Can vs. Can't | American English Pronunciation

hi it's Hadar and this is the accents way your way to finding clarity confidence and freedom in English I want to talk to you today about the two words can and camp can I can do it and can't I can't do it now these two words are similar and maybe when you hear them they sound pretty much the same and it's hard to distinguish which ones which so I promise that after this video you'll never confuse them again now there is the basic pronunciation and there is the actual pronunciation in real speech and I'm going to talk about both of them let's begin with a basic pronunciation both begin the same can can we start with a sound then you open it to an ass as in cat so you drop your jaw and pull the lips to the sides of it can before the end the azzam cat closes a bit and then you have an additional vowel that is inserted can a transitional vowel can you kind of drag the sound can the word can has a T but you barely hear it listen can't can't what you hear is not a T because you don't hear can't you hear an abrupt stop of the N and that is the T can-can can do you hear the difference good but says it's not a big difference we need another element to distinguish the two and that is why the vowel is also different let me explain the word can is usually reduced to can can I can do it I can do it that's because the can is a function word and function words are usually reduced there are all the small words that are reduced to help the more important words like verbs adjectives adverbs and nouns to stick out in this case the verb sticks out I can do with she can talk to him she can talk to him so I don't say she can't talk to him where I can do it it's too long takes you know it's too much so you want to reduce it she can talk to him now the word can is never reduced all right I can't do it she can't talk to him so even if I don't stress it then it's still gonna be an ass as in cat sound she can't talk to him the word can is usually reduced unless it's true you stress it like yes we can then it's the proper as in cat yes we can alright so the word can is pronounced as can the word can't is pronounced the way it's supposed to be pronounced can't it's not reduced now for non-native speakers sometimes the sound is pronounced as it a and the like in the vowel pair bed and bad sometimes it sounds the same bed in bed you can check out the video by the way to help you clarify the differences so if you feel that you do that then make sure that in this case you don't pronounce it as Kent Kent instead of can't why because then it's going to sound like you're reducing this word right and people will think that you're you actually mean the positive form can alright so if you find yourself saying Kent instead of can't make sure that you open your mouth wide the pronounce Fauxlivia as a cat I can't do it and not I can't do it okay I can't do it I can do it you can do it yes all right that's it for today thank you for watching please share this video with your friends if you like it and don't forget to subscribe if you haven't yet have a wonderful week and I will see you next week in the next video bye

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Length: 4min 3sec (243 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 07 2016