How To Speak English Fast And Understand Native Speakers

Native speakers don't speak fast. Okay, he was speaking a little fast, but not all native speakers speak fast. Oh, okay, she was speaking really fast, but not all of them speak that fast. Okay, stop! Native speakers speak fast. Hello, my name is Matty from Piece of Cake English and in this lesson we are going to learn how to speak fast and understand native speakers. A common question many students ask is that we study English and we learn English, but when we want to watch a movie we don't understand anything. That's because native speakers connect everything in a sentence when they want to speak, which is called linked speech. Words are often linked together instead of being said separately. But don't worry because today I'm going to teach you some very common phrases that native speakers often use and link. Number one is what do you, which is a very common sentence in questions. What do you? Now, a native speaker would never say what. Instead of what, they would say wa. And instead of do you, they would say do you. Do you. What do you? What do you? Instead of what do you, they would say what do you. What do you do? What do you do? What do you do? What do you do? What do you do? What do you think? What do you think? What do you think? What do you think? There is another reason why you sometimes can't understand what other people are saying and it's because of the tone. For example, listen to this one. He was saying what do you think. Listen again. The reason why it was hard to understand what he was saying was because of his tone of voice. He was mumbling. So it's not always because they speak fast. Sometimes they may use an unclear tone of voice. But anyway, this lesson is about fast speech. So let's get back to the lesson. Let me share a very important tip. When d reaches y, native speakers pronounce it as j, not d and y. They would say j. For example, did you. You see, d is near y, so you would say j and you would pronounce it did you. Did you. What did you do? What did you do? Instead of what, you say what. What did you do? Now say it fast. What did you do? What did you do? How did you find me? How did you find me? How did you know? How did you know? How did you know? Another example is would you. Which would be would you, would you, Would you? Would you like coffee? What would you do? Say it with me. What would you do? Now, faster. What would you do? Tip number three. when T reaches Y it is pronounced as CH for example don't you you see T is near Y so you would say CH don't you don't you don't you don't you get it now instead of get it a native would say get it get it and instead of don't you they would say don't you don't you don't you get it don't you get it don't you get it don't any of you get it don't you get it another example is let you which is let you let you let you I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go can't let you go can't let you go