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  • Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

  • Are you ready to understand fast English conversations?

  • Let's do it.

  • I'm just going to kind of probably two or three.

  • Hmm?

  • Have you ever watched an English TV show or movie and people spoke like that and you thought,

  • "Uh, this is like a completely different language than what I learned in school."

  • You know what?

  • You're pretty much right, because you learned classroom English at school, not real life

  • English.

  • But never fear!

  • In today's lesson, you're going to be using my proven conversation breakdown method to

  • understand fast conversations.

  • With the conversation breakdown method, we listened to a real English conversation, not

  • a textbook conversation, real conversation, and then we break it down together.

  • To break down means that you study short pieces, specific vocabulary, specific phrases that

  • native speakers use, or like today's lesson, specific pronunciation that will help you

  • to sound like an American English speaker.

  • To help you with today's lesson, I've created a free PDF worksheet that you can download

  • so that you never forget what you've learned.

  • Click on the link in the description to download your PDF today.

  • If you've been studying English with me for a while, you might have seen this video, where

  • my husband and I go to a local bakery and review some tasty desserts that we got.

  • I was also very pregnant in this video.

  • My belly is huge.

  • And in today's lesson, you're going to be watching a couple clips from that conversation.

  • We'll break it down.

  • You will practice the pronunciation from those clips, and then we'll review the clip.

  • Will your listening and pronunciation skills improve?

  • Let's find out.

  • If you enjoy this lesson, continue using the conversation breakdown method with me in my

  • course, The Fearless Fluency Club.

  • You can speak confidently, express yourself completely, and understand fast English speakers.

  • Click on the link in the description to find out more about The Fearless Fluency Club and

  • how it can help you to speak confident English.

  • All right, let's get started with the first clip from our natural real life conversation.

  • We're going to watch it, and then I'll break it down so that you can practice it with me.

  • Let's watch.

  • All right.

  • You want to try the peanut brittle?

  • Dan: Sure.

  • I'm going to take this huge piece.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • All right.

  • You want to try the peanut brittle?

  • Dan: Sure.

  • I'm going to take this huge piece.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • You heard Dan say, "I'm going to take this huge piece."

  • But did it sound like that?

  • Nope.

  • He said, "I'm unna take this huge piece."

  • Let's break this down.

  • At the beginning of the sentence, he uses a great contraction.

  • I'm.

  • I'm.

  • This is I plus am.

  • That makes I'm.

  • And then he makes a reduction within another reduction.

  • He says going to take.

  • But he doesn't say going to, he says gonna, and then he reduces it even further.

  • He cuts off the G and says unna.

  • I'm unna take this huge piece.

  • I'm unna this huge piece.

  • Sometimes when we're speaking really quickly, we reduce going to to gonna.

  • I'm gonna take this huge piece.

  • But we might reduce it even more, cut off the G, and just say, "I'm unna take this huge

  • piece.

  • I'm unna take this huge piece."

  • Do you want to practice the sample sentence with me?

  • Yes, let's do it.

  • I'm going to visit my friend becomes I'm unna visit my friend.

  • Can you say that with me?

  • Let's say it slowly first and then we'll speed it up.

  • Because if you're going to use unna, it needs to be in fast English.

  • You can't say I'm unna meet my friend.

  • No.

  • This needs to be a reduction in a fast sentence.

  • Let's say it slowly and then we'll speed it up.

  • I'm unna visit my friend.

  • I'm unna visit my friend.

  • Let's say it fast.

  • I'm unna visit my friend.

  • I'm unna visit my friend.

  • I'm unna visit my friend.

  • Great work.

  • All right.

  • Let's watch the original clip one more time, and I want to know, has your listening and

  • pronunciation skills improved with just this one clip?

  • Imagine when we do all of the other clips from this video.

  • All right.

  • Let's watch.

  • All Right.

  • You want to try the peanut brittle?

  • Dan: Sure.

  • I'm going to take this huge piece.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • All right.

