The Flap T! American English Pronunciation

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Rachel's English


ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุชุชู… ุชุฑุฌู…ุชู‡ุง ุขู„ูŠู‹ุง.

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That tree is so pretty.
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ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุดุฌุฑุฉ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฌุฏุง.
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It's a beautiful spring day here in New York, and we're going to talk a little bit about
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ุฅู†ู‡ ูŠูˆู… ุฑุจูŠุนูŠ ุฌู…ูŠู„ ู‡ู†ุง ููŠ ู†ูŠูˆูŠูˆุฑูƒ ุŒ ูˆุณู†ุชุญุฏุซ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ ุนู†
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the flap T.
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ุฑูุฑู T.
00:16
Pretty. The T's here are a flap T because it comes between two vowels, and
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Pretty. ุงู„ุญุฑู T ู‡ู†ุง ู‡ูˆ ุฑูุฑู T ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุจูŠู† ุญุฑููŠู† ู…ุชุญุฑูƒูŠู† ุŒ
00:23
the T is not starting a stressed syllable. Pretty, pretty. So, you may want to pronounce
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ูˆู„ุง ูŠุจุฏุฃ ุญุฑู T ู…ู‚ุทุนู‹ุง ู„ูุธูŠู‹ุง ู…ุถุบูˆุทู‹ุง. ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฌุฏุง. ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ู‚ุฏ ุชุฑุบุจ ููŠ
00:31
it as a true T, tttt, pretty, pretty, but most Americans will make this a flap T, it
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ู†ุทู‚ู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุญุฑู T ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠ ุŒ tttt ุŒ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุŒ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ู…ุนุธู… ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠูŠู† ุณูŠุฌุนู„ูˆู† ู‡ุฐุง ุญุฑู T ุŒ ุฅู†ู‡
00:39
smooths out the line. And Americans are always going for a smoother line. Pretty, pretty.
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ูŠู†ุณุฌู… ู…ุน ุงู„ุฎุท. ูˆุงู„ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒูŠูˆู† ูŠุชุฌู‡ูˆู† ุฏุงุฆู…ู‹ุง ู†ุญูˆ ุฎุท ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุณู„ุงุณุฉ. ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฌุฏุง.
00:47
Ben, can you think of any other words with a flap T?
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ุจู† ุŒ ู‡ู„ ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ููŠ ุฃูŠ ูƒู„ู…ุงุช ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ู…ุน ุฑูุฑู ุชูŠุŸ
00:50
>> City.
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>> ุงู„ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ.
00:52
City! That's a good one. City. So again, the T here, coming between two vowels, not starting
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ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ! ู‡ุฐุง ุฌูŠุฏ. ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ. ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุŒ ุญุฑู T ู‡ู†ุง ุŒ ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุจูŠู† ุญุฑููŠู† ู…ุชุญุฑูƒูŠู† ุŒ ู„ุง ูŠุจุฏุฃ
00:58
a stressed syllable, so it's a flap. City, city. It's such a pretty day in the city.
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ู…ู‚ุทุนู‹ุง ู„ูุธูŠู‹ุง ู…ุถุบูˆุทู‹ุง ุŒ ู„ุฐุง ูู‡ูˆ ุฑูุฑู. ุงู„ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ ุŒ ุงู„ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ. ุฅู†ู‡ ูŠูˆู… ุฌู…ูŠู„ ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุฏูŠู†ุฉ.
01:06
Ben, can you think of another word with a flap T?
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ุจู† ุŒ ู‡ู„ ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ููŠ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุจู‡ุง ุฑูุฑู ุชูŠุŸ
01:09
>> No.
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>> ู„ุง. ู„ุง
01:10
No. That's ok. It doesn't matter. Matter! There's another word with a flap T. So again,
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ุจุฃุณ. ู„ุง ูŠู‡ู…. ู…ูˆุถูˆุน! ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุจุฑูุฑู T. ู„ุฐุง ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุŒ
01:19
the T sound is coming between two vowels, not starting a stressed syllable, flap. Ddddd,
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ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุตูˆุช T ุจูŠู† ุญุฑููŠู† ู…ุชุญุฑูƒูŠู† ุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณ ุจุฏุก ู…ู‚ุทุน ู„ูุธูŠ ู…ุถุบูˆุท ุŒ ุฑูุฑู. Ddddd ุŒ
01:27
matter, matter.
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ู…ุณุฃู„ุฉ ุŒ ู…ุณุฃู„ุฉ.
01:30
I just thought of another. >> What is it?
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ุฃู†ุง ูู‚ุท ููƒุฑุช ููŠ ุขุฎุฑ. >> ู…ุง ู‡ุฐุงุŸ
