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  • Hello. Do you have problems understanding when native English people talk to you? Yes?

  • If your answer is yes, this lesson is for you.

  • Second question. Do you know how to reduce words in English so that you sound more fluent?

  • Maybe? Maybe you're not sure. Okay. Perfect. We're going to do three things in this lesson.

  • The very, very first thing that we're going to do is I'm going to teach you why you don't

  • understand when native people speak to you.

  • Two, I'm going to teach you how to reduce words in English to make you sound more fluent

  • or to help you sound more natural.

  • And three, I'm going to help you with some mistakes that you maybe will make when you

  • are reducing these words. Some of you have already learned how to do the reductions in

  • English. Hold on. You still have to watch this lesson because unfortunately, you're

  • making mistakes when you do this.

  • So three things; one lesson. Let's hit it. Reduction mistakes. Good.

  • The first thing we have to know is regularly how we say these words. So for example, if

  • we have "it", "she", "he", in English, we have "wants to". If we have "I ", "you", "we",

  • and "they", we have "want to". What's the difference? One difference makes a world of

  • difference because "he", "she", and "it" have the S, the way that we say this in the reduction

  • is going to be different than if there was no S. So check this out.

  • "I wanna; you wanna; we wanna; they wanna."

  • Perfect. Your turn. "I wanna; you wanna; we wanna; they wanna."

  • This is how we reduce "want to". So the reason why you don't understand native speakers is

  • they will say to you, "Do you wanna beer?" "Giovanna? Who's -- I'm not Giovanna. This

  • is my friend Giovanna. How do you know her name?" We don't say, "Do you want a beer";

  • we say, "Do you wanna beer?" It's really, really, really fast, and we never divide "want

  • to"; we say "wanna".

  • If we have "it", "she", and "he", we say "wantsta". So "it wantsta; she wantsta; he wantsta".

  • Your turn. "It wantsta." Good. "She wantsta; he wantsta." Good work. Do it again.

  • Okay. You got it. Good.

  • So when you have "he/she/it", you have to say "wantsta". When you have "I/you/we/they",

  • you have to say "wanna". Good.

  • This is a mistake. You cannot say "it", "she", and "he" with "wanna". I hear every day people

  • saying, "She wanna go home." "She wanna go home? No. "She wantsta go home." So you have

  • to be really, really careful with the S. We call this subject and verb agreement. If you

  • have "he", "she", or "it", you have to put the S on the verb. Even when we speak quickly

  • and we reduce things, it's really important that you have to put the S on the verb again.

  • This rule never fails. So "it, she, or he wanna"? Mm-hmm. This is a mistake. Please

  • be careful can your S sound.

  • Are you ready for another one? Are you excited? Again, we're playing with the basic subjects

  • of "I", "you", "we", "they". Okay? The next set of verbs we have is "have to", so "I have

  • to go." So maybe you're at a party, and maybe one of your friends who speaks English says,

  • "I havta go." "I havta? What is 'havta'?" You think about it, and you go, "Ah. 'Have to'.

  • You have to go." "Yeah. I havta go." We don't say "have to"; we say "havta".

  • If we're talking about another person, he, she, or it as a thing, again, because of our

  • subject and verb agreement, we have to change this to "has to". So in the reduced form,

  • we're going to say "hasta" like "pasta". So "I havta", "you havta", "we havta", "they havta".

  • Your turn. Go. Good.

  • "He hasta", "she hasta", "it hasta". Go. He -- she -- it --

  • you got it. Good.

  • Uh-ho. Mistake. It's the same mistake as here. You can't say "he", "she" or "I havta" because

  • "havta" is only for "I", "you", "we", and "they". This is a really common mistake in

  • written grammar and also in spoken. Even when it's reduced and spoken informally -- or slang

  • if you'd like to -- we have to be very careful, when you're reducing words, that your grammar

  • is still okay. Oh, grammar is always there to haunt you.

  • Okay. The last one. Very, very common, we say "I am going to". We say "I'm gonna". "I'm

  • gonna go home." "Gonna? Who's 'gonna'? Where's 'gonna'?" We don't say, "I'm going to go home."

  • We say, "I'm gonna. I'm gonna go." Your turn. "I'm gonna go." Good.

  • Again, if it's "he", "she", or "it", we have to change it to "is" because we have to make,

  • again, the subject agree with the verb. The verb is here. "To be" verb. So "he's" or "she's

  • gonna." "She's gonna go." "He's gonna get some pizza." This one is going to sound like

  • a Z sound. So it's "he's gonna" and "she's gonna".

  • If you have "it", we have to use an S sound, not a Z. So you say "it's gonna; it's gonna."

  • Mistake. We have "I gonna". "I gonna; he gonna; she gonna." Can you find the mistake in this?

  • A lot of the times, you say, "I gonna get some hamburgers." "She gonna die." Mm-hmm.

  • You always need to put the verb. You need the verb. The verb is very important. So "to

  • be" verb -- very important. "I'm gonna, he's gonna, she's gonna, it's gonna." If you don't

  • put in the "to be" verb, it's wrong. You're crying. You said it wrong. You've learned

  • this really cool way to speak better, be more fluent, but it's wrong. So please think about

  • how you say this. Think about when you say this, and catch yourself making these mistakes.

  • Correct them. We can't say, "she havta". We say "she hasta". Okay?

  • So three things. If you're a more advanced English learner and you've learned the reductions

  • before, awesome. A little review for you. But please be careful of your mistakes." Just

  • make sure you know how to do them. If you've never heard of this reduction thing before,

  • you want improve your fluency, you want to speak more naturally, this is where it's at,

  • ladies and gentlemen. This is how we reduce words to speak faster and more naturally.

  • Number three, listening to native speakers speak English. You have no idea what they're

  • saying? This is slowly going to make sense.

  • So if this is the first time you've seen this reduction, think about it. The next time you

  • go somewhere and you're listening to native speakers speak, see if they say this.

  • See if you can hear it now and understand it better.

  • Let me know in the comments about your experiences with this.

  • Until next time, toodles.

Hello. Do you have problems understanding when native English people talk to you? Yes?

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如何用英語自然說話減少錯誤 (How to speak naturally in English: Reduction Mistakes)

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