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Use of contractions (See at the end of the post)
It will → it’ll (also 14:30)
I am → I’m
You are → you’re
We are → we’re
They are → they’re
it’s - it is, it has (in a tense construction) (19:40)
It’s been a long time → it has been a long time
How’s he been? → how has he been? (20:20)
They are not → they’re not / they aren’t
It is not → it’s not / it isn’t (more often ) idisnt
It’s hot today
It isn’t hot today (14:30 - 18:30 )
L → ull (it'l, little)
idull
I’m not sure it’ll work
It’ll run and it’ll work
A dog’ll be there (11:56)
Dogs’ll be there
Celsius - L sound ()
- Short u sound
indispensable
Have - H sound
Winter becoming “winner” - dialectal, regional, sounds a bit uneducated (27:00)
Internet becoming “innernet”| (29:50)
internet (google)
internet (YouGlish)
Scranton - Scra’n, Scrantin (Angelo is from Scranton )
I have an air conditioner that I use in the winter, because it’s still thirty degrees Celsius (35:00)
Celsius (google) (33:40)
Celsius
Air conditioner - stress on AIR, less stress on conditioner
air conditioner
air conditioner
Intonation patterns: (39:30)
Period (.) = downwards falling tone
Comma (,) = you often (not always) go up in tone + small pause
Special emphasis on a word = go up in tone
Question mark (?) = go up in tone
Do you have a dog? → Yes, I do / No, I don’t (43:30)
// AmE: Do you have a dog? → Yes, I do
// BE: Do you have a dog? → Yes, I have
(do you/did you) → D’zha have a dog? (dialectal) (45:10)
Did you eat yet? → Jeet yet? (45:30)
Did you → di-joo
Have you ever eaten this dish (in your life)?
If you had a dog, would you be happy? (48:15)
Happy - not short i, long i
Would you → wu-joo
Y at the end of a word → long EEEEE (50:09)
If she had a garden, would it be lovely? (lovely - more in BE)
If you were more friendly, would your friends be happy? (52:50)
Would your → wu-jour
I am hungry. / I’m hungry. (54:00)
Are you hungry?
If we don’t eat now, will you be hungry later? (55:00)
Eat now -- T is stop T
You - when it’s not emphasized/stressed, often becomes “ya” (55:40)
How are YOU?
How ARE ya? (informal)
Contractions in American English
contractions american english (YouTube)