7 Steps to Learn a British Accent *Fast* (Modern RP)

Summary

この動画スクリプトは、現代のRP（Received Pronunciation）英アクセントを学ぶ方法を紹介しています。主に7つの発音ポイントを通じて、英国南部標準英語（SSBE）を代表する口音を身につける方法を解説しています。それぞれのポイントは、特征的な英単語とともに説明されており、長いO音、長いR音、Rの2種類、短い円形O音、巻いた円形O音、そして全てのTをはっきりと発音することが含まれています。

Takeaways

• 🇬🇧 現代RP（Received Pronunciation）英語の口音を学ぶには、いくつかの典型的な英国の音を理解することが重要です。
• 🎓 動画のホストはケンブリッジ大学の卒業生で、ロンドンで働く博士です。彼女の口音は標準的な南東英国英語（SSBE）です。
• 📝 動画では7つの単語とその発音ポイントを紹介し、現代RPの口音を学ぶためのヒントを提供します。
• 🗣️ 長い「o」の音は、例えば「hello」の最後の「o」で、二重母音として発音されます。口を徐々に閉じていきましょう。
• 🍅 長い「R」の音は、「tomato」のような単語に現れ、口を広げ「あ」のように発音します。
• 🔊 英国のRP口音では、単語の最後の「r」が母音に続かなければ発音されません。これは非回転子音（non-rhotic r）と呼ばれます。
• 🤔 「rather」のような単語では、最初の「r」は発音されますが、最後の「r」は発音されません。また、「uh」という中性的な母音音（schwa sound）も学ぶべき音です。
• 🪞 「mirror」は単語の最後の「r」を発音せず、また末端にschwa soundも含まれています。
• 🔊 「Short Round o」の音は、「honest」のような単語に現れ、小さく丸い口をしながら発音します。
• 💧 「water」のような単語では、現代RP英語では全ての「t」を明確に発音することが重要です。
• 👩‍👧 「daughter」は「water」と同じく、始まりの「all」の音を持っており、口を閉じて少しだけ舌を巻き上げることで発音します。

Q & A

この動画で学べる英語のアクセントは何ですか？

この動画では、現代のRP（Received Pronunciation）british accent、すなわち現代の標準的な南東英国英語のアクセントを学ぶことができます。

ナレーターはどのような資格を持っていますか？

ナレーターはケンブリッジ大学の卒業生であり、ロンドンで働く博士です。

7つの発音ポイントの1つとして説明された「長いオ音」は何を意味しますか？

「長いオ音」は、例えば「hello」という言葉の最後の部分で、実際には二重母音として機能し、滑らかにつながる二つの音で構成されています。

「長いwide R音」とは何ですか？

「長いwide R音」は、口を広げ、「あ」のように開いた状態で発音するRの音で、例えば「tomato」という言葉に存在します。

RPアクセントの特徴の1つである「非回転R音」とは何ですか？

「非回転R音」とは、Rの音の後に母音がない場合、RP英語ではRの音を発音しないことを指します。つまり、Rの音がのみの音で終わる場合、そのR音は無視されます。

「schwa音」はどのような母音音声ですか？

「schwa音」は、英単語の最後に「う」のような非常に中性的な響きの母音音声で、例えば「rather」や「teacher」、「doctor」のような単語に存在します。

「短い丸いo音」はどの単語で見つけることができますか？

「短い丸いo音」は、「honest」や「hot」、「got」、「lot」、「stop」などの単語で見つけることができます。

「curling round o音」はどの単語で見つけることができますか？

「curling round o音」は、「water」や「daughter」、「thought」、「bought」、「law」などの単語で見つけることができます。

現代のRP英語でTの音はどのように発音されますか？

現代のRP英語では、Tの音は明確に発音され、実際にTの音のように聞こえます。例えば「water」や「better」、「doctor」のような単語で全てのTの音が明確に発音されます。

この動画で紹介された7つの発音ポイントを練習するために、どのような言葉やフレーズを使いますか？

この動画では、「hello」、「open」、「tomato」、「rather」、「mirror」、「honest」、「hot」、「got」、「lot」、「stop」、「water」、「better」、「doctor」、「party」、「daughter」、「thought」、「bought」、「law」、「a bottle of water」などの言葉やフレーズを使って7つの発音ポイントを練習します。

