How To Speak With A British Accent: 5 Hardest Sounds

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In this series, we look at how to speak with a British accent. First, let's tackle 5 of the hardest sounds that the majority of ESL students have trouble with. For more guidance with British English pronunciation, you can enroll in my Pronunciation course, details are below.
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@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. If you would like to join me on the Free Mini Pronunciation Course then follow this link and sign up: bit.ly/FiveHardestSounds

@andriyapradiptakarim5979 2 жыл бұрын

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@keenmate9719 2 жыл бұрын

You must have some armenian or persian ancestors, right? You look so beautifully exotic, like Cher.

@andriyapradiptakarim5979 2 жыл бұрын

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@efesarpergultekiner8204 2 жыл бұрын

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@alamgirkhan8642 2 жыл бұрын

I love you

@danielc3321 2 жыл бұрын

I found it interesting that you included the word “with” among the words that have the voiced “th” sound. In my American accent it’s voiceless. I never noticed that before.

@Cosford869 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for keeping our language alive Anna. So many people pronouncing words the American way these days.

@victoralonsogarcia6944 2 жыл бұрын

I am more familiar with the American accent because I've been watching films and TV series for a long time. When I came to the UK, the south-western accent gave me a hard time when I tried to understand people. And Now I am in the same situation as before. As Spanish individual to omit "r" sound is too difficult to achieve. Thanks to take time to make your videos in order to clarify some of the main problems we have to face at the time we have to speak.

@MillersLanguageSchool 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really appreciate how you make good, clear instruction with humor)

@Simransingh-299 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you from my heart for the free pronunciation mini course Anna. Love you ☺.

@armanqassemi6333 2 жыл бұрын

I attended a course for such pronounciations 11 years ago, thank to your lovely channel i could fresh up on my knowledge. Thanks indeed❤️🌺👍

@provokatia-dance 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much,Anna! You do nice and helpful things!

@uribework 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing teaching !! Thank

@aliyilmaz4045 2 жыл бұрын

You are a great teacher. I am proud of being your student. Thanks a lot.

@victorfds 2 жыл бұрын

I liked of this lesson a lot. Thank you.

@SolidRockMan 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's tougher than I thought and I do speak English as a first language at home.

@stunninglad1 2 жыл бұрын

Super lesson. Lots of good examples here.

@balaaali7658 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for useful lesson forward

@madanibensalmi2411 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this wonderful video 😊

@hshiwijesinghe 2 жыл бұрын

A great video on British pronunciation. Though I have learnt these differences in certain sounds in English in my teacher training, we don't pay much attention to these differences in our spoken English. We have got used to the Sri Lankan English in day today conversation. For eg: we use the same sound for /v/ and /w/ , not paying attention to lip movement. But in written examinations, British English is followed. Your video is really interesting.

@muhdadhwa7235 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for education ☺️.Really appreciate it

@learningjourneys8346 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your explanation and Thank you for the free mini pronunciation course🌼 God bless you Anna🌼

@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@JennTrotter 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishLikeANative Anna, Yes indeed, you're amazing woman!

@VassoMekra 2 жыл бұрын

Much needed video! Thank you so much! ❤️

@ajwagoatfarmmahsan4292 2 жыл бұрын

@priscillarinaldi2996 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Just as I, as a language teacher, approach the basics of BE pronunciation.

@molugurivinay5002 2 жыл бұрын

I love your teaching anna thanks to done vidio

@satyavivekanandbattula1091 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Anna 😊.

@ayhemhussein5033 2 жыл бұрын

Nice subject to talk about .

@polynicerene8474 2 жыл бұрын

Hi miss Anna,I am happy to find you again,I am a fan

@eaudeborrajas7822 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Spain! In our language we have two different sound for the consonant R. One is strong, trilled as in "romántico" which means "romantic" (at the begining of a word) but also in "perro" which means "dog" (double r, always un the middle of a word) or in "amor" - "love" (at the end). And our flat R sounds very softer, close or similar as yours. You can find it in words as "pero" which means "but" ... At least we have many rules!!

