Listening and Speaking Practice: CAN and CAN'T

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Improve your English listening and speaking skills in this lesson where we solve the mystery of hearing the difference between CAN and CAN’T!
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Dear coach 1/ can pronounced as strong form /kæn/ when emphasizing or contrasting "Yes, I CAN do it" 2/ can't pronounced as /kæn/ in " Sorry, I can't do it", bcz /t/ between two consonants /n/ and /d/ ==> drop /t/ 3/ " I can't understand". drop /t/ and link /n/ with / ˌʌndərˈstænd/ So, How do you distinguish in the situations "negative and positive with emphasize or contrasting to understand right? Thanks a lot

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Hi Keenyn, I really enjoyed your lessons, and they helped me a lot. I also tried to download PDF but failed every time. I only got an audio file "Can vs. Can't Practice Audio" instead of PDF file. would you mind double-checking it? Appreciate! 👍

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Oh yes... My old enemy, can and can't. I don't think I will ever get it, but still, thanks!

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How did you make that "Right" sound when you said "funny little sound,Right?" btw very helpful lesson Thanks

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Thanks so much Anuj Arora! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊 I'm not sure what you mean by the "right" sound? Do you mean the I as in WHITE vowel?

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*Although simple, this was the definitive lesson on the difference between can and can't.Excelent! Congrats and thank you so much,Keenyn!*

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Neat! Good tips to show students and they can practice by their own.

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This video is really amazing. I've sometimes got a little bit confused when I heard these two words but from now on I think I won't get confused anymore ! Thank you Keenyn ! You're amazing.

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OMG Thank you so much for this video. You've finally solved the long time problem I had. I think I can master this "can and can't" thingy now. lol THANKS A LOT!!!

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Hi Sk Rahim! Yes, I am AMerican. Unfortunately I don't speak Bengali or Hindi though... 😊

[@niknit7006]

I can't always hear positive or negative sound.Repeat this lesson again.Please .Thanks.

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I am not sure what you mean by positive and negative sound?

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Amazing lesson!! I can finally hear the difference between them. : )

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These are good tips to remember, and use them for daily speaking and writing. Some ways they are confusing but they will sink in time. Thank you so much as always.

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I hear the difference but it's a bit hard to say can't Thank you keenyn. you're nice =)

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Thanks so much Анатолий Лето! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊 Yes, that "can't pronunciation is tricky... that NT combination takes some practice! :)

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I think it's much more useful for students of American English to learn that we don't stress can( it sounds like /kn/ instead) and we stress the main verb. With the negative, we stress can't a little more than the main verb. For example: I can/kn/ GO. I CAN'T GO.

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hi. Keenyn Rhodes are the teacher that I hear more cleary these sounds. And I difference both sounds. :) GREAT!!! plas plas plas... (applause) :D

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Interesting, but I think you should write the word AND enphasize when you aré pronouncing the word.

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*It's too dificult to me. I need to practice more.*

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This is definitely advanced pronunciation... Hopefully these tips can really help with listening too!

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Soooo helpful indeed! I have seen one or two situations in which 2 Americans asked the other to repeat the can't/can so one was sure what the other meant. This happens when they're from different regions in the US. In south, they tend to pronounce longer vowels

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Easier listening but harder speaking

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Can you make a video like this with are and aren't and were and weren't I always don't hear the difference when natives are speaking quickly or mumbling

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nice video. i finally can understand the difference between these two. i went to a college in the us when i was 21 yrs old and i really had a problem when my professors said them. i didn't know why i had never asked people to tell me the difference while i was there. i came back to my home country and had a chance to ask an american lady once but she said they were pronounced the same. that even made me more confused. now at least i know what to listen to.

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But in British English pronunciation of CAN’T is /kant/i don’t know which is correct...

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