How to pronounce the 'O' in 'coffee', 'job' and 'office (hint: it's not 'O)

Hey guys, it's hadar. And this is the accent's way. Today we're going to talk about how to pronounce the ah as in father vowel sound. This vowel sound is very frequent and very common in American English. However, it is often a very confusing sound for non native speakers because of the spelling. The oz in father appears in words like father, but also in words that are spelled with o, as in office, job possible. Non native speakers usually associate the vowel letter with a pure vowel sound, therefore pronouncing this O as office job problem, whereas it's actually a back open ah sound. Office job problem. You'll want to think of it as if it has two A's in the spelling rather than an o. Ah. To make this sound, you have to open your mouth quite a lot. You have to relax your jaw. Ah. Right? You don't need to force open your mouth. Ah. But just relax ah. The lips are totally relaxed, maybe around it just a bit. Ah. Not too much because then it's going to sound like o, o, and we don't want that. Ah. The back of the tongue pulls back and, and it's really low. If it's high ah, ah, it's going to sound like a central, uh, sound, like in cup. And we don't want that. We want more of a back ah as in cup. Ah. Ah. Let's practice a few more words. Possible opportunity, possibility, Possibility. And not possibility, not and not, not. Coffee and not coffee. Ca. Coffee. Ah. Ah. You want to relax your jaw, relax your lips, open your mouth and pronounce it as a back open ah sound. Ah. Okay, that's it. So turn those into ahs. Just sigh a lot. Ah. Common spelling pattern of the asen father is of course o. A as in father, but that's more rare. Ou as in thought. Aw as in awesome. Some people may pronounce it with more rounded lips. Awesome. Especially on the east Coast. That's also okay. Choose the pronunciation that you are comfortable with because you can merge these two sounds, the aw for awesome and ah for awesome. Right? So if you're more comfortable with pronouncing it as the ah as in father, go for it. Ah. Okay, so great job, Great job, job. Now I'm gonna go get some coffee. Okay, Leave me a comment below. Tell me if it's an easy sound for you and if not, what's difficult about it. And practice, practice, practice, because that's what's gonna make it better and that's how you're gonna improve your pronunciation. Thank you so much. For watching. And I'll see you next week in the next video. Bye.