@alemesh1052 2 жыл бұрын

I always learn something from you. Thank you. This time I thought you should have included these words in this wonderful lesson ( part of the -ed words or words ending in -ed or -d. These are: NAKED, WICKED, SACRED, etc. I found them tricky or not many people pointed them out to me as difficult or exceptional pronunciation learning English language as a second language. The good news is, I taught myself, and still do, most of the difficult English language spelling, grammar and pronunciation and so forth. I felt compelled to point this out to you. Once more, THANK YOU!🙏🙏🙏

@marcelorussoyogacharya 2 жыл бұрын

TK anna !!! sos la mejor profe !!

@azzam3751 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@zackzou1441 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@mohamadmohamad8812 2 жыл бұрын

Love you my Teacher Anna💞💞💞

@Mamabear1138 2 жыл бұрын

The same structural form used for executing the F is used when making the V sound. It is the voiced F sound. She is correct on the W.

@jamsheerc1890 2 жыл бұрын

Mam good video ,very help full keep practicing then only become progress

@mohamadmohamad8812 2 жыл бұрын

I vow to wow you !!!! Wow Nice sentence

@dapurdzularyani7144 2 жыл бұрын

Makasih Sudah berbagi ilmu 👍 👍👍

@Mamabear1138 2 жыл бұрын

The TH Sound is best executed with a smile as this prevents spittle from reaching one's conversationalists.

@sadbra7595 2 жыл бұрын

Love you teacher Guapísima profesora

@mlersk8830 2 жыл бұрын

The phonetic symbol θ is the Greek letter Theta. Now it makes sense right!

@alexgrishin8294 2 жыл бұрын

The word “stupid” has both “t” and “d”. The ending is pronounced as “ed”. So we have three-in-one. Easier. Thank you, Anna! Excellent explanation

@Funnyvideos-zz6rq 2 жыл бұрын

I am very thankful to you for this. You are excellent and beautiful

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

My friend this lesson was very interesting

@JohnDoe-kh3hy 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way you pronounce the spanish r

@johannes0176 2 жыл бұрын

I'm from iran im learning English with a British accent.. It would be perfect if u create videos with Lucy she has got a good accent like u

@thepunisher1917 2 жыл бұрын

Th sound is actually pretty easy to make but difficult to keep up with in the heat of conversation. I'm a non-native English teacher and I've been practicing English since I was 10 and even I botch it every now and then.

@gabriellagirardi4741 2 жыл бұрын

Thans a lot

@lowellcunningham3332 2 жыл бұрын

As an American English speaker, it has always amazed me how frequently British and Australian English speakers drop "r" sounds -- only to add the "r" sound to words that aren't spelled with an "r." A prime example is "saw," which many Brits and Aussies pronounce the way I say the word "soar."

@Cosford869 2 жыл бұрын

It's our language to speak as we always have done. It amazes me how you Americans change the pronunciation of nearly every word. Let's not forget that English originated in England so is the real language.

@lowellcunningham3332 2 жыл бұрын

@@Cosford869 There are studies that say Southern American English is closer in pronunciation to classic British English than is modern British English.

@ahmadmuhialdin.1828 2 жыл бұрын

You are radiant .

@adderladders 2 жыл бұрын

When you say British you mean in many cases English. The Scots for ecample pronounce the r (rhotic)

@willianrom 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I think most languages there are any sound for non-natives is harder, for exemple I know the nasal sound in Brazilian Portuguese is harder for non-natives, words such as: pão (bread), chão (floor) or camarão (shrimp).

@elomaga927 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual! One thing, the last "w" in "wow" or "vow" is pronounced /ʊ/ since it is the diphthong /aʊ/.

@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are correct. That's a really good point.

@amirhooshang1269 10 ай бұрын

Good day Anna: What means you do use to perform this class( session) on August /07/2023 @ 5 Pm? Do I need Zoom or any other means? Thanks for your great lessons .

