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

Hi. It's Day 18.

チャレンジ18日目です

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

短いですが 役に立つレッスンです

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

話し方に工夫を加えて 話しているのですが

Do you know what?

気づきましたか？

English with Jennifer

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

速い会話では「-ing」は よく「-in'」に変わります

We drop the G.

最後の「g」は脱落し

So "something" sounds like somethin'.

「something」は 「somethin'」になります

And "doing" sounds like doin'.

「doing」は「doin'」です

One exception is "going."

例外は「going」で

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

「Are you goin' now?」のように 言われることもありますが

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

「going to」の場合は よく「gonna」になります

For example: Are you gonna leave now?

たとえば Are you gonna leave now?

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

「gonna」は話し言葉で 書き言葉ではありません

Look at these examples.

例文を見てください

I'll same them fast.

速く言うので

Pay particular attention to how I drop the G

「-ing」の最後の「g」の脱落に 注意して聞いてください

in the -ing endings.

Listen closely. You know what to do.

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 fast.

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.