British English Slang Advanced Pronunciation Practice Reductions Contractions

hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy do you ever feel

confused when you hear or see phrases

like gimme after lotsa sorta typer

runner what do these all mean well there

are quite a few to learn they are

reductions or reduced words and you do

need to know these words in order to

understand natural conversation and you

might want to use these words if you

want to sound more like a native speaker

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so reductions what are they they are

reduced forms of words normally two

words occasionally three words for

example the reduction

gimme is actually give plus me gimme

for example give me that pen give me

that pen give me that pen you will find

that there are some commonly used words

that are often included in reductions me

being one of them another example of a

reduction including me is lemme lemme

for example let me come with you

let me come with you let me come with

you

now you must never use these in formal

situations or formal writing tasks

especially don’t use these in exams

unless you are specifically asked to use

reductions or slang language I would say

that the most important part of this is

that you understand them so if a native

speaker uses one with you you can

understand and respond but if you are

looking to sound like a native speaker

then you might want to practice these

now let’s move on to the second set of

reductions which is what plus is plus

word the first one is what is up what is

up what do we say we say what’s up

what’s up what’s up with that what’s up

with that what is up with that

another one is what is her what is her

we reduce this to what sir what sir for

example what’s her name again

what’s her name again that is something

that I would genuinely say in an

informal situation however I would be

unlikely to write this down I would just

use this in spoken informal speech

spoken speak

obviously the masculine form of this

what’s is what’s is what is his what’s

his phone number

what’s his phone number what is his

phone number again I wouldn’t write

what’s his down but I would say it right

on to the third group of reductions we

have word plus have word plus have the

first one is could plus have CUDA CUDA

so instead of saying could over we can

say CUDA you could have told me that

yesterday we also have might have which

reduces to miter miter she might have

gone to the bank today she might have

gone to the bank today we also have must

have which reduces to muster muster she

must have taken the train she must have

taken the train and we have should have

which reduces to shoulda I did a video

on shoulda woulda coulda you should know

about this I will link it down below or

up in the sky somewhere if you want to

watch that video because it is seriously

important people need to learn how to

use shoulda woulda coulda natives and

non-natives alike an example for shudder

you should have done something you

should have done something and the last

one would have woulda would I would have

gone I would have gone but I was ill I

would have gone but I was ill now the

next group of rejections is word plus

two word plus two this next one is one

that you will hear so frequently it is

going plus two it’s gonna I actually did

back in the day a whole video on just

wanna and gonna and people found it

really useful so I’m hoping this video

is really going

lightin a lot of you yes gunner is a

reduction that we use all the time I’m

gonna go to the shops do you want

anything I’m gonna go to the shops do

you want anything

I really wouldn’t say I’m going to go to

the shops do you want anything I would

say I’m gonna go to the shops I’m gonna

go it’s much easier another really

common one got +2 got to this changes

too gotta gotta I gotta go I gotta go

notice that I’m not saying I gotta go I

gotta go I’m saying I got her

I’m almost saying it with a D sound

I gotta go gotta go now what would we

say for have + to have to have - we

would say after after so he changed that

sound to a sound and then the Schwar at

the end laughter oh my god you have to

meet him you have to meet him and what

about has plus 2 has 2 has two well it

changes to hasta has de now a lot of

non-native speakers will find it quite

hard to say the sound in front of the

sound has des has des that’s quite a

hard combination because is voiced and

unvoiced so even native speakers will

change it to hasta hasta she has to

believe him she has to believe him

another one oh and two or two this

changes to water water

you oughta call in sick you oughta call

in sick now this is more common in

American English they say ah dah dah dah

and they’re sorry at my American accent

really needs some work it just the

combination of vowel and consonant

sounds is slightly easier especially

with their the way they use instead of

da da da da

but we say water

and it sounds almost too posh so we

maybe this one isn’t as commonly used in

British English but I think you ought to

know about it anyway

see what I did there and then the last

one a really really common one but again

I have explained before it is want to

