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.
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….
As /æ/ in Cat, Hat, Actually, Exactly
As /eə/ in Share, Care, Hare
As /ɑː/ in Father, Rather, Car and Bar
As /eɪ/ in Pay, Stay, Way, Able, Table
As /ɔ:/ in Hall, Tall, Fall
As /ɒ/ What, Want, Wallet, Was
As /ə/ a, an, Amazing, About, Banana
As /ɪ/ in Private, Climate
As /ɪ/ or /ə/ Legitimate
As /e/ in Many, Any
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
00:55 A = æ
01:56 A = eə
03:20 A = ɑː
04:50 A = ɔ:
06:18 A = eɪ
07:36 A = ɪ
09:03 A = ə
11:05 Practice Sentences
12:42 Bonus Secrets and Summary
13:05 A = e
13:49 Data vs Data
14:50 Silent A
16:07 A = ɒ
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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!
Good Luck Wonderful Students and I hope you enjoy the lesson!
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it is insane that the letter a has so many pronounciations even in other languages. Why can't there be a consistent sound in all languages?
Sometimes a sounds like a, sometimes like e…
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Excellent explanation. Don't forget that a IS also pronounced as a short i in advantage and vintage, which many foteign students pronounce the French way
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