/ɑː/ — the /ɑː/ sound
the /ɑː/ sound
Vowels · Single vowels
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How to make it
Mouth wide open, tongue low and back, held long.
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Rachel's English · American English - AH [ɑ] Vowel - How to make the AH Vowel Watch on YouTube
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Words with this sound
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are
/ɑːr/
hah
/hɑː/
on
/ɑːn/
arm
/ɑːrm/
art
/ɑːrt/
car
/kɑɹ/
doll
/dɑːl/
far
/fɑːr/
hot
/hɑːt/
lot
/lɑːt/
mom
/mɑːm/
not
/nɑːt/
Minimal pairs
Two words that differ by exactly one sound. Listen until you can tell them apart, then say them yourself.
- ɑː
mom
/mɑːm/
ʌmum
/mʌm/
- ɑː
are
/ɑːr/
ɔːor
/ɔːr/
- ɑː
on
/ɑːn/
æan
/æn/
- ɑː
hah
/hɑː/
iːhe
/hi/
- ɑː
are
/ɑːr/
ɪear
/ɪr/
- ɑː
car
/kɑɹ/
ecare
/ker/
- ɑː
god
/ɡɑːd/
ʊgood
/ɡʊd/
- ɑː
hah
/hɑː/
uːwho
/huː/
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