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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here, and welcome back to another

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happy English Sunday Speak. I'm here every Sunday with a

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quick one point tip to help you speak English more naturally. Now,

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in every day spoken American English, we often use reduction here.

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Reduction means we shorten or soften sounds when we speak.

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It's when certain words or syllables lose their full sound

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to make the speech smoother and faster. Today, let's look

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at three really common reductions lemmy, gimme, and gemmy. Like

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instead of saying let me, we reduce it to lemmy.

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The T sound at the end of let is dropped lemmy.

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You can say things like let me see that, let

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me know when you're ready, let me know what time

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the meeting starts lemmy. And instead of saying give me,

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we reduce it to gimme. The V sound at the

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end of give is dropped. Gimme. You can say things

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like give me a second, give me that pen, or

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can you give me a hand moving this desk? Gimme

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finally for today, instead of saying get me, we reduce

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it to gemmy. The T sound at the end of

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get is dropped gemmy. You can say things like get

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me a coffee please? Can you give me a towel?

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Or you're going for donuts, can you get me one?

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These reductions happen naturally in everyday casual conversation, and reductions

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aren't a lazy way of speaking, they're just how people

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really talk smoothly. So the next time you hear lem me, gimme,

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and gemmy, you'll know the meaning, and when you use

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them yourself, your English will sound smoother and more natural. Hey,

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thanks for listening, and remember to like, follow, and subscribe

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next week's Sunday Speak. Until next time, keep learning and

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