Learn the English Cockney Accent with Alfie Solomons!
If you are learning English, you need to know how to understand different accents! Not everybody speaks the same! Learn how to understand a particularly difficult accent from the UK: London Cockney.
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Music: Danse of Questionable Tuning by Kevin MacLeod
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0:00 Intro
1:19 Consonants
4:25 -ING
5:05 Light L + Dark L
7:20 Vowels
11:13 Changing Words
12:38 Outro
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Пікірлер: 868
Alfie's accent is the final boss in English
@marcogiardi3737
Жыл бұрын
I would say Ray Winstone
@demibasan1714
Жыл бұрын
*Paddy im from shcoushe pimblett has entered the chat*
@stusyanirvana3088
Жыл бұрын
Bo'oh of wo'oh
@blackbob3358
Жыл бұрын
@@marcogiardi3737 Ya do'nt undestand the crack of the video, he is a facking cockney, u cant; that do'nt count. If ya not sure what i'm talking about, , look at Robert Carlisle playing a Tyke.
@TheSteadfastOne
11 ай бұрын
Bricktop has entered the chat
Hat becomes A
@darylpollock9043
Жыл бұрын
I do believe you’re right
@ranchhandrandy3213
Жыл бұрын
Well done.
@ApaYaa2nd
Жыл бұрын
Until you realize it’s actually “tit for tat”😂
@doniyordoniyorovich1994
11 ай бұрын
😂😂👍👍
@thatselperson
10 ай бұрын
so damn true
As an American who's been watching British TV and movies my whole life the Cockney accent was always my favorite. I just smile whenever I hear it. Just seems so down to earth, friendly and fun and I can relate to that. RP kind of intimidates me.😄
@34kbro
Жыл бұрын
Favourite* 😉
@jeffmorse645
Жыл бұрын
@@34kbro Take it up with Noah Webster. 😛
Teacher: "Don't worry. Listening at the exam will be easy." Listening at the exam: Alfie Solomons... at a crowded railway station...
@foggy3025
7 ай бұрын
Exactly
I absolutely love these kinds of lessons. Please do more and more lessons like this.🧡
@Dostoprimetschatjeln
Жыл бұрын
Okay!😉🤣
@Makado14
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree!
@Freesoul999
2 ай бұрын
Yes please
I love this from an authentic cockney still living in East London. My Spanish teacher said cockneys pronounce Spanish perfectly due to our accent and the way we speak 👍
@roccomp
Жыл бұрын
I would´t say perfect, but yes, cockney vowels are more similar to our Spanish ones. Saludos!
@lukegray2835
Жыл бұрын
Hah that's interesting! My grandparents are cockney, bow bells n all, but I'm just a Londoner
@Takeawayinataxi
Жыл бұрын
@@roccomp Feliz Navidad.🙂
@Takeawayinataxi
Жыл бұрын
@@lukegray2835 👍
@JoaoVictor-rd9gz
Жыл бұрын
That's true, because your accent uses a lot of nasal sounds which almost all latin languages are made off not just Spanish. So for romance language speakers wouldn't be that hard to learn your accent as well.
Alfie has that perfect Jewish cockney accent too, honestly what brilliant acting from Tom
I think I like this. Anyone who uses Alfie Solomons to teach English is doing something right.
The most incredible English teacher ever!!!!
@islamaly4210
Жыл бұрын
That’s highly correct
@deanosaur808
Ай бұрын
Shame we couldn't understand the Brummie accent 😛🤣
Alfie is one of my favorite characters in the show. Equal parts funny and intimidating. Something about a cockney accent combined with a rumbly voice adds an extra dimension of menace to a hard geez.
@deanosaur808
Ай бұрын
Pete & Bas 😂
She is brilliant, as someone born and lived most of my life in East London her accent is excellent, I now live in Norfolk, but listening to this has made me quite homesick.
Alfie is one of my all time favorite characters.
5:30 this has to be the most epic explanation/demonstration for language learners ever. 👍😂
@n-9988
Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@jonhaslam3699
5 ай бұрын
Really 😂😂
Great lesson! So engaging! It’s so important to be able to understand different accents but not to copy them when learning English (unless the learner is living there and wants to fit in) as if the learner repeats it to someone who isn’t cockney they may get a few funny looks 🙈. If I spoke like this in the north people would ask me why I’m not talking properly 😂
A very in depth, extensive demonstration of these regional accents. A damn fine job, young lady. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.
You just stole my heart with your pronunciation in this video! ❤ Been a cockney accent fan for years:)) More videos about this accent please!
Charismatic and engaging! Teachers need to be creative like you
Always love the way you present the material for learning British accents!! Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️ I need more like this video. 😁
@1mustclick
10 ай бұрын
Hai kak
This is a great show to learn these accents. She's so good. I'd love to see her land a cameo on the show. The actors all talk about how the "Brummy" is hard to do even for English folk. She makes it look easy.
