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Reducing and Blending "You" & "Your" with T | #089

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Take a good look at how you connect your speech. Do you do this at all, or is this something that usually goes right over your head? Face this concept head-on with everyday phrases like "you" and "your", and understand how and when we reduce and blend the sounds of these words with T endings. 
 
Follow along with these quick, common phrases:

Didn’t you go?  =  Didn’chuh’go?
I think that you should.   =
  I think tha’chuh’should.
I’ll let you take a chance  =
I’ll le’chuh’take a chance.

Rest your eyes =
 Res’cher’eyes.
It’s not your fault. =
It’s nah’cher’fault.
I hope that you're alright.  =
 I hope tha’cher’alright.

T + U Sound Idiomatic Expressions

Bet you that  I'm confident about something
I'll bet you that they show up late. 

Lost your touch To lose proficiency with a skill
I see you haven't lost your touch with cooking!

That's what you get That's the consequence
That's what you get when you don't sleep early!

Check out my video course on Udemy, and learn to Command the American Accent's Rhythm and Pronunciation.








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