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Weak Forms in English (Understand FAST Native Speakers) + Free PDF
Weak Forms in English (Understand FAST Native Speakers) + Free PDF
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do you find that native English speakers
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talk really quickly like when you're watching TV shows or films
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do you need to turn on the subtitles
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but then when you turn on the subtitles
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you realize huh I
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understand all of the words
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here but still it sounds
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so fast let me tell you a secret
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the problem is not your grammar or
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vocabulary the problem is that you're hearing the weak forms
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of words in this English pronunciation
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lesson you're going to learn how to pronounce the weak forms
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of words in English
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so you can sound
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more natural and understand fast
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speech and native speakers
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lesson let's start with the question
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why does English sound so fast
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the interesting thing is that English is actually one of the slowest
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spoken languages so the thing that makes it sound fast is not the speed
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it's the use of weak
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forms English is a stress
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timed language this means that it follows a particular
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Rhythm where some words which are more important
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I'll pronounce more loudly
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and more clearly however
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some other words which are the little grammatical
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words that aren't so important
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are quicker quieter and weaker
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now the words that we're going to focus on pronouncing
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today are and to
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four of a and
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the I'm pronouncing these words with the strong forms
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here and here's why
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when you say all of these words in isolation
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or if you want to add emphasis
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to them in a sentence
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then you use the strong forms
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however if you say these words in a sentence
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you will usually use the weaker form
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for example this word
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is pronounced as and
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when you use the strong form
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but you won't ever hear an English
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person saying fish and
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chips it sounds unnatural
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and too robotic what you will hear
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however is fish and
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chips fish and chips
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so you use the weak form of these words when you say them in
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a sentence as we're already talking
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about and let's practice this one in a bit more detail
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so the strong pronunciation
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is and and but the weak forms
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have two pronunciations n
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n or and and
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however you'll more commonly hear people saying
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n listen carefully to these sentences
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and repeat she bought
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some apples and oranges
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from the market she bought some apples and oranges
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from the market they laughed and talked all
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night they laughed and talked all
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night or they laughed
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they went shopping and then to a
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restaurant they went shopping
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and then to a restaurant
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now let's look at two
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the strong form is to
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with a long ooh
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however the weak forms
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have two different options
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you have to which is like the strong form but just with a slightly
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shorter vowel and T
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typically the to form is used when the next word starts with another vowel
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sound for example I want to eat
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I want to eat
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but T is used when the next word starts with a consonant
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sound I want to go
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I want t go
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let's practice that pronunciation
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of t a little bit more
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I'm going to the shop
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I'm going to the shop
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I want to talk to
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you I want to talk to
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you I'm looking forward
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to the weekend I'm looking forward to the weekend
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so again remember not to use the O here the two pronunciation
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and say something like
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I want to talk to you
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is too strong so we use
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to I want to
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I want to talk to you
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now let's look at
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four four so I'm not pronouncing
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that r at the end this is very typical
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of most British English
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accents American English would pronounce it like four
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they would pronounce that
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really strongly but as this is a British English pronunciation
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video we will follow
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that so four the weak version
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is f so again we don't pronounce that R
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for f listen to these sentences
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and repeat this present
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is for you this present
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is for you I'm looking for my
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keys I'm looking for my keys
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I've lived in London for 3
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years I've lived in London
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for 3 years next
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it's of the strong form of this word is pronounced
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with a voiced sound at the end
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so of of now the weak form of this word
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actually has three possible ways
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the first is of
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with a slight vibration
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of the next is
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of with a f so there's no vibration
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there and uh so you can say
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a piece of Apple
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we use AA because
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the next word starts with a voiced sound so you use the V
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one when the next word is
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voiced however you use the f one
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when the next word starts with a voiceless
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sound so you can say
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a piece of cheese
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a piece of cheese
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or a piece of cheese you've got two possible ways with that one
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using a also sounds a lot more informal
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so just be mindful of that if you're speaking English in a more formal
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context here are some more sentences
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for you to practice
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so listen carefully and repeat
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we're going to practice both the of and the uh form
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Ms he's a good friend of mine
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he's a good friend of
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mine he's a good friend of mine
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he's a good friend of mine
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a bottle of water
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please a bottle of water
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please a bottle of water
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please a bottle of water please
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who's the manager of the
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company who's the manager of the
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company who's the manager of the company
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who's the manager of the company
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now in this section
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I just want to talk about a
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I will leave an
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for another day the strong form of this word is
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a but the weak form
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is uh so if you want to sound more natural
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don't say I want a cup of tea
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say I want a cup of tea it sounds much more natural
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and it flows much more easily
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notice as well with these sentences
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that a and of are both pronounced the same way they're both pronounced
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as uh this is where context
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is very very important
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because if you say these words
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in isolation or with no context
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then we don't know which word you're trying to say
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so if I say
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a t you don't know if I'm saying
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a tea or of tea
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but if I say
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a cup of tea
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then you know I'm talking about
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a so if there's little or no context
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or you're saying the words in isolation
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always make sure you're using the strong forms
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but in sentences because these words are little un important
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words you can use the weak forms
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now let's practice your pronunciation
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of that weak uh
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sound listen and repeat very
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carefully there's a cat in the
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garden there's a cat in the garden
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may I borrow a
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pen may I borrow a pen
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there's a message for you
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there's a message for you
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as a side note one of my biggest pet peeves is when I see
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videos of people teaching pronunciation
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and they say like a message
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a cat and it's like no we don't say
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that you will never hear people saying there is a cat in the garden
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no there is a cat in the garden
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so please if you want to sound more natural in English
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or if you have problems
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understanding fast speech and native speakers
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then really focus on this make sure you're using that a
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form that weak form
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the final word that you're going to learn how to pronounce
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is the the strong form of this word is
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the with a long
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e Smiley e sound
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there are two weak forms
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though we have the
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which is just a little bit shorter
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than the and then we
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theth we use the
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when the next word starts with a vowel sound after it
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for example the elephant
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but we useth when the next word starts with a consonant
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sound after it so
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the table depending as well on the accent there are some accents that just
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use the for everything so they will say the elephant
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the electricity but it really does depend on the accent
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if you're looking at the rules
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uh the actual pronunciation
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rules then you will see that it's the
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with a vowel sound and the when it's a consonant
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sound now you're going to practice your pronunciation
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of the we're just going to focus on
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the with these sentences
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so listen carefully and
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repeat pass me the book on the
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table pass me the book
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on the table or
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pass me the book
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can you see the
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dog can you see the dog
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there's someone at the
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door there's someone at the door
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if if you would like more sentences
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to help you learn how to pronounce
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the weak forms of words in English
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then remember that your free
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of all the rules we have talked about in this video
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