Long vowels
How to pronounce /ɑ/ AH as in father
fatherstopbody
How to make it
Jaw wide open, tongue low and back, lips not rounded. Hold it long.
- Tongue
- Low and back
- Lips
- Open, not rounded
- Voice
- Long and open
Watch the mouth
Drop your jaw, tongue low and back, lips relaxed.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /ɑ/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.