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Nidea Posted 17 years ago
Dear forum teachers!
I ran into a lot of questions about the contraction forms in colloquial American English. And I guess there's a whole lot of other people who have been confused about these questions too, especially when we are watching English TV shows. So I guess if I put these questions here and make them clear, which would benefit a " huge amounts" of people in the future , including me! Many thanks!!
Okay, first, let us start with "What are you", according to the phonetic materials I got from my previous English school, which shows that "What are you" can be contracted as "Wachya" or " wacha".
Could you change these "Wachya" and " wacha" into IPA symbols (International Phonetic Alphabet)? I do not know how to pronounce these symbols like this, since our English teacher only taught us how to pronounce English words with IPA when we started learning English. Are they /w?:??/ ?
Here's the IPA Typer: http://www.e-lang.co.uk/mackichan/call/pron/type.html
And I will upload the materials I have got.
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Contraction Forms - Spoken American English
Dear forum teachers!
I ran into a lot of questions about the contraction forms in colloquial American English. And I guess there's a whole lot of other people who have been confused about these questions too, especially when we are watching English TV shows. So I guess if I put these questions here and make them clear, which would benefit a " huge amounts" of people in the future , including me! Many thanks!!
Okay, first, let us start with "What are you", according to the phonetic materials I got from my previous English school, which shows that "What are you" can be contracted as "Wachya" or " wacha".
Could you change these "Wachya" and " wacha" into IPA symbols (International Phonetic Alphabet)? I do not know how to pronounce these symbols like this, since our English teacher only taught us how to pronounce English words with IPA when we started learning English. Are they /w?:??/ ?
Here's the IPA Typer: http://www.e-lang.co.uk/mackichan/call/pron/type.html
And I will upload the materials I have got.
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/w?t??/ is used before an -ing word as a short form of "What are you ...?"
Whatcha doing?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha lookin' at?
It is also used as a short form of "What do you ..."
Whatcha want?
Whatcha need?
Whatcha think about it?
It's only used in very casual speech.
CJ
Whatcha doing?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha lookin' at?
It is also used as a short form of "What do you ..."
Whatcha want?
Whatcha need?
Whatcha think about it?
It's only used in very casual speech.
CJ
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CalifJim/w?t??/ is used before an -ing word as a short form of "What are you ...?"Hi, CalifJim,
Whatcha doing?
Whatcha gonna do?
Whatcha lookin' at?
Thank you very much for your reply!!
Ok
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nideaThen How do you contract "do you - ’dy’a" ? I do not know understand this symbol - ’dy’a . Is it /d?j?/ or /d?j?/ ??DO YOU = It seems to me that in American English it's always /d?j?/, and that is used in British English too, but in British English /??/ is also possible.
In American Engl
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KooyeennideaThen How do you contract "do you - ’dy’a" ? I do not know understand this symbol - ’dy’a . Is it /d?j?/ or /d?j?/ ??DO YOU = It seems to me that in American English it's always /d?j?/, and that is used in British English too, but in British English /??/ is als
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American words can be changed to phonetics using the converter at http://truespel.com .
Truespel phonetics tutorials are free on the internet, and it can be learned by literates in an hour. There are 40 sounds spellings to learn based on Am English phonics. Once these are learned any word in American dialect can be writ
Truespel phonetics tutorials are free on the internet, and it can be learned by literates in an hour. There are 40 sounds spellings to learn based on Am English phonics. Once these are learned any word in American dialect can be writ
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