How to Pronounce I've (and Why You Should Use it) (Free American Accent Training: Word of the Day)

[@EC-cr8wt]

I've been learning a lot with your videos thank you.

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for your support!

[@anthonyjuniorpimentelherre3200]

Christine, I'd like to ask you if you've noticed that when most Americans pronounce "I've" the v part sounds like a "weak f". Maybe you haven't thought of it, I hope you have but it's easy to identify this for a non-native speaker. Also, something I really loved about this video is that you addressed the pattern that some Americans use which is just saying "av" and I just listened to a song which the singer of it says "I've been to the bottom..." as "av...", though you addressed it as wrong they still use it and it's good for us to know what's actually happening. Thank you very much for this approach.

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, yes, voiced sounds like z, v, and d sometimes sound like a weak version of their voiceless cognates s, f and t. It depends on what follows - if I were to say a phrase like "I've eaten" where the next word starts with a vowel sound, we'll use a stronger voiced /v/ to link to the next word. If the next word starts with a consonant sound, we get the phenomenon you mentioned.

[@userforjose]

Thanks so much, I just realized that I've been saying wrong this contraction all my life

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@sureshkumarramachandran239]

Thank you Christine! 😊

[@maurolopezgyt]

Thank you, you helped me a lot. Greetings from Argentina.

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Hi, thanks for watching!

[@sushillrai3979]

One of the words that slows me down when I’m speaking English.Thank you for the lesson. Christine,can you make a vid. on the sentence “ where were you born” and teach us how the Native Speakers say it when they’re speaking fast.

[@SpeechModification]

Hi Sushill, sure, I can do that.

[@SpeechModification]

I'll talk about your phrase in today's class: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pILRhoyZo7-YopY

[@sushillrai3979]

SpeechModification Thank you for covering the phrase in the vid.,Christine.Very helpful your vids. are in order to Americanise our English. Noticed someone pressed the thumb down button.Don’t know why people dislike educational vids..

[@SpeechModification]

@@sushillrai3979 you're welcome, glad you're finding the videos helpful. I'll take the thumbs down as a sign that the channel is growing - as more people discover it, there are certain to be some who find it not a good match for what they were looking for. I'm okay with that : ).

[@Ghada24]

Thanks a lot

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@nishantshukla5783]

Please make a video for pronunciation of word what'd be and what'd ( I'm little confuse to understand is it would or did). Please help me.

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, "what'd be" is "what would be," for example, "What would be good" gets contracted to "what'd be good." "What'd" is "what did," as in "what'd he do?" Here's a video to help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpmoloR7bdhqmbs

[@nishantshukla5783]

@@SpeechModification thanks for help, please help me to pronuciation of reduction of what'd( what would) and what'd be ( what would be ) to undertand??

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I can cover how to pronounce those in a future video. You can hear me explain the pronunciation of "what'd" in the link I posted for you, and "what'd be" is the same, just adding "be."

[@nishantshukla5783]

@@SpeechModification thanks I will waiting for your video.

[@jamongx1]

Thanks

[@kulvirsingh564]

please make a video on how to pronounce " i've been" it is very difficult for me to pronounce both 'v' and 'b' sounds simultaneously.i shall be very thankful to you.

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@luzmerymicolta6700]

Thank you!! Really helpful for me!!😘

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@valanciunas2048]

Thank you!! Really helpful for me!! Plz make a video about how to pronunciation of “as well as” quickly native speaks and how to use it. Thank you

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for the suggestion, I can cover "as well as" in an upcoming class.

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I'll be covering your phrase in tomorrow's class: kzbin.info/www/bejne/joDddmWFnc-lqrs

[@valanciunas2048]

@@SpeechModification Thank you so much!!!

[@vjsilentvalley7134]

Wow ..... well .... thank you mam ..... 😍😍

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@sakamasato]

VERY USEFUL, THANK YOU SO MUCH

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Thanks for watching!

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Thanks ❤️

[@elafqaseem8182]

Thank ya ! I will be very grateful if you make a video about the word ( certificate ) . Regards !

[@SpeechModification]

Hi Elaf, Yes, I will add it to my list, good suggestion!

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I'll be covering your word in tomorrow's class: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5O8eIqXi7mapJo

[@prosonat1481]

I'm so greatefull!

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for watching!

[@AliAbbas-qv7hx]

You are really creative and I benefited a lot from you. Thanks Christine,

[@nmachado790]

Exelente, saludos desde Costa Rica

[@jabedkhanjb]

Thanks 😊

[@TR-jb9zz]

Thank you for your lecture. It would be better if you turn the volume up

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for the feedback, sorry you had trouble hearing it.

[@richardfrangie3518]

Your videos are pretty good

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Hello ma'am!!

[@yosfazi201]

Hi Madame Christine could you please teach me how to pronounce rehabilitated

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, yes, I can add your word to my list!

[@yosfazi201]

@@SpeechModification oh I cannot thank you enough

[@fa627]

I have an issue with the listening, I can't tell when someone is saying I or I've, that 'V' sound is sooo low or pretty subtle

[@SpeechModification]

Yes, it's often very subtle, but the grammar of the sentence will usually tell you whether I or I've was used.

[@DjHustlequeen45]

Do you have suggestion for me?what kinda excersie for improving my Intonation pattern?🙏🏻

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I have a number of videos to walk you through how to improve intonation, you can check them out on my intonation playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLJXFLCasjYl4a4rz4DTR0p_PQqxUIr8r9

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[@hanuvignesh4342]

Please teach pronouncing lynch

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I can cover your word in a future class.

[@cristhianyadhir5888]

It's so hard for me to hear the final V sound it sounds like an f and in fast conversations I can't hear it whatsoever for example, " I've been" to me sounds like as if you guys were just dropping the V sound and stressing the word BEEN so it sounds like I been instead of I've been

[@cristhianyadhir5888]

Same thing happens with the contraction of "would" like I can't hear the final d sound so I normally just drop it when I'm talking

[@SpeechModification]

Yes, it can be hard to hear both the /v/ and the /d/ in "I've" and "I'd." For "I'd," we often used and unreleased /d/. You can learn more about pronouncing that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apuVqHSwj6l3gMU and here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apuVqHSwj6l3gMU Just leaving the v or d off is okay, as long as you don't hold the vowel a long time. If I go right from "I" to the next word without making the mouth shape for the v or d, it will sound different. So even though you don't hear a clear /v/ or /d/, you'd be able to hear a difference when a native speaker just says "I." It's challenging, for sure, but might be worth trying to get it correct so it won't sound like a grammar error when you're speaking.

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[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I'd be happy to cover your word in a future class.

[@SpeechModification]

Hi, I'll be covering your word on Monday: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZWxY6eupMqsg5Y

[@patiencevincent3216]

Please pronounce this dorben for me

[@SpeechModification]

Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like "DOOR-bin."

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