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Thanks teacher! You explain very well! 😍😍 I have a query . c Can I drop the T sound in the following sentence: I watched a film and I liked it very mum.
Hi Ezequiel! It's unlikely that the /t/ would be dropped in 'watched' & 'liked' because both times its the marker of the past tense. But sometimes the /k/ in 'liked' is dropped so we can speak faster.
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Are these the only sounds that get dropped or there are more combinations? Like here it was for t/d sounds at the end of a word in a sentence. Are k/g , p/b also dropped in fast speech in similar way? I'm sure they do, but right now can't think of any examples off hand.. Also what's it called when the hard consonant become their softer version in connected speech? eg take it off of me Here the 'off of me' sounds like 'of ov me'
Sorry to interrupt you, but I was wondering would you mind whether I asked you a question'bout a phrase. When someone says, for example, " but then they were surprised when he suddenly fainted". At "then they ", that person did an elision of "th" from that pronoun"they", and after that native speaker linked all there were left, like this: "then'ey", therefore I heard that. Also, "when he", at that same phrase that same speaker did an elision of "h" which came from "he" pronoun, after that speaker linked all there were left, like this: "when'e", therefore I heard that. Am I wrong? If I was, please, let me know. My last doubt's about the way native speakers say phrases: Is that true they don't say all the sounds in the words? By the way, Thank you very much!❤🎉
What's the phenomenon called when the hard (unvoiced) consonant become their softer (voiced) version in connected speech? eg take it off of me Here the 'off of me' sounds like 'of ov me' k sounds g ch sounds j t sounds d p sounds b f sounds v
Thank you so much, Billie! You're REALLY great. Could you explain that "ought to /ˈɔːt ˌtə/" is pronounced as /ˈɔːtə/ by dropping the first t sound ? Thank you!
Excuse me, but how does dropped consonants happen in negative phrases, such as "don't have", "shouldn't have", "couldn't have" or "haven't", and with verbs in the past? And also, how the "t" could be elided in some phrases, such as "might have"? How the "th" from the article "the" with the preposition "on", or next to the consonant "n", at a phrase can be sounded? Could you please give me some examples? Since then, Thank you very much 🎉
Hello! Good question! In the negative modals (or auxiliaries) the final /t/ is often dropped, that means it disappears and we cannot hear it any more. In 'might have' you can only drop the /t/ if you add a glottal stop (this happens in some accents). The /t/ is only dropped on it's own. Remember when we have the spelling 'th' this is either the sound /θ/ or /ð/ but not /t/ and those TH sounds are not dropped!
Thank you so much about video! But i wonder can i drop others consonant . example : she sent a message to me. CAN I DROP /ge/ in word" message" ? Because in your video i only saw you drop /t/
Hello! The 'ge' wouldn't be dropped in message but they do form one sound (or 'g' is a sound and 'e' silent). Elision usually only happens with /t/ and /d/ but in some dialects of English we can also drop /h/ at the beginning of words.
