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

  • @luminous4079
    @luminous4079 Жыл бұрын

    Alfie's accent is the final boss in English

  • @marcogiardi3737

    @marcogiardi3737

    Жыл бұрын

    I would say Ray Winstone

  • @demibasan1714

    @demibasan1714

    Жыл бұрын

    *Paddy im from shcoushe pimblett has entered the chat*

  • @stusyanirvana3088

    @stusyanirvana3088

    Жыл бұрын

    Bo'oh of wo'oh

  • @blackbob3358

    @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

    @TheSteadfastOne

    11 ай бұрын

    Bricktop has entered the chat

  • @n-9988
    @n-9988 Жыл бұрын

    Hat becomes A

  • @darylpollock9043

    @darylpollock9043

    Жыл бұрын

    I do believe you’re right

  • @ranchhandrandy3213

    @ranchhandrandy3213

    Жыл бұрын

    Well done.

  • @ApaYaa2nd

    @ApaYaa2nd

    Жыл бұрын

    Until you realize it’s actually “tit for tat”😂

  • @doniyordoniyorovich1994

    @doniyordoniyorovich1994

    11 ай бұрын

    😂😂👍👍

  • @thatselperson

    @thatselperson

    10 ай бұрын

    so damn true

  • @jeffmorse645
    @jeffmorse645 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @34kbro

    Жыл бұрын

    Favourite* 😉

  • @jeffmorse645

    @jeffmorse645

    Жыл бұрын

    @@34kbro Take it up with Noah Webster. 😛

  • @bindair_dundat
    @bindair_dundat11 ай бұрын

    Teacher: "Don't worry. Listening at the exam will be easy." Listening at the exam: Alfie Solomons... at a crowded railway station...

  • @foggy3025

    @foggy3025

    7 ай бұрын

    Exactly

  • @ionelaandreea2476
    @ionelaandreea2476 Жыл бұрын

    I absolutely love these kinds of lessons. Please do more and more lessons like this.🧡

  • @Dostoprimetschatjeln

    @Dostoprimetschatjeln

    Жыл бұрын

    Okay!😉🤣

  • @Makado14

    @Makado14

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I agree!

  • @Freesoul999

    @Freesoul999

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes please

  • @Takeawayinataxi
    @Takeawayinataxi Жыл бұрын

    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

    @roccomp

    Жыл бұрын

    I would´t say perfect, but yes, cockney vowels are more similar to our Spanish ones. Saludos!

  • @lukegray2835

    @lukegray2835

    Жыл бұрын

    Hah that's interesting! My grandparents are cockney, bow bells n all, but I'm just a Londoner

  • @Takeawayinataxi

    @Takeawayinataxi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@roccomp Feliz Navidad.🙂

  • @Takeawayinataxi

    @Takeawayinataxi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lukegray2835 👍

  • @JoaoVictor-rd9gz

    @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.

  • @lukegray2835
    @lukegray2835 Жыл бұрын

    Alfie has that perfect Jewish cockney accent too, honestly what brilliant acting from Tom

  • @hulakan
    @hulakan Жыл бұрын

    I think I like this. Anyone who uses Alfie Solomons to teach English is doing something right.

  • @williamflaherty3168
    @williamflaherty3168 Жыл бұрын

    The most incredible English teacher ever!!!!

  • @islamaly4210

    @islamaly4210

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s highly correct

  • @deanosaur808

    @deanosaur808

    Ай бұрын

    Shame we couldn't understand the Brummie accent 😛🤣

  • @andrewmize823
    @andrewmize823 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @deanosaur808

    Ай бұрын

    Pete & Bas 😂

  • @KeithPrince-cp3me
    @KeithPrince-cp3me5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @paulrupright4694
    @paulrupright4694 Жыл бұрын

    Alfie is one of my all time favorite characters.

