Learn how to pronounce vowel sound /ʌ/ used in words like “but,” “come,” or “does.”
Practice pronunciation of the /ʌ/ vowel sound in most common words.
Find about the essential spelling rules for the /ʌ/ vowel.
Improve your American accent with exercises recorded by a professional speech therapist.
Check out a bonus track at the end of the video! 🙂
Quick links:
• How to make the /ʌ/ sound: 0:57
• Pronunciation exercise: 2:04
• Most common spelling for the sound /ʌ/: 4:18
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► Interactive Vowel Sounds Chart: American English Pronunciation
► Vowel sound /ə/, as in “ago”:
► Vowel sound /ɑ/, as in “got”:
► Contrasting sounds /ʌ vs /ɑ/, as in “bus” or “boss”:
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TRANSCRIPT
Hello there! This is the “Sounds American” channel.
In this video, we’re going to talk about the American vowel sound /ʌ/, as in the word “us.”
You can also hear this sound in words like “but,” “come,” “young,” or “flood.” Please, note, that we’ll be using a special phonetic symbol — /ʌ/ — for this sound.
The vowel /ʌ/ exists in only 5% of the world’s languages. It’s no wonder that non-native English speakers often distort it or replace it with more familiar sounds. This video will help get you acquainted with the /ʌ/ and help you make it the right way.
Let’s find out how to make this sound.
OK, to make the /ʌ/ sound, you should focus on the correct position of your lips and tongue.
Open your mouth a little, relax your lips, and put them in a neutral position.
Place your tongue in the middle of your mouth, not too high or too low.
Note that the /ʌ/ vowel sound is used in stressed syllables, but your lips and tongue should not be tense. Your tongue should be in the center of your mouth.
Let’s try saying it: /ʌ/, /ʌ/, /ʌ/.
[Pronunciation exercise]
Now, let’s practice this sound in some words.
You’ll see a word on the screen and hear its pronunciation. Like this.
You’ll have a few seconds to pronounce the word if you want to.
Let’s begin.
• blood
• blush
• brush
• bubble
• buckle
• bud
• bug
• bulb
• bulk
• bum
• bump
• bun
• bunch
• bundle
• bungle
• bus
• but
• butt
• button
• buzz
• club
• come
• couple
• crumb
• crumble
• crush
• crust
• cub
• cuddle
• cup
You’re done! Congratulations!
By the way, the letter ‘u’ stands for the /ʌ/ sound in 78% of cases.
More on the spelling:
Most often, the /ʌ/ sound is written as the letter ‘u,’ as in the word “but,” then as the letter ‘o,’ as in the word “come.”
Less often it’s represented by the combination of the letters ‘ou,’ as in the word “young,” and ‘oo,’ as in the word “flood.”
Thanks for watching! Hope you find it useful.
Stay tuned on our Sounds American channel!
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should the tongue not touch anywhere? Even teeth?
I was wondering, is there such a thing as "flap" 'd'? The moment at 4:05 make me think that it exists 👀
Super useful
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Using this for an ESL lesson – thanks!
I cannot understand the difference among this sound (as in Up), the sound of "a" as in "father" and the schwa sound. For me they are very similar. It drives me crazy!
I’m a native English speaker, and I recommend all of my language partners to take a look at your channel. This is a really helpful resource for so many people.
Thanks
This look like the sound ah isn’t it ?
So in AmE the difference between the /ʌ/ sound and the /ə/ is that the latter is unstressed and the first is stressed?
In General American, /ʌ/ is the open-mid back unrounded vowel, or low-mid back unrounded vowel and In Received Pronunciation, /ʌ/ is the near-open central vowel, or near-low central vowel! So, it's BACK hear? Thanks!
I just found this channel and I couldn't be more grateful. Because of quarantine, classes are being given online and I can't properly understand how to make the sounds. But it all has changed ever I found this community. The hope to approve my English Pronunciation class has been recovered. Thanks, greeting from El Salvador.
great video
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you cheated me as you pronounced the cup word in the video with a puff of air in the sound p and you said in the p sound p when it comes at the end of word we pronounced it without a puff of air thank you
Do some native speakers make /ʌl/ the same as /ʊl/? Thanks!
When /ʌ/ is followed by dark L in words like "bulb", "bulk", is it less like a pure /ʌl/ ? It does not sound as much as a pure /ʌl/ in "color" to me though. Thanks!
What's the difference between /ʌl/ and /oʊ/? My ears heard the part /ʌl/ is exactly the same as the word so /soʊ/. So the question is that both /ʌl/ and /oʊ/ are the same pronunciation, isn't it?
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How to pronounce the /ʌ̃/, thanks !
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Very helpful. The pie chart at the end especially. Provided many examples!
I am not sure, but in your video for the words 'bulb' and 'bulk', I can hear a /ə/ schwa sound instead of /ʌ/ sound. Am I right or it's just me?
Hello!I practice these lessones each day. You are awesome. By the way can you compair on, ago, up? They are very confused koreans like me. I think we have same sound but just one sound not like them. Pretty please.
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the list of both this sound and other sounds as a PDF
hi. this channel is so useful. i liked it so much. but i have a request ! where are the list of all the words about these sounds? I'll be so happy
The video is cool, thanks for the post.
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It seems the same as ə except for stress.