Amerikai Kiejtés
Haladó fonetikai és szókincs alapozás

Part 1: Vowels (magánhangzók)

Schwa: minden angol nyelvjárás alapja (nyelvjárásonként változik), olyan hangzók, amiktől „jó lesz a kiejtésed”. Ezek nem léteznek a magyarban! Alapszabály: szinte semmilyen hangzót nem használhatsz az angolban, amit a magyar nyelvben megtanultál, még akkor sem, ha elsőre úgy hangzik! Az pl. a have szóban lévő „E” szerű hangzó nem egyenlő a magyar e-vel, hanem inkább egy a és e közti furcsa átmenet. Az utánzáson keresztül meg kell tanulnod ezeket az új hangzókat kiadni, ezért nagyon fontos ez a rész. A kategóriák után írtam egy kis segítséget, ami segíthet ráérezni. Viszont most teljesen új dolgot tanulsz, ne gondolkozz, ne próbáld megérteni, csak utánozd minél többet, és jönni fog magától. 🙂

• the, um…, love, was, today, money, wonder, for you, word, forever, because

A

• Hosszú A (Majdnem a torokból kell képezni, hasonlít a magyar A-hoz, de nem ugyanaz!): ah, all, law, talk, car, party, farm, awesome, always, on, stop, ought, follow, offer, holiday
• Rövid A (A és E között lévő hangzó): grass, have, that, can, traffic, answer, ask, pass, glass, aunt, banana, bath, dance, staff, advantage, photograph
• Hajlított A (É szerű hangzó, É-ből kell hajlítani nagyon finoman I felé): strange, brain, game, paper, pay, Amy, thanks, parade, tomato, favorite, playing, weigh, eight

E

• Rövid E: left, men, friend, went, whenever, tenth, everybody, ready, excellent
• Hosszú E (Í szerű hangzó): we, even, people, feelings, reason, scenic, read, freedom, events, *really, *feel, (*often a diphthong)

I

• Rövid I (I és É közötti hangzó, nem tiszta Í szerű, mint a hosszú E esetében): bit, pick, six, lift, which, tip, winter, dinner, finish, simple, stimulating
• Hajlított I (Á szerű hangzó, Ából kell nagyon finoman hajlítani I felé): my, find, time, child, childhood, rice, wild, finance

O

• Hosszú O (Ú és Ű között): room, bloom, move, true, blue, through, you, *few
• Rövid (U és Ü között): good, book, cook, stood, would, wooden, look
• Hajlított O (1) (Ö-ből kell hajlítani O felé finoman): oh, no, grow, overall, phone, home, road, golden, grown
• Hajlított O (2) (Á-ból O felé kell hajlítani finoman): how, now, out, about, house, powder, shout, powerful

U

• Rövid U (Á és A között): up, cup
• Hajlított U (J-ből kell finoman U felé hajlítani): usual, you, view, universe, human

Part 2: Consonants (mássalhangzók)

T – D

time, tint, trick, taped, afternoon, best, between, dock, dip, dime, diamond, draft, delve, dappled, radiant

Helyettesítés (substitutions)

butter, better, water, daughter, bought her, met her, met him, get it

Kihagyás (omission)

mountain, fountain, what?, bet, met, it, I’ll do it, d’you?, wanna

TH

„Lágyabb”: thought, thanks, bath, math, path, with, therapy, mouth

„Keményebb”: lather, bathe, father, mother, these, those, there, weather, whether,

r

read, ready, road, real, bread, friend, strict, shrine, shrink, strap, prime, father, mother, paper, picture, fingers, there, report, smart, figure, sure, sugar, nearly

l

lift, luck, little, label, blend, lullaby

s

sip, sand, stop, structure, sassy, saxophone, past, pace, space, science

z

zebra, zipper, maze, hazel, lazy, dazzling, raspberry 

sure 

measure, treasure

ch

chips, match, watch, champion, chief, each, reach, which one?, each piece

j

jump, June, jam, gel, angel, manage, age, pageant, magical, *fragile

b

born, bubble, beauty, about, absent, absolutely, grab, maybe, baby

p

pack, paper, wrapper, page, pebble, apt, map, camping, speakers, principle

w

world, went, whoa, mew, row, lawnmower, yawn, while, when, which

v

vast, view, vehicle, every, even, victory

Statements (Állítások):

• Hi
• Hello
• My name is Amy.
• Nice to meet you.
• Sure
• I’d love to.
• I did it.
• Yes.
• Yes!
• Thank you.
• Yeah, thanks.
• I don’t know.
• Absolutely.
• Awesome!
• Totally
• No problem.
• Because -‘cause

Questions (Kérdések):

• Hello?
• How are you?
• Do you want some? Would you like some?
• Do you want to come with me?
• What do you think?
• What’s your name?
• I’m Amy, by the way. What’s your name?
• Do you ever go to the movies?

