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Thank you for your lesson.I just want to ask what is the difference between these two sentences.and this door remains unclock………………………….

cuongchung1

    I wish I could help you Cuang, but I did not quite get your question.

    Bye for now.

    Regino

      Engaging topic for a lesson Jade, but at the same time challenging.

      In my view, in order to sound like a native speaker what we first need is to become much more familiar with the English sound system.

      Being exposed to reginal variations -of course- hels a great deal too.

      Thanks for sharing this pronunciation video lesson with us.

      Regards.

      Regino

      I wish you could help my. Are you a surrogate teacher? You’re not Umberto Eco. Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing?
      Are you a spirit? Then, live in the virtual world and leave us alone.
      I’m begging you. Enjoy yourself with spirits.
      Has anyone asked for your infinite source of knowledge?

      aroibas

        :)
        A student helping another student will most certainly sounds like this:
        “You’re stupid, and since I’m quite awesome, shut up and learn!”.
        It takes a teacher to know how to teach without becoming arrogant…

        Evaldo Mendes

Thank for your lesson.what is the difference between these 2 sentences.and

cuongchung1

9/10 :D

Lenin

Sorry to tell you but the right transcription of “can” is /kænt/

Lenin

    Sorry to correct you but it must be

    can /kæn/

    without the “t”.

    panda7

      Ok again “can” /kæn/ and “can’t” /kænt/
      Thanks @Panda7

      Lenin

      I have heard both; /kæn/ and /ka:n/.
      I think the pronunciation of “can” is different from countries. By the way, I have learnt it pronounced /kæn/ when I was a school student.

      Thank you for your interesting lesson, Jade :)

      Happy04

      I’m sorry to correct you both Lenin and Panda, but the pronunciation of can and can’t is different in UK and US English. :)

      If you check the title of the video, it reads “…British English Pronunciation”. Hope this helps.

      David

        I read the title. The pronunciation of can /kæn/ is British. No need to correct my comment.

        panda7

Thanks you for your lesson , It is hard lesson for me.

Ukrit

Thanks a lot, Jade! I love your pronunctiation tips.

APicon

Thanks for the lesson, it is a little bit difficult to me remember all the rules when speaking but it is helpful.

Alleinwolfen

Hurray 10/10 (very rare this happen to me)
Jade doing what she does best, explaining how to pronounce. The seven rule is the more chaotic. Always I have to say “path” or “5th”, or “birth” I feel a bit insecure how I’ll sound….. Hihihihihi.

Jorge Pedroso

Very interesting lesson. Good stuff for improving the pronunciation, which is sometimes very difficult.

I also like to listen when Jade is talking.

panda7

Thanks a lot. I can understand what you said it.

Salahudin

thank you really useful for me that ı have noticed ı say always wrong can and cant..as pronunciation.

yurrec ader

I got 8 of 10…very good but this lesson has been a bit difficult for me because i’ve recently start to improve my speaking english

fra.92

great pronunciation lesson. Thank you very much

Abhi

Thank you Jade

geryy77

it’s so difficult for me

vikingloveu

Hi Jade,indeed you are a great teacher,thank so much.
I wish I had knew Engvid since the since the biginning.

fatihaeng

Hello I just want to ask teacher James when I put my article (the) sentence in a detailed explanation if allowed I hope fast response

ahlam al-shawi

hello everybody, sorry but i don’t understand the meaning in french of “rhotic” what is the french for that word please ?

lybbie

      Thank you for your answer, can you explain me the meaning of rhotic ? i don’t understand…

      lybbie

        rhotic is “used for describing an accent in which the speaker pronounces the letter ‘r’ after a vowel, as most American and Scottish speakers do.” (Macmillan English Dictionary) In this dictionary the ‘r’ in a rhotic accent is shown in brackets.

        David

          thank you David it is kind of you :)

          lybbie

Thanks it’s very useful thanks

Kithsiri

Thank you Jade.It’s difficult for me.

pavanut2

Thank you so much, Jade :-)

unclefungus

Jade, Thank you for your lecture.

KarennStitch

Thank you, Jade!

cristianeborges

great lesson, Jade.

Lampa

I would like to meet up with this guy to learn more things

Isaiah thompson

Thanks, jade. I’ll try to put it in practice.

jheffersonmancera

many many thank you, Jade, ;).

abrante

Thank you!! =D

Adrian Gonzalez

I gonna need to practice more Jade. Thank you!