  • @thepurplesmurf
    @thepurplesmurf Жыл бұрын

    5:30 this has to be the most epic explanation/demonstration for language learners ever. 👍😂

  • @n-9988

    @n-9988

    Жыл бұрын

    Lmao

  • @jonhaslam3699

    @jonhaslam3699

    5 ай бұрын

    Really 😂😂

  • @DevelopYourEnglishwithEmma
    @DevelopYourEnglishwithEmma Жыл бұрын

    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 😂

  • @chrisstewart3768
    @chrisstewart3768 Жыл бұрын

    A very in depth, extensive demonstration of these regional accents. A damn fine job, young lady. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing.

  • @mikeverona6924
    @mikeverona69249 ай бұрын

    You just stole my heart with your pronunciation in this video! ❤ Been a cockney accent fan for years:)) More videos about this accent please!

  • @shanegambit7424
    @shanegambit7424 Жыл бұрын

    Charismatic and engaging! Teachers need to be creative like you

  • @missrosirosya1459
    @missrosirosya1459 Жыл бұрын

    Always love the way you present the material for learning British accents!! Love from Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️ I need more like this video. 😁

  • @1mustclick

    @1mustclick

    10 ай бұрын

    Hai kak

  • @MrWhite-ip9hw
    @MrWhite-ip9hw Жыл бұрын

    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

    @themorethemerrier281

    Жыл бұрын

    She's the reol deol...

  • @viktortrubaiev

    @viktortrubaiev

    8 ай бұрын

    Cause she's from Birmingham

  • @DepressedCapitalist
    @DepressedCapitalist Жыл бұрын

    Superb class. I've been trying to nail this accent for years. Now, at least, I do understand more how to.... Cheers from Argentina!

  • @sierrahp
    @sierrahp Жыл бұрын

    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

    @timalysheva

    8 ай бұрын

    G’day mate!!!

  • @rootinteuton966
    @rootinteuton966 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @veroniquecourtat9833
    @veroniquecourtat9833 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @evasanchezsaez8685
    @evasanchezsaez8685 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @Battle_One

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@Lyrielonwind😂😂😂

  • @BelieveSte
    @BelieveSte Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ashlynavarro9340
    @ashlynavarro9340 Жыл бұрын

    The Alfie impersonation at the end was brilliant, exellent video, as always.

  • @monicahoward7443
    @monicahoward7443 Жыл бұрын

    She is absolutely marvellous💛beautiful, funny and with no doubt the best teacher🙏

  • @randomfeller
    @randomfeller Жыл бұрын

    Love the attitude that accompanies the lesson! Beautiful!!

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @joelmasamba6762
    @joelmasamba67629 ай бұрын

    Oh my gosh!!!! Thanks a lot my amazing teacher keep up the good work!!!!! I've been learning more from you

  • @thekrachannnel
    @thekrachannnel Жыл бұрын

    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

    @alial-saedi1819

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @stephenleader3847

    @stephenleader3847

    Жыл бұрын

    That's cos ya troyed too ard.

  • @guruzzi
    @guruzzi Жыл бұрын

    I like your teaching method very much. It is an absolutely different presentation.

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Thankyou!! ☺️

  • @Bati.Raad_221B
    @Bati.Raad_221BАй бұрын

    Especially the technic of repeating some sentences and slangs makes people learn without they know it's just superb

  • @whiskyyarn2234
    @whiskyyarn2234 Жыл бұрын

    Omg I love this video. Making language fun. Thank you.

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad!😄😄🇬🇧

  • @spatongue
    @spatongue Жыл бұрын

    I realize I've been dropping the wrong letters🤭. Sometimes it's hard to understand, but it's a matter of time! Great video👏!

  • @ExperiencesSharing_Walker
    @ExperiencesSharing_Walker Жыл бұрын

    Every time when I meet you, I will give you a thumb up. Your program is so wonderful.

  • @galymzhankuantayev4035
    @galymzhankuantayev4035 Жыл бұрын

    Adore your lessons!! So understandable, so wish you were my teacher

  • @stankormy5717
    @stankormy5717 Жыл бұрын

    Laura deserves an Academy Award!

  • @muratucak6689
    @muratucak66899 ай бұрын

    Your are a natural talent. Great work👏

  • @kylee2275
    @kylee22758 ай бұрын

    Genius! You have delivered an extremely enjoyable lesson.

