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  • What is the trick of native speakers that helps them speak so fast

  • but still be understood by other native speakers with no problem?

  • As a non-native speaker, can you learn reductions and sound more natural speaking English?

  • Can you learn how to speak English fast while still being clear?

  • You bet! That means, absolutely.

  • Today we're going to study up-close shots of the mouth while we study the 'for' reduction.

  • This video has over 500 sentences so you can study how native speakers use this reduction

  • to speak fast English, while sounding natural and clear.

  • And I guarantee you're going to be able to do it yourself.

  • We're going to break it down, we're going to make it clear for you.

  • And even if this is a concept that you know already all about,

  • being able to see it up close and in slow motion, in action, reveals so much.

  • You're going to get a lot better at it.

  • And in working with these sentences, you're really going to build towards that habit

  • of being able to do the reduction perfectly, without thinking about in conversation.

  • Let' start.

  • A couple seconds on the basics. The words is F-O-R.

  • Fully pronounced, written in IPA with the AW as in LAW vowel,

  • but that R does change the vowel. It's not a pure AW vowel.

  • It's fo-oo. Fooooooor.

  • But we're not here to perfect the full pronunciation,

  • because this word is rarely fully pronounced.

  • It's almost always reduced.

  • In IPA that is written with the schwa.

  • When schwa is followed by R, you don't need to try to make a vowel at all.

  • The R overpowers the schwa, so your word becomes fff-rrr. Frrr.

  • Said as quickly as you can. frrr.

  • That's a reduction.

  • A reduction means a sound changes or is dropped.

  • It's not FOR, it's frr.

  • Let's look at this up close and in slow motion.

  • This is the phrase: It's just for fun.

  • Notice the T sound is dropped here because it comes between two consonants.

  • It's just for fun.

  • It's just for fun.

  • This is something that you do not because you benefit from it in time or money or convenience, but pleasure.

  • It's just for fun.

  • Let's say you're driving somewhere and you decide to take a way that's longer because it's prettier.

  • We call that the scenic route.

  • You could say, let's take the scenic route, just for fun.

  • First, we'll just watch the whole sentence. Here it is:

  • Now we'll see that again, and we'll break down 'for'

  • Here we are in the position for the F.

  • The bottom lip is pulled up a little so the inside is touching the bottom of the top front teeth.

  • The top lip is lifted a little so it's not touching the bottom lip.

  • The correct position for the F is not this: ffff.

  • Don't curl your lip in. It's the inside of the lip, here, that touches here.

  • Ffff. Ffff.

  • See that? Very relaxed.

  • Now let's watch the whole word FOR, pronounced 'fer'.

  • Wow. That was fast, and this is even slowed down.

  • Ferr. Ferr.

  • Now we're back into position for the F for the next word, fun.

  • Let's watch just the word 'for' a few times

  • For

  • Try that now. For.

  • Okay. Let's finish the phrase.

  • For fun.

  • for fun.

  • for fun.

  • 'For' is much shorter than the stressed word 'fun'.

  • Now, we don't want to rush through our stressed words,

  • that would be fast English but unclear English.

  • So know your reductions, learn them, but don't rush through everything.

  • Stressed syllables should still be long and have that up-down shape.

  • For fun.

  • For fun.

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  • Okay, now, do you have to use this 'for' reduction?

  • If you want to sound natural, yes, you do.

  • The alternative is this:

  • Just FOR fun.

  • Just FOR fun.

  • A native speaker would never pronounce it that way,

  • a fully pronounced 'for'.

  • Short and long, that contrast, is important in American English.

  • So we need frr to have contrast.

  • Just for fun.

  • Just for fun.

  • Now let's look at that up close again, but this time at regular pace.

  • Now we're going to isolate just the word 'for'.

  • Ok, my mouth is in position for the F of 'fer'.

  • Now, let's play just that word.

  • For. Wow, that was fast.

  • Let's see that three times.

  • Notice how we go right from F into R. There's no jaw drop to make a vowel or anything like that.

  • The mouth movement is minimal.

  • Let's watch just that word in slow motion three times right now.

  • Notice how minimal the mouth movement is.

  • Okay, let's see 'for fun' at regular pace now.

  • For fun.

  • Fer, fer.

  • The 'for' reduction. I love it.

  • Now we'll look at the phrase: It's for dinner. In slow motion.

  • Here is the position for F.

  • I'm starting the word 'for'. Let's hear it.

  • Wow, that was fast.

  • I'm done with the R now, and my mouth is ready for the D in dinner.

  • Let's just hear that word FOR again.

  • Let's see the whole sentence one more time.

  • Let' listen now at regular pace.

  • You'll see the full sentence, then just the word 'for' isolated.

  • It's so fast, isn't it? fr, fr, fr.

  • Try that with me now, try it a few times, fr.

  • You do it. For.

  • For dinner.

  • For dinner.

  • You do it.

  • For dinner.

  • Okay, now you get it.

  • It's time to watch it, listen to it, practice it.

  • We're going to see over 500 sentences now.

  • Knowing about it will not change the way you speak.

  • Training and repetition is what will change the way you speak.

  • If you're ready to set aside time for this kind of work,

  • if you're ready to change your accent, that's exactly what we do in Rachel's English Academy.

  • It is the training ground for accent transformation,

  • for understanding Americans, for feeling confident speaking.

  • Check it out at RachelsEnglishAcademy.com

  • Okay, now, here's how the rest of the video will work.

  • You'll see the sentence in slow motion four times,

  • try repeating out loud the fourth time.

  • Then you'll see the sentence at regular pace four times,

  • again, the fourth time with the video, repeat out loud.

  • You know what, work on this every day this week.

  • Seven days in a row,

  • then let me know in the comments what this kind of work has done for you.

  • Fantastic.

  • I can tell you're interested in reductions.

  • I recommend this video, which has some examples of reductions where we drop the H.

  • I love this set of words.

  • Please like and share this video and don't forget to subscribe with notifications if you haven't already.

  • I make new videos on the English language every Tuesday.

  • That's it and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.

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