Hello my wonderful students! Today you're going to learn how to understand
native English speakers and you'll learn how to talk fast
so you sound just like a native speaker. Welcome back to JForrest English
of course I'm Jennifer now let's get started! Here's how this lesson
will work I'm going to say a sentence three times
at a natural pace and you need to write down exactly what you
hear in the comments let's get started
is Tuesday doable is Tuesday doable
is Tuesday doable did you get this one I said
is Tuesday doable only three words but maybe you didn't hear that last word
or maybe you heard it but you don't understand what this means
so let's talk about it first for pronunciation some native speakers pronounce Tuesday as
Chu Tuesday with a Chu sound Tuesday
this is not standard pronunciation in American English
in American English standard pronunciation is Tuesday
Tuesday but you may hear Tuesday so don't be confused but I recommend you use
Tuesday let's talk about to be doable
if something is doable it means it's achievable so you are able to do it it's doable
this expression is commonly used in the negative for example
finishing the project with three people wasn't doable
so we hired two more it's not doable in this example
notice wasn't this is the verb to be to be doable is conjugated in the past
simple with the subject and it's in the negative of course
you can also use this expression in the positive you could say
becoming a confident English speaker is doable it's achievable right
you agree with that so put that's doable that's doable
that's doable put it in the comment and
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now let's continue with our lesson let's try this again I'll say it 3 times
dinner's ready let's dig in dinner's ready let's dig in
dinner's ready let's dig in did you get this one I said Dinner's ready
you probably heard that one let's dig in again maybe you heard the words
but you're not really sure what this means so let's talk about that first
notice dinner's ready dinner is and then as a contraction dinners
dinner is ready let's this is a contraction
let us let's dig in dig in is a phrasal verb
so native speakers will link those sounds together
will take that g sound and will transfer it to the next word
dig in gin gin
so you hear that g in front of in but you have to say them as one word
dig in dig in let's dig in dig in has a simple meeting
it means to begin eating a meal someone might say the foods getting cold
please dig in please start eating or someone might say before we dig in
let's take a moment to appreciate this beautiful meal
keep in mind this phrasal verb let's dig in it's only used with meals
but is very commonly used and you eat at maybe three times a day
so you can get a lot of use out of this one expression
dig in let's dig in dig in let's try this again
I'll say it three times Mark my words I'll get it done
Mark my words I'll get it done Mark my words I'll get it done
how do you do with this one I said Mark my words
I'll get it done so again pronunciation
perhaps easy to understand the words but what does this mean first for pronunciation
notice all all that's our contraction I will all
I'll get it get it because we have a t and it's between two vowels
so we'll pronounce that t as a soft d but you have to connect the sounds together
get it get it get it done native speakers do something a
little weird sometimes we change the word it to her
but we pronounce it as er so it will sound like get her
get her done get her done I'll get her done can you get her done
so we do that even though there is no gender in English
so that it doesn't represent a female noun but when we do change a noun to a gender
we always use her but we pronounce it as er get her done you can hear that in this clip
I think I can get her done in under 5 hours now to get it done to get something done
native speakers will commonly say get her done
this simply means that you complete a task but we're using it because the task is obvious
it's already been identified so you can change it to it
so if you're in a meeting and you're discussing
a report then it's obvious so someone might ask you
can you get it done by 5:00 you can reply back and say
Mark my words I'll get her done now what does Mark my words mean
this is a way of saying I promise or I'm certain this is true
in this case it's a promise I will get it done
and that's why we're using the future simple because we use the future simple
with promises and commitments you can use this expression in more of a dramatic
way to say I'm certain this is true
for example you shouldn't work with that company Mark my words so
you're emphasizing your certainty about the fact
that the person shouldn't work with that company maybe because they have a bad reputation
Mark my words so you can use this as a stand alone expression
before or after to sound quite dramatic quite forceful Mark my words
Seinfeld Mark my words Mark my words pal
let's try this one more time I'll say it three times we need to up the
anti we need to up the anti
we need to up the anti did you get this one I said we need to up
the anti 2 is commonly reduced to just a ta
we need to we need to we need to up the anti notice that pronunciation
anti anti
and you can pronounce the as the with a long e
because anti starts with a vowel native speakers don't always follow this rule
to up the anti this is when you increase your demands in
a situation or your risk involved in a situation
and you do this to achieve a better result this is commonly used in negotiations
so imagine there's a union and they're negotiating with the company
and the union increased their demands they opt the anti for example
the union opt the anti by demanding a 5% raise no notice here
the word up is used as the verb to up the anti
and that's why it's conjugated in the past simple up and notice that pronunciation is
a soft t the e d is pronounced as a soft t
up up the anti now
you negotiate any time you're entering into a partnership and agreement
even when you accept a job with a company so you can use this expression
maybe a business is trying to get a new contract and someone says
I thought we had until the end of the week to accept the contract and someone else replies
we did but they opt the anti so they increase their demands
we have until 5 p m tonight great emotion
talk about upping the anti well the dress up the anti
we've got to up the anti now let's do an imitation exercise
so you can practice your pronunciation I'll say each sentence again three times
but after each sentence I want you to repeat it out loud
here we go is Tuesday doable is Tuesday doable
is Tuesday doable dinner's ready let's dig in
Dinner's ready let's dig in dinner's ready let's dig in
Mark my words I'll get it done Mark my words I'll get it done
Mark my words I'll get it done we need to up the anti
we need to up the anti we need to up the anti
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