Hey guys, and welcome to another_edition_of Like_A Native Speaker.
Today we're gonna be talking_about linking.
And_in the spirit_of linking, I'm gonna try_and do this whole thing_in one continuous take!
When. We. Speak. In. English. We. Don't. Talk. Like. Every. Word. Is. It's. Own. Sentence.
When we speak_in_English, we speak smoothly. We connect_our words together.
And that's called linking. And that's what makes_English so fast_and what makes it so hard to understand.
But, how do we link? When do we link? That's what_I'm gonna talk_about now.
So the basic rule for linking_is we connect_a consonant sound, plus_a vowel sound.
And remember, that's sound not spelling.
So "I hate it" becomes "I hate it" (I hadit)
Because the last sound_of hate_is [t], not_e. We don't pronounce the "e"
So, "I hate_it". Hate. It_is connected together, sounds like one word
So that's_your basic rule. Consonant sound plus vowel sound.
But, we have some_extra rules. For_ecample, up here_in the example
_I linked [t] but_it sounded like "I hadit"
Well, our first special rule_is, [t] sound becomes [d] sound. It becomes_a flap.
Which_is something_I'll talk_about_another time.
[t] becomes [d] sound when we link. So "I hate it" becomes "I hadit"
[t] becomes [d] sound when we link, so "I hate it" becomes "I hate_it" (I hadit)
or, "shut up" becomes "shudup"
Linking these together make your speech smoother, faster, easier to say.
Special rule number 2_is with [t] plus [y]_or [d] plus [y]
We connect those together_and they make "ch" sound_or "j" sound, respectively.
For_example: "I hate you" becomes "I hachu"
"Would you" becomes "wouju" "couju" "shouju" and so on.
Our third special rule_is with [s]_or [z] plus [y]
In [s]_or [z] plus [y]_it becomes "sh" or "zh" sound respectively.
So, "Is this yours?" becomes" Is this_yours?" (Is thishores?")
"Has your" becomes "Has_your" (hazhor)
So [s]_or [z] plus [y]_also links to become "sh" or "zh" sound.
Special rule number 4_is with "he, him, his"_or "her"
If the second word has_an_"H", we cut the "H" sound.
We remove_it. And then link the words together.
So " I hate him" becomes "I hate_him" (I hadim)
"I hate her" becomes, "I hate_her" (I hader)
"Is this his?" "Is this_his?" (Is thisis?)
So we link_"H" sound words and cut the "H" sound.
So that_it links together. And_our last special rule
is [y]_and [w] plus_a vowel sound.
We have [y]_or [w] plus_a vowel sound_it sounds like_it shouldn't link
For_example, "Saturday" it sounds like_a vowel, but [y]_and [w] are special.
They're called semi-vowels. So they still link.
So if we have_a word like "Saturday afternoon" it sounds like "Saturday_afternoon" (saturdayafternoon) "yafternoon"
Or "how it" becomes "how_it" (howit). We link those sounds together.
So that's linking_and those_are the special rules for linking.
And_I managed to do the whole thing_in one take.
Which was really hard. You can see in the subtitles_I marked the
all the linking_I said with that...sign... thing... you'll see it_in the subtitles.
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