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In this American English pronunciation video,
we’re going to go over how to introduce
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someone.
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First, watch a few introductions. Then, we’ll
talk about what we’re hearing.
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>> Hey Staci. Hey.
>> Hi.
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>> Hi.
>> This is my boyfriend David.
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>> Um, hi, David. Nice to meet you.
>> It’s really nice to meet you.
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>> I’m Staci.
>> Yeah, this is my friend Staci from YouTube.
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>> Oh, it’s really nice to meet you. I see.
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>> Hey Hilah, this is my boyfriend David.
>> Hi David. I’m Hilah.
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>> Hey. Nice to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
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>> Hilah, I did the program in L. A. with.
>> Yeah.
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>> Yes.
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>> This, uh, this will be a boy.
>> Oh! Hi boy!
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>> In November.
>> His name will be Flint.
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>> Hi Flint. Really? Aw. Cute!
>> Hi Flint. Nice to meet you.
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>> This is our dog Banjo.
>> Hi Banjo. Does Banjo shake?
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>> No.
>> Oh.
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You might have noticed we use the phrase ‘this
is.’ Then you can say the name.
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This is David, this is Rachel.
It’s also common to say your relationship
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to the person, followed by his or her name.
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This is my boyfriend David.
This is my dad, Stan.
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This is my colleague, Tom.
This is my friend, Liz.
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This is. Stress is on ‘this’. They should
link together. We have an ending consonant
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and a beginning vowel, so we want to link
the consonant to the vowel to connect the
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words. This is, this is, this is.
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The TH is tough for a lot of students. The
tongue can come through the teeth. But, since
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this is a voiced TH, th instead of th, you
don’t have to bring the tongue tip all the
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way out. You can keep the teeth mostly together,
and press your tongue on the backsides of
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the teeth inside the mouth. Thi-, thi-, thi-,
thi-, immediately pulling away. Make sure
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the tongue tip isn’t at the roof of the
mouth, or it will sound like a D. Di-, di-,
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dis, dis is, dis is.
Th-, th-, this, this is, this is. Can you
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hear the difference?
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This, dis. [3x]
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This is my boyfriend David.
This is my dad, Stan.
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This is my colleague, Tom.
This is my friend, Liz.
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This is, this is.
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>> This is my boyfriend, David,
>> Hi! [3x]
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This is, this is.
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>> This is my friend Staci from YouTube. [3x]
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This is, this is.
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>> This is my boyfriend, David. [3x]
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This is, this is.
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>> This is our dog, Banjo. [3x]
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This is, this is.
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>> Hey Hilah, this is my boyfriend David.
>> Hi David. I’m Hilah.
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>> Hey. Nice to meet you.
>> Nice to meet you.
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>> Hilah…
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Normally, after being introduced, you say,
“Nice to meet you.” Notice how the T in
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‘meet’ can sound like a CH sound when
the next word is ‘you’. Nice to meet you,
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‘chew’, ‘chew’. Nice to meet you.
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>> Nice to meet you. >> It’s really nice
to meet you. >> I’m Staci. [3x]
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Nice to meet you.
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>> Nice to meet you. >> Nice to meet you.
>> Hilah… [3x]
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Nice to meet you.
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So, the two key phrases for introducing someone:
This is ___. And, if you’ve been introduced,
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Nice to meet you.
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Special thanks to Hilah of HilahCooking and
Staci of VeryPinkKnits for helping me with
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this video. Is there a phrase you’d like
to learn to pronounce better? Let me know
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in the comments below. And don’t forget
to sign up for the Rachel’s English mailing
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list, where you’ll get all the latest and
greatest news from me.
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That’s it, and thanks so much for using
Rachel’s English.
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