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00:00This is a short vowel sound.

00:11It's pronounced uh

00:13and to make this sound you just relax your mouth.

00:16You try, listen and repeat uh

00:20and again uh

00:22In fact, this is a very common sound in English

00:26and in many grammar words, it's the only vowel sound

00:31such as uh, the, of, thet.

00:37Let's practice these.

00:39Listen and repeat.

00:41Uh, the, of, thet.

00:49Now you also get this sound in many words of more than one syllable.

00:54Listen.

00:55About

00:56Common

00:58Standard

00:59Butter

01:00Let's practice.

01:03Listen to me and repeat.

01:06About

01:06Common

01:09Standard

01:12Butter

01:14Good.

01:17You could say that the vowel uh is the most important vowel in English.

01:25In fact, it's so important it has its own name.

01:29It's called John.

01:31No, not really.

01:32It's actually called schwa.

01:35Schwa, which is pretty strange when you think about it

01:38because the word schwa doesn't have the schwa sound, uh, in it.

01:44So why is this sound so important?

01:47Well, it's a very natural sound for English speakers

01:49and it's actually the most frequent sound in English.

01:52It appears in just about every word with more than two syllables

01:56and it's very important for getting the stress and rhythm of English right.

02:02Schwa is usually in unstressed syllables.

02:05Let's have a look at some examples.

02:07Okay, now you try.

02:15Listen and repeat.

02:17Accuse

02:18Banana

02:20Father

02:23Camera

02:26Now, as well as being a part of many words,

02:31schwa can also be the pronunciation for a whole word itself.

02:35And to show you this, I'm going to need an assistant.

03:02A cup of tea.

03:05Thank you.

03:08An ordinary cup of tea.

03:10But listen to what happens when I say the words a and of naturally.

03:16A cup of tea.

03:18A cup of tea.

03:20The words a and of become schwa.

03:25A

03:25Now you try.

03:27Listen and repeat after me.

03:29A cup of tea.

03:31A cup of tea.

03:33Good.

03:34Now this is such a natural and common way to pronounce cup of

03:38that in British English, the word cuppa actually means a cup of tea.

03:45And after all that, I'm really looking forward to my cuppa.

03:48Actually, what I really fancy is a piece of cake.

03:56A cup of tea.

04:00I Welp.

04:06If you're done for a cup of tea.

04:08Just my

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