This is how English REALLY sounds — Transcript

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1. 0:00Can't you? Can't you?
2. 0:03Last [music]
3. 0:05year. Last year.
4. 0:08Did you? Did you? Hey everyone, today we
5. 0:12are going to talk about how English
6. 0:14actually sounds and how often it [music]
7. 0:16is very different than how it is
8. 0:18written. And we're going to talk about
9. 0:20it
10. 0:20>> [music]
11. 0:21>> in the specific cases as we talk about
12. 0:24the concept of fusion [music] or
13. 0:27coalescence. This concept means that
14. 0:31often times there are two words that
15. 0:35when they come right after the other
16. 0:38they kind of like fuse together or merge
17. 0:41together and become one sound. For
18. 0:44example, can't
19. 0:46you. We have the t and the y two
20. 0:50distinct sounds t y
21. 0:53and then they become ch.
22. 0:55Can't
23. 0:56you?
24. 0:58Can't you?
25. 1:00So, instead of pronouncing two sounds,
26. 1:02we pronounce just one sound and that
27. 1:04sound is ch. Can't you? Can't you?
28. 1:10Did you? Instead of d and y, we have
29. 1:16j j j. J is considered as one phoneme,
30. 1:20one sound in English.
31. 1:22Not two. D y j. Think about it as a
32. 1:26shortcut that the mouth takes
33. 1:29as it connects those two sounds. This is
34. 1:32something very specific that happens
35. 1:33when there are two consonants. Usually,
36. 1:36one of them is tip of the tongue
37. 1:38consonant t and d and s even and z
38. 1:43before a y sound as in yes. So, today
39. 1:47we're going to talk about that. You're
40. 1:49going to learn a little bit of
41. 1:50linguistics and connected speech and
42. 1:52speech and pronunciation in English and
43. 1:54just a fun class to understand the
44. 1:57difference between how English is spoken
45. 2:00and how English is written and how
46. 2:03usually it does not correspond. So,
47. 2:06let's get started. If you're new to my
48. 2:08channel, my name is Hadar. I'm a
49. 2:10non-native speaker of English. I'm
50. 2:11obsessed with pronunciation, fluency
51. 2:14strategies, and helping my students feel
52. 2:16like themselves in English. So, if you
53. 2:19relate to any of that, you can check out
54. 2:21my website at hadarshemish.com for a ton
55. 2:24of free resources or follow me on social
56. 2:26media for daily lessons and just to
57. 2:29connect with me. So, let's get started
58. 2:31with the first case where there is a t
59. 2:32sound at the end of one word and a y
60. 2:35sound at the beginning of the next word
61. 2:38and that becomes ch.
62. 2:40For example, don't you? Let's practice
63. 2:43it. Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? By
64. 2:47the way, the you can often be reduced to
65. 2:49y. Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? It's
66. 2:52not slang. It's not careless
67. 2:54pronunciation. That's what happens when
68. 2:56you connect two words. It's a
69. 2:58phonological process that occurs when
70. 3:01you have these two words together in
71. 3:02English. Don't you? Don't you? Don't you
72. 3:06worry.
73. 3:07Don't you worry.
74. 3:09Don't you worry about a thing. Don't you
75. 3:11worry about a [music] thing.
76. 3:15Okay.
77. 3:16Don't you dare.
78. 3:18Don't you? Don't you? Don't you? Don't
79. 3:21you dare.
80. 3:22Can't you see it?
81. 3:25Can't you see it?
82. 3:28Can't you just tell me?
83. 3:31Can't you just tell me?
84. 3:34I'll text you when I get there.
85. 3:36Now listen, it's not incorrect to say
86. 3:38I'll text you text you when I get there.
87. 3:42100% accurate, okay? So, don't stress
88. 3:46out over it if you don't get it, if you
89. 3:48just feel like you prefer to say it
90. 3:50maybe what you think is the correct way.
91. 3:52Both ways are correct. Just do whatever
92. 3:55is easier for you, but I also want to
93. 3:57just introduce you to what happens in
94. 4:00the language so you can detect what it
95. 4:03is that you hear and why it sounds like
96. 4:05a different sound to you when it's
97. 4:08written differently and why what you are
98. 4:11saying is different than how they are
99. 4:12saying.
100. 4:13Now I'm giving you the secrets, the why.
101. 4:16The why behind it. Okay, let's now talk
102. 4:19about the d and the y when they connect
103. 4:21together. D and y, they become j.
104. 4:26J. J. So, the d is a stop sound because
105. 4:30the air is stopped and the j is an
106. 4:34affricate, which means the sound is
107. 4:37stopped and then slowly
108. 4:40released with a friction. M j. Now, if
109. 4:45you think about it and this is just for
110. 4:46you to kind of like think about it in a
111. 4:49theoretical way or not theoretical way,
112. 4:51just to understand what is happening
113. 4:53inside your mouth.
114. 4:55Think about where your tongue is for the
115. 4:56d.
116. 4:57Okay? D d d. The tip of the tongue goes
117. 5:00right behind the teeth, right? D d d.
118. 5:03Think about where your tongue is for the
119. 5:06y sound. Y y y.
120. 5:10What part of the tongue is almost
121. 5:12touching the upper palate and what part
122. 5:14of the upper palate is the tongue
123. 5:16getting closer to? I really want you to
124. 5:18feel it. Exaggerated. Y y y.
125. 5:22D d d. Y y y.
126. 5:26Now,
127. 5:27the d is up here and the y is back
128. 5:31there.
