Hello. Do you have problems understanding
when native English people talk to you? Yes? If your answer is yes,
this lesson is for you. Second question. Do you know how to reduce words
in English so that you sound more fluent? Maybe? Maybe you're not sure. Okay. Perfect.
We're going to do three things in this lesson. The very, very first thing that we're going
to do is I'm going to teach you why you don't understand when native
people speak to you. Two, I'm going to teach you how to reduce words
in English to make you sound more fluent or to help you sound
more natural. And three, I'm going to help you with some
mistakes that you maybe will make when you are reducing these words. Some of you have
already learned how to do the reductions in English. Hold on. You still have to watch
this lesson because unfortunately, you're making mistakes
when you do this. So three things; one lesson. Let's hit it.
Reduction mistakes. Good. The first thing we have to know is regularly
how we say these words. So for example, if we have "it", "she", "he", in English, we have
"wants to". If we have "I ", "you", "we", and "they", we have "want to". What's the
difference? One difference makes a world of difference because "he", "she", and "it" have the
S, the way that we say this in the reduction is going to be different than if
there was no S. So check this out. "I wanna; you wanna;
we wanna; they wanna." Perfect. Your turn. "I wanna; you
wanna; we wanna; they wanna." This is how we reduce "want to". So the reason
why you don't understand native speakers is they will say to you, "Do you wanna beer?"
"Giovanna? Who's -- I'm not Giovanna. This is my friend Giovanna. How do you know her
name?" We don't say, "Do you want a beer"; we say, "Do you wanna beer?" It's really,
really, really fast, and we never divide "want to"; we say "wanna". If we have "it", "she", and "he", we say "wantsta".
So "it wantsta; she wantsta; he wantsta". Your turn. "It wantsta." Good. "She wantsta;
he wantsta." Good work. Do it again. Okay. You got it. Good. So when you have "he/she/it", you have to say
"wantsta". When you have "I/you/we/they", you have to say "wanna". Good. This is a mistake. You cannot say "it", "she",
and "he" with "wanna". I hear every day people saying, "She wanna go home." "She wanna go
home? No. "She wantsta go home." So you have to be really, really careful with the S. We
call this subject and verb agreement. If you have "he", "she", or "it", you have to put the
S on the verb. Even when we speak quickly and we reduce things, it's really important
that you have to put the S on the verb again. This rule never fails. So "it, she, or he
wanna"? Mm-hmm. This is a mistake. Please be careful can your S sound. Are you ready for another one? Are you excited?
Again, we're playing with the basic subjects of "I", "you", "we", "they". Okay? The next
set of verbs we have is "have to", so "I have to go." So maybe you're at a party, and maybe
one of your friends who speaks English says, "I havta go." "I havta? What is 'havta'?" You
think about it, and you go, "Ah. 'Have to'. You have to go." "Yeah. I havta go." We
don't say "have to"; we say "havta". If we're talking about another person, he,
she, or it as a thing, again, because of our subject and verb agreement, we have to change
this to "has to". So in the reduced form, we're going to say "hasta" like "pasta". So "I
havta", "you havta", "we havta", "they havta". Your turn. Go. Good. "He hasta", "she hasta", "it hasta".
Go. He -- she -- it -- you got it. Good. Uh-ho. Mistake. It's the same mistake as here.
You can't say "he", "she" or "I havta" because "havta" is only for "I", "you", "we", and
"they". This is a really common mistake in written grammar and also in spoken. Even when
it's reduced and spoken informally -- or slang if you'd like to -- we have to be very careful,
when you're reducing words, that your grammar is still okay. Oh, grammar is
always there to haunt you. Okay. The last one. Very, very common, we say
"I am going to". We say "I'm gonna". "I'm gonna go home." "Gonna? Who's 'gonna'? Where's
'gonna'?" We don't say, "I'm going to go home." We say, "I'm gonna. I'm gonna go."
Your turn. "I'm gonna go." Good. Again, if it's "he", "she", or "it", we have
to change it to "is" because we have to make, again, the subject agree with the verb. The
verb is here. "To be" verb. So "he's" or "she's gonna." "She's gonna go." "He's gonna get
some pizza." This one is going to sound like a Z sound. So it's "he's
gonna" and "she's gonna". If you have "it", we have to use an S sound,
not a Z. So you say "it's gonna; it's gonna." Mistake. We have "I gonna". "I gonna; he gonna;
she gonna." Can you find the mistake in this? A lot of the times, you say, "I gonna get
some hamburgers." "She gonna die." Mm-hmm. You always need to put the verb. You need the
verb. The verb is very important. So "to be" verb -- very important. "I'm gonna, he's
gonna, she's gonna, it's gonna." If you don't put in the "to be" verb, it's wrong. You're
crying. You said it wrong. You've learned this really cool way to speak better, be more
fluent, but it's wrong. So please think about how you say this. Think about when you say this,
and catch yourself making these mistakes. Correct them. We can't say, "she havta".
We say "she hasta". Okay? So three things. If you're a more advanced English
learner and you've learned the reductions before, awesome. A little review for you. But
please be careful of your mistakes." Just make sure you know how to do them. If you've
never heard of this reduction thing before, you want improve your fluency, you want to
speak more naturally, this is where it's at, ladies and gentlemen. This is how we reduce
words to speak faster and more naturally. Number three, listening to native speakers
speak English. You have no idea what they're saying? This is slowly
going to make sense. So if this is the first time you've seen this
reduction, think about it. The next time you go somewhere and you're listening to native
speakers speak, see if they say this. See if you can hear it now
and understand it better. Let me know in the comments about
your experiences with this. Until next time, toodles.
