Linking - By American English
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| 00:0-1 | Hello , I'm Sammy and this is part 3 of | |
| 00:08 | the connected speech series connected speech is used when you're | |
| 00:12 | speaking quickly and casually and it helps your american english | |
| 00:17 | sound more natural . Today we'll discuss linking linking means | |
| 00:23 | combining the sounds from the end of one word to | |
| 00:26 | the beginning of the next word . American english speakers | |
| 00:30 | naturally link sounds together to avoid pauses in fluid speech | |
| 00:35 | . So practicing linking can help your american english sound | |
| 00:38 | more fluent . There are two main types of linking | |
| 00:42 | consonant vowel linking and vowel . A vowel linking continent | |
| 00:49 | vowel linking occurs when one word ends with a consonant | |
| 00:53 | sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound | |
| 00:57 | . When this happens , we pronounce the words as | |
| 01:01 | if the consonant sound has moved from the end of | |
| 01:04 | the first word to the beginning of the next word | |
| 01:08 | . For example look up is pronounced , look up | |
| 01:14 | , turn on , the light becomes turn on the | |
| 01:18 | light , that's an umbrella becomes that's an umbrella vowel | |
| 01:26 | vowel linking occurs when one word ends in a vowel | |
| 01:30 | sound and the next word begins with a vowel . | |
| 01:34 | You add a yeah sound or a sound in between | |
| 01:39 | the vowel sound at the end of the first word | |
| 01:41 | and the vowel at the beginning of the second word | |
| 01:45 | . So how do you know whether to add a | |
| 01:47 | ? Yeah or what ? Let's find out if a | |
| 01:51 | word ends in the sounds E , yeah , A | |
| 01:56 | I or Oy . And the next word begins with | |
| 02:00 | a vowel . The two words are linked with the | |
| 02:03 | sound . For example , stay out is pronounced like | |
| 02:08 | stay out linking words with yeah happens even if there | |
| 02:13 | isn't a Y . In the spelling he asked is | |
| 02:17 | pronounced like he asked , sigh of relief , is | |
| 02:24 | sigh of relief . If a word ends in the | |
| 02:28 | sounds uh mm oh or how ? And the next | |
| 02:35 | word begins with a vowel . Then the two words | |
| 02:38 | are linked with What for example how are you is | |
| 02:43 | pronounced like how are you again linking words with the | |
| 02:48 | one sound happens even if there isn't a W letter | |
| 02:53 | in the spelling for example go inside is pronounced like | |
| 02:59 | go inside 2 other people becomes to other people . | |
| 03:08 | Let's practice . Pay attention to the underlined words in | |
| 03:12 | the following story and practice using consonant vowel linking and | |
| 03:17 | vowel vowel linking . Press pause at each screen to | |
| 03:22 | go at your own pace . Mm . Sammy met | |
| 03:55 | her friends at the outdoor cafe . Can I have | |
| 03:59 | a slice of pizza ? Sami asked they ordered the | |
| 04:03 | food but when it arrived Sammy got a whole pizza | |
| 04:08 | . Not just a slice . Her friends chanted do | |
| 04:13 | wit eat it . Sammy ate the entire pizza by | |
| 04:18 | herself . And they all cheered . That's it for | |
| 04:21 | now . Next time we'll practice T . And D | |
| 04:25 | tapping . This is when the T sound gets pronounced | |
| 04:28 | like a D . Like in the word butter . | |
| 04:32 | This is american english . Thanks for watching |
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Learn about linking in American English. Linking helps English language learners sound more natural with their casual spoken English.
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Linking is a free educational video by American English.
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