Exclamations (Felkiáltások):

• Hi!
• It’s so good to see you!
• I love it!
• Shoot!

Dialogue (Párbeszéd):

A: Hello?

B: Hi! It’s          (your name)                . 

A: Hey! How are you?

B: Good*, thanks, how are you? (* “well” is proper grammar, but rarely used) 

A: Good, yeah, I’m fine. What’s up?

B: Oh, I was just wondering if you want to go to the movie tonight, if you’re not busy.

A: Oh, what’s playing?

B: Um, Connected, actually, that awesome-looking family comedy-drama

A: Oh yeah, I totally want to see that! What time?

B: Uh… 6:15, 8:30, and 9:45. How about the 8:30, huh?

A: Yeah, 8:30’s good. Wanna do dinner first?

B: Maybe Thai?

A: For sure. Let’s go to that one ..

B: Yeah, they have the best Thai iced

A: Sweet. Meet you there, yeah?

B: Perfect

Part 4: Rhythm and Stress (ritmika és hangsúlyozás)

1, A legfontosabb információt hangsúlyozzuk:

How are you? How are you?

What do you think? What do you think?

2, Minél fontosabb, annál jobban megnyomjuk:

I love that color on you!

I really think we should go the other way.

I really think we should go the other way.

I’m never doing that again.

That movie was brilliant!

Ami nem olyan fontos, az gyakran torlódik vagy rövidítik:

Would you -wouldja

Could you -couldja

Want to -wanna

I don’t want to -Ida wanna

I don’t know -I dunno

Gyakorló mondatok:

It’s for you.

I’m going to go over there; want to come?

I’m gonna go over there; wanna come?

Do you want to have some bread with that?

D’you wanna have some bread with that?

Gyakolró párbeszéd:

A: So what did you think of the movie? (So wha’j’you think…)

B: Loved it. Totally brilliant. The acting, the script, I mean it was hilarious!

A: I know, right? It reminded me of this one family reunion we had when I was like six.

B: Yeah?

A: Yeah. My Mom and my aunt got into this full on fight about who was supposed to make the jello salad. I’m like, “Seriously? Who even makes jello salad anymore.”

B: Right?

A: And they’re supposed to be the adults. B: For sure. It’s so the other way around.

Practice “30’s-60s” Dialogue: (notice the pacing and clipped, rapid dialogue)

A: Good evening Vivian.

B: Hank. What are you doing here? 

A: It’s Saturday night.

B: I’m aware of that.

A: What’s a Saturday night without two G&Ts and a room full of steaming jazz? 

B: A Sunday morning.

A: Can I buy you a drink?

B: Can Chick Webb play the drums? 

A: Martini?

B: Dry.

Part 5: The Vibe: How does it Feel? (Az amerikai életérzés)

Sample qualities (jellemző amerikai tulajdonságok):

• Straightforward
• Assertive
• Comfortable
• Confident
• Informal
• Warm

Ha valódi amerikai akcentust szeretnél, akkor lélekben részben amerikaivá kell válnod.

• Dude!
• Sweet!
• What?
• Sure.
• Absolutely.
• I’m a producer.
• I founded the organization.
• Sure, I can do that.
• No, thanks, I’d rather not.
• I’d love to.
• I know it’ll work.
• Together, we can do anything.

I’m going to ask you some questions. Pause it after each one, and answer in your Standard American accent. Practice these until you’re so comfortable and confident in your answer that you’re no longer thinking about how you sound or whether people will believe you. If you believe it, we’ll believe it.

• What’s your name?
• What do you do?
• Do you have family here?
• What’s your favorite thing to do?
• Tell me the story of a favorite memory from your childhood.