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 when you talk before we get started I would just like to thank the sponsor of today's video it is Skillshare Skillshare is an online learning community with classes designed from real life so you can move forward with your learning journey without putting your life on hold you can learn and grow with short classes that fit around your busy routine they offer lots of language related classes which I know you'll love things like grammar and vocabulary but also more specific things like customer service and interview preparation but they also have many other classes that will assist 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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 doing well right don't forget to check out skill share the first 500 people to click the link in my description box will get a two-month free trial of Premium Membership that's a great offer so don't miss out and don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media I've got my facebook my Instagram my Twitter and my personal Lucy Bella L channel where I talk about everything that isn't 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Length: 16min 41sec (1001 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 18 2020