Outlines

00:00

🎓 英語の王道発音ポイントを押さえよう

この段落では、英語の王道発音を身につける方法が紹介されています。特に、現代のRP（Received Pronunciation）英式英語のアクセントを学ぶための7つの重要な発音ポイントに焦点を当てています。 英式英語のアクセントを学ぶには、いくつかの典型的な英国の音を理解することが重要です。この動画では、現代のRP英式英語アクセント、または標準的な南東英語（SSBE）について学ぶことができます。動画のホストであるIzzyは、ケンブリッジ大学の卒業生であり、ロンドンで働く博士です。 7つの発音ポイントは、長音の「o」、広い「R」の音、2種類の「R」の音、「schwa」音、短い「o」の音、丸めた「o」の音、そして「t」をはっきりと発音することです。これらのポイントは、繰り返し練習することで、RPアクセントをより自然に発音することができるようになります。

05:00

🍅 英式英語の発音の特徴：「R」の音と「schwa」音

この段落では、英式英語の発音の特徴について詳しく説明されています。特に、「R」の音の使い方と「schwa」音の使い方が重要です。「R」の音は、英式英語では通常、「a」の音が続く場合にのみ発音されます。これは、美式英語とは異なります。 「schwa」音は、英国英語で最も一般的な母音の1つです。この音は、「uh」という音と呼ばれ、リラックスした状態で発音されます。例えば、「rather」という言葉の最後に「schwa」音が現れます。 また、「mirror」という言葉も、複数の発音ポイントを含んでいます。例えば、「R」の音は、「mirror」の真ん中では発音されますが、最後にはありません。「schwa」音も、この言葉の最後に現れます。 これらの発音の特徴を理解し、練習することで、より自然な英式英語のアクセントを身につけることができます。

10:01

🗣️ 練習を通じてRP英式英語アクセントを完璧にしよう

最後の段落では、練習を通じて現代RP英式英語アクセントを完璧にする方法が紹介されています。7つの発音ポイントとそれらを練習するための言葉が挙げられています。 例えば、「honestly」という言葉は、短い「o」の音と黙った「h」が含まれています。「water」という言葉では、現代RP英語では「t」の音がはっきりと発音されますが、他の英国英語の形式ではグロッタル停止で「t」の音が省略されることがあります。 この段落では、英式英語のアクセントを練習するための具体的な言葉やフレーズが提供されており、これらの言葉を繰り返し練習することで、より自然な発音が身につきます。また、この動画を通じて得られた知識を他の動画でも応用することを勧めています。

Keywords

💡English accent

英語の口音を指す用語で、このビデオの主題は、特に現代のRP（Received Pronunciation）英国口音を学ぶ方法についてです。RP口音は、標準的な南東英国英語（SSBE）とも呼ばれ、話者の Accent がより英国的であるように聞こめるようになることを目指しています。

💡diphthong

二重母音とも呼ばれる発音の1つのカテゴリーで、2つの音が連続して1つの母音として発音されます。このビデオでは、'hello'の最後の'o'音がdiphthongであると説明され、発音する際に口の形が徐々に閉じていきます。

💡long R sound

長い'R'の音を指す用語で、口を広げて'ah'のように発音する特性があります。このビデオでは、アメリカ人の'tomato'の発音と比較して、英国人の'R'の音がどのように異なるかが説明されています。

💡non-rhotic

r音が母音の後に来ない場合、r音を発音しないという発音の特徴を指す用語です。現代RP英国口音では、r音が最後にある場合、それが発音されないようになっています。

💡schwa sound

中性的な響きを持つ母音の1種で、英国英語で最も一般的な母音の1つです。この音は、口をリラックスして発音するものです。

💡Short Round o sound

短く丸い形で発音される母音の1種で、口を非常に丸く小型に形成する必要があります。このビデオでは、'honest'や'hot'のような単語でこの音を見ることができます。

💡curled round o sound

口を丸くして舌の先端を少し挙げながら発音する母音の1種で、'thought'や'bought'のような単語に見られます。この音は、口の後ろ側がリラックスされている間、舌の先端が微妙に巻き起こっているのが特徴です。

💡enunciated t's

明確に発音される't'の音を指す用語で、現代RP英国口音では、't'の音はすべて明確に発音されます。これは、他の英国英語の形式ではglottal stopが使われることがあることに対比されます。

💡Received Pronunciation (RP)

標準的な英国英語の発音システムの1つで、特に南東英国で使用されています。このビデオでは、RPを現代RP英国口音として紹介し、それがどのように標準的な英国英語（SSBE）に関連しているかを説明しています。

💡standard Southern British English (SSBE)

南東英国英語の標準的な形で、現代RP英国口音とも呼ばれます。このビデオでは、SSBEがどのような発音特性を持っており、どのように英国的な発音に近づくかを学ぶ方法が紹介されています。

Highlights

Nailing an authentic English accent can be tricky, but it's achievable by focusing on key British sounds.

The video provides a guide on how to speak with a modern RP (Received Pronunciation) British accent.

There are many different British accents, and the video focuses on one variety, the modern standard Southern British English (SSBE).

