Day 14 - Reducing YOU, YOUR, YOU'RE - Understanding Fast Speech in English

It's Day 14.

チャレンジ14日目です

You know what we need to talk about?

今回のレッスンは

How the word YOU sounds in fast speech.

速い会話で「You」が どのように変化するかです

English with Jennifer

YOU is an interesting word in fast speech

「you」は速い会話では いろいろな形で言われます

because it can change in more than one way.

In fast speech, YOU might sound like YA.

まず「you」は 「ya」に変わります

As in, "Ya know what?"

たとえば 「Ya know what?」

Or it might sound like I'm dropping the vowel sound altogether,

母音そのものを落として Ｙの音だけを残すこともあります

and I'm left with a Y sound.../y/...Y'know what?

「Y'know what?」

The contraction YOU'RE can reduce to YER.

短縮系の「you're」は 「yer」になります

You're (yer) right.

You're/yer/ right.

And the possessive adjective YOUR

所有形容詞の 「your」もまったく同じです

will do the same exact thing, as in, "What's your name?"

たとえば What's your/yer/ name?

The T and D sounds before the word "you"

ＴとＤの音は 「you」の前にくると変化します

change in different ways.

T before "you" can sound like "chu" in fast speech.

「you」の前のＴは /chu/ のように聞こえます

As in... can't you / won't you / don't you

can'tchu

won'tchu

don'tchu

D before "you" in fast speech may sound like "ju"... a J sound.

「you」の前のＤはＪの音 /ju/ のように聞こえます

As in... how did you / where did you

howdidju

wheredidju

"You" can be said different ways in fast speech.

「you」は速い会話で いろいろ形を変えますが

Many people reduce it with a simple scwha.

たいていの場合はシュワ/ə/で

So T + "you" can sound like "cha."

Ｔと you は /cha/ のように聞こえます

Don't you...don'tcha...Don'tcha know?

Don't you?

Don'tcha?

Don'tcha know?

D + "you" could sound like "ja."

Ｄと you は /ja/ のように聞こえます

Where did you...wheredidja

Where did you Wheredidja

Or even "where'dja"...Where didja go? Where'dja go?

Ｗhere'dja go? になることもあります

Note that similar changes happen with YOUR/YOU'RE.

「your」や「you're」も 同じように変化します

So listen how the T and D change as I read these sentences.

ＴとＤの音変化を よく聞きとってください

However, many people would choose to read

「that your」は声門閉鎖で 言うのが一般的です

THAT YOU'RE with a glottal stop. Listen.

聞いてください

I know that your busy. （声門閉鎖）

This would actually be my preference.

私もこちらを選びます

I think the "thatcher" variation sounds more informal

「thatcher」のほうは

くだけた言い方で カジュアルになります

and much more relaxed. I would use the glottal stop.

私が使うのは声門閉鎖です

Listen closely.

これから私が言うフレーズを 聞き取ってみてください

I'll say a sentence.

You try to understand.

動画の冒頭にもどって 聞き取れるか確認してみましょう

That's all for now.

ご視聴ありがとうございました

Thanks for watching and happy studies.