Contractions | Question Form + 'be' verb | Learn How to Pronounce Basic English Contractions

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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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Hi, everyone.
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It’s Lynn.
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āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇āύ.
āĻāϟāĻž āϞāĻŋāύ.
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Welcome back to my video.
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āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āϤāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāϜ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ
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Today, I’m going to be talking about six common contractions using the question form
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ 'āĻŦ⧇' āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇
āĻ›āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇āϰ
āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ āĨ¤
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and the ‘be’ verb.
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Now, it's important to pay close attention to these contractions.
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āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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Because if you memorize them, and pronounce them correctly, you'll sound more like a native speaker.
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āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ,
āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āύ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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Let's take a look.
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āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•.
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Okay, here's my list of six common contractions using question ‘be’ verbs.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ 'āĻŦ⧇' āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ›āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇
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And I will say each example twice.
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āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧁āχāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
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The first time, I will say it slowly.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϰ, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻŦāĨ¤
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And the next time, I will say it quickly like a native speaker.
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āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāϞāĻŦ.
āĻāĻ–āύ, āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāχ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ
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Now, it's really important that you repeat after me each time so you can memorize them well.
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āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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Okay, here we go.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇.
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First one, ‘what is’ = ‘what's’.
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϟāĻŋ,
'what is' = 'what's'.
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‘What's my name?’
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'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?'
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‘What's my name?’
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'āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋ?'
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‘where is’ = ‘where's’
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'where is' = 'āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ'
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‘Where's the bus stop.’
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'āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤'
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‘Where's the bus stop.’
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'āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤'
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Next one.
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀.
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‘why is’ = ‘why’s’.
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'why is' = 'āϕ⧇āύ'āĨ¤
'āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ?'
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‘Why’s she late?’
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01:12
‘Why’s she late?’
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'āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ?'
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Next.
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āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀.
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‘who is’ = ‘who’s’.
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'who is' = 'āϕ⧇'āĨ¤
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‘Who's your favorite singer?’
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'āĻ•ā§āĻ¸ā§āϝāϚāĻĻāύāĻĢāϚāĻĻāĻ•ā§āϏ?'
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‘Who's your favorite singer?’
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'āĻ•ā§āĻ¸ā§āϝāϚāĻĻāύāĻĢāϚāĻĻāĻ•ā§āϏ?'
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‘when is’ = ‘when's’.
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'when is' = 'āĻ•āĻ–āύ'āĨ¤
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‘When's your birthday?’
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'āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŦ⧇?'
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‘When's your birthday?’
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'āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻŦ⧇?'
āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ.
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Last one.
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‘how is’ = ‘how’s’.
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'how is' = 'āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ'āĨ¤
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‘How's the weather?’
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'āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ?'
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‘How's the weather?’
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'āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ?'
01:45
Great. Good job, everyone. Let's move on.
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āĻĻāĻžāϰ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤
āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ•āĻžāϜ, āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ.
āϚāϞ āĻāĻ—ā§‹āχ.
01:48
Okay, now, we're going to take a look at some dialogues.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āφāϛ⧇, āĻāĻ–āύ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϟāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ.
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These will help you know how and when to make contractions and how to pronounce them correctly.
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āĻāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ–āύ
āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇
āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž
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Conversation 1..
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āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 1.
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Which of these can be made into contractions??
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€.
02:07
Yes, these ones.
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02:09
“What's in the box?”
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"āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϏ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāϛ⧇?"
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“I’m not sure.”
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"āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āύāχ."
02:16
Conversation 2.
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āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 2.
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Which of these can be made into contractions?
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āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇?
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Yes, these ones.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€.
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“Where's he going?”
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"āϏ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇?"
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“I think he's going to work.”
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"āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤"
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Conversation 3.
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āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 3.
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Which of these can be made into contractions??
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇?
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Yes, these ones.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€.
02:43
“Why’s she crying?”
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"āϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāϛ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ?"
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“She's had a bad day.”
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"āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤"
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Conversation 4.
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āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 4.
02:53
Which of these can be made into contractions?
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
02:57
Yes, these ones.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€.
03:01
“Who's coming to dinner?”
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"āϕ⧇ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇?"
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“Robin's coming to dinner.”
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"āϰāĻŦāĻŋāύ āĻĄāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āφāϏāϛ⧇āĨ¤"
āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 5.
03:09
Conversation 5.
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03:11
Which of these can be made into contractions?
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
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Yes, these ones.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχ āĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€.
03:19
“When's your wedding anniversary?
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“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āώāĻŋāϕ⧀ āĻ•āĻ–āύ?
03:22
“It's in May."
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"āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āĨ¤"
āĻ•āĻĨā§‹āĻĒāĻ•āĻĨāύ 6.
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Conversation 6.
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Which of these can be made into contractions?
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āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧋āϚāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇?
03:35
Yes, these ones.
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āĻšā§āϝāĻžāρ, āĻāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāĨ¤
03:38
“How's your new car?”
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"āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŽāύ āφāϛ⧇?"
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“My car’s great.”
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"āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤"
03:44
Alright. Good work today, everyone.
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āĻ āĻŋāĻ•
āφāϛ⧇
03:46
We learned a lot.
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āĨ¤
03:47
And make sure you keep on practicing because the more you practice the better your English will be.
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03:53
Let me know how it's going in the comments.
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03:55
And see you in the next video.
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​āĻŦāĻžāχ.
03:58
Bye.
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