want to this is wanna wanna and in the

third person singular it’s one stir once

that a lot of teachers forget about this

one and students get really really

confused and say she wanna when it

should be she wants to I want to go to

the cinema she wants to come with me she

want to come with me is used in a slang

way but if you want to speak proper

slang in lych then you should say one

stir

it sounds more grammatically correct

because it’s accounting for that third

person singular now the next group of

reductions is word plus of these are

really common so make sure you listen to

this part because a lot of them aren’t

as obvious as the previous group the

first one is kind of kind of we reduce

this to kinda kinda I kind of like it I

kind of like it

this one I use all the time I would I

rarely say kind of I really often say

kinda it also works with the plural of

kind kinds of this makes kinda kinda

I’ve got loads of kinds of teas in my

cupboard oh I said loads are this is

loads of loads of loads ER I’ve got

loads of kinds of tea in my cupboard it

also works for lots of lotsa lotsa there

are lots of people here there are lots

of people here also works for lot of lot

of this makes lotta she’s had a lot of

boyfriends she’s had a lot of boyfriends

we also have out of which makes outer

outer I have to get out of here

I have to get out of here so I’m using

after and I’m also using outer out of we

also have sort of making sorter

what sort of chocolates that what sort

of chocolates that and type of making

typer

it’s a type of dark chocolate it’s a

type of dark chocolate and a really

weird one which we do use in spoken

slang but not in written slang really

it’s front of which makes runner-runner

Park in front of the house park in front

of the house right now we have a huge

group of reductions it is word + u there

are so many reductions here most of them

are commonly used so it’s important that

you know them the first one we have is

bet you bet you there’s changes to

betcha betcha so when we join 8 sound

and a yes sound bet you we join it

together as part of connected speech and

we make a sound betcha betcha I bet you

can’t guess how much that costs I bet

you can’t guess how much that cost we

also have don’t you making don’t you you

might remember the Pussycat Dolls song

don’t you wish your girlfriend I know

I’m gonna sing it just because it

doesn’t complement my voice yeah don’t

you don’t you wish your girlfriend was

hot like me and that’s my example we

also have get you which makes getcha I’m

gonna get you next time I see you I’m

gonna get you next time I see ya so we

used gonna getcha

to get someone means to it’s like a

threat to beat someone up and I also use

the next one which is see you which

changes - see ya see ya where are you I

can’t see you we also have got you which

reduces - gotcha gotcha I got you this

for Christmas I got you this for

Christmas now

we don’t use the rest of this list in

written English this is just spoken

slang so please note that we have how do

you which is how dear how do you how do

you like your coffee we also have how

did you in the past there’s just a

subtle difference here we say how uh

how’d you how’d you do that how do you

do that

we also have how would you which is

normally how would you how would you

there are really really subtle

differences here how do you do that how

would you do that we also just have did

you which is yeah yeah for example did

you go to the gym today did you go to

the gym today we also have what are you

which is warrior would eeeh it sounds

weird to say on its own because always

included as part of a full sentence what

are you doing what are you doing or what

do you which again is would you what do

you think you’re doing what do you think

you’re doing we also have want you which

changes to one chair one chair

I want you in my office right now we

have what did or do you which is water

we have when did or do you which is

wenzer we have where did or do you which

is where we have who did or do you which

is huija and we have why it did or do

you which is wider and would you reduce

thing to would you would you do me a

favor would you do me a favor

the last example that we have i’m sure

you’ll know it and if you don’t I’m

honored to be the teacher who teaches it

to you it is don’t know which is dunno

dunno it can be spelled do N and O or D

UN and oh I think D you

oh it’s slightly more common and we

don’t even have to say I in front of it

then I don’t know we can also say I

dunno I don’t know right that is the end

of today’s lesson I hope you enjoyed it

I hope you learnt something I’ve given

you a lot of information you do have

some homework however you can’t get away

without homework I would like you to

write five sentences using new

reductions that you’ve learnt

if you’ve learnt something new in this

lesson please use them I want to see

very interesting sentences try to make

me laugh because I don’t laugh a lot I

live alone why I do live with my fiance

but we live on a farm I don’t see many

people I don’t get many opportunities to

laugh so if you can make me laugh you’re

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