Day 15 - Disappearing Syllables - Understanding Fast Speech in English

Hi. It's Day 15.

チャレンジ15日目です

Today we need to talk about several words that lose a syllable

今回のレッスンは速い会話で 脱落する音節についてです

in fast speech.

I just used one. Do you know what it was?

いま脱落させたのに 気づきましたか？

English with Jennifer

"Several" is a word that could be said with three syllables:

「Several」は ３音節の単語です

sev er al

'sɛv・ər・əl

But usually we say it with just two syllables,

しかし一般的に速い会話では ３音節から２音節になります

especially in fast, relaxed speech:

'sɛv・rəl

There are other words that follow a similar pattern.

このように変化する 言葉はほかにもあって

They can be said two different ways.

言い方は２通りです

The shorter variation is, of course, more common in fast, relaxed speech.

速い会話に使うのは もちろん短い言い方のほうです

Let me show you a few different groups of words

速い会話でどのように音節が 脱落するか例で説明します

that can lose a syllable, especially in fast speech.

I'll read each word twice.

２回ずつ読みます

First, slowly. And then with fast speech, where I drop a syllable.

最初はゆっくり ２回目は音節を落とします

Let's look at more words with a vowel + R.

「母音＋Ｒ」の単語でも 同じような脱落が起きます

You'll see a similar pattern.

Here's another group.

次の例です

OUR when it's unstressed is said with one syllable: "ar."

「our」はストレスがないと １音節の /ɑr/ です

And our last word.

最後の例は「traveler」です

This word leads us into the next group,

次に説明するのは Ｌの音の前で起こる脱落です

where we drop a sound before L.

「probably」は prob・ly になります

...could be heard as "prob'ly."

「chocolate」は choc・late です

...is usually said as "choc'late."

And we have two examples of very relaxed speech.

リラックスした会話で 起こる音変化の例を２つ

BECAUSE can sound like "coz."

「because」は /kʌz/ になります

Remember that's a spoken form, not a written form.

この音変化は 書き言葉には起こりません

EXCUSE ME can sound like "Scuse me."

「Excuse me」は 「'Scuse me」になります

Or with a hint of that X...

Ｘの音が残ることもあります

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.