@themorethemerrier281
Жыл бұрын
She's the reol deol...
@viktortrubaiev
8 ай бұрын
Cause she's from Birmingham
Superb class. I've been trying to nail this accent for years. Now, at least, I do understand more how to.... Cheers from Argentina!
As, I guess, the closest thing to an Australian RP speaker, (thank you, mum and dad), I have traveled this wide, brown land extensively and have always found the regional dialects of Australia fascinating. I don't have insights into the minutia of our accent that you clearly have yours, but love listening to foreign accents as well. I'm getting pretty good at nailing down at least the rough area in the UK and the Americas from which the speaker harks. Thank you for your infinitely interesting videos which help me with my amateur studies.
@timalysheva
8 ай бұрын
G’day mate!!!
Very cool. I love Tom Hardy. My wife is from Cambridgeshire, so she has a soft Southern accent. She has lost some of it due to living in the Southern United States for the last eighteen years. My friend Steven is a Jordy. I also know people from Essex and Wales. My family is from Scotland and I still have family in Dundee. They tell me I am Scottish, but some Scottish people say I am not. I guess I will just say I am a Gael. I do speak a fair amount of Scots Gaelic.
You are so great Laura! It's my treat every day to watch your videos and I have a lot of catch up to do since I discovered your channel onlt a few weeks again only.
I've got the English C1 certificate (I'm Spanish) I lived in Benidorm (I'm sure you've heard about it) for more than 10 years. I had many British friends and I heard many different accents. When you say in the video that your accent is from Birmingham, I've just remembered that many British used to think that I was from Birmingham, when they listened to me. They thought I was British!!! From Birmingham!!!
@Lyrielonwind
11 ай бұрын
How lucky! I'm Spanish from Andalusia and I've learned English in USA. I was once told I sounded cockney 😂. Now I know why.
@Battle_One
6 ай бұрын
@@Lyrielonwind😂😂😂
Cockney ere, after 10 years of living in Czech Republic, I have been told that my accent has finally gone, it only gets unleashed during meet ups with my siblings. This was a nice watch to remember my roots, great video.
The Alfie impersonation at the end was brilliant, exellent video, as always.
She is absolutely marvellous💛beautiful, funny and with no doubt the best teacher🙏
Love the attitude that accompanies the lesson! Beautiful!!
@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
Oh my gosh!!!! Thanks a lot my amazing teacher keep up the good work!!!!! I've been learning more from you
I am from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 🇸🇦, So I'm a Native Arabic Did you know how many times I bit my tongue trying to imitate you? 😂😂
@alial-saedi1819
Жыл бұрын
Lol
@stephenleader3847
Жыл бұрын
That's cos ya troyed too ard.
I like your teaching method very much. It is an absolutely different presentation.
@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou!! ☺️
Especially the technic of repeating some sentences and slangs makes people learn without they know it's just superb
Omg I love this video. Making language fun. Thank you.
@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
So glad!😄😄🇬🇧
I realize I've been dropping the wrong letters🤭. Sometimes it's hard to understand, but it's a matter of time! Great video👏!
Every time when I meet you, I will give you a thumb up. Your program is so wonderful.
Adore your lessons!! So understandable, so wish you were my teacher
Laura deserves an Academy Award!
Your are a natural talent. Great work👏
Genius! You have delivered an extremely enjoyable lesson.
Nice job! Great idea) Really engaging delivery of material. Even for not English speaker
The Cockney accent is one of the most famous ones in America and the rest of the world remembers the famously bad one done on Mary Poppins. We had a good example in the character of Private Newkirk from the 60's sitcom 'Hogan's Heroes'. You may want to look that up. From what I've heard it isn't one that got played on British TV much but I've been told its been compared to McHale's Navy or Dad's Army. (which *_I_* haven't seen...maybe I'll look them up)
@bojansmf3673
Жыл бұрын
Mary poppings didn't do a cockney accent, she did a very good/what is now being called R P English , it was Dick van Dyke
@stephanginther9051
Жыл бұрын
@@bojansmf3673 I said on Merry Poppins as in the movie by that name not by Marry Poppins the character. Good info on R P English though, I didn't know what that was called.
You are so adorabo! And very informed. Love this
When you talk like Alfie you gotta use the "f" word a LOT more. I'm actually surprised you found sentences Alfie says without using the f word. Great content!
You were the best cockney teacher I saw mate
Thanks so much every time comes to watch you i feel good
Very good indeed.. Love it ………..I’m Birmingham born………loved PB and Alfie was an incredible character. Well done🤗🤗
You are an exceptional and exceptionally fun teacher!
I'm using this for voice coaching. We are doing a play set in London in the fifties so this will be a good introduction.
I learned a lot, laughed, and was entertained.
