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 spoken American English, we often connect words together, and
when we do, the sounds change. That's called connected speech.
You hear it all the time in words and phrases
like ya, didya? And what do you? So? Instead of
saying do you, Americans usually say doa or just ya?
Like do you like sushi? Becomes do you like sushi?
Or you like sushi? Instead of did you? We say didja?
Did you see that movie? Did you like it? And
instead of what do you? We say what do you?
What do you think? Becomes what do you think? What
do you mean? Becomes what do you mean? This kind
of connected speech makes English sound smoother and faster the
way people really talk. So the next time you listen
to native speakers, try to catch those little sounds. Did
you hear them? That's connected speech. Thanks for listening, and
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