  • You want to try the peanut brittle?

  • Dan: Sure.

  • I'm going to take this huge piece.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • Did you hear I'm unna?

  • I hope so.

  • Let's go on to our second clip where you're going to hear another interesting reduction

  • that native speakers use all the time in daily conversation.

  • Let's watch.

  • Well, I'm going to clean off my spoon and try the chocolate.

  • Maybe I should refresh.

  • Dan: I don't always like fruity kind of desserts,

  • but this has just like a layer of tart jelly or jam on the top.

  • And that really just hits the spot for me.

  • Vanessa: Yeah.

  • It doesn't feel too heavy.

  • Well, I'm going to clean off my spoon and try the chocolate.

  • Maybe I should refresh.

  • Dan: I don't always like fruity kind of desserts,

  • but this has just like a layer of tart jelly or jam on the top.

  • And that really just hits the spot for me.

  • Vanessa: Yeah.

  • It doesn't feel too heavy.

  • In this clip, you heard Dan say and I'm going to read his words exactly, "I don't always

  • like fruity desserts, but this has just like a layer of tart jam or jelly on top.

  • And that just hits the spot for me."

  • Oh, did he say that just hits the spot for me?

  • This has just like no.

  • For the word just, we often cut off that final T and say jus'.

  • Jus'.

  • I don't know where the T is.

  • Maybe it's off on vacation somewhere.

  • I wish I could go.

  • But instead, we just say jus'.

  • I want you to practice a sample sentence with me so that you can practice this common reduction.

  • When someone asks you, "Where do you live," you could say, "I jus' live down the street.

  • I jus' live down the street."

  • This is if you're in your neighborhood and someone wants to know, "Where is your house?"

  • You can use this great phrase.

  • Can you say it with me and cut off that final T sound in the word just?

  • Yes, you got this.

  • Let's say it together.

  • I jus' live down the street.

  • I jus' lived down the street.

  • I jus' live down the street.

  • I jus' lived down the street.

  • Excellent work.

  • All right.

  • Let's watch the original clip and I want you to be listening carefully, especially for

  • the two times that Dan says just reduced to jus'.

  • Listen carefully.

  • Well, I'm going to clean off my spoon and try the chocolate.

  • Maybe I should refresh.

  • Dan: I don't always like fruity kind of desserts,

  • but this has just like a layer of tart jelly or jam on the top.

  • And that really just hits the spot for me.

  • Vanessa: Yeah.

  • It doesn't feel too heavy.

  • Well, I'm going to clean off my spoon and try the chocolate.

  • Maybe I should refresh.

  • Dan: I don't always like fruity kind of desserts,

  • but this has just like a layer of tart jelly or jam on the top.

  • And that really just hits the spot for me.

  • Vanessa: Yeah.

  • It doesn't feel too heavy.

  • Let's go on to our next clip.

  • You're going to hear another interesting reduction that native speakers use all the time in daily

  • conversation.

  • Let's watch.

  • What about that raspberry?

  • Are we going to fight over it?

  • Dan: Nah, you can have it.

  • I got to save space.

  • Vanessa: Oh yeah, we've got a lot of desserts coming.

  • What about that raspberry?

  • Are we going to fight over it?

  • Dan: Nah, you can have it.

  • I got to save space.

  • Vanessa: Oh yeah, we've got a lot of desserts coming.

  • In this clip, you heard Dan say, "I've got to save space."

  • He's talking about some space in his stomach.

  • If he eats too much, he won't have room for more desserts, because we reviewed a lot of

  • desserts in that video.

  • But he doesn't say, "I've got to save space."

  • He uses an excellent reduction.

  • He says, "I gotta save space.

  • I gotta save space."

  • There's a lot of stuff going on here, so let's break it down.

  • This real phrase if we're going to say it in the textbook way is I have got to save

  • space.

  • That means I need to save space.

  • But in daily conversation, we never use that.