01:33
And you just did another one too! Thought of, thought of, thought of. So here --- that
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ูˆุฃู†ุช ูู‚ุท ูุนู„ุช ูˆุงุญุฏุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุฃูŠุถุง! ููƒุฑ ุŒ ููƒุฑ ุŒ ููƒุฑ. ู‡ู†ุง -
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was a loud pigeon --- So here the T comes at the end of a word, but the next word begins
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ูƒุงู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุญู…ุงู…ุฉ ุตุงุฎุจุฉ - ู„ุฐุง ู‡ู†ุง ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุญุฑู T ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠุฉ ุชุจุฏุฃ
01:48
with a vowel, so still the T is coming between two vowels. And still, it is not starting
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ุจุญุฑู ู…ุชุญุฑูƒ ุŒ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ ุงู„ุญุฑู T ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุจูŠู† ุญุฑููŠู† ู…ุชุญุฑูƒูŠู†. ูˆู…ุน ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุจุฏุฃ
01:54
a stressed syllable, so we can flap that. Thought of, duv, duv, duv, thought of. And
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ู…ู‚ุทุนู‹ุง ู„ูุธูŠู‹ุง ู…ุถุบูˆุทู‹ุง ุŒ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุฑูุฑู ุจู‡. ููƒุฑ ุŒ duv ุŒ duv ุŒ duv ุŒ ููƒุฑ.
02:01
Ben said, 'What is it?' Again, the T ends what, but the next word begins with a vowel,
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ูู‚ุงู„ ุจู† ู…ุง ู‡ุฐุงุŸ ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุŒ ูŠู†ู‡ูŠ ุญุฑู T ู…ุง ุŒ ูˆู„ูƒู† ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชุงู„ูŠุฉ ุชุจุฏุฃ ุจุญุฑู ู…ุชุญุฑูƒ ุŒ
02:09
so the T is coming between two vowels, not starting a stressed syllable, so we can flap
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ู„ุฐุง ูุฅู† ุญุฑู T ูŠุฃุชูŠ ุจูŠู† ุญุฑููŠู† ู…ุชุญุฑูƒูŠู† ุŒ ูˆู„ูŠุณ ุจุฏุก ู…ู‚ุทุน ู„ูุธูŠ ู…ุถุบูˆุท ุŒ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู†ุง ุฃู† ู†ุฑูุฑู
02:15
that. Diz, diz, what is, what is it?
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ุจู‡. ุฏูŠุฒ ุŒ ุฏูŠุฒ ุŒ ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุŒ ู…ุง ู‡ูˆุŸ
02:21
>> Ben, aren't those tulips pretty? >> Oh, they're so pretty!
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>> ุจู† ุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณุช ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฒู†ุจู‚ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉุŸ >> ุฃูˆู‡ ุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ู† ุฌู…ูŠู„ุงุช ุฌุฏู‹ุง!
02:25
>> Rachel, look at this tree! Isn't it so pretty?
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>> ุฑุงุญูŠู„ ุŒ ุงู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุดุฌุฑุฉ! ุฃู„ูŠุณุช ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฌุฏุงุŸ
02:28
>> Wow, this tree is really pretty. >> Such a pretty tree.
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>> ูˆุงูˆ ุŒ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุดุฌุฑุฉ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุญู‚ู‹ุง. >> ูŠุง ู„ู‡ุง ู…ู† ุดุฌุฑุฉ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ.
02:32
This tree, also really pretty. Don't forget to flap your T's!
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ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุดุฌุฑุฉ ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง. ู„ุง ุชู†ุณู‰ ุฃู† ุชุฑูุฑู T's!
02:38
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
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ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุŒ ูˆุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ุฌุฒูŠู„ุงู‹ ู„ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู„ุบุฉ ุฑุงุดูŠู„ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ.
02:44
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ู„ุง ุชุชูˆู‚ู ุนู†ุฏ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุญุฏ. ุงุณุชู…ุชุน ุจู…ู‚ุงุทุน ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุนูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ ุจูŠ. ุฃูˆ ูƒู† ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุฑุงุญุฉ ู…ุน
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IPA ููŠ ู‚ุงุฆู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ู‡ุฐู‡. ุชุนุฑู ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฏูˆุฑุงุช ุงู„ุชุฏุฑูŠุจูŠุฉ ุนุจุฑ ุงู„ุฅู†ุชุฑู†ุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ุฃู‚ุฏู…ู‡ุง ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุดุงู‡ุฏ ู…ู‚ุทุน ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑ ุงู„ุฎุงุต ุจูŠ
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ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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