in this American English pronunciation
video we're going to study using do and
does as helping verbs and their
pronunciation do you know what a helping
verb is it's a verb that helps the main
verb of the sentence so it's not the
main verb it's an auxiliary verb let's
look at two examples I do it all the
time what do you think in one sentence
du is the main verb it's the only verb
in the other sentence it's the helping
verb the auxiliary verb which is which
think is a verb it's the main verb of
that sentence so du is the helping verb
in the second sentence and the main verb
in the first sentence what do you notice
about the pronunciation in the first
sentence I pronounce it fully do with
the Oh as in boo vowel in this second
sentence it's not as clear what do you
think I reduce the vowel to the schwa
duh do I say it as fast as I can
you might notice I'm dropping the T in
what and reducing the vowel in you to
the schwa as well what yeah what yeah
what do you think that makes the words
in that phrase flow together just like
we want in American English content
words are words we want to stress words
we want to fully pronounce verbs are
content words but helping verbs are not
these are function words which are
unstressed and sometimes reduced this
same idea works with the word does fully
pronounced does with V as in butter
vowel but when it's a helping verb it's
pronounced does does does different
right it's less clear very very quick
and we reduce the vowel to the schwa the
jaw doesn't really need to drop does she
does accounting for the firm what does
he need she does accounting
does it's the only verb fully pronounced
she does she does what does he need does
does just unstressed very fast need is
the main verb here does does what is he
what is he notice I'm dropping the H in
he as we often do what does he need
let's listen to a few more sentences
with does and do why does it do that
which one sounds fully pronounced does
or do why does it do that
why does does does that's not fully
pronounced do that do that do is fully
pronounced do is the main verb and does
is the helping verb it is how do you
feel is do fully pronounced how do you
feel no it's reduced feel is the main
verb and do is the helping verb did you
notice that every time do and does were
helping verbs they were making questions
and every time they were main verbs they
were making statements actually they can
be in a statement as an auxiliary verb
too but in those cases they're being
added for emphasis and so they will be
stressed for example I do like them like
is the main verb but we add do to add
emphasis you don't like them do you I do
I do like them it does work work is the
main verb but we add does for emphasis
this thing doesn't work it does work
you're doing it wrong so if do or does
are in a question try to reduce them
link them to the words around them and
make them or really fast I hope this
video has helped you understand when and
how you can use do and does as helping
verbs