Name: 如何聽懂以英語為母語的人：縮略詞 (How To Understand Native English Speakers: Shortened Words)
Uploaded: 2025-07-28T18:19:12.000Z
Duration: 12 min 3 s

In today's video, I want to help you understand native English speakers, okay?

在今天的視頻中，我想幫助大家理解以英語為母語的人，好嗎？

And one of the things you need to understand about the way native English speakers speak is that they like to shorten words, okay?

你需要了解以英語為母語的人說話的方式，其中一點就是他們喜歡縮短單詞，好嗎？

Now, I am sure that if you pay attention to your own language and to speakers of your language, this is something that most people do in their native language, okay?

現在，我相信，如果你留意一下自己的語言和講自己語言的人，大多數人在講自己的母語時都會這樣做，好嗎？

But when you're trying to learn a new language, sometimes it's very difficult to catch the situation or the context because certain words have been shortened, and you don't know what they mean in terms of their full meaning, okay?

但是，當你試圖學習一門新語言時，有時你很難理解當時的情況或上下文，因為某些單詞被縮短了，你不知道它們的完整含義，明白嗎？

So, we're going to look at a few of these.

是以，我們將瞭解其中的一些情況。

Now, the main thing I want to point out is that it's important for you to understand these words, but don't try to use them yet, okay?

現在，我想指出的主要一點是，你們理解這些詞語很重要，但先不要嘗試使用它們，好嗎？

Once you get into a more advanced level of English and once you're starting to get a little bit closer to fluency, then you start using these words in natural speech, okay?

一旦你的英語水平達到了更高的層次，一旦你開始稍微接近流利的程度，那麼你就會開始在自然說話中使用這些單詞，好嗎？

Now, the main thing to remember also is that these are the sorts of things you will not hear or you will not learn about in textbooks, in your ESL classes or your English classes at school, because these are street words.

現在，要記住的主要一點是，這些都是你在教科書、ESL 課程或學校的英語課上聽不到或學不到的，因為這些都是街頭用語。

This is the way people speak naturally on the street.

這就是人們在街上自然說話的方式。

So, it's important to understand what these words mean.

是以，瞭解這些詞語的含義非常重要。

So, caj, the S, this is the phonetic spelling.

If you know the word measure, if you know how to pronounce the word measure, this S is the same sound, caj.

如果你知道 "measure "這個單詞，如果你知道 "measure "這個單詞的發音，這個 "S "和 "caj "就是同一個音。

So, like, if you're talking about a party, oh, what should I dress?

所以，如果你說的是一個派對，哦，我應該穿什麼呢？

And if you're going to, you want to go for a dinner, like you ask a friend, like of the opposite sex, do you want to go for dinner sometime, and she says or he says, oh, you know, I'm not really interested.

如果你想去吃頓飯，比如你問一個異性朋友，你想不想找個時間去吃頓飯，而她或他說，哦，你知道，我不是很感興趣。

Oh, don't worry, just caj, a caj dinner, like nothing implied, no alternative meanings, casual.

哦，別擔心，就是 caj，一頓 caj 晚餐，沒有任何暗示，沒有其他意思，很隨意。

Now, again, and this is very, very common, cause, cause, cuz, depends.

現在，再說一遍，這是非常非常常見的，原因，原因，因為，取決於。

And some people say it cause, some people say it cuz, depends how fast they're speaking.

有些人說 "因為"，有些人說 "因為"，這取決於他們說話的速度。

Oh, because I was tired, because I was, because I was.

哦，因為我累了，因為我累了，因為我累了。

If you hear because I was, this is what it sounds like, because I was.

如果你聽到 "因為我曾經是"，聽起來就是這個意思，因為我曾經是。

And you're sitting there going, because I was, because I was, is that English?

你坐在那裡說，因為我是，因為我是，那是英語嗎？

And you have to break it up and understand that cuz is just a shortened form of because.

你必須把它拆開，明白 "cuz "只是 "because "的縮寫。

Now, it's gotten to the point, these words are so commonly used that when somebody says because, they want to emphasize something, they want to point out the reason.

現在，已經到了這樣的地步，這些詞被如此頻繁地使用，以至於當有人說 "因為 "時，他們想要強調什麼，想要指出原因。

So, I want you to understand, this is the reason, don't ask me again, etc.

所以，我想讓你明白，這就是原因，不要再問我了，等等。

Now, some English learners have enough of a hard time with this word, comfortable.

現在，有些英語學習者對這個詞--"舒適"（comfortable）--已經夠頭疼了。

But if you're not too comfortable with the word comfortable, just say comfy.

不過，如果你對 "舒適 "這個詞不太習慣，那就說 "舒服 "好了。

Now, when you say delish, it basically means delicious.

現在，當你說 "delish "時，基本上就是美味的意思。

So, we use it as a, again, it's a little bit of slang, but it's a little bit of emphasize how delicious something was.

所以，我們用它來強調某樣東西有多美味，雖然有點俚語的味道。

It's so delicious that we're playful with it.

它是如此美味，以至於我們玩得不亦樂乎。

有時，你會聽到 "de-lish "的聲音。

Almost like two different words, de-lish, and you throw it away on the lish to give it a little bit more emphasis.

幾乎就像兩個不同的詞，de-lish，你把它扔到 lish 上，讓它更強調一點。

And sometimes I say that to students and they look at me like, what?

有時我對學生說這些話，他們看著我的眼神就像在說，什麼？

But congratulations, that's a very long word.

So, I just want to shorten it to two syllables.

所以，我只想把它縮短到兩個音節。

So, when you say something or someone is legit, it means true or trustworthy.

是以，當你說某件事或某個人是合法的，它就意味著真實或值得信賴。

So, did you hear the news about the president?

I'm not sure if I can believe it or trust it.

我不知道該相信還是該信任它。

And if you talk about a person, do you know, have you met Bill?

如果你談到一個人，你知道，你見過比爾嗎？

He's not trying to lie to you or to con you, etc.

他不是想騙你，也不是想騙你，等等。

And if something now, in a bit more slang way, legit means just very good.

如果現在用更俚俗一點的說法，"合法 "的意思就是 "非常好"。

That music is legit or that band is legit.

那音樂是合法的，那樂隊是合法的。

Means they're the real thing, they're really good.

這意味著它們是真的，它們真的很棒。

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