  • You might hear, I've gotta save space, but we often drop the word have completely and

  • then we were deuce got to to gotta.

  • But listen carefully, there's something very interesting happening with the T's in that

  • word, gotta, gotta.

  • Do you hear gotta with a clear T sound?

  • Nope.

  • Instead, in American English, when a T is surrounded by vowels, it changes to a D sound.

  • So listen when I say that, I gotta.

  • I gotta save space.

  • I gotta save space.

  • It sounds like a D. And in fact, when we say that in American

  • English, it is, and you can say that too.

  • So let's practice a sample sentence together.

  • I'm tired.

  • I gotta get to bed early tonight.

  • I'm tired.

  • I gotta get to bed early tonight.

  • Can you say it out loud with me?

  • Let's say it two times.

  • I'm tired.

  • I gotta get to bed early tonight.

  • I'm tired.

  • I gotta get to bed early tonight.

  • Excellent work practicing that reduction.

  • Let's watch the original clip and I want you to listen carefully for how Dan says I have

  • got to reduced to gotta.

  • Let's listen.

  • What about that raspberry?

  • Are we going to fight over it?

  • Dan: Nah, you can have it.

  • I got to save space.

  • Vanessa: Oh yeah.

  • We've got a lot of desserts coming in.

  • What about that raspberry?

  • Are we going to fight over it?

  • Dan: Nah, you can have it.

  • I got to save space.

  • Vanessa: Oh yeah.

  • We've got a lot of desserts coming.

  • Did you hear gotta?

  • I hope so.

  • Let's go on to our next clip where we're going to be seeing something we just talked about,

  • plus adding on a new concept.

  • Let's watch.

  • They know what they're doing as far as the garnish.

  • They know what will look good, and they also know what's going to kind of give it that

  • extra edge.

  • They know what they're doing as far as the garnish.

  • They know what will look good, and they also know what's going to kind of give it that

  • extra edge.

  • In this clip, you heard me say, "They know what's gonna kin'a give it that extra edge.

  • They know what's gonna kin'a give it that extra edge."

  • Whew!

  • Do you hear a reduction that we just talked about?

  • They know what's gonna.

  • Going to is going to, they know what's gonna, but then I said something that was another

  • reduction.

  • They know what's gonna kin'a give it that extra edge.

  • Hmm.

  • This expression kind of can be reduced in a couple ways.

  • We could say what's gonna kinda, kinda give it that extra edge.

  • When the word of is reduced to a, kinda, kinda give it that extra edge.

  • But sometimes we reduce it even further, and that's what I did in this clip.

  • I cut off the letter D completely.

  • We don't know where it is.

  • Maybe it's on vacation with the letter T. Let's go.

  • But here, I pronounced it kin'a, kin'a.

  • Let me say that whole sentence and then we'll practice the sentence together.

  • They know what's gonna kin'a of give it that extra edge.

  • Whew!

  • Let's practice a sample sentence together that you can use in your daily life.

  • The party starts at 7:00, but it's gonna kin'a be a come-and-go event.

  • This expression, a come-and-go event, means that you don't need to come strictly at 7:00.

  • You're welcome to come whenever you want and leave whenever you want.

  • So let's say this sentence together and make sure that you use the reduction it's gonna

  • kin'a be a come-and-go event.

  • Kind of two for one here.

  • You're practicing pronunciation and maybe a new vocabulary expression.

  • All right.

  • Let's say it together.

  • The party starts at 7:00, but it's gonna kin'a be a come-and-go event.

  • Let's say it again.

  • The party starts at 7:00, but it's gonna kin'a be a come-and-go event.

  • Excellent work.

  • All right.

  • Let's watch the original clip and I want you to listen carefully for the two phrases that

  • we just talked about, gonna and kin'a.

  • Let's watch.

  • They know what they're doing as far as the garnish.

  • They know what will look good, and they also know what's going to kind of give it that

  • extra edge.

  • They know what they're doing as far as the garnish.