@777xomya4ishe 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!!!! Stupid D.T is a really cool ting! Thank you so much 🧡🧡🧡🧡

@joakimblomqvist7229 Жыл бұрын

Fun thing is the scandinavian mispronunciation / misunderstanding / misspelling of the word viking in english. I hear / read wiking, whyking, whicking all over. Reminding me of the UK misconception of V / W in german. V is pronounced F in german while W is pronounced V. That's also why german english accent sounds so funny. As in Pleeze gif me a glass ov vater. Hehe fun!

@lilomohammed7482 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your channel. Could I ask you a question please? Is there any rule for pronouncing th sound? Or we pronounce th as the natives do? I mean why do we pronounce [ the] and why do we pronounce [three]? Is there a general for pronouncing [ th] sound? Really l am fond of the British accent. Thank you so much for your efforts

@shamsieltsacademy6390 2 жыл бұрын

Anna, you are become the gorgeousEst person and the BestEst English language teacher in the whole universe.....

@Lita1 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting video Anna, it's a bit hard pronouncing every letter like the t's and the circulation of w and a, but this video does explain it well I liked this video yes!!!!👍😅

@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😃

@ajwagoatfarmmahsan4292 2 жыл бұрын

💐💐💐💐💐💐💐hi

@fahimahmadbijoy3609 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. Your another channel link pls...

@burieddreamer 2 жыл бұрын

It is easier to understand the differences between (th) ð and (th) θ if you compare them with the normal sounds for "d" and "t". Just make a "d" and a "t" with the tongue under your teeth and you are done! The same voiced / voiceless phenomenon can be performed with other consonant pairs as "z" and "s", "v" and "f", "k" and "g" and so on.

@Kolious_Thrace 2 жыл бұрын

*TH* In Hellenic we have two different letters for each sound! Δδ Θθ Interestly enough, the phonetic representations of the sounds in English have the Hellenic letter! Θ -> θάλασσα / thàlassa = sea Δ -> δεινόσαυρος / dinósavros = dinosaur *R* The ‘’r’’ in Hellenic is rolled in the tongue but not that hard as Spanish. I think it’s kinda like the Scottish ‘’r’’ sound *BUT* not in the hardest Scottish accent. I’ve heard Scottish people to hardly took their Rs A mild roll in Hellenic *V and W* In Hellenic we have the letter Ββ for the V sound Βαρύτητα / varítita = gravity We don’t have a W sound as it is in English. This ‘’ou’’ sound is a vowel for us. Ο + υ =ου Diphthong u in Hellenic Ουρανός / uranòs = sky *** You pronounce it like You-ranos in English but the Hellenic pronunciation has no -You- in the beginning. Ου sounds like the oo in oops So, it’s oo-ranòs *H* In Hellenic the letter Ηη is a vowel and makes an ‘’i’’ sound like Ήλιος / ílios =Sun (you say Helios) Every word that starts with a vowel in Hellenic gets an ‘’h’’ in English like: Ελλάς / Ellàs = our country🇬🇷 Becomes Hellas in English Ηρακλής / iraklís = Hercules Ηη is a vowel The sound that Hh makes in English is a consonant in Hellenic. In English ‘’h’’ makes a hissing sound In Hellenic this sound is Xx Χρόνος / xrònos = time (Chronology) Χρώμα / xròma = colour (Chromatic) It’s like the sound ‘’ch’’ in Loch In English Xx is weird because makes a Z sound Ξενοφοβία / Ksenofovía The Hellenic term Xenophobia is pronounced as Zenofòbia, when in Hellenic Ξξ is ‘’Ks’’

@dmitryvasiliev2718 2 жыл бұрын

Anna, hiiiiii from Russia! I would look at you trying to master Russian! 😂😂😂Anyway, you are both beautiful and nice!

@mikoajmilewicz4039 2 жыл бұрын

In polish language we have both sounds w and v, but the letter for english v is 'w' and the letter for english w is 'ł', which is letter exclusive for polish language.

@TarkusForever 2 жыл бұрын

I thought in Polish two letters "L" (crossed and uncrossed) were read as hard and soft, respectively. Do you want to say your name is pronounced "Mikoway"?