The presenter, Izzy, is a Cambridge graduate and a doctor working in London, speaking with an SSBE accent.

Seven quintessentially British pronunciation points are covered to help achieve an RP accent.

The long 'o' sound, as in 'hello', is a diphthong that requires a gradual mouth shape change.

The long 'R' sound is wide and open, as in 'tomato', and should be distinguished from the American pronunciation.

In RP English, the 'R' sound at the end of a word is often not pronounced if it's not followed by a vowel (non-rhotic 'R').

The schwa sound, a very common and neutral vowel sound, is found in words like 'rather' and 'teacher'.

The 'rather' word demonstrates several pronunciation points, including the non-rhotic 'R', schwa sound, and long wide 'R'.

The 'mirror' word illustrates the pronounced 'R' before a vowel and the silent 'R' at the end of a word, as well as the schwa sound.

The 'Short Round o' sound, as in 'honestly', is short, round, and requires a small, tight lip shape.

In modern RP English, all 't's are enunciated and pronounced clearly, unlike in some other British accents that use glottal stops.

The 'curled round o' sound, as in 'daughter', is produced with closed and round lips and a relaxed back of the mouth.

Practicing words with the 'curled round o' sound and clear 't's can help in perfecting the RP accent.

The video offers a comprehensive guide for those interested in honing their modern RP British accent.

