I'll, You'll, ...Contractions of "Will" - Quick Pronunciation

On today's quick pronunciation video,

we're looking at the word "will" and how it contracts with all the pronouns,

and other words that go with "will".

Through this video, I'll give you examples

I want you to repeat with me so you can practice.

The good thing about "will" is it's a modal verb.

And that means that "he", "she", "it",

doesn't conjugate any differently.

Everything is

"blahblahblah will"

But today, we're talking about the pronunciation of the contractions of it.

Now, we all know that to contract the pronoun with "will",

we contract it to " 'll".

Now, the pronunciation of that contraction can change,

all depends on the style of speaking,

the.. how fast you're speaking,

and which word in the sentence has the stress on it,

which word you want to emphasise.

Now, in school, you've learnt that the pronunciation of the contraction is "I'll",

yes, that's true, but,

that's not the only way that you can pronounce this contraction.

If you pronounce it "I'll",

for example, "I'll go",

it sounds like you're emphasising the pronoun.

"I'll go"

"Who will go?" "He won't go, I'll go!"

Now, maybe you don't want to emphasise the pronoun,

maybe you're just speaking quickly.

In this case, the "I'll",

sounds like 'I'll" (the fast way)

Shorter, weaker,

"I'll go"

So, there, you have two possible pronunciations,

"I'll"

say it with me,

"I'll" and [...] (I'll, the fast way)"

"I'll go", when you emphasise the pronoun I, "I'll",

or, just in normal speech, "I'll go" (the fast way).

Now, you may have seen our video

in which we explain that the /l/ sound

sometimes can sound like a /w/ sound.

So, instead of /l/,

it can sound like /w/.

And the same applies to this, so "I'll"

could be pronounced like "I'll" (the fast way).

Example : "I'll go".

But, again, in speech, it sounds faster and weaker, so...

The "I'll" sounds like " 'll".

Slow down :

So, if you really want to pronounce everything very carefully,

you could say "I'll go",

but that's not very common,

and it's more common that you'll hear " 'll go".

The rest of the pronouns, ok!

"You will" contacts to "you'll",

or "you'll" (the fast way)

"You'll be fine"

"Don't worry, you'll be fine"

This way is much more common.

Say it with me : "Don't worry, you'll be fine".

"We will" = "we'll"

"We'll", like the wheel of a car, it's the same pronunciation.

Also, the same rule applies, the /l/ can sound like a /w/.

So, "we'll'.

"Oh, you're going to the cinema, we'll come too"

Say it with me : "we'll come too."

For example.

"They will" = "they'll"

or, removing the /ei/ sound,

sounds like "the'll"

Slow down :

"Are they ok!?"

"They'll be fine"

"He will"

"He'll" or "He'll" (the fast way)

"Will he come to the party?"

"He'll come."

Slow down :

"He'll come"

"She will" = "she'll"

"She'll love it."

"Do you think she'll win?" "Yes, I think she'll win."

"It'll"

We could even use a glottal stop :

"it'll" sounds better.

How about in the negative?

Not many options, it's quite easy for this.

To make it negative, we add "not".

"I'll not"

Ok, but that's not very common,

It's better just to contract this : "I won't".

And the same for the rest of the pronouns.

So, negative's easy.

"Won't"

If you have problems with the pronunciation between "won't" and "want",

we made a video for you,

you can watch that by clicking on my belly.

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