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TEST YOURSELF! Practice Listening to Reduced English Speech

“Why can’t I understand local English speakers?” One reason could be that English speakers often reduce their pronunciation in conversation. This means they do not pronounce words how they are supposed to be pronounced. In this listening and speaking lesson, you will learn to understand (and use!) ten of the most commonly reduced words in English conversation. These include: him, his, he, her, them, your, our, and, to, and or. At the end of the lesson, I invite you to test your listening and write what I say in the comments. Can you understand 100% of what I say? Listen and tell me! https://www.engvid.com/test-yourself-... Visit https://www.EnglishAlex.com for more English updates, my books, and more! Watch more of my listening practice videos: English Listening Practice: Phone Conversations    • English Listening Practice: Phone Con...   15 Minutes of English Listening Practice    • 15 Minutes of English Listening Pract...   In this lesson: 0:00 10 words that are reduced in speaking 1:16 him → 'im, 'em 2:33 his → 'iz 3:23 he → 'ee 4:51 her → 'er 6:09 them → 'em 6:51 your → yer 7:50 our → 'r, 'ahr 9:18 and → 'n, an' 10:25 to → 'tuh 11:37 or → 'er 12:27 – Practice – TRANSCRIPT: Hey, everyone. I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking. You are learning English with engVid. Today I want you to practice your speaking and your listening with me. To do that, we will look at 10 words which are reduced in English speaking. Whether a person lives in Australia, England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, the United States, we all do these reductions when we are in a casual situation and when we speak in a natural way, when we are on autopilot a little bit and you're not thinking about your pronunciation, everyone does these reductions. Except maybe university professors or something, but most people, almost everybody does these reductions. So, at the end of this video, I'm going to test your listening, so make sure you stay till the end because I have a little surprise for you to test your listening skills, okay? So, again, we're going to practice... We're going to practice... We are going to practice our speaking and our listening in this video. So, the first word which is reduced in speaking is "him". Now, this word is often reduced without the "h", so we cut the "h" when we're speaking, and if it's in the middle of a sentence, we say "im" or "em". When you just hear it like that, it doesn't mean anything. So, let's look at two different sentences, and I want you to listen and repeat the sentences after me. So, the first sentence... First, just listen to me. "I saw him at the store." Okay? So, what I did there, "I saw him", "I saw him" or "I saw him", right? So, "I saw him" or "I saw him at the store". So, let's see if you can do that now. Repeat after me. "I saw him at the store." Okay? And the second one, "Do you know him?" Let's try that again a little slower. "Do you know him?" Okay, good. This is just the warm-up. All right? Next, we have "his", and this is another one where we just cut the "h", and you can see a pattern here, right? "Him", "his", "he", "her". A lot of "h's" are cut at the beginning of words, especially when they are in the middle of a sentence. So, repeat after me. "That's his phone." One more time. "That's his phone." Okay? And this one, we'll do the slow version first. "What's his name?" And now, a little faster. "What's his name?" Good. Let's keep going with "he", and we cut the "h", and it just sounds like "e" or the letter "e", essentially. So, here, repeat after me. I'll go a little slower. "Do you know where he lives?" Okay. A little faster. "Do you know where he lives?" Okay, so "wary", "wary", "wary", right? So, "Do you know where he lives?", "Do you know where he lives?" Very good. And next, repeat after me slowly. "He said he was sorry." Now, you notice I did pronounce it when it was at the beginning of a sentence. Usually when these words are at the beginning of a sentence, we do pronounce the "h", but however, when it's in the middle and it's not stressed, when it's unstressed, we cut the "h". So, repeat after me a little faster. "He said he was sorry." "He said he", right? Just like you hear that little - that liaison in French. "He said he was", "He said he", "He said he was", "He said he was sorry." Next, we have "her", and again, cut the "h", "her". So, here are our questions. Repeat after me. "Why don't you call her?" And you may have noticed I also did something with the "t". This is a little bonus lesson, and I will have a future video on this topic. Often with "n" and "t" together, we do not release the "t". So, we say "we don't". Your tongue goes in the "t" position, but it doesn't release the "t". It doesn't say "don't". We just say "don't". The tongue stays there because it's lazy. Basically, it's easier. But let's focus on the "her" in this case, "her". […]