👄 Long vowel /ɑː/ in 'father’, ‘start’ & ‘hard’ - English Pronunciation Tips

This is a long vowel sound - it's pronounced  /ɑː/. Now you try - repeat after me:   /ɑː/ /ɑː/. Now here are some words which  have this sound: father - start - hard.  

Now you try - listen carefully and repeat  after me: father - start - hard. Good.