0:27 I gave her a box of chocolates for her birthday 1:27 I gave h[er] [a] box [o]f chocolates f[or] h[er] birthday 1:53 Part1 - Which Words Have Weak Forms? 2:45 examples 5:48 Part2 - When Should You Use Weak Forms? 8:03 Part3 - When Should You Use Strong Forms? 11:12 Part4 - Practice With Weak Forms?
Thanks for watching and sharing your suggestion. We might have more lessons on this in the future. However, our lesson on Understanding Native Speakers talks a little about the true pronunciation of words in a sentence. You can find it on our website: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/understand-native-speakers.
Hello Mr. Olli, Could you check my use of the weak & strong forms for the sentences below, please? In which sentences must we use only one form of "are" & "you" or both forms with difference in meaning & why? 1) How old are /ə//α:/ you? 2) How many books are /ə//α:/ there? 3) What are /ə//α:/ their jobs? 4) How are /ə/ /α:/ you /jə/ /ju:/ today? 5) Where were /wə/ /wə:/ you /ju:/ /jə/ last night? 6) Where are /ə//α:/ you /jə/ from? 7) Thank you /jə/, sir. 8) Thank you /jə/ very much. 9) Nice to see you /jə/, too, Mr. Sam. 10) Nice to see you /ju:/. 11) I didn't see the film, but you /ju:/ /jə/did. 12) Remember what you /ju:/ /jə/ were. 13) I'll've finished before you/ ju:/ /jə/ have.
Hi bro, could you make videos on speculations again. using 'will' how many kinds of speculation sentenses can we make in present,past,future and progressive meanings. 'Ask him he will know the address.' What does it mean? There are also confusions with could,would,should, and other modals.
Hi Mohammed, we have a few lessons that can help with 'will': www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/video-lesson-will-might, and modal verbs: www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/?s=modal.
Thank you so much Oli but I personally find weak forms quite hard to pronounce correctly. I don't know why😭 I will appreciate if you reply my comment and tell me what I should do right now
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This was incredibly well explained, thank you! Weak forms are definitely the hardest part of pronunciation, but this explanation made everything super clear for me! Thanks! Greetings from Chile
Hi Oli! How are you? I hope you're very well! I love all your videos! You explain very well! You have a special charisma to teach! Thanks so much for helping me with my English lessons!! Greetings to you from Argentina! I love you! 👏👏👏👏👏😊😍😍❤💖😚😚
Dear Sir, I am writing this email to ask for your permission to use your video as my study material. I have a big assignment from my teacher, who asked us to study the uses of weak form and strong form. I found your video and I feel its content is exciting and fantastic, so can I use it for my exercise? I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Huyen.
One addition to the "weak forms are always connected to the words that come before and after" part: while this is generally true, it is incredibly easy to find dangling weak forms in natural speech when people are hesitating. Especially with "to", examples are all over the place. "I tried to... to... well, I _did_ tell her!" You will hear /tə... tə.../ in a super exposed way. Like I said, these things are all over the place once you start listening for them. I didn't just find that interesting but also helpful as a learner, as these cases might be easier to identify than the ones that are sandwiched between other words in a quickly spoken sentence.
Dear Sir, I am writing this email to ask for your permission to use your video on you tube as my study material. I have a big assignment coming up for my teacher, he asked us to use it. I searched on the internet and found your video, i like it very much, its content is very interesting, so can i use it for my exercise? I look forward to hearing from you. Your sincerely, Khue
Hi Ahmed. This is a function of speaking a language fluently. Words are strung together and sounds are compressed. We have a few other lessons which might help you! www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/how-to-understand-fast-speech, www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/understand-native-speakers.
@@Oxfordonlineenglish1 Thanks for showing concern. Apparently, several words have two or more weak forms. I want to know if their weak forms are interchangeable, or we need to follow a rule to know wish form to use. For instance the conjunction "and" has three possible pronunciations /ənd/ /ən/ and /nd/. The same thing applies to "for" it can be /fə/or /fər/. are these weak forms interchangeable, or we have to decide which one to use depending on the surrounding words?
He should repeat the sentence word by word slowly with all the weak forms of the sentence, otherwise, the non-English speaker can never know how they are pronounced. Just at normal speed, how can we know what happens in each sentence?