129. 5:32Now, where is the j?
130. 5:35J j j.
131. 5:38Can you feel how it's actually right
132. 5:40there in the middle between the d and
133. 5:42the y?
134. 5:43Think how clever your tongue is and your
135. 5:46brain is. It's like, oh, they're so
136. 5:49close. The t or the d and the y, they're
137. 5:52so close. But why do we need to
138. 5:54pronounce both of them if they're so
139. 5:56close? Let's just invent
140. 5:58a sound that is right there in the
141. 6:00middle.
142. 6:01Efficiency, okay? Let's practice. Would
143. 6:04you? Would you mind?
144. 6:07With reductions, would you would you
145. 6:09would you would you mind?
146. 6:10Would you mind passing me the salt?
147. 6:13Would you would you would you?
148. 6:15Did you? Did you did you did you did
149. 6:18you? Did you hear that?
150. 6:20I told you.
151. 6:23Try it. Try it. Let me hear the j.
152. 6:27I told you.
153. 6:29I told you or I told you. You you. I
154. 6:34warned you. You. You.
155. 6:39Right? Does that sound familiar? And
156. 6:41again, you don't have to start saying
157. 6:44that deliberately, but I want you to
158. 6:46start becoming aware that that is what
159. 6:48people say. So, let's check it out.
160. 6:50Let's listen to people saying these
161. 6:52phrases in different situations. I'm not
162. 6:55going to say I told you so.
163. 6:57I'm not going to say I told you so. Told
164. 7:01you told you told you. I told you that
165. 7:04my French sucks. I told you that my
166. 7:06French sucks.
167. 7:08>> your grandfather. I warned your
168. 7:10grandfather.
169. 7:12Now I'm going to move on to the other
170. 7:14two pairs where you'll find these
171. 7:17situations where the two sounds fuse
172. 7:20into one sound. Now, I think that these
173. 7:24cases are a little bit more rare. So,
174. 7:26not you won't hear them
175. 7:30as often as you do hear the other two,
176. 7:32the ch and the j. But you might still
177. 7:35hear those, okay? And that is when you
178. 7:37have an s or a z before a y sound. Let's
179. 7:41start with an s.
180. 7:44Miss
181. 7:45and then y y y you.
182. 7:49Miss
183. 7:50you.
184. 7:52Try merging them together and try to
185. 7:54guess the sound that will replace the s
186. 7:57and the y.
187. 7:59Let's see if you can think about it.
188. 8:00Miss you. Miss you. Miss you. Miss you.
189. 8:08Miss you.
190. 8:09I miss you already.
191. 8:12Now, I know that might feel jarring for
192. 8:15some of you, but let's practice it
193. 8:17anyway. I miss you already. Bless you.
194. 8:20Bless you. Bless you.
195. 8:23So, the s y s y s y, it turns into sh.
196. 8:28Bless you. One sound. Bless you.
197. 8:31Bless you.
198. 8:32Bless you. I guess you are right. I
199. 8:36guess you're right.
200. 8:38I guess you're right.
201. 8:39Guess you're right. Guess you're right.
202. 8:43Right? Same thing with a z sound and a
203. 8:47y.
204. 8:48Z y z y z y z y z y z y z y z
205. 9:01As you know, as you know,
206. 9:05as you know,
207. 9:07where's your phone? Z your z your z your
208. 9:12Where's your phone? Where's your phone?
209. 9:16Dude, where's your phone?
210. 9:18Where's your phone, my friend?
211. 9:21How's your day going?
212. 9:24How's your how's your how's your how's
213. 9:28your day? Does that sound familiar?
214. 9:31Let's listen to a few more people say
215. 9:33that. How's your family?
216. 9:34>> How's your family?
217. 9:35>> But how's your footwork? But how's your
218. 9:37footwork?
219. 9:38I just think it's really interesting
220. 9:40when we think about these sounds and how
221. 9:42they're created in the brain and the
222. 9:44mouth and how it's all super super super
223. 9:47organized. It's not random.
224. 9:49It's not random. I actually have an
225. 9:51entire video about consonants. It's a
226. 9:54consonant masterclass. And if you want
227. 9:55to learn more and understand these
228. 9:57categories and the difference between
229. 10:00voice and voiceless consonant and where
230. 10:02it's produced, you should definitely
231. 10:03check it out. It's on my channel, on my
232. 10:06podcast. There's also a PDF that you can
233. 10:09download free PDF. So, I'm going to link
234. 10:11to it in the description below. I will
235. 10:14also have a special freebie for this
236. 10:17video that will help you practice these
237. 10:20transitions, okay?
238. 10:22These new sounds that are created, these
239. 10:25fusions, okay? So, I have an entire
240. 10:28exercise that will help you connect
241. 10:30words together, uh practice connected
242. 10:33speech, and understand these new sounds
243. 10:36that are created when people speak and
244. 10:39that might be a little different than
245. 10:41how it is when you read those words. So,
246. 10:43definitely download this PDF. Thank you
247. 10:46so much for watching. [music] If you
248. 10:47want more resources about sounds and the
249. 10:50pronunciation, check out the description
250. 10:53below and definitely come on over to my
251. 10:55[music] website at HadarShemesh.com.
252. 10:57Download today's freebie and practice
253. 11:00along, my friend. [music] Practice
254. 11:01along. Have a beautiful, beautiful rest
255. 11:03of the day and I will see you
256. 11:05next week in the next [music] video.
257. 11:07Bye.