American English Contractions Learners DON'T USE

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2024

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  • @FluentAmerican
    @FluentAmerican  2 года назад +2

    Like this American English pronunciation workout?
    Try exercising your placement and reductions: ruclips.net/video/w9eNkuRc9Cg/видео.html

  • @erytroxylon
    @erytroxylon 2 года назад +2

    Reductions & contractions, these are by far my favorite things when learning American English!

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  2 года назад

      I think they are among the more interesting topics too! thanks as always

  • @unclessinternet
    @unclessinternet 2 года назад +2

    Thanks God! Finally.
    I've had a long-standing issue with contractions.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  2 года назад

      So excited this is what you were looking for! Do you find a specific contraction tricky?

    • @unclessinternet
      @unclessinternet 2 года назад +1

      @@FluentAmerican Yeah! I got What I needed and you made it easy-peasy.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  2 года назад +1

      @@unclessinternet so glad to hear that!

  • @ritikchaudhary611
    @ritikchaudhary611 2 года назад +2

    Great video = Contractions + Placement

  • @Ghanshyam00000
    @Ghanshyam00000 4 месяца назад

    Hello, this reduction video is very important to me. Thanks coach.

  • @GatotSunyoto-qi2qe
    @GatotSunyoto-qi2qe Год назад +1

    I'm absolutely impressed with your real american real pronunciation nrother. Go on I'm joining you.

  • @Ghanshyam00000
    @Ghanshyam00000 5 месяцев назад +1

    Hi, jeoff this model verbs contraction exercises is extremely important because someone who is not able understand when native using these contractions this video is very helpful for that

  • @Danorfen
    @Danorfen 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this video, it helps me understand how native spoken English works.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  2 года назад +2

      thanks Alvaro, so glad to hear! Do you find you use contractions a lot in your own speech?

    • @Danorfen
      @Danorfen 2 года назад +1

      @@FluentAmerican As a matter of fact I do, most of the time. I'm still working on my placement. It's really difficult to change from Spanish placement to English placement once I was using Spanish placement for a lot of time, at the end of the day specially.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  2 года назад +1

      @@Danorfen oh for sure; it's especially difficult when you're tired

  • @Ghanshyam00000
    @Ghanshyam00000 5 месяцев назад +1

    Very useful video I practice daily with this video and your other videos. Thanks coach.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  5 месяцев назад

      appreciate your support as always!

  • @b.k8921
    @b.k8921 Год назад +1

    Thanks sir,Iam VIKKI BHARDVAJ from India.Iam very happy.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  Год назад

      hey B.K, great to see you and thanks for the kind words! How did you find the channel?

  • @HumbertoDJ2
    @HumbertoDJ2 2 года назад +1

    Awesome!

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  2 года назад +1

      appreciate it Humberto! Have a contraction you find hardest to say?

  • @GatotSunyoto-qi2qe
    @GatotSunyoto-qi2qe Год назад +1

    Go on brother, I'm koining your teaching meghof

  • @Ghanshyam00000
    @Ghanshyam00000 7 месяцев назад +1

    Hi, jeoff, This is an extremely useful these contractions, but sometimes for example, she has or he has when native use contractions we also use he is vs he's I do one thing I see which tenses native speakers has used present perfect tense or simple present tense that I recognize. Thanks.

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  7 месяцев назад +1

      yeah contractions can have different meanings depending on context! be careful!

  • @andrewdatar9880
    @andrewdatar9880 Год назад +1

    Thank you for teaching contractions. The topic is so important. A question about 'he'll" pronunciation at 3:09. Is this a lazy kind of pronunciation? There's no sound of "i" at all, it is replaced with either 'shwa' or 'o'. And it is not recognized as he'll by my ESL ear. I can recognize it in the phrase (but rather because of context), but not on it's own. It doesn't sound like he'll to me. Could you elaborate on this? Probably you already have video on this?

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  Год назад +1

      Hi andrew, thanks for writing!
      The /i/ sound is possible, but we have to understand that "he'll" and many contractions typically are reduced parts of sentences. That means the vowel is going to become weaker and shift to a different sound in many cases. Very often, "he'll" will not actually be pronounced with an /i/ sound at all.
      This isn't to do with laziness or carelessness. This is due to sentence stress patterns--reduced parts of sentences have things like this occur regularly, in both formal and informal settings.
      Here are more examples of native speakers making different variations of "he'll". Some examples where "he'll" will go through this reduction include example number #2, #3 (the first time is reduced and the second is not), #4, #17, #21

    • @andrewdatar9880
      @andrewdatar9880 Год назад +1

      @@FluentAmerican Thanks. Yeah, I see, vowels in unstressed words are reduced. #2, #3, #4, #17, #21 - what do the number refers to?

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  Год назад +1

      sorry the link didn't go through: youglish.com/pronounce/he%27ll%20go/english/us? the number refers to the example at the top (e.g., 2 out of 787)@@andrewdatar9880

    • @andrewdatar9880
      @andrewdatar9880 Год назад +1

      @@FluentAmerican Cool, thank you for pointing out. Yes, I hear the contractions
      Future proofing the examples in case numbers are changed:
      #2 trying to wave someone down and here comes the police car and he'll go right
      #3 He'll go to Kenya where he'll participate in the Global
      #4 called Maharishi Vastu architecture, which he'll go into a little
      #17 He'll go if we'll go and they'll go if you'll
      #21 But the other thing he does is he'll go to the county fair
      In #4 - I can't help but hear "which she'll" and not "which he'll". Distinguishing consonants sometimes is hard too ))

  • @Ghanshyam00000
    @Ghanshyam00000 5 месяцев назад

    Hi, jeoff, Can I use both reductions? I saw two types of reductions could not have, should not have, and would not have. I believe the second reduction is the best option for me I prefer the second because of the heavy nasal N consonant but the first is also excellent. What are your thoughts? Thanks coach.

  • @toudaoukoumai9898
    @toudaoukoumai9898 Год назад +1

    Oh it's so hard!

    • @FluentAmerican
      @FluentAmerican  Год назад

      Hard means we're 1) noticing the difference and 2) setting a new goal!
      Excited to hear about your progress

  • @grayimpostor8828
    @grayimpostor8828 2 года назад +1

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