The Secret to Understand Fast-Talking Native English Speakers

This video holds the secret to understanding fast-talking native English speakers!
Download the free PDF worksheet 👉 learn.mmmenglish.com/englishr... to help you study and practise!
Learning the most common English REDUCTIONS will help you to understand fast-talking native speakers!
📝 At school, you learn how to pronounce sounds perfectly and complete full English sentences - but out in the real world, the words you learned in the classroom SOUND DIFFERENT! Fast-talking English speakers often connect words and delete or change sounds when speaking natural pace - so what you expect to hear and what you do hear can be quite different!
In this week’s video, you’ll learn 30 of the most common reductions. Words and expressions that you hear every day, in every English conversation, that sound completely different to what you expect.
#mmmEnglish #UnderstandFastEnglish #EnglishListeningSkills #EnglishReductions
📹 Watch the video, say the words with me, and be sure to download the free workbook too. It’s packed with everything you need to know about this lesson - the reductions, the phonemes, example sentences, and the extra practice activities!
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0:00 Introduction
3:02 Greetings
4:16 YOU Reductions
7:45 HAVE Reductions
10:45 OF Reductions
12:20 TO Reductions
13:16 ME Reductions
14:52 Practice!
Read the full transcript of this lesson on my blog here:
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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Don't forget to download the free PDF worksheet I made you 👉 www.mmmenglish.com/englishreductions/ It will help you to study, help you study and practise these common reductions!! Can you think of any other reductions that you often hear in movies or TV shows?

[@davesmith6436]

Thanks Emma for free PDF worksheet which is extremely useful for everyone, I'm absolutely convinced! There's no need to write down the whole lesson spending much time that I used to do it in order not to forget what I learnt, it's a really brilliant idea! And as to your question in the end, I wanna share something else with you. I hear frequently enough such as popular reductions as: (Emma, you know I love them all and try to use them in all the relevant situations) Here these are: (these can be used either in written or in spoken English) "hafta" is "have to" "hasta" is "has to" (He has to do it...) "outta" is "out of" "oughta" is "ought to" "wansta" is "he/she wants to..." "wassup" is "what's up?" "whatser" is "what's her?.." "whatsis" is "what's his?.." "musta" is "must have" "gotta" is "got to" or "have got to" "loadsa" is "loads of" "kindsa" is "kind of" "lotsa" is "lots of" "lotta" is "lot of" "sorta" is "sort of" "typa" is "type of" "frunna" is "be front of" "betcha" is "bet you" "dontcha" is "don't you" "getcha" is "get you" "gotcha" is "got you" "seeya" is "see you" The rest of my list isn't used in written English but only in spoken one, be careful! "how'dya" is "how do you?" "how'dja" is "how did you?" "how'dya" is "how would you?" "dja" is "did you..." "whataya" is "what are you?" "whadaya" is "what do you?" "wantcha" is "want you..." "what'dja" is "what did/do you?" "when'dja" is "when did/do you?" "where'dya" is "where did/do you?" "who'dya" is "who did/do you?" "why'dya" is "why did/do you?" "wouldya" is "would you..." My support 'n' appreciation to you, darling! Thanks for your work!

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[@kentafujii8941]

I think that tag questions like "isn't it?" are often pronounced with reduction.

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@@kentafujii8941 Yeah true ı think👌.Cause generally these are used to verify something .

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I recently started making videos detailing the things I've learned about English as a Korean. I talked about the same thing in one of my videos! I couldn't agree more about "reduction". It's super helpful and I think everyone should know about it . Thanks for the video!

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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Thank you Emma for all your help, you don’t know that how much you are helping people like us who are struggling a lot with understanding fast speech.

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Brillant! This is the lesson we want to hear. We know how to write, however pronuncition and understanding is a really hard thing in English. Thank you Emma!

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Thank you so much, dear Emma for letting us to understand the secret of English!

