American English - UH [ʌ] Vowel - How to make the UH Vowel

in this American English pronunciation video we're going to learn how to pronounce the uh as in butter vowel this is a very relaxed sound you can see uh the jaw drops but the rest of the mouth remains very neutral uh the tongue is relaxed the back presses down just a little bit and the tip is forward uh keep your face really relaxed let's look at this sound up close and in slow motion a very relaxed jaw drop with relaxed lips the tongue presses down just a bit in the back here's the word stuff again everything

looks nice and relaxed the tongue presses down just a bit in the back in a stressed syllable the vowel curves up then down stuff uh in an unstressed syllable it's lower and flatter in pitch and a little quieter and quicker uh uh the vowel is unstressed in the word undo uh let's take a look at this word up close and in slow motion easy jaw drop lips and cheeks remain very relaxed tongue presses down slightly in the back compare the stressed vowel above with the unstressed vowel below notice the jaw may drop a bit more

for a stressed syllable this is typical unstressed vowels and diphthongs are shorter so there isn't as much time to make the full mouth position the a vowel stressed stuff ah the a vowel unstressed undo uh uh uh uh example words repeat with me sometimes uh sometimes money uh money above uh above untie uh untie uphill uh uphill fun ah fun