@mikoajmilewicz4039 2 жыл бұрын

@@TarkusForever yes. That is correct.

@Cheleartsanddesigns 2 жыл бұрын

I'm natively French Canadian and learned English pre-KZfaq in the years of dial up internet 😄 So I'd learn from music and tv mostly. Since I learned it from various sources I have a mash up accent with underlying faint accent that doesn't sound French but people question its origin. Some pronunciation is Canadian, some American, many terms are British and some words like banana or sofa I turn English. Some words with Rs when I feel nervous turns into Irish English 😅 The only sound I couldn't create for a while was H, all Hs. De (the) ouse (house) or elicopter (helicopter) where common. After I could make Hs I'd accidentally add them where they didn't go. I still struggle 20 years later with words identical in French like perimeter comes out French. I'm still incapable to say hippocampus, Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, and such without butchering it. Since I hardly have a French accent left it really confuses strangers when suddenly I sound from a different country or a word comes out all weird. When I was in England people tried to guess what part of Europe I was from, apparently I have a confusing accent 😄. Here they ask me if I'm Spanish and taxi drivers from Lebanon think I'm European. I have the accent of nowhere specific 😎

@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

You have a unique accent :)

@DawnPeacock 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, you make me remember my wonderful French Canadian student Sophie 💛 I worked with her for three years, face-to-face....long before it ever occurred to me to teach through a screen. I remember well the delicate effort she had to invest in pronouncing the H. It's so light...and has to be connected smoothly to the following vowel. She got it, but it was not easy. 😇

@runoflife87 2 жыл бұрын

Well the American English somehow breaks the rule about " - ed pronounced as t". I do remember as an example the song of an American band Savatage called "washed out", where it was pronounced as [woshd] but there are other examples too. And actually I wonder how many people in the UK pronounce "R" in a spanish way.

@Mamabear1138 2 жыл бұрын

She is incorrect about the ED as well. Just remember: ED Past tense ending forms another syllable when the base word ends with D or T. If NOT, ED sounds like either D or T. D if voiced, and T if unvoiced.

@mageshmahe2359 2 жыл бұрын

Good evening sister

@Spookie-gl7gu 2 жыл бұрын

Tell us where the W is just silent. Like in that lovely town called Kes(w)ick!

@Junior_2023 2 жыл бұрын

I think that Informal accent is the most difficult to understand, specially from EEUU becose the informal accent of UK is quite easy

@remyasathyan5100 2 жыл бұрын

Could you please tell how do we pronounce asked. Thanks a lot

@adderladders 2 жыл бұрын

Arsk'd in the south and assk'd in the 'north'

@MTRfundamentalist 2 жыл бұрын

Well there are also common words with tricky pronunciation like 'of', in which the 'f' is pronounced like 'v'.

@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, English is so tricky. :(

@phillipcollins9290 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting that you put a slight front mutation in your pronunciation of words like and "cook" and "put". Lucy's is even more noticeable.

@mikeyum2414 2 жыл бұрын

I remember vaguely hearing someone said when the "verb + ed" functions as an adjective such beloved girl and learned person, the "ed" is pronounced as "id". Is there such a rule? It is kind of hard to tell. For example, "a worked example", should I pronounce that ed as "t" or "id"?

@mingwee 2 жыл бұрын

You can try searching this rule with the phrase "how to pronounce /ed/ in English" on KZfaq. /ed/ can be pronounced as /t/ or /d/ or /id/ For example: beloved, learned: /d/ worked: /t/ decided, wanted: /id/

@ADGreen-es6hm 2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend from Cork Ireland and she says I can do a convincing Northern Irish accent, I’m from Fort Worth , Texas .

@deLlama 2 жыл бұрын

What convinces someone from Cork might not convince someone from Northern Ireland

@ADGreen-es6hm 2 жыл бұрын

@@deLlama shes well traveled .

