Vowel sounds are made inside the mouth and are voiced. You need to vibrate your vocal cords to make the sound.
In this lesson, we compare vowel sounds /ʌ, a/.

And now it’s your turn.
Here’s your audio pronunciation quiz.
Do you hear /ʌ/ or /a/?
Which word do you hear?
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