Day 10 - Reducing OR, FOR, THEIR, THEY'RE - Understanding Fast Speech in English

It's Day 10, and I've got a tip for you.

チャレンジ10日目は Ｒのコツです

Let's look at three or four small words with an R

Ｒを含んだ短い単語を いくつか使って

and talk about how they sound in fast speech.

速い会話での聞こえ方を 学びましょう

English with Jennifer

Sometimes a vowel plus an R

母音にＲが続くと 弱い「er」のような音になります

can end up sounding like a weak 'er' sound. /ɚ/

For example, "for" can change to /fɚ/.

たとえば「for」は「fer」に

"I have a tip for you."

"Or" can be reduced to /ɚ/.

「or」は「er」です

I said, "Let's look at three or four small words."

冒頭の「three or four」は 「three er four」になります

three or four small words

/ðɛr/, which could be written two different ways,

「their/they're」は速い会話だと 「ther」になります

can sound like /ðɚ/ in fast speech.

Let's talk about how they're reduced.

「how they're reduced」は 「how ther reduced」です

How /ðɚ/ reduced.

Look at these examples.

例文を見ながら 母音とＲを聞き取ってください

Pay attention to how I say the vowel plus R sounds.

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 or phrase.

You try to understand.

「for」は「fer」

It's a letter fer her.

「or」は「er」

Now er later?

「They're」は「Ther」

Ther really special.

「their」は「ther」

Much to ther surprise.

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!