HOW THE FUCK DO I PRONOUNCE THE SOUND /æ/ YOU ANGLO FUCKERS

>>71445585
go back to the eight, dummy

Just pronounce it like the first letter of Ethiopia.

ÄÄÄ

I always thought it was pronounced "ayy"

>àâéèêëîïôùûüœ
>Anglos will never have the joy of diacritics

>æ
lol no idea old english is weird man, we wuz shakespeares lmao

>>71445707
>having different varieties of vowels
holy crap I'd kil myself if I had to study this

>>71445585
just elongate the a sound

>>71445810
Wouldn't that be the /ɑ:/ sound like in car or bark?

>>71445767
that is the thing, french haven't got that variety of vowels, it's mostly a e s t h e t i c

>>71445585
>æ
I've figuratively never seen this.

And if I have seen it, I probably just pronounced it as "a".

>>71445918
a: kinda has a lower tonation than ae, so just lower your lower jaw to make that lower tone

>>71446024
Merci, mon cher ami mulâtre du Brésil.

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It's äää.

Pronounced like the a in back

>>71446079
It's the "a" in "cat" and "bat." It's called a "short a" in the US. You've probably seen the American symbol for it
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>>71446126
Uh...the intonation is the same. Different vowels don't have set intonations; intonation is clause or sentence-level.

>>71445643
As in lmao?

>>71446192
i was only trying to help him :(

>>71445585
STEP 1: Say the "a" in Spanish first, just to be aware of what your mouth is doing.

STEP 2: Now, open your mouth, a lot and say the same "a."

STEP 3: Lift the back part of your tongue to the TOP (more important) and the front part to below your teeth (not as important) and say the "a" again. You should now be making the "a" sound.

Still can't make it? Just say the "e" from "bed" with your mouth more open. When you're speaking quickly, most people won't notice.

>>71446235
Lol, sorry, I was being a pedant. Carry on :)

>>71446277
I forgot a step. There's a fourth step where you widen your tongue and try to lift up your hard palate at the same time. That should force you into making the sound.

>>71446334
You must be a good kisser.

>>71446303
lol its alright.. you can take over cause the best explanation i could think of was lower your jaw to make sound longer?

>>71446371
They don't feel it after the roofies kick in, anyway.

>>71446371
Yes, I am :) But I have a boyfriend already, sorry.

>>71446485
You can't blame me for trying

>>71446126
>>71446277
>>71446334

Pretty helpful explanation, I'm having a phonemes exam next month where I'll have to explain these sounds using my own words, your tips will help me a lot

Thank you amerifriends

>>71446594
No problem. I'd also suggest practicing minimal pairs as a way to brush up on the vowels. Good luck on your exam!

>>71446079

See it in Old English spellings, names are an easy example.

Ælfred
Æthelstan
Æthelred

>>71445585
>æ
just say 'aesthetic', there you did it

>>71445585
It depends on which language the word with /ae/ comes from.

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>>71446718
>tfw a girl is nice to you and you fall instantly in love
tha-thanks sweetie *brushes* pls come here, be my gf and help me with this shitty subject
I'm gonna do my best for passing and you, I love you

I need help. My browser will always transform the lowercase a and the e into æ. Why are they doing this? Does anyone know? Is it related into the pronounciation?

>>71447227
your question makes no sense

>>71447227
maybe your browser is using a fucked up font

these dudes can help you:
>>>/g/

>>71446024
> a
> â
> an
> é
> è
> e
> en
> eu
> i
> in
> o
> ô
> oe
> ou
> u
> ui
> on
> un
French is not for the weak.

>>71450808
The ones with a circumflex aren't pronounced any differently. It's written as an orthographic convention to show that an earlier form of the word had a following letter (often S) which is now left out. "hôpital", for example, was once "hospital".

>>71450855
Oh, and "château" for "castle" makes a lot more sense when you realize that the  comes from an older spelling, "chasteau".

>>71445585
Aw-teck-er

like ae

>>71450855
>>71450894
Fuck French for dropping letters and randomly silencing every other.
At some point French will degenerate to consisting only of öö sounds, separated by tone, which they'll eventually not even bother with.

>>71445707
Feels good man
aáeéiíoóöőuúüű
>Anglos don't have letters like ny, gy, ty, sz, zs, dzs