EduRJ2015

Can you please do a video about the different pronunciations of the letter ‘u’.

talombo

A million thank you Ms Jade, it was really a handy lesson, because I’m learning English with the British accent, especially the southern one :) So thank you again, and I look forward to learning a lot from you :)

Oussamadridi

Hi Jade!
Thank you for the lessons, you’re a great teacher!

I’m not quite sure whether you read thsese comments and I don’t know where else I can leave my request either.. But anyway, if you do read could you plese make a lesson on the difference and meanings of such phrases as “Here we are”, “There you go!” etc.
Thank you!

DianaSibrikova

number 10: The pronunciation of “can” and “can’t”:
I was sure that the correct answer is: “is always different”.

As you said “can” and “can’t” can always be distinguished clearly by the sound of the vowel, even if the “t” in “can’t” is not pronounced.

Lukas79

Dear Jade thanks a lot…

a.torkashvand

Iam new student here but i think that i will get good pronunciation from great school

Hashim

thanks Jade!

sharnjeet

go 9 ot of 10.
thanks a lot for this helpfull lesson

sharnjeet

It is hard to understand your pronunciation !!!

sara2013

thanks teacher

LLI36

Thanks a lot

kezia victor

hi…T.jade…thank you for this lessons ….so may i ask you…..not about pronunciation….about movies what the easier one.000000thank so much

ali..F16

Thank you Jade :)

jcbacanto

Hello everyone how are you doing

kande

thanks

tzar79

thank you so much. i would like to understand the difference pronunciation of ” walk” and ” work”.
Thank you

shoba2

Thank you very much.

WATS UP

9/10 Thanks!

viacheslavkr

hi teacher;Congratulations, Today you deserve our most beautiful flowers and poetry!
Happy Women’s day to you!

tzar79

Happy women day!!!

Bergvolk

Happy women’s day !!!

Bergvolk

again 9 out of 10. one mistake- the last one, I wanted to answer often the same ,but according to your explanation ” you were saying that can, and the a is low, while when its negative we say can’t (kan’t) … anyway, thank you Jade.

Amer_70

Thank you Jade

olga214

Hi Jade, which is widely used in the world for British English and American English? I mean in general part, student usually learn what kind of English?

jacobhsu

Jade
hello, Im new in this application,
I´m hope laerning a lot whit yours class.
regards.

eacerda

well.. nice lesson thanx

dahmani28

9/10.. Thanks Jade!

Sarah N

hello,so glad to be here,if i have something wrong. please correct me.

engl

i feel improvement thankyou very much for nice lesson

sougar3000

thanks teacher

greekling

Dear Ms.Jade,
thank you kindly, it has been an interresting lesson. I should like to wish you and your family a nice happy Easter. I pay my respect to you wonderful Prof. H

Briklend Handersson

Thank you Jade.Very good class.You are a good teacher.Congratulations!

alainaldo

thank .i have 9 of 10

Malian

I think the pronunciation is the most difficult for people who are learning English because we couldn’t be in professional pronunciation while we live in our country and we used to communicate with our own language . So , learning the basics of pronunciation are enough even we can express ourselves easily .Never waste your time while you are beginner in language .

This my views .

Regards

R5emy

Wait, did she almost burst into tears at the very end of the video?

radkinho

thank you very much Jade.

haider j touma

Thanks teacher Jade . Can you teach more of the right pronunciation in British accent? I really want to learn and teach my friend that also like to speak in British accent in our school. Thanks and Godbless

cjmata

One of my favorite teacher now is you, Teacher Jade

cjmata

don’t get the last question about the pronunciation of “can” and “can’t”. As far as I understand, it is always different, because “can” is [kæn] and “can’t” is [ka:nt] or [ka:n] according to this lesson. Did I get something wrong?

jaromantuka

tank u

sekoseph

Thank you for the lesson, I learned a lot

jihh1995

thanks alot jade

yashaswi55

thank you Jade!

help me with the pronunciation of “English”.

Frieda

Hi Jade,
Well First of all i would like to thank you all of you and mostly to whom who has created this good site. I really appreciate all of you teacher who teaches really very well and gives good examples of each Engvid lessons and topics. and i want all of your contact no. e-mails so plz i request you must give so that i talk to you online and make my english more good.

Patman

Good lesson. I did well on the quiz.Thanks.

