Understanding Spoken English an Everyday Conversation

Do you struggle to understand real English? Here I explain why it's so difficult. The thing is, native speakers don't pronounce every sound in their sentences. We often drop sounds, squash sounds, or we use contractions. That's when we put two words together to make one word. Let's look at a conversation of two people meeting each other in easy textbook English. Hi, how are you? I am good, thanks. What about you? I am alright. I have been busy. Me too. Sorry, I have got to run. I will see you later. Bye. Now, let's listen to a normal conversation. How would it sound? Hiya, how are you? I am good, thanks. What about you? I am alright. I have been busy. Me too. I have got to run. I will see you later. Bye. Now, let's look. What are the differences? 1. The phrase, how are you, becomes how are you, how are you. In English, the R sound often disappears and becomes an uh sound. How are you, how are you. 2. The I am or I'm in normal conversation becomes um. I am good, thanks. The I nearly disappears. 3. In the phrase, what about you, the T disappears from what and about. Listen. What about you, what about you. This often happens in British English. We remove the T from the end of words. 4. I have been busy turns into a contraction. I've been busy. I and have become of. I've been busy, I've been busy. Again, you don't really hear the I sound. 5. I've got to run becomes I've got to run, I've got to run. Here, we see the oo sound from to become uh. I've got to run, I've got to run. 6. I will see you tomorrow becomes I'll see you tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow. This again shows a contraction between I and will, I'll. You can also hear that you becomes ya. I'll see you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow. Now, let's practice these new sounds quickly. How are you, how are you, how are you. What about you, what about you, what about you. I've been busy, I've been busy. I've got to run, I've got to run, I've got to run. I'll see you tomorrow, I'll see you tomorrow. Well done! Now, hopefully you can understand real spoken English a bit better. Please tell me if you like the video and give it a thumbs up. Bye!