@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
Perfect!☺️
Mid-Atlantic/Northeast American here. We definitely drop the g here to this day. I have London, Irish, and German ancestry, which is typical for the region, and some of the gestures and expressions you used here, but did not mention, I recognize in specific areas, like New York. Some of them got picked up by later Italian immigrants, and mixed with some of their cultural gestures to get the NY-gangster movie type from the 1930s-now. Interesting to know where specific pieces of the puzzle came from!
You're the best .. i just discovered your channel now .. I'll be a big follower and fan of you .. thank you so much
@smashingenglish
9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! How kind!!☺️☺️☺️☺️
Love it! Your videos always give a vibe of exciting suspenseful series
Thank you very much It was really a useful lesson.. Keep going best wishes👍💐😄
To me, learning a good standard English with a proper and comprehensible accent is enough. But I love dialects, local slangs and accents in general. I only need to have a very good base before to learn them! 😊
Although I don't fully comprehend, it's nice to know that there are thousands of languages/accents in the world.
Very useful video for those who want to learn or Wanna know about British accents. Hats off to your content from Your student from Pakistan
I will go with my daughter to move to Britain from Hong Kong this year. Thanks for your interesting lesson. I like it very much.
Your technique is the best ever, you made it fun and easy ❤
@smashingenglish
9 ай бұрын
Thank you Zeyad!!☺️
Love your energy, great video 😂
*Your entry is fascinating!*
You are really brilliant Laura ! Please keep blessing us with videos like this one . Have a nice day Brumi haha
Pure revelation. Much obliged indeed. Now I need to get practicing. Ta.
Outstanding performance. Thumbs up!!!
DANG!!.. You absolutely nailed it babycakes!! You're somethin' else alright! This is my new favorite KZread channel, and you're my new favorite KZreadr, nuff love girlfriend.
Great lesson in how to 'unspeak' the English Accent. I am Hertfordshire bred, who had cockney parents, but can speak either full on cockney or RP with a cockney undertone.
I love the cockney accent..please do more from this..I would like to learn..
Great video. I enjoyed it very much. Also very useful. Thanks
@smashingenglish
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it Ben!☺️☺️
Nice, I love your accent and your teaching skills, as a Polish I speak a bit like this accent - replacing 'th' sound a f
Difficult to do these vids and not be cringy, i would totally mess it up. You nail it, you are a natural
She's talented, gifted, intelligent and all that, I subscribed. Ty for the inspiration ma'am.
I’m rolling laughing hard! You are a killath gangster. Love every gesture you make with you mouth and your demeanor of speaking you should be cast in the movies. I’m on. Kudos from New Orleans
this is the coolest thing to come up in forever..
I don't know what Hollywood is waiting for. This is a masterpiece. You may want to know that the "peopow" thing also is typical in Portuguese and Polish languages. Or you may not.
You are amazing 👏 ❤ I love languages and accent 😍, I do understand how much efforts you have done in this video, I've watched many of your videos, awesome 👌 😀 😊 well done sweetheart.
Great lesson! It motivates me to learn more around ways to speak English
What a great lesson from you, Laura!
Just found your channel and immediatedly subscribed. I am an Anglicist. Love from Germany ❤
@smashingenglish
7 ай бұрын
Welcome!! 😍😍😍
I'm having trouble understanding complex accents. Hope this channel helps me.
This is the best episode
Blimey. This is a video i never expected me to get me this invested in learning the cockney accent
The last part was the best of the best. Lovely.😂❤️
Alfie? some examples please! She's really amazing. The best Coceny accent lesson ever!
I aint larfed so much in ages.....fanks for doing this video. Luuuuved it! 🙂
i absolutely love tom hardy job with that character. what an amazing actor with Cillian murphy
Yes please do more like this, take a character and then teach us around that character
I Love listening this Girl,she is a comic teacher 😂😂😂
First time here and i like it. Thanks, you got a new subscriber.
@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard!☺️🇬🇧
You can clearly hear the relation to the Australian accent. Fascinating.
Excited to listen to you
Your content is the best! I'll have Arthur round up more subscribers cuz you deserve em all
Haha love it, beautiful demonstration 👏
Love this. May god bless you.
I absolutely love the way you speak o may God loved 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Unfortunately there ain’t many Cockneys left in London, the last one I saw one was a taxi driver taking me to Charing Cross Station.
Tom hardy learned English from her 🤣🤣🤣
@brucestark5546
Жыл бұрын
🤣😂🤣😂
@longnhat9456
Жыл бұрын
Yeah i would say that, she’s so gooddd
@Takeawayinataxi
Жыл бұрын
Yeah Tom is a West Londoner
@emilianomendez4516
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha I concur
@rezanadesian6652
Жыл бұрын
Wkwkwkkwkw
My dad was a cockney, I'm Aussie but I notice a bit of a mix of both languages in our family!
U are the most hilarious 😂 teacher I've ever seen 😂😂
Extraordinary video!
@smashingenglish
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much☺️
This is my favourite, I love it!
The forny fing in my figh! Love it!