Tola Ek

Hi Jade, you are so good….love to learn from you

Tmoro

10/10 Hi,Jade! Thank you for your lessons!

viacheslavkr

10/10 Hi,Jade! Thanks!

viacheslavkr

I don’t get why the cat footprints in the snow is wrong?

mooga

Oh, I got onto this site because I was trying to find out why Martin Roberts pronounces subsidence the way he does? The first time I heard him say it, I thought what is he talking about? But Lucy says it correctly. Is it a North South thing?

mooga

hahaha))) She can’t pronounce “Rrr” )) like kid:)

acdimash

HI, pleease i need someone to answer me , in ENGLISH ACCENT we should pronounce the R only when it’s followed by a vowel sound but in the word HERE we pronounce it ”hia” which means that we didn’t pronounce the R while the E in HERE has a vowel sound ”shwa” so why don’t we pronounce the R ???????

nnessa

Thank you for your help.

silviocesar

This is so helpful! Thank you so much now i think i can really improve my English.

Mirealona

this lesson is really helpful, thank you very much. especially “can” and “can’t” part, thanx again

nayem

Thanks

Lusine Talawally

It’s helful for me to improve my speaking skills. Thank you teacher.

Vu Thu

T̥ͦh̥ͦḁͦn̥ͦk̥ͦs̥ͦ

dr507

thank you…the reason why i love english british,i like accent british english. :)

satya dailextika

Hi Ma’am Jade.I could understand your lessons very well.Can you make a video on pronunciation of words having spellings “or” & “ro” ?

gnanasekaran

Thanks

sandeepsinghnegi

Thank you very much!

Uraz-Mukhammed

Your lesson is very helpful for me. Thank you very much!

Larina

Wow, very impressed! Jade, you explain in a very understandable manner, “th”ank you very much:)
Besides, in Russia we have the “rhotic” pronunciation too, so it’s quite challenging for me…But I got it:)

aleksei17

Kind of fascinating that this vid’s title is British English and there’s no British people commenting.

lightmag

9/10 but I believe there is a pb with the last question. You said in your video that even when the “t” in “can’t” is not pronunced, the proposition is always clear because because the “a” sound stay a long one, and can’t be confused with the short “a” you would have with an affirmative sentence.

Brunofromparis

As for the “th”, you often say it as an “f” at the beginning of the word and also as a “v” at the end of it. You always say “wiv” instead of “with”. Another teacher said it was a cockney accent ? is this true or is it more generally found in London and in the South ?
Thanks in advance for any answer Jade and appreciate your lessons very much.

Brunofromparis

Hello there…..,
My name is Esheri and I’d like to tell you that if you can give a specific lesson about the British accents and the differences between the south and the north.

Esheri5

HI, you got me!, only 50% by quiz… I will be back on lesson!

Sergio

thanks u !!!

SUFIAN HAMOUDA

Thank you…

Kenomi500

I learn a lot with yours pronunciation classes. Thank you Jade!

Moleman

thanks,……………

yusas

Thank you, Jade for this lesson. I’ve already said
that I love your accent. Listening to you,carefully,
is an extra lesson on pronunciation.
Thanks a lot.

Sonia1234

I don’t agree with it:
is often the same
The pronunciation of “can” and “can’t”:
is often the same
is always different
is always wrong
is always clear
because the explanation was, that we get not confused.
can’t -ka’nt and can- caen, so it always different

Hlinke

are you from china?your horrible pronunciation always makes me crazy.

roylezkimy

Thank you Jade

Tyrion

Thank you Jade! I am sorry, but you are so beautiful that it’s very hard to concentrate about you talk in the lesson ..but I tried don’t digress…)) English above all.. Thank you again for lesson!

Pavel

Thanks Jade.

Alex-1956

Thank you Jade.
It is useful for me studying English.

Amber Chinag

Hi
thank you for the presentation
because I’m Arabic, i draw your attention that the sound (th ث) of think exists and (th ذ) of this also exists.
I add that the sound (r ر) depends. there’re the weak and the strong pronunciation.

islamov2000

It’s really good. thank you so much for this lesson.

seyedhadipurreza

Hello madam!I am a new student in your lesson. I am really confused about the ed ending word.my first question is (During exam time,what things do we required? Vs During exam time,what things do we require?)which is correct? Another question is(required things/require things)which is correct?

Tenlhawang

Thanks a million your teaching was insightful can’t wait for more lessons.

Azuka

10/10 Thanks!

viacheslavkr

Nice lesson, thank you very much.
However, are you sure the correct answer to the last question is that the pronunciation of “can” and “can’t” is often the same?
In the video you pointed out that we don’t need to be confused about “can” and “can’t” because the vowel sounds in these words are completely different.

GaborK

100% i had a good luck.

caique1964
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