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Wow wonderful It is really the most important part of a language which a foreigner must learn . as a matter of fact this is our weakness point in understanding. When I visited English people for the first time Although I could speak and they understood me , I didn’t realized them at all so that i pleased them to speak slowly 😬 I appreciate and admire you for this vital part of grammar and shake your hands warmly and kindly 🌹

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had an experience working with native English speakers, it was crazy at first,but as you get to listen to them speak on a daily basis, you get the hang of it.. This topic on reduction is amazing 👏 Thanks from your fan 🇵🇭

[@hannofranz7973]

Very good explanations. I keep telling my students that they should pay attention to what they understand, to understand the general thread, not every single word. But it's got so much to do with practice and it's taken me time as well to get where I am.

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

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Thank you, Teacher Emma for this video. My trainer at new work is a native English speaker and I can barely catch up with the training. The timing of the upload for this video is truly a blessing.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Perfect timing indeed! Maybe next time try to spot the reductions that they use :)

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This is a very useful English Class about how to understand Fast-Talking Native English Speakers...Thanks a lot.

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Thanks a lot Emma! That was really what I was looking for!! Please keep uploading such videos talking about understanding fast native speakers.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Sure thing! 🤩

[@toniarnold341]

Thank you, Emma, this video is impressive. It shows how many reductions native English speakers use in spoken English and helps me understand them better. I can tell you that the Swiss-German dialects also sound very different from written German. When we talk to strangers, we do our best to speak written German so they can understand us

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

It’s so interesting that one language can sound so very different!

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Indeed you speak French too

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Tues parle francais

[@cassionapoleon1327]

I am from India State of Kerala malayalam language also spoken fast, there's reduction. When i noticed in other languages in India also written form is different from spoken form or styles, there are slangs in Kerala also which is difficult to understand, the point iam making is that i think in almost every languages not just in English, I am an English trainer

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Thank you for this fantastic lesson.

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

I'll try my best, always :) thank you!

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Indeed a great lesson.i really appreciate that but I might sluggish due to my over burden duty's so I might practice it through whole week bit by bit

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Hi,Emma Thank you for this lesson. Once more you help me in my english journey .I always enjoy to see you in your courses. If you continue to teach i'll continue to learn!!! good deal !!!

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

I’m glad to be able to help!

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These are things we didn't learn in school, Thank you teacher

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Great lesson again! ThankYou Emma 🤟

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Yayyy!Emma, I love your speaking practice lessons❤!Cz it helps to understand natives.And this lesson is superb cz it contains reductions along with speaking practice.Thanks!

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Awesome stuff! So glad you enjoyed ☺️

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It is a challenge always for us....love your teaching Emma....

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Haha I’m having a cup of coffee now too while responding to comments ☕️

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Ah, really! I'm blown away with this lesson, Miss Emma! 😌😌😌🤗🤗💝 Thank You so so much for bringing that out here.

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

I’m glad you liked it :)

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you, Halim. 🙏🏼

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Wow, this video gave me a new perspective. Even tow I understood nearly all what your saying , I need the little pause at the end to get the meaning. And now I understood the problems I've had with native speakers. Thanks for that.

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Best English teacher.... Beautiful as well.

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Thank you so much for this wonderful lesson 🤗

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

You're very welcome!

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Emma sometimes when I talk too fast, I sound like I'm drunk but watching that video has helped a lot.

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Your accent is better than any other video making in English.

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You are a wonderful teacher, Emma. Half way across the world, from Romania 🇹🇩, my friends and I send you our greatest appreciation and respect. Your lessons have made a big difference in my learning community.

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❤️❤️❤️ Sending appreciation right back to you and your friends! Thank you

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I'm studying for the IELTS and needed some extra help, therefore I came across your IPA KZbin session. That was incredible. As a teacher and eminent native speaker, you're doing a fantastic job. New subscribers to this channel, take note: you will not be disappointed.😌

[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you JK! I appreciate your kind comment :)

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I think this is the most difficult part to learn languages, this is the part that stop myself to understand the native speakers, thank you a lot dear❤

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I can understand everyone who speaks English, except native speakers.

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Me too, so we already learned all about English, the problem have to do with the natives speaking maybe 🤣

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😂 Gracias!

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[@mmmEnglish_Emma]

Thank you Eva! 😍

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You know Emma,I'm into your conversation workouts!They are brilliant!I want more of them.I get to learn phrases and also learn how to pronounce them.

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