Hey everyone, how's everything with you? Today, we are gonna have a quick pronounciation lesson. In English, when you have a word which finishes in O followed by a word which starts in I it becomes a WI sound.
O + I = WI
So here are a few example sentences to help you sound more like a native English speaker.
What are you doing? (formal)
Whad R U do-wing? (normal)
Whacha do-win? (casual)
Here you can see that "What are you" becomes "Whacha" in very casual English. You will often hear kids asking this questions~!
What is going on this weekend? (formal)
What's go-wing on this weekend? (normal)
What's go-win-non this weekend? (casual)
You can notice that in casual English the final g in words is often dropped:
going -----> goin'
doing -----> doin'
Also notice that the N connects to the following vowel. Just like you get:
an apple ----> an-Napple
an orange -----> an-Norange
and so when you drop the final G you get:
going on -----> go-win-Non
Here's my final example:
What can you do in Montreal? (formal)
What can you do-win Montreal? (normal)
What can ya do-win Montreal? (casual)
Alright, that's it for now have a good weekend~!
Phil
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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