Name: Assimilation in English: S + Y = SH, Z + Y = ZH | Sound Natural in Fast Speech | thiSHyear; waZHyour
Uploaded: 2026-01-23T18:22:45.000Z
Duration: 2 min 52 s
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It had a mini series, so if you really like this one you can go back and listen to the previous three weeks lessons.

Assimilation is what we use while we are speaking to sound smoother so that we can easily connect words.

The tricky bit for people who are learning a different language is that assimilation changes how a word is pronounced so it gets a little confusing.

This is one that I use a lot in terms of assimilation and this is when we have an S sound followed by a Y sound.

We also see the same rule with when we have a Z sound followed by a Y sound and Y as you as you.

And I just realized I spelled that word incorrectly because I was thinking about the Z sound.

Because when we say as, we actually pronounce that word with a Z sound.

So instead of saying miss you, you can change your S plus Y into an sh sound.

When you're not here from week to week for the lessons and the zy is going to become a J sound.

Instead of saying as you, I'm going to say as you as you.

So miss you becomes miss you as you becomes as you.

So as you listen to this lesson, I hope that you learned to listen a little easier when you're listening to native speakers.

And I hope that I won't miss you because you will be back again with me next week.

I know people are going to notice the difference.

Please let me know what you thought about this little assimilation series in the comments below.

Just use this to listen a little bit easier to native speakers.

Thanks so much and I will see you tomorrow for another homophone lesson.