  • @nexus6motorola203
    @nexus6motorola20311 ай бұрын

    Nice job! Great idea) Really engaging delivery of material. Even for not English speaker

  • @stephanginther9051
    @stephanginther9051 Жыл бұрын

    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

    @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

    @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.

  • @jimringomartin
    @jimringomartin Жыл бұрын

    You are so adorabo! And very informed. Love this

  • @oliverclothesoff5397
    @oliverclothesoff5397 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Bati.Raad_221B
    @Bati.Raad_221BАй бұрын

    You were the best cockney teacher I saw mate

  • @osamaAhmed-oi7km
    @osamaAhmed-oi7km8 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much every time comes to watch you i feel good

  • @normancotterill7849
    @normancotterill78495 ай бұрын

    Very good indeed.. Love it ………..I’m Birmingham born………loved PB and Alfie was an incredible character. Well done🤗🤗

  • @davideloi9176
    @davideloi91762 ай бұрын

    You are an exceptional and exceptionally fun teacher!

  • @johnparnham5945
    @johnparnham594516 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @pamelagraceatendido4369
    @pamelagraceatendido4369 Жыл бұрын

    I learned a lot, laughed, and was entertained.

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Perfect!☺️

  • @paryanindoeur
    @paryanindoeur Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @mohammedbouleguessa4865
    @mohammedbouleguessa48659 ай бұрын

    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

    @smashingenglish

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! How kind!!☺️☺️☺️☺️

  • @inddsdgcranberrieswolf
    @inddsdgcranberrieswolf Жыл бұрын

    Love it! Your videos always give a vibe of exciting suspenseful series

  • @Mkkhalil645
    @Mkkhalil645 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much It was really a useful lesson.. Keep going best wishes👍💐😄

  • @DerThorwald
    @DerThorwald11 ай бұрын

    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! 😊

  • @Andre_SuroboyoRek
    @Andre_SuroboyoRek8 ай бұрын

    Although I don't fully comprehend, it's nice to know that there are thousands of languages/accents in the world.

  • @daniyalanjum9941
    @daniyalanjum9941 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @TheSimpy1997
    @TheSimpy1997 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @zeyadalqaisi4239
    @zeyadalqaisi42399 ай бұрын

    Your technique is the best ever, you made it fun and easy ❤

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you Zeyad!!☺️

  • @farouk6437
    @farouk6437 Жыл бұрын

    Love your energy, great video 😂

  • @tiagoschrodinger2515
    @tiagoschrodinger25158 ай бұрын

    *Your entry is fascinating!*

  • @brunobucciaratti3694
    @brunobucciaratti3694 Жыл бұрын

    You are really brilliant Laura ! Please keep blessing us with videos like this one . Have a nice day Brumi haha

  • @ishvara73
    @ishvara734 ай бұрын

    Pure revelation. Much obliged indeed. Now I need to get practicing. Ta.

  • @bangboombang1
    @bangboombang1 Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding performance. Thumbs up!!!

  • @deon9175
    @deon9175 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jasonfernee6395
    @jasonfernee6395 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @azanmalikmoozan7145
    @azanmalikmoozan7145 Жыл бұрын

    I love the cockney accent..please do more from this..I would like to learn..

  • @benjaminmoles3318
    @benjaminmoles33188 ай бұрын

    Great video. I enjoyed it very much. Also very useful. Thanks

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it Ben!☺️☺️

  • @wojownicza12
    @wojownicza128 ай бұрын

    Nice, I love your accent and your teaching skills, as a Polish I speak a bit like this accent - replacing 'th' sound a f

  • @socat9311
    @socat9311 Жыл бұрын

    Difficult to do these vids and not be cringy, i would totally mess it up. You nail it, you are a natural

  • @evasuser
    @evasuser Жыл бұрын

    She's talented, gifted, intelligent and all that, I subscribed. Ty for the inspiration ma'am.

  • @Mia77442
    @Mia7744227 күн бұрын

    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

  • @juleslund1515
    @juleslund1515 Жыл бұрын

    this is the coolest thing to come up in forever..