Transcripts

nailing an authentic English accent can

be really tricky but by taking on board

a couple of key quintessentially British

sounds you can quickly transform your

accent to sound much more British when

you speak

hello so if you want to learn an English

accent then keep watching this video in

this very highly requested video I will

go through seven words that will teach

you a British accent specifically a

modern RP British accent also known as

modern received pronunciation this is

simply the accent that I speak with and

can also be called standard Southern

British English or ssbe for short if

you're new here I'm Izzy a Cambridge

graduate and a doctor working in London

so we'll go over seven words and seven

quintessentially British pronunciation

points so you can hopefully get a little

bit closer to your goal of speaking with

more of a modern RP accent I'll pair up

the words with pronunciation points so

that will hopefully help them stick a

little bit better and whether you want

to sound British for an acting role or

to change your own accent or just for a

little bit of fun I hope this video can

help you out I just want to preface this

all by saying that there are literally

dozens and dozens of different British

accents and different varieties of

British accents of which this is only

one of the many different accents that

you can find across the UK in this video

I'll only be going over how to do an

accent similar to my accent specifically

ssbe or a modern RP accent so if that's

your cup of tea then without further Ado

let's dive into the video I'm going to

break up this video based on the

pronunciation points and within that

I'll slot in a few words as examples

that can help you to really nail the

accent the pronunciation points that I'm

going to go through include the long o

sound the long wide R sound two

different types of R the schwa sound the

Short Round o sound the curled round o

sound and talking with all your t's the

first sound that we're going through is

the long o sound this is in words like

hello the O at the end of hello is

actually a diphthong which essentially

means that there are two sounds to the

vowel that slide together it's also

known as a moving vowel so essentially

you want your mouth shape to gradually

close down as you're going through the

vowel for example if you say hello my

name is Izzy as you can see my mouth

closes down as I go through the o sound

from oh hello oh just try repeating this

after me and just saying the word hello

to give two examples of hello said in a

way that doesn't sound particularly RP

when people say either hello where their

mouth closes down too quickly and closes

down that diphthong too rapidly or when

they don't include a diphthong at all

and just say hello and it doesn't

actually close down at all I chose this

word to start with because it's usually

one of the first words that you learn

when learning any language but this long

o sound is actually present in many

other words in the English language for

example the word open in this word the o

sound is at the very start of the word

so it's good to practice being able to

put this o sound both at the end of the

word like in hello and also at the

beginning as in open an example sentence

using both of the words is hello let me

open the door for you hello let me open

the door for you other examples of this

long o sound include words like Hero

Zero o no all of these include this

sound the second pronunciation that

we're going to go through is the long R

sound so this is present in the word

tomato to contrast this with the

American pronunciation which I'm really

sorry I'm going to definitely get wrong

because my American accent is terrible

Americans would say something more like

tomato rather than tomato so this R

sound where your mouth is like quite

wide and open like an ah is also present

in words like grass bath father laugh

laugh

Etc so just take a moment to try to

repeat this word tomato tomato and did

you notice that at the end of the word

tomato there's actually the long o sound

that we looked at in the first part of

this video that's also present in hello

no open tomato oh that o is the same

diff though so by nailing the word

tomato you're incorporating both the

long R sound and also this long o sound

tomato the third and fourth

pronunciation points that we're going to

go through are the two types of R sounds

and also the schwa sound if you repeat

the word rather after me rather the

weather was rather warm today the Tomato

was rather tasty you can see that in the

word rather there are two r's one at the

start and one at the end the r at the

start we actually we pronounce and we

create the r sound like a rather raw

rather but at the very end of the word

we don't actually pronounce the r sound

and this is one of the key features of

an RP accent where the r at the end if

it's not followed by a vowel is actually

dropped off and not pronounced this is

also known as a non-rotic r so

essentially in RP English we only

pronounce the r sound if there's a vowel

sound after the r in the case of the

word rather the first R has an a sound

after or rather an R sound after it

which means that we do create this R

sound and it goes ra at the start of the

word but at the very end of the word

there's actually no vowel sound after

the end of the word so therefore we

don't pronounce the r sound and we just

say rather other examples where the r

sound is pronounced because there is a

vowel after the r include words like

very British drop replace but other

examples of this non-rotic are where the

r sound is dropped off and replaced with

just a vowel include the end of the word

rather and also otherwise like teacher

doctor better learn work party the other

sound that I want to mention while we're

talking about the word rather is the

schwa sound the schwa sound is one of

the most common vowel sounds in British

English and is in words such as the

rather teacher doctor all of these words

with the uh sound at the end where

there's this very neutral sounding vowel

that is known as the schwa sound this uh

sound can essentially be produced if you

just relax your jaw down and relax your

tongue and just go rather

doctor

and that's essentially the schwa sound

so coming back to this word rather it

has a few pronunciation points that we

can look at there's firstly this

non-rotic r at the end which is

quintessentially British along with a

schwa sound at the end and did you

notice that at the start of the word

rather we actually have the long wide R

sound which is present in the word

tomato father rather this R sound where

the mouth is very wide and open so if

you repeat after me it's rather sunny

today another word that encapsulates a

few pronunciation points is the word

mirror in the middle of the word mirror

there's actually a pronounced rhotic R

where there's a vowel sound following

the R so therefore we do say the r sound

but at the very end of the word mirror

there's this R which is silent and

you're dropped off because it's not

followed by any vowel sound additionally

again at the end of the word mirror we

have the schwa sound this vowel that's

very relaxed and neutral so if you

repeat after me mirror mirror on the

wall mirror mirror on the wall it's a

quote from Snow White the fifth sound

that we're going to go over today is the

Short Round o sound this is present in

the word honestly so if you repeat after

me honestly I really like pizza

this word honest has this o sound at the

very start of it along with a silent h

at the start honest and when you're

creating this sound honest the lip shape

is very round and quite small and so

it's not very long wide like some of the

previous vowels we talked about it's

very short and very round this is the

same as in words like hot got lot stop

not hop opposition and honest the last

two pronunciation points number six and

seven are the curled round o sound and

also talking with all your t's for this

I'm going to use the example of a water

note the sound of all the t's in modern

RP English all of the t's are enunciated

and this is really really important and

they all sound like an actual T sound so

for example in the word water the T in

the middle isn't a D sound like in

American English where they might say

something more like sorry again for my

American accent more like water also

note that in modern RP English we don't

use glottal stops that's in other forms

of British English which are other very

valid forms of British accents but

that's not modern RP an example of a

glottal stop would be water where the

tea is almost removed entirely and

instead it's replaced by this tightening

in the throat known as this glottal stop

however since this video is about modern

RP we want to make sure that we

enunciate all of our T's and so in words

like water better doctor all of these

need to have the T enunciated the

classic example of this which everybody

loves is talking about how the Brits say

a bottle of water in RP English we would

say this as a bottle of water because

all of the t's are pronounced however in

other forms of British English where

they use glottal stops they might say

something like a bottle of water

but again if we're aiming for an ssbe or

modern RP accent we would say it has a

bottle of water the final word example I

want to give you is the word daughter

daughter includes this all sound at the

start which is also present in the word

water so water daughter they have this

curled round o sound at the start of

them oh the way that I'm making this

sound is essentially my lips are quite

closed and round but the back of my

mouth is still quite relaxed oh and

there's a slight curling and lifting of

my tongue as well other words that

include this sound include words like

thought bought or law talk awesome so if

you repeat this phrase after me his

daughter bought a bottle of water his

daughter bought a bottle of water so if

you repeat that a couple of times and

practice this curled round o sound or or

a few times along with enunciating all

of your t's then hopefully that will

help you to sound a little bit more RP

when you speak so those were the top

seven pronunciation points for nailing a

modern RP British accent along with

seven words that can help you practice

them to Perfection if you enjoyed this

video and want to a really hone your

modern RP British accent then I think

you might like this video over here

where I really break down a lot of

different tips about how to nail a

British accent so feel free to check it

out over here otherwise guys thank you

so much for watching I hope this was

interesting or helpful in some kind of

way as always take care of yourself and

I will see you in the next video bye