Day 18 - Dropping the G - Understanding Fast Speech in English

Hi. It's Day 18.

We're gonna have a short but useful lesson today.

There's somethin' that I'm doin' with my -ing endings right now.

Do you know what?

English with Jennifer

In fast speech, the -ing ending usually sounds like -in.

We drop the G.

So "something" sounds like somethin'.

And "doing" sounds like doin'.

One exception is "going."

It could sound like goin', for example: Are you goin' now?

But when we have "going to" Americans very often say "gonna."

For example: Are you gonna leave now?

Just remember that "gonna" is a spoken form, not a written one.

Look at these examples.

I'll same them fast.

Pay particular attention to how I drop the G

in the -ing endings.

Listen closely. You know what to do.

I'll say a sentence fast.

You try to understand.

That's all for now.

Thanks for watching and happy studies.