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In this American English pronunciation video,
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you’re going to learn how to say the
phrases: used to and supposed to.
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Hey guys, I’m making this video on vacation.
So that means we have a weird wood background.
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But we have the benefit of a lot of friends
and family to help me make this video.
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I recently got a request on how to
pronounce, ‘supposed to’ and ‘used to.’
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Great request, we use these phrases all the time
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and there’s actually a couple
different pronunciations.
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Now the phrase: supposed to.
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This is similar to ‘used to,’ in that if it’s at
the end of the sentence we make it an OO vowel.
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But if we’re going to carry on with this sentence,
we make that last sound a schwa. For example:
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>> Rachel are you going to the meeting tonight?
>> I’m supposed to.
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End of sentence, I make it the OO vowel.
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But if I’m going to make a whole
sentence and it’s not at the end,
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I’m supposed to go to the meeting tonight. Then
I make it the schwa, supposed to, supposed to.
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Now we have a three syllable phrase, da-DA-da,
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with stress on the middle syllable,
supposed to, supposed to.
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We start with the S-schwa,
su-, su-, su-, su-, su-.
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So my tongue tip is down, ss-,
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the front part is pressing up a little bit
to put tension in the tongue su-, su-,
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and then the tongue relaxes for the schwa,
su-, su-.
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Then we have the stressed syllable, it begins
with a P so lips come together, suppo-.
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Then we have the OH as in NO Diphthong.
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So we have a little jaw drop at first and
then some lip rounding, suppo-, suppo-.
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The ending is just like used to, used to.
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We drop the -ED and because we’re linking
the Z sound into an unvoiced sound,
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we’re going to unvoice Z,
and it’s going to become an S,
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s-to, s-to; s-to, s-to. Supposed to, supposed to.
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Let’s hear some other people say these phrases.
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>> I’m supposed to call Sarah later.
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>> I’m supposed to be there at four.
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>> I’m supposed to call Dave later.
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>> Rachel did you register for class?
>> No, I’m supposed to.
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>> David did you email that lady?
>> Oh! I'm supposed to.
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Supposed to, supposed to.
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Supposed to, supposed to.
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Supposed to, supposed to.
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>> Rachel did you register for class?
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>> No, I’m supposed to,
I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to.
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>> David did you email that lady?
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>> Oh! I'm supposed to, oh! I’m supposed to,
oh! I’m supposed to.
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>> I’m supposed to call Sarah later.
I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to.
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>> I’m supposed to be there at four.
I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to.
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>> I’m supposed to call Dave later.
I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to, I’m supposed to.
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>> I’m supposed to call Sarah later.
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>> I’m supposed to be there at four.
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>> I’m supposed to call Dave later.
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>> Rachel did you register for class?
>> No, I’m supposed to.
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>> David did you email that lady?
>> Oh! I'm supposed to.
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I hope this video has simplified for you how
to pronounce ‘used to’ and ‘supposed to.’
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They’re really useful phrases.
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If there is a phrase you’d like to learn how
to pronounce, put it in the comments below,
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and don’t forget to ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ this video.
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That’s it and thanks so much
for using Rachel’s English.
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