Do NOT say the D in these 105 Common Words!

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Speaking English is tough! Native speakers use smooth, natural rhythm to link the sounds of American English. Even for students who test as Fluent in English, learning how to speak English is quite a challenge. But I’m here to help you! In this speaking English training video I’ll show you how to drop the D sound in more than 100 common English words. Pronunciation in American English is often surprisingly different from what’s on the page! Speaking English more fluently requires knowledge AND lots of practice. I’ll give you both in this training video! You’ll see how and when to drop the D sound when you’re speaking and you’ll also see lots of examples of Americans speaking English so that you can solidify your learning. It’s true: speaking English is tough. But with my help you’ll be sounding more and more like a native speaker in no time! Let’s get started.
00:00 Introduction
00:03 Dropping the T's and D's
00:23 Tens/Tends
01:05 Friendship
03:46 Sounds of American English Cheat Sheet
04:19 Thanks for joining my RU-vid Membership program
04:42 Grandkids
04:57 'Grand' words
05:13 Errands
05:33 Kindness, kinds and kindly
06:28 Around the
07:05 Around one
07:36 Found
08:10 Second
09:06 List of common words and two-word links where we drop the D
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@rachelsenglish 3 месяца назад

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@anndeecosita3586 Год назад

As an American I don’t think I generally drop d as much as this video suggests. Especially not before ly. Might be an accent thing or my having an extensive career in broadcasting. I don’t say tens and tends or ten/tend the same way because they form somewhat differently (no dropped t in differently for me) in my mouth. My tip of my tongue goes up to the roof of my mouth behind my teeth to push a d when I say tends but I don’t do this in tens. Kind of like the video on mountain, fountain and such. I NEVER drop the t. Just wanting to let English learners know this is optional. By the way I don’t drop the first t in important. I don’t drop g in ing although this is common. People will understand you either way.

@rachelsenglish Год назад

Thanks for sharing Ann!

@mikelarrieta1 Год назад

Yeah, you're absolutely right.

@francissolum7192 Год назад

She meant that the ‘d’ is very subtle, almost erased sometimes.

@comegowithme Год назад

Agreed, this is definitely an accent type of thing, not how you would be taught proper English in a classroom setting using phonics etc. It probably depends on what part of the country/world you’re speaking English in. I’ve lived in quite a few parts but I speak clearly and enunciate the sounds properly as intended.

@ventana100 Год назад

Thanks for sharing this! I found extremely helpful to read that it's possible to sound intelligible for a native speaker weather we drop the Ds and Ts or not, like on these cases. I was started worrying in putting effort on dropping these letters to don't sound awkward. The video is very useful but it's priceless to learn from contrasting comments like yours. Thanks a lot!

@panpiper Год назад

I am a native english speaker, and unless I am drunk, I do not drop these consonants.

@ahmednur1405 Год назад

🤣🤣

@jabato9779 Год назад

Thanks, I am not a native English speaker and this got I me wondering.

@JaneAlison008 Год назад

Thanks man as I was so confused and almost started to question my knowledge.

@shane4464 Год назад

This X1000

@Thyme2sea Год назад

Thank you Peter, what a relief! I’m a native Portuguese speaker, so I’m never completely sure of what to think about certain situations.

@luissarmiento1479 Год назад

English is not my first language and I don't understand English well when I try to talk to an American. Now I'm improving my listening for Rachel, thanks Rachel. You have helped me so much. Keep on.

@RodrigoMartins-dj8nu Год назад

But the d is pronounced. It's not strong, but there's clearly a movement of the tip of the tongue to the palate

@MarcusDCarvalho Год назад

Exactly you pronounce it for yourself otherwise it doesn’t sound right

@SurfistaEletrico Год назад

@@MarcusDCarvalho Untrue for find, found, friend... Also, English varies across the USA, and from there to the UK, Australia, New Zeland etc.

@SurfistaEletrico Год назад

Yes. And it is not really "silent" like the B in "debt". There is a faint sound indeed.

@Conservative007 Год назад

Nope, it's not. There's no sound of the D

@sergionascimentobordalo202 Год назад

@@Conservative007 You gotta be kidding...

@balbalbalbal6083 Год назад

You are THE master of your craft. Can't thank you enough Rachel. I am an Arab English teacher who graduated from public schools. Your videos and precious channel enabled me to be a confident teacher with an American accent.

@sazji Год назад

A lot of this stuff is very regional. I grew up in eastern Iowa, where we do pronounce some things not pronounced in many another areas. (Like the H in “where, why, etc.) I would drop (or at least greatly reduce) the D in “friendship”, but not in “friend was” or “friendly,” “bindweed,” “sound wave.” But in “grandkids” I do, unless I’m reading very carefully. What’s going on? There’s more going on here than just “another consonant.” The type of consonant following the D is important. In “friendship” the D is followed by a continuant alveolar fricative; D is articulated in the same place as the D, so it is harder to articulate it fully and we tend to blend them. In “grandchildren,” the “ch” is a stop, so it’s easier to pronounce. The stress pattern there also encourages it. In “grandkids,” there’s something more going on. The K in “kids” is velar, and it’s more work to move straight from an alveolar to a velar consonant. So the tendency is for the D to be dropped in favor of ŋk (ngk). We don’t say “grankids,” we say “graŋkids.”

@davidlamb7524 Год назад

You nailed it. That is the problem with American English. There is no standard, only different dialects. There is a standard English called 'RP' which is mostly spoken in England. It is the form of the language most widely admired around the world. For examples listen to David Attenborough, Stephen Fry and Richard Dawkins for good examples. I'm not a supporter of his politics but the new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak also speaks RP beautifully. If students understood the high status, clarity etc of RP they would realise that it will actually stand them in better stead in the USA itself than any US accent. However they will still need to at least understand the local accent and dialect wherever they are. For that this video could be useful.

@adolforodolfo6929 Год назад

@@davidlamb7524 Hardly anyone here in England speaks RP these days, not even on the BBC. Most English people, regardless of class, now speak with what is basically a regional accent.

@davidlamb7524 Год назад

@@adolforodolfo6929 That's a shame - but RP is still the only standard.

@stephaniel.3812 Год назад

Iowa here, too! How did I get to this video, anyway?! I honestly said all of these words outloud just now and I drop most of the D's..... and most are barely pronunciated .... example -----> "Grandkid" is/was "Grnkid" and my "I" in kid was pretty weak. Sigh.

@MrGregHiller Год назад

Thanks a lot for your very detailed explanation and reply.

@annelarrybrunelle3570 Год назад

As an American native speaker (midwest transplant to Texas) of 70+ years, I assure you that I was taught to (and still do) pronounce my terminal consonants. And I would encourage a non-native speaker to do the same. There is a difference between "smooth" and "sloppy". Indeed, singers, especially those who wish their words to be understood, will usese care to enunciate terminal consonants clearly, even if softly. There actually is reason to put an almost indiscernible space between, for example, the words "had done" - two distinct "d" sounds very close together. And I also report that when speaking to anyone with even a mild hearing impairment, and especially on the phone, dictionary pronunciation, with clarity and distinction, is preferred.