Name: How to Speak Quickly & Naturally by LINKING These Common Words
Uploaded: 2018-09-30T15:42:25.000Z
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Future simple

Today, I'm going to teach you five common English reductions.

To-infinitive

Which is something many, many, many English learners really want to learn.

Gerund

So I will talk about that with you coming right up.

Welcome to today's lesson, which is a pronunciation

lesson because I am going to talk to you about five common reductions in English.

And I think a lot of people would like to learn more about reductions.

Or they're interested in learning about them because it helps people reduce their accent.

And it's not only good for speaking, but it's also very important for listening as well.

Often times, learners want to try and identify each and every single word.

Instead of just trying to comprehend the main idea.

but it's also important for listening so that you have a

better understanding of the conversation and what the other person is talking about.

And the reason that I think people use reductions is...

it's just something that comes naturally.

when people are speaking fast and the words kind of just run together.

Now, the one thing that I want to tell you about

reductions, and this is a pet peeve of mine.

Alright. Please, please, please, please please do not write these reductions.

I know that you see this done all the time.

You see it on Facebook and on the internet.

But a good rule of thumb, a good practice, is just not to write these reductions.

The reason for this is because I think some learners

don't always make the distinction between

what is accepted and in informal writing and then their formal writing.

So they might end up using and writing these reductions at school, in academic papers.

Or writing them at work in a business email.

It's not something that you want to get into the habit of doing.

So please, please, please do not write these reductions.

The first two reductions that I want to go over with you

are two that you have probably heard and maybe you even use them as well.

They sound like one word that would have two syllables.

That second syllable has the schwa that /uh/ sound.

And also notice there is no T sound in "to."

It basically goes from that N sound that /nnn/

First let's talk a little bit more about going to which is reduced as /gonna/.

Now we use this when we're talking about something

that we are going to do, and it's used with the verb (to be).

So we have our subject, and then the verb (to be), plus going to, plus the base verb.

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So remember going to, when it's reduced, is followed by a base verb.

Be aware that if "going to" is followed by a noun,

as in we're talking about a place that we are going to go,

"Going to" is followed by the noun school, so we are not going to reduce that.

No. In order for it to be reduced it has to be followed by a base verb.

Ioana is going to say the sentence with the reduction,

Here are some other examples of "going to" getting reduced to /gonna/.

Now, we use this and reduce "want to" when the verb want is followed by the infinitive.

Now keep in mind, we can't reduce "want to"

if the subject is in the third person, and we're using he, she, or it.

This is because when our subject is he, she, or it

we have to put an -s on the end of "want" so that it becomes "wants."

Let's practice a few more sentences using this reduction.

Once again Ioana is going to say the sentence, and you can repeat it after her out loud.

Now here are a few more examples using this reduction

The next two reductions I want to talk to you about are "has to" /hasta/ and "have to" /hafta/.

Now these reductions also sound like they may be one word with two syllables.

And again, the stress is on the first syllable

and the second syllable is once again reduced with that schwa sound.

In these reductions you do hear that T sound.

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