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My teacher gave us a book about the American accent
The name of the book is
whaddaya say by Nina Weinstein
Don’t try to write in this way. It’s only for speaking
TIP: don’t try to practice it slowly
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1. ya === you
2. whaddaya === what do you, what are you
3. wanna ==== want to
4. gonna ==== going to
5. donno ==== don’t know
6. ta === to
7. gotta === got to
hafta ==== have to
hasta === has to
8. yer === your, you’re
yers === yours
9. cha === /t/ + you
cher ==== /t/ + your , you’re
10. –in’ ==== -ing
11. whacha ==== what do you, what you
12. ja === /d/ + you
jer ===== /d/ + your
13. er == or
14. ‘e === he
‘is === his
‘im === him
‘er ==== her
‘em ==== them
15. ‘n ==== and
16. kin === can
17. a ==== of
18. shoulda ==== should + have +past participle
coulda ===== could + have +past participle
woulda ==== would + have +past participle
musta ==== must + have +past participle
maya ==== may + have +past participle
mighta ==== might + have +past participle
19. da === to after a vowel sound
20. fer === for
it took me to long to do it, so you better like it
الأربعاء يناير 07, 2009 7:05 am
