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Have you ever noticed how native British English speakers might say, I spoke to Anna and John, or I saw a film?

That mysterious r sound seems to appear out of nowhere, but it's not a mistake.

It's actually a very natural part of connected speech in British English called the intrusive r.

So when does the intrusive r happen?

Well, the intrusive r happens when a word ends in one of these specific vowel sounds, and the next word starts with any other vowel sound.

When we say these words on their own, we don't pronounce the R.

Listen carefully.

Saw.

Camera.

Spa.

This also includes diphthongs like ear in idea,

air as in hair, and ur as in tour.

However, to make the transition smoother between the words, native British speakers with non-rhotic accents,

which basically means that they don't pronounce the r

when it's written at the end of a word or if it's after a vowel, they often insert a little r between the two words.

For example, for example, there's one there actually, with or, I saw a film.

To connect it, I saw a film.

With the schwa, the camera is broken.

More naturally, the camera is broken.

The camera is broken.

So you're adding that intrusive R to the beginning of the next word to help you link them together.

The camera is broken.

And finally, the spa is closed.

How sad.

The spa is closed.

The spar is closed.

So why does this happen?

Well, it all comes down to vowel-vowel linking.

When two vowel sounds meet, there's no easy way to move from one vowel to the other in English.

It feels a bit awkward and unnatural for us to stop and then say the other vowel.

So in British English, we add this little helping sound, in this case a R, and this helps make the transition much smoother.

Listen to the difference between these two sentences.

Without the intrusive R, I love the idea of going.

I love the idea of going.

With the intrusive R, I love the idea of going.

More naturally, I love the idea of going.

So now you're probably thinking, when do you use the intrusive R?

Well, the intrusive R only happens after certain vowel sounds, particularly those that end in a schwa,

uh, sound, or the ones that we looked at earlier, like or and uh and AR and so on.

At this point, you may be thinking, what's the difference between the linking R and the intrusive R?

Maybe you've heard other people talk about the linking R, and you're thinking, is there a difference?

Is this the same thing?

Well, it's a very good question with a very simple answer.

Put simply, if the word doesn't end with the letter R, then it's an intrusive R.

For example, I saw it.

There's no R in the spelling of saw.

It's written with a W.

I saw it.

So it's an intrusive R.

However, if the word contains the letter R, then it's a linking R.

For example, the door is open.

Even though when we say the word door, we don't pronounce the R, we still write the letter R.

So because we write the R, we link it, door is, the door is open.

And this is the linking R.

So the rule is very simple.

Intrusive R, there's no R in the spelling.

Linking R, there is an R in the spelling.

Now let's practice together.

Say each sentence very slowly first, then naturally joining the sounds together smoothly with the intrusive R.

I saw it on TV.

The idea of it makes me smile.

Law and order are important.

He saw Emma yesterday.

He saw Rema yesterday.

Asia is a beautiful continent.

The media are saying it's true.

So that's the end of today's British English pronunciation lesson.

I hope this helped you understand how

and why British native speakers add this little r sound between the words

and how you can use the intrusive r naturally in your own speech.

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I will see you in the next lesson.

Bye bye!

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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları

Bu B1 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Connected Speech - The Intrusive R in British English” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: intrusive, word, vowel, sound, British. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 80 cümle ve 782 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 5:51 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 134 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin yalnızca %79’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında, bu yüzden kelime dağarcığı zorlayıcı.

Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler

Videodaki en ileri düzey 12 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:

Kelime	Telaffuz	Anlam
intrusive sıfat	/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/	rahatsız edici
vowel isim	/ˈvaʊ.əl/	ünlü, sesli
pronunciation isim	/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/	telaffuz, okunuş
litter isim	/ˈlɪt.ɚ/	altlık
spelling isim	/ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/	yazım, imla
continent isim	/ˈkɑntɪnənt/	kıta
insert fiil	/ɪnˈsɝt/	sokmak
subscribe fiil	/səbˈskɹaɪb/	abone olmak
accent isim	/ækˈsɛnt/	vurgu, tonlama
workshop isim	/ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/	atölye, imalathane
mysterious sıfat	/mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/	gizemli, esrarlı
awkward sıfat	/ˈɔk.wɚd/	sakar, beceriksiz

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

Yapı	Videoda
Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli	is broken · is closed
Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem	Have you ever noticed · you've heard
“might / may” ile olasılık might/may + fiil — mümkün ama kesin olmayan bir şey	might say · may be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — şu anda ya da bu sıralar olan bir şey	you're adding · you're probably thinking · you're thinking

Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar

Konuşmacı don't, you're, doesn't gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 9 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.

“th” sesleri: diphthong /ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
“sh” ve “zh” sesleri: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, schwa /ʃwɑ/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/
Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, mysterious /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/

Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:

/w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: schwa /ʃwɑ/, waitlist /ˈweɪtˌlɪst/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/
Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, pronounce /pɹəˈnaʊns/, spelling /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/, schwa /ʃwɑ/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
/ŋ/ — sondaki /g/ okunmaz: spelling /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/, diphthong /ˈdɪpˌθɔŋ/

Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır

Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; intrusive, vowel, pronunciation gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.

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