Diphthong Sound aɪ as in quotlikequot – American English Pronunciation

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UNESCO declared January 2018 the month of diphthongs. We're just messing with you, they didn't! However, here's our video on the diphthong /aɪ/, as in the word like. In this video, you'll find out how to make the /aɪ/ diphthong and how to avoid pronunciation mistakes. • You'll practice this sound with a pronunciation exercise recorded by a professional speech therapist. • Just so you know, we have a website: https://soundsamerican.net/ • Quick links: • • Diphthong /aɪ/, as in like: 00:00 • • Difference b/w a diphthong and a monophthong: 00:39 • • Diphthong definition: 01:46 • • How to make the /aɪ/: 02:20 • • Typical pronunciation mistakes: 03:56 • • Pronunciation exercise: 04:43 • • Are /eɪ/ and /oʊ/ diphthongs? 08:21 • Related videos: • #AmericanPronunciation #VowelSounds #Diphthongs • ► Vowel Sound /ɑ/ as in got : • Vowel Sound / ɑ / as in got - Americ... • ► Vowel Sound /ɪ/ as in it : • Vowel Sound / ɪ / as in it - Americ... • ► Diphthong Sound /aʊ/ as in cloud : • Diphthong Sound / aʊ / as in cloud ... • ► Diphthong Sound /ɔɪ/ as in boy : • Diphthong Sound / ɔɪ / as in boy – ... • [THIS VIDEO HAS ENGLISH, JAPANESE, CHINESE, VIETNAMESE, PORTUGUESE, AND KOREAN SUBTITLES] • --------------------------------------------------------------------------- • TRANSCRIPT • Hello there! This is the Sounds American channel. • In this video, we're going to talk about the American vowel sound /aɪ/, as in the word like. You can also hear this sound in words like child, hi, sky, or height. • We'll be using special phonetic symbols — /aɪ/ — for this sound. • Let's start with a small experiment :). • Take a look at these two words: spa and spy • They differ by their vowel sounds: the /ɑ/ in spa and the /aɪ/ in spy. • Now, watch and compare what happens when you pronounce these vowels: /ɑ/ - /aɪ/ • Do you see the difference in how your tongue and jaw move? • • When you pronounce the /ɑ/ sound, your tongue and jaw move into one position only. • However, when you pronounce the /aɪ/ vowel, they move from one position to another. • Why does it happen? • The /ɑ/ is what is called a monophthong, which means a single sound. So, you pronounce only one sound. • The /aɪ/, however, is a diphthong. It means that it's made by merging two single sounds into one. • That's why your jaw and tongue change their positions as you make the first sound and then connect it to the second. • There are three diphthongs in American English, the /aɪ/, the /ɔɪ/ and the /aʊ/, as in the words by, boy, and bow. • We'll cover the /ɔɪ/ and the /aʊ/ in our future videos. • As for the /aɪ/, let's find out how to pronounce this sound. • To make the /aɪ/ diphthong correctly, you need to pronounce two sounds and make a smooth connection between them. • This is how you do that. • Start with making the /ɑ/ sound. • Open your mouth as wide as possible. Relax your lips and allow them to rest in a neutral position. • Flatten your tongue and place it very low in your mouth. The tip of your tongue should be touching the back of your bottom front teeth. • Next, connect the /ɑ/ to the /ɪ/ sound. • Smoothly move your jaw up, until your mouth is almost closed and push your tongue forward, raising it high in your mouth. • The first sound in a diphthong is typically longer and louder. So, make sure that you pronounce a nice and full /ɑ/ and then connect it to the /ɪ/. • Now, let's glide from the /ɑ/ to the /ɪ/ and blend the two sounds together: /aɪ/, /aɪ/, /aɪ/. • • When you pronounce words with the /aɪ/ sound, try to avoid the most common pronunciation mistake. Many non-native speakers reduce the /ɪ/ sound in the /aɪ/. • As a result, the whole sound gets distorted, and it may lead to misunderstandings. • Compare: • • /n*t/ - /naɪt/ • • /s*n/- /saɪn/ • • /f*nd/ - /faɪnd/ • Remember, even though the /ɪ/ is more relaxed and the shorter part of the diphthong, you need to pronounce it completely. • Now, let's practice the /aɪ/ sound in some words. • Let's begin. • [Pronunciation exercise] • • eye • • ice • • idea • • iron • • item • • ivy • • arrive • • assign • • kind • • kite • • knife • • life • • light • • might • • mind • • nice • • nine • • pilot • • polite • • prize • • quiet • • remind • • style • • buy • • cry • • dry • • fly • • fry • • guy • • high • • July • • pie • • reply • • shy • • sigh • • sky • • spy • • tie • • try • • why • You're done! Congratulations! • • There's a debate among linguists about whether these sounds are monophthongs or diphthongs. • Here's what we think. • The vowels in diphthongs are connected with a long, gliding movement. • On the one hand, the /eɪ/ and the /oʊ/ sounds are pronounced with similar gliding movements. So, they are kind of like diphthongs and we even represent them with two symbols each. • On the other hand, this movement with the /eɪ/ and the /oʊ/ is not as noticeable as with the other diphthongs. So, they are somewhere in between. • We admit, they can be diphthong-ish, but it'd be more logical to consider them as single vowels.

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