Learn English Contractions using OF | Grammar and Pronunciation

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āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāĻŦāϞ-āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤

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Hello, again. It’s Lynn. 
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋, āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ. āĻāϟāĻž āϞāĻŋāύ.
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In today's video, I’m going  to be telling you about some  
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āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ 'āĻ…āĻĢ' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻš
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informal contractions including the word ‘of’. 
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āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āύāĻžāύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĨ¤
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Now, it's important to remember that these  types of contractions are just for conversation. 
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāϟāĻž āĻŽāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϝ⧇ āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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You don't want to use them in writing. So pay close attention. 
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ āύāĻž. āϤāĻžāχ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
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And if you memorize how to say these  contractions, you’re gonna start sounding  
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āύ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ
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just like a native speaker.
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āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āύ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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Let’s take a look.
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āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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Alright, let’s take a look at my list of  common contractions including the word ‘of’. 
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāϏ⧁āύ 'āĻ…āĻĢ' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻš āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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Now, in this list, instead of saying  ‘of’,
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāχ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ, 'of' āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇,
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we're going to use the ‘schwa’ sound, the kind of ‘uh’ sound  to make these contractions. 
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āφāĻŽāϰāĻž 'schwa' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ, āĻāχ āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ 'āωāĻš' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
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I have six examples. I’ll say each of them twice. 
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ›āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
00:45
The first time, I’ll say it slowly.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
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The second time, I’ll say it at  a normal speed like a native speaker.
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āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
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It's really important that you repeat after me out loud each time.
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āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤
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Here we go.
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āĻāχ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāχ.
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Okay, first one. ‘kind of’ = ‘kinda’ 
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻ•. 'kind of' = 'āĻ•āĻžāχāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ'
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‘She's kinda cute.’ ‘She's kinda cute.’ 
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'āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāωāϟ āĻ•āĻŋāωāϟāĨ¤' 'āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāωāϟ āĻ•āĻŋāωāϟāĨ¤'
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Next. ‘sort of’ = ‘sorta’ ‘I’m sorta tired’ 
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ 'sorta' = 'sorta' 'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϰāĻ•āĻŽ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ'
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‘I’m sorta tired’ 
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'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ' '
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‘out of’ = ‘outta’ ‘I’m outta money.’ 
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out of' = 'outta' 'āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āφāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤'
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‘I’m outta money.’ ‘a lot of’ = ‘alotta’ 
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'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āύ⧇āχāĨ¤' 'a lot of' = 'alotta'
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‘They ate alotta cake.’ ‘They ate alotta cake.’ 
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'āϤāĻžāϰāĻž alotta āϕ⧇āĻ• āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤' 'āĻ“āϰāĻž āφāϞ⧋āϟāĻž āϕ⧇āĻ• āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤'
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‘lots of’ = ‘lotsa’ ‘He has lotsa money.’ 
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'lots of' = 'lotsa' 'āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤'
01:54
‘He has lotsa money.’ 
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'āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤'
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Last one. ‘cup of’ = ‘cuppa’ 
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āĻļ⧇āώ āĻāĻ•. 'cup of' = 'āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāĻž'
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‘Would you like a cuppa coffee?’ ‘Would you like a cuppa coffee?’ 
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'āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ?' 'āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ?'
02:11
Did you guys hear that schwa that ‘uh’ sound?
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āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞāĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ schwa āϝ⧇ 'āωāĻš' āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇āϛ⧇āύ?
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Alright, great job. Let's move on.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ. āϚāϞ⧁āύ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞ⧁āύ.
02:18
All right, let's take a look at a few dialogues.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāϏ⧁āύ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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And really pay close attention to these because I promise if you do it's going to  help you master these contractions. 
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āĻāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
02:28
Conversation 1. Which of these can be made into contractions? 
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āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 1. āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
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Yes, these ones. “Buy me a cuppa coffee.” 
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€. "āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤"
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“Sorry. I’m outta money.” 
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"āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ. āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻļ⧇āώāĨ¤"
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Conversation 2. Which of these can be made into contractions? 
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āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 2. āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇?
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Yes, these ones. “It's getting kinda hot.” 
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€. "āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟ⧁ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤"
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“Yes, we need to drink alotta water.” 
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"āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤"
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Conversation 3. Which of these can be made into contractions? 
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āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 3. āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
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Yes, these ones. “I’m sorta tired.” 
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€. "āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤"
03:10
“Go home and get lotsa rest.” 
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"āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻžāĻ“āĨ¤"
03:15
All right, good work today, everyone. We practiced a lot and studied a lot,  
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āφāϜ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ. āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ,
03:20
so I know if you keep on studying. You'll be on your way to  
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āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāύāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ
03:23
speaking just like a native speaker in no time.
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āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻ•ā§āώāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āύ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύ
03:26
Let me know how you're doing in the comments.
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āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύāĨ¤
03:28
Thanks for watching my video and see you guys next time.
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϧāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇.
āĻāχ āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦāϏāĻžāχāϟ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇

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