
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Short i & Long e (Sheet/Shit): https://youtu.be/yO-TN8v_4zA
01) cat
02) pronunciation
03) article
04) accuse
05) and
I am i right Ma'am?
Long O: (How to Say Coke): https://youtu.be/xRN3xec3pnc
Silent Final E: https://youtu.be/9_n2ab88Ui0
When to Pronounce Final E: https://youtu.be/9Rcn4w8Vwns
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Bat baby rat
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What about the vegetabke "Onion" even though the ketter O is folowed by a consonant and the second letter is a vowel "i" vowel. Its pronuiunced ani en right. Is that an exception???
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Apple , ant
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Thanks. Other words maybe mat, sand, Dad, thanks, bank
More User Perspectives
5 Words that are pronounced with a short A sound are Axe, Black, Gnat, Pat and Slack.
@nyeinnyein1982Do any other languages have this sound? Seems like there must be some, but none that I know of do.
@charlesajones77The way you spell sounds like E .
@ricardomachado6792Great class , thank you ma'am.
@flavioalmeida4608THANK YOU
@abdelfattahbekri3521Hello. I am new comer to your chanel. You are perfect. Thank you so much. And for words with short a: map, mad, than, bat, pan
Please correct me if these words is wrong.
I love your teaching 😊
@tambinh6614You are amazing, here are my 5 words, pat, Saturday,awesome,rat.
@cydelamacorra6677Thank you
@christinebelarma1563I almost always hear this sound pronounced like ae before m and n and like e in bed in words like bank. Do you have a video on this subject?
@aimefiori1104Very gd lesson
@aliyascreations8365For me the five examples of short a words are black, clap, map, after, master. Please correct me if im wrong thanks to your video it's helpful. 🖤
@anchocasinillo95631:03 sound
@arizonaelsaI think 5 words that are pounced with a short a sound that are van, fan, pan,cat , at.
@anemma1620This sound is not in Spanish, so it is important to know if the vowel is short or long because there is the difference to know the pronunciation, this video was a great help Nicole, thanks
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