Day 4 - Linking Consonant Sounds - Understanding Fast Speech in English

Hello. It's Day 4.

チャレンジ４日目です

Do you know something?

突然ですが 私は早口言葉が好きです

I like tongue twisters and the challenge of saying them fast.

Here's one.

言ってみますね

She sells seashells by the seashore.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

English with Jennifer

To say "she sells seashells" smoothly,

「She sells seashells」 をスムーズに言うためには

we link consonant sounds between words.

単語と単語のあいだの 子音をつなぎます

I'm linking the final sound in "sells" /z/

「sells」の最後の音はＺですが

to the first sound in "seashells" /s/.

これを「seashells」の 最初のＳにつなぎます

They're similar sounds, so it makes it easier to connect them.

似ている音なので つなぎやすいですね

I let the air flow from /z/ into the /s/.

ＺからＳへ息を流します

Let the air flow and there should be no break, no pause

息はスムーズに流しつづけ 単語の間に息つぎはありません

in between words.

She sells seashells.

She sells seashells

We can link consonant sounds together,

似た音や同じ音では 子音と子音はよく連結します

especially similar sounds or the same exact sounds,

by holding the airflow and releasing the air and the sound into the second.

息はスムーズに流しつづけて 次の音節までつなげます

It's especially easy when the sounds are the same.

同じ音のときには リンキングは簡単です

In the case of "take care"

たとえば「take care」

I don't say, "Take / care."

「Take 」と「care」は分けず スムーズにつなぎます

There's no break when I say it smoothly.

Take care (ta-care).

ta-care/teɪkɛər/

/k/ is present in both words,

/k/の音は同じなので

so when I link them, it sounds like one long /k/ sound.

つなげて言うと長い ひとつの /k/ に聞こえます

Take care.

Listen as I say these words.

例を聞いてください

There isn't a break in between words.

単語と単語は分けません

What may be helpful is to picture that final consonant sound

イメージはこうです

最初の単語の終わりが 次の単語につながるイメージです

in the first word being pushed over into the second.

For example:

たとえば

In the case of "web design" and "space heater"

「web design」と「space heater」は 単語を分けません

just don't make a break.

In fast speech, you'll hear English speakers

ネイティブは速く話すときに

use the same airflow to go from one consonant sound to the next.

単語を切ることはなく 子音と子音を一息でつなぎます

Not "web / design" but "web-design."

「web / design」ではなく 「web-design」

Not "space / heater" but "space-heater."

「space / heater」ではなく 「space-heater」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 or phrase.

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.

ご視聴ありがとございました

Thanks for watching and happy studies.