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  • I can get that for you. Do you notice how the word 'can' is pronounced in that sentence?

  • I can get that for you. In this video, we'll go over how to pronounce the word 'can' in

  • everyday speech.

  • The word 'can' can be a noun, as in, "It's a trash can," or, "The beans

  • are from a can, they're not fresh." In this case, 'can' is pronounced with the 'aa' as

  • in 'bat' vowel. So it begins with the K consonant sound, then the AA vowel, ca-, ca-, and finally

  • the N consonant sound. Can, can. You may notice, the AA vowel does change somewhat in the word

  • 'can'. This is because it's followed by an N, and anytime this AA vowel is followed by

  • a nasal consonant, that would be N, M, or NG, it, ca--, uh, uh, has an uh vowel that

  • sort of takes over the AA vowel before the N, even though this uh sound is not written in IPA.

  • So, can, can. So, the word 'can' as a noun is a content word. Therefore, it is generally

  • not reduced in a sentence. But the word 'can' as a verb is generally an auxiliary verb,

  • or, a helping verb. And these are function words, and they will reduce. So when is the

  • verb 'can' a helping verb? Let's look at two examples, answering the question, "Who can

  • do this?" If I simply say, "I can," can is the only verb, so it won't reduce: can, with

  • the AA sound. I can. But if I want to say "I can do it," the word 'can' now becomes

  • kn, kn. I can do it. And that's because it's an auxiliary verb to the main verb "do". I

  • can, I can do it. Can, kn, kn. When it reduces, the word 'can' is pronounced with the schwa

  • sound. It is very fast, it is lower in pitch, kn, kn, kn, kn. The K consonant sound, schwa,

  • N. Kn, kn. I can do it. When you reduce the word 'can,' you want to make sure that it

  • links to the words around it. You don't want gaps before or after 'can' when it's pronounced

  • kn. I -- kn -- do it. We don't want that. I can do it. I can do it. We want it very

  • linked to the words around it. Let's look at a few more examples. I can bring food.

  • I can, I can, I can. Linked up to the word "I". I can bring food. We can stay the whole

  • time. We can stay, we can stay. All linked together. We can stay the whole time. They

  • can have it, kn, kn, they can. They can have it. She can come with us. She kn, she kn,

  • she can come with us. You can have my ticket. Kn, kn, you can, you can, you can have my

  • ticket. Mary can do it herself. Kn, kn, Mary can, Mary can, Mary can do it herself. Put

  • it in the garbage can. Do you notice, the word 'can' doesn't reduce here. I snuck in

  • a case where the 'can' is a noun. So it's a content word, it won't reduce. Put it in

  • the garbage can. John can, John can, John can pick us up. 'Can' is often an auxiliary

  • verb within a sentence. In these cases, make sure it does reduce. That's it, and thanks

  • so much for using Rachel's English.

I can get that for you. Do you notice how the word 'can' is pronounced in that sentence?

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如何給 "CAN "發音:美式英語 (How to pronounce CAN: American English)

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