@deLlama 2 жыл бұрын

@@ADGreen-es6hm Doesn't really matter dude. I've spent time in Cork but that doesn't mean I'd be as good at telling a fake Cork accent as someone from Cork. I've been to Texas, but that doesn't mean I'd be as good at telling a fake Texan accent as you.

@ADGreen-es6hm 2 жыл бұрын

@@deLlama well with all due respect , I’m not you and you’re not me 😀

@deLlama 2 жыл бұрын

@@ADGreen-es6hm Not sure how that's supposed to affect what I said. I'm not saying you can't do a convincing NI accent, so no need to get so upset, I'm just saying I'd take the word of someone who isn't from NI that you can with a pinch of salt. That's like taking a New Yorker's word for it that I can do a convincing Texan accent. Put your money where you mouth is and post a video of you talking in your NI accent, I'll tell you if it's convincing or not - I promise I'll be honest, I'll admit it if it's genuinely convincing.

@imadmole 2 жыл бұрын

Hello

@tingli6743 2 жыл бұрын

Brazil

@sarnothing2311 2 жыл бұрын

Hi smiley lady.

@144shriramkoshti7 2 жыл бұрын

Hei ma'am, I've a doubt that What is the difference between How did it feel ? And How did it felt ? (I can feel the difference but never saw someone used past tense 2 times like the second sentence, or do people use it ) Man I searched your chennal 🙂 to ask about it 😅 Thank you in advance 🎉

@EnglishLikeANative 2 жыл бұрын

‘How did it felt?’ is incorrect. The first sentence ‘How did it feel?’ is the correct version.

@144shriramkoshti7 2 жыл бұрын

@@EnglishLikeANative Thank you so much ma'am 💓🫂

@mohammedyassinahmed1407 2 жыл бұрын

Hi madam, please how can I learn a good pronounced

@antonioeverton4943 2 жыл бұрын

Listening to her speak with subtitles is very easy ...but without subtitles I don't understand anything 😂

@joanreid7620 2 жыл бұрын

And little bit about bonfire night

@fascinatingniceview5844 2 жыл бұрын

Easy but tough..

@guillermocarrera3337 2 жыл бұрын

I love POSH, but I'm afraid it's absolutely needed being a high level british citizen. And know what...I am not.

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

TERMINATOR

@alexanderwilde8259 2 жыл бұрын

Yes rrrrrrr in Italian Is rrrrr

@guesswhoiam1875 2 жыл бұрын

1:21

@deepblue1909 2 жыл бұрын

Is it a true term when referring to beautiful British girls as in '" English roses" ?

@adderladders 2 жыл бұрын

Only if they're English.

@deepblue1909 2 жыл бұрын

@@adderladders then makes a different between English and British please?

@adderladders 2 жыл бұрын

@@deepblue1909 England is only one of the countries within Great Britain.

@josephharlem6192 2 жыл бұрын

I am Canadian...our British cousins day birffday

@kidstv7182 2 жыл бұрын

I like u

@proroster5154 2 жыл бұрын

I want to learn British accent how ??

@deepblue1909 2 жыл бұрын

in Arabic the R is rock and rolled

@MrSam404 2 жыл бұрын

Lara croft is a teacher 😱

@adityamehramehra9459 2 жыл бұрын

How are you mam

@Mamabear1138 2 жыл бұрын

Her R is wrong. It is pronounced short and restricted. She is pronouncing the ER which is the most common spelling. There are 5 spellings for ER: ER, UR, IR, WOR, EAR. Her church first worships early.

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

Mortal KOMBAT

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

Warlock

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

THOR

@joanreid7620 2 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me if they burn old clothes on bonfire night

@44aske 2 жыл бұрын

English is the easiest language to learn

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

SPIDERMAN

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

VENOM

@blade19691 2 жыл бұрын

You lost me with your headline 'British accent', because a British accent doesn't exist, you're speaking English with an English accent. In Britain we have Irish, Welsh, Scottish and of course English languages. Then we have "regional accents".

@yeety1208 2 жыл бұрын

yeah like irish accent doesn't have a non-rhotic r

@pedrolang1 2 жыл бұрын

THANOS