Linking Consonant to Consonant -- American English Pronunciation

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[@NattSza]

Rachel, I think I can't even say to you how much you're great and helpful! I just had been having this doubt about stop consonants linking for a while and coincidentally you've just explained it so clear and confirmed what I was thinking on it! so, the only difference between 'I play to' and 'I played to' is the stop in the second sentence before 'to'? I see it! now I just have to practice and improve it! thank you!

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[@SarmadENGLISH]

Thanks I always look for a lesson about how to link a vowel to a consonant. But I don't find.. Could you pls tell us about that connection?

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[@erickf7360]

how about "ed" for example : I cleaned my house

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[@NichapatPanutyotin]

Thank you Rachel:) I'm Thai and pronunciation is so hard for me. You make it easier.

[@Enriquemba1]

Thanks Rachel, for your information. In Spanish we have also the linking and we can speak faster.

[@rachelsenglish]

That's great! Thanks for sharing Henry!

[@Gene0723]

This video is wonderful. It truly teaches you how to pronounce American English.

[@wangcao1501]

Very wonderful video. Here is one thing I feel is important, that is, stop consonants in words look like the same as connection two words. For example, permanently, and the previous word of the week, definitely. I was having trouble pronouncing these words because I spoke out the stop consonants, which are supposed to be just a hold of breath.

[@javimu111]

Been following your videos for months now, Rachel. Really good stuff. Hispanic guy here, 53. But I moved to the mainland U.S. when I was 14 1/2. Linking was the one thing I had not learned before in any other videos. I can't believe I never came across it before! It is great to explore the American dialect with drills on video. These videos are all really good.

[@rachelsenglish]

You really want everything to link together for a smooth sound. However, if you're giving a talk to a lot of people, or speaking for a video or audio recording, you will probably take more time and enunciate a little more. In these cases, many native speakers will do things like fully release stop consonants.

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I really needed a clear explanation about this topic and I finally found it. Thank you so much!

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[@GlynWilliams1950]

Very well explained.

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Thank you for your effort .

[@rachelsenglish]

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[@ieltsrocket]

Thank you for useful instructions. Linking sounds is really challenging for EFL speakers.

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Rachel! Fabulous explanation

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[@bandido0610]

thank you for giving us some lessons to improve our English. I'm from Perú, anf I'm studying English..but it's quite common not to know anything about linking..consonants to vowel or consonants to consonans...and you try to watch a program...it gets difficult...and even if you read the subtitles in English...you wonder...when they said that...I have some problems with listening...and one of the biggest problems is linking by the way...again thanks a lot Rachel...

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[@adrianreyes4909]

Could you do a video about the BZ sound ? For instance : Describes

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Excellent class! I have problems with the linking words

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I’m born and raised in Philadelphia, so obviously I’ve been speaking American English my entire life. But, it’s still very cool to learn these details that we Americans just take for granted. Also, what’s a flip phone?? 😂😂😂

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I have my pronunciation improve when I'm watching your video.

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Thank you so much

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Thanks, teacher Rachel!

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Thanks. Very helpful!

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Love your videos

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Thanks again!

[@khacviet3983]

this is my problems that i'm finding, amazing

[@clandestine2701]

Thank you very much Rachel. That was an awesome video. I wonder if there are cases where two adjacent consonants do not link.

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Thank you Rachel. Excellent video!

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Good video, it is useful

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Thanks for watching Jair!

[@wladimir_cm569]

Loooove your videos about Linking, Reducing ... Much Luv Wlad from Brazil

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very good

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You're great

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Thanks Nestor!

[@EvanAguirre]

This is the video I was waiting for! I have trouble saying "She helped me". It's difficult for me. I would be glad if you made a video including that example. Thanks for the video.

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Thank you 😊

[@halucquan]

very interesting, thank you so much

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[@Rafael-uv8tc]

Is there a difference in pronunciation between these two sentences? "I watch tv" and "I watched tv". If there is one, it must be very subtle because I can't notice the difference.

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SUPER COOL. TKS RACHEL

[@Gene0723]

Good tips

[@BilingueDualCore]

Thnx, Rachel!

[@luvyaa28]

very useful lesson/

[@shaheenahmad313]

thank you so much but its very difficult to linking the words in this way

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Thanks Rachel, this video makes us easier to understand the language in use.

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Perfect 😍😍

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Thanks Khaled!

[@MAminGental]

Amazing. Well done

[@334Luffy]

Hi. Miss Rachel, congratulations for your newborn. I wanted to ask you if you could make a video of the ING linking like doing it, taking it, running in ect ... thank you ^^

[@334Luffy]

Does it sound like takin it, doin it ...

[@bmpro3569]

What about: since then? The s and th sound? I guess some consonants change their sound or regular pronunciarion when linked, right? I'll send some examples so you can explain them with a transcriptions. Thanks ahead.

[@rachelsenglish]

For linking consonants like the S and TH sounds, we get as close as we can to a smooth link. I would suggest softening the S sound to make the transition feel smoother. The S is still a released consonant, so we want to feel like the air softly pushes the tongue from the center of the mouth for S to the teeth for the TH sound.

[@BilingueDualCore]

Nice video, Rachel! Could you explain the difference between "can" and "can't" in another video?

[@andrewsanchezb]

thanks a bunch Rach!

[@gpcompu001youtubable]

how about linking three consonants.... example: iT'S Been a while since I've visited you last time ........ in that example there is T + S + B separated in two words.... how would you actually pronounce that!? thank you, your videos are great and I'm sharing with the people I care to learn English

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Hi teacher, I like American accent so much and still follow your videos but I wonder " Is it the matter if I prepare for an Ielts exam while learning American pronunciation?"

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[@MECHEnglish]

Thank you for these videos :)

[@bachthivan7150]

yeah. linking conso. to conso. 's helpfull. it helps improve your smooth speech. But when native english use this technique.... the non-native english have many problems. eg. difficult to listen

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How are you doing

[@talkcircuitg]

Hey Rachel you forgot to talk about linking D_T letters, for example, I have difficulty speaking "used_to" or "kind_to" words with connection between D and T Could you explain that? Thanks and sorry my english mistakes.

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Thanks Rachel great videos. How can i pronounce...Secret to....?

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❤🎉love it

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[@waitakchan4342]

so how to distinguish the stop consonant t from d? are they the same when we do them a stop? bad dog sounds no different than bat dog ??

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