  • @chetosco
    @chetosco Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ahmadkateeb3688
    @ahmadkateeb3688 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @atamanboba
    @atamanboba5 ай бұрын

    Great lesson! It motivates me to learn more around ways to speak English

  • @stefanomuraro550
    @stefanomuraro5509 ай бұрын

    What a great lesson from you, Laura!

  • @rosedewittbukater4203
    @rosedewittbukater42037 ай бұрын

    Just found your channel and immediatedly subscribed. I am an Anglicist. Love from Germany ❤

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    7 ай бұрын

    Welcome!! 😍😍😍

  • @sijos8927
    @sijos89272 ай бұрын

    I'm having trouble understanding complex accents. Hope this channel helps me.

  • @ru_english
    @ru_english7 ай бұрын

    This is the best episode

  • @ztunelover
    @ztunelover Жыл бұрын

    Blimey. This is a video i never expected me to get me this invested in learning the cockney accent

  • @jannatulferdousaurin4575
    @jannatulferdousaurin4575 Жыл бұрын

    The last part was the best of the best. Lovely.😂❤️

  • @aishaabdalsalam7709
    @aishaabdalsalam7709 Жыл бұрын

    Alfie? some examples please! She's really amazing. The best Coceny accent lesson ever!

  • @paulandsiantours
    @paulandsiantours7 ай бұрын

    I aint larfed so much in ages.....fanks for doing this video. Luuuuved it! 🙂

  • @farodopi5170
    @farodopi5170 Жыл бұрын

    i absolutely love tom hardy job with that character. what an amazing actor with Cillian murphy

  • @Freesoul999
    @Freesoul9992 ай бұрын

    Yes please do more like this, take a character and then teach us around that character

  • @walkthewalktalkthetalk6371
    @walkthewalktalkthetalk63717 ай бұрын

    I Love listening this Girl,she is a comic teacher 😂😂😂

  • @mortiferum87
    @mortiferum87 Жыл бұрын

    First time here and i like it. Thanks, you got a new subscriber.

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Welcome aboard!☺️🇬🇧

  • @ihogenhuis960
    @ihogenhuis96011 ай бұрын

    You can clearly hear the relation to the Australian accent. Fascinating.

  • @diegosamuel498
    @diegosamuel498 Жыл бұрын

    Excited to listen to you

  • @owenjunker2393
    @owenjunker2393 Жыл бұрын

    Your content is the best! I'll have Arthur round up more subscribers cuz you deserve em all

  • @knndyskful
    @knndyskfulАй бұрын

    Haha love it, beautiful demonstration 👏

  • @azamuddinzulkifly6222
    @azamuddinzulkifly6222 Жыл бұрын

    Love this. May god bless you.

  • @hilalilo79
    @hilalilo7911 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love the way you speak o may God loved 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @SAGHAJAR
    @SAGHAJAR7 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @corvuseditz3567
    @corvuseditz3567 Жыл бұрын

    Tom hardy learned English from her 🤣🤣🤣

  • @brucestark5546

    @brucestark5546

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣😂🤣😂

  • @longnhat9456

    @longnhat9456

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah i would say that, she’s so gooddd

  • @Takeawayinataxi

    @Takeawayinataxi

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah Tom is a West Londoner

  • @emilianomendez4516

    @emilianomendez4516

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahaha I concur

  • @rezanadesian6652

    @rezanadesian6652

    Жыл бұрын

    Wkwkwkkwkw

  • @jennifergirling6850
    @jennifergirling6850 Жыл бұрын

    My dad was a cockney, I'm Aussie but I notice a bit of a mix of both languages in our family!

  • @kamalziani9071
    @kamalziani90719 ай бұрын

    U are the most hilarious 😂 teacher I've ever seen 😂😂

  • @elreyAlito
    @elreyAlito Жыл бұрын

    Extraordinary video!

  • @smashingenglish

    @smashingenglish

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much☺️

  • @abdullahussenemamudo938
    @abdullahussenemamudo9385 ай бұрын

    This is my favourite, I love it!

  • @rubyday2496
    @rubyday2496 Жыл бұрын

    The forny fing in my figh! Love it!

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