Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here, and welcome back to another
happy English Sunday Speak. I'm here every Sunday with a
quick one point tip to help you speak English more naturally. Now,
in every day spoken American English, we often use reduction here.
Reduction means we shorten or soften sounds when we speak.
It's when certain words or syllables lose their full sound
to make the speech smoother and faster. Today, let's look
at three really common reductions lemmy, gimme, and gemmy. Like
instead of saying let me, we reduce it to lemmy.
The T sound at the end of let is dropped lemmy.
You can say things like let me see that, let
me know when you're ready, let me know what time
the meeting starts lemmy. And instead of saying give me,
we reduce it to gimme. The V sound at the
end of give is dropped. Gimme. You can say things
like give me a second, give me that pen, or
can you give me a hand moving this desk? Gimme
finally for today, instead of saying get me, we reduce
it to gemmy. The T sound at the end of
get is dropped gemmy. You can say things like get
me a coffee please? Can you give me a towel?
Or you're going for donuts, can you get me one?
These reductions happen naturally in everyday casual conversation, and reductions
aren't a lazy way of speaking, they're just how people
really talk smoothly. So the next time you hear lem me, gimme,
and gemmy, you'll know the meaning, and when you use
them yourself, your English will sound smoother and more natural. Hey,
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