  • They know what will look good, and they also know what's going to kind of give it that

  • extra edge.

  • Did you hear gonna, kin'a?

  • I hope so.

  • Let's go on to our next clip where you will also hear gonna, but another reduction that

  • we're going to learn about in just a minute.

  • Let's watch.

  • Oh, because it's chocolate?

  • Dan: Because it's chocolate and fudgy.

  • It's probably going to be putting similar.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • Dan: We'll see.

  • Vanessa: Oh, because it's chocolate?

  • Dan: Because it's chocolate and fudgy.

  • It's probably going to be pretty similar.

  • Okay.

  • Vanessa: We'll see.

  • You heard Dan say, "It's probably going to be pretty similar.

  • It's probably going to be pretty similar."

  • Hmm.

  • The full phrase is, it's probably going to be pretty similar.

  • But we already talked about going to becoming gonna, but what about the word before that,

  • probably?

  • This bird trips up a lot of English learners, but never fear.

  • I'm going to help you learn to come and reductions for this word so that you can understand it

  • clearly and so that you can use them if you wish.

  • The first reduction for the word probably is probly.

  • Probly.

  • This is extremely common in daily conversations.

  • We might say, "It's probly gonna rain.

  • It's probly gonna rain."

  • But that's not how Dan used it.

  • Instead, he reduced the word probably even more.

  • He said pro'ly gonna, pro'ly gonna, pro'ly.

  • This is the most reduced version of the word probably, but it's extremely common in daily

  • conversation.

  • So let's practice saying this in a sentence that you might use in your daily life.

  • Grab an umbrella.

  • It's pro'ly gonna rain later.

  • Let's say it a little bit slower.

  • Grab an umbrella.

  • It's pro'ly gonna rain later.

  • Grab an umbrella.

  • It's pro'ly gonna rain later.

  • You could say it's probly gonna rain later.

  • It's probly, using that first reduction.

  • That's totally fine.

  • It's probly gonna rain later.

  • It's rain gonna rain later.

  • Or we could reduce it even further and say, it's pro'ly gonna rain later.

  • It's pro'ly gonna rain later.

  • It's pro'ly gonna to rain later.

  • Lots of exciting reductions and you see how some of these reductions are used again and

  • again.

  • So they're going to come up a lot as you're watching English TV shows and movies and having

  • real conversations.

  • You will hear these a lot.

  • You are giving yourself the tools to understand and speak real English.

  • All right.

  • Let's watch this clip and I want you to listen carefully for that phrase, pro'ly going to.

  • Super fast, but now you're going to understand it.

  • Let's watch.

  • Oh, because it's chocolate?

  • Dan: Because it's chocolate and fudgy.

  • It's probably going to be pretty similar.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • Dan: We'll see.

  • Vanessa: Oh, because it's chocolate?

  • Dan: Because it's chocolate and fudgy.

  • It's probably going to be pretty similar.

  • Vanessa: Okay.

  • Dan: We'll see.

  • Vanessa: Did you hear it's pro'ly gonna be pretty similar?

  • Pro'ly gonna be?

  • I hope so.

  • Well, congratulations on leveling up your pronunciation and your speaking skills with

  • the conversation breakdown method.

  • You did it.

  • Don't forget, if you enjoyed this type of lesson with the conversation breakdown method,

  • you can continue to learn with me in The Fearless Fluency Club where we use this method to help

  • you speak confidently, express yourself completely, and understand fast real English conversations.

  • And now I have a question for you.

  • Let me know in the comments, what are you probably going to do tomorrow?

  • Let me know.

  • You can write out your answer.

  • Read it out loud.

  • Practice your pronunciation.

  • You can read each other sentences out loud too.

  • You're helping each other and working together.

  • Well, thanks so much for learning English with me and I'll see you again next Friday

  • for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

  • Bye!

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  • With this free PDF, you will master today's lesson and never forget what you have learned.

  • You can be a confident English speaker.

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  • Bye!

Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

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