hey there i'm drew badger the world's
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and it is a pleasure to welcome you
you to another speak like me video
video lesson in this lesson we'll
we'll be covering two things that
that will really help you sound more
more native and again all of the things
things that we teach in this video
video series if you just change these
these little pieces these ways of
of speaking they
they were really dramatically improve
improve your speaking as well as you're
you're speaking confidence so
so let's get into the lesson the first
first one is instead of saying excuse
excuse me excuse me and this is a
a common way to say you know you want
want to get someone's attention or
or maybe they are in your way or you
you want to ask them a question so
so excuse me I i have a question excuse
excuse me I'd like to go to the bathroom
bathroom
bathroom excuse
excuse me do you know where the bus
bus stop is something like that so
so when you're approaching someone
someone and you want to ask them a
a question a
a much more native way to say this
this is to blend the sounds and make
make excuse me excuse me excuse me
could you tell me where
where the bus stop is excuse
excuse me where's the bathroom excuse
excuse me you know what time it is
is
is excuse
excuse me excuse me again this is
is a much more native natural and
and conversational way of pronouncing
pronouncing this so
so when you're using it in a situation
situation especially because it's
it's the first thing you say when
when you get someone's attention if
if you can sound more native it will
will make you much more confident
confident to begin speaking even more
more
more excuse
excuse me excuse me the next thing
thing we'll cover is i don't know
know i don't know and i want to go
go over this number one because it's
it's such a common thing and number
number two because non-native speakers
speakers have a tendency to over pronounce
pronounce things so
so a non-native speaker might say
say i don't know i don't know but
but rarely in conversations will you
you hear a native speaker speak like
like this they don't say I don't know
know
know and
and the only time really you would
would hear that is when they're really
really trying to be firm about something
something like it's an argument and
and people are saying don't you know
know don't you know and they're like
like I don't know I don't know I don't
don't know but that's a time where
where they're really trying to emphasize
emphasize that they don't know something
something and not the boar excuse
excuse me the more conversation away
away in a casual situation like do
do you know what time is I don't know
know I don't know I don't know or
or if you are asking someone hey what
what time are you coming to my house
house and they say oh I don't know
know i don't know but i really want
want to get you two to pronounce it
it really like a native speaker speaking
speaking quickly because as one phrase
phrase you can use this anytime in
in this situation when you want to
to say I don't know and
and you will sound really native so
so the easy way to think of it is
is I
is I oh
oh that's it I
I own oh I don't know I don't know
I don't know I don't
know this
this is the fastest way to pronounce
pronounce it and this is really the
the way that native speakers will
will say it if you're listening carefully
carefully in conversations hey what
what time are you coming over tomorrow
tomorrow
tomorrow I
I don't know I don't know I don't
don't know I oh no I oh no I own oh
oh I don't know so we don't have the
the D sound where the T sound from
from don't i don't know i don't know
know
know and
and this is a very common thing again
again you will here I don't know all
all the time it's used all the time
time in conversations so anytime you
you are answering a question like
like this you can sound like a native
native speaker by saying i don't know
know i don't know how's
how's the weather today I don't know
know I haven't looked outside what
what time are you coming to the party
party tomorrow I don't know I haven't
haven't checked my schedule oh
oh no I oh no I oh no I oh no even
even when you say it slowly it sounds
sounds much more native I don't know
know I don't know I oh no I don't
don't know I don't know I don't know
I don't
don't know so
so practice saying it over and over
over again I own oh
oh I own oh I don't know I don't know
I don't know I don't
know and
and then start moving and using the
the same gestures like i'm doing like
like here I move in
in my hands like this my shoulders
shoulders are going up I don't know
know I don't know I don't know well
well I hope you do know about practicing
practicing this now and that you know
know it's an important thing to practice
practice again all of the things that
that we review in this in this series
series
series these
these are all things that if you just
just change them these tiny little
little things that you improve or
or change the way that you speak you
you will sound much more native and
and you will build your speaking confidence
confidence as well i hope you've enjoyed
enjoyed this lesson and I look forward
forward to seeing you in the next
next one bye bye to
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