hi ChatterFoxes do you ever wonder why
it sounds like Americans are speaking so
fast??? in this video you're going to learn
an easy way to understand fast American
English and also to speak fast American
English yourself. so before we get
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pronunciation videos. in this video
specifically we're going to be talking
about reductions of do and do not. so
what is the reduction exactly??? a
reduction is something that fluent
English speakers use to make it easier
to say things. often the reductions use
[ə] sound which is called the schwa
sound maybe you've heard of it before.
the schwa sound is [ə], super easy sound
for anyone to make, so using the
reductions will make English even easier
for you to speak. so when you're when
you're saying the word do not you can
contract it first to don't don't
and then even further reduce it
depending on the sentence that the word
don't is in. for example I don't know
will reduce to I don't know I don't know
see how easy that is to say instead of
saying I don't know or I do not know
it's much easier to say I dunno duh
uh uh the schwa sound that's the UH dono
I dunno I dunno so if someone
asks you for directions for example and
you're not sure where the place is, you
can say I don't know sorry I don't know
sorry
say that with me and see if you're
pronouncing this reduction correctly
I don't know sorry I don't know sorry I
don't know sorry. another reduction with
don't is don't you don't you reduces -
don't you don't you
so do you hear CH sound? don't you don't
you or you can use this phrase don't you
when you want to make a friendly
suggestion to someone or suggest that
someone do something so for example if
you want your friend to stay longer with
you at the party you can say don't you
want to stay longer??? or don't you want to
stay till the end??? so practice saying
that with me don't you don't you want to
stay longer don't you want to stay
longer??? don't you want to stay longer???
another example of don't you as I
mentioned is making a suggestion to
someone like for example if you think
someone should eat breakfast before they
leave the home you can say don't you
want to eat breakfast before you leave???
don't you want to eat breakfast before
you leave? don't you want to eat
breakfast before you leave? don't you
another way that you can reduce do and
do not is when you're talking about
how to do something. so for example if
someone has a complicated name and you
see it written down and you want to know
how to pronounce that name, you want
to ask how do you pronounce that how do
you pronounce that. that's the reduction
how duh yeah, how do you, how do you, how
do you pronounce that did you hear the -
schwa sounds in that reduction? how do
you
how do you how do you pronounce that how
do you pronounce that say that with me
to make sure that you're saying this
reduction, how do you, how do you
pronounce that how do you pronounce that
how do you pronounce that and of course
you can say do you in the same way, diya
do you think these pants make me look
fat? do you think these pants make me
look fat? do you think these pants make
me look fat?
great job so now that you know about the
reduction of the words do and don't I
have a question for you some people
think that you should not use reductions
because it's not proper English, other
people think that reductions are great
because they make English sound more
conversational and easy to speak and I
want to know what you think do you like
using reductions and do you like when
people use reductions?? or do you think
that people should speak more proper
English. tell me in the comments below
what your opinion is. can't wait to hear
from you. great job now you're already on
your way to speaking English better than
a native but you know what's even more
important than using these American
expressions??? using correct pronunciation
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