British English Slang Advanced Pronunciation Practice Reductions Contractions
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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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