Pronunciation of 'tastes like'

I often heard native speakers say 'it tastes like [...]', but they omit the 's' ending of 'tastes', so it sounds more like 'it taste like'. Do all native speakers do it? Native speakers would not naturally omit the 's' sound. I think you are just not hearing it correctly. Maybe the person is speaking indistinctly.
How do you pronounce it?

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In my dialect, we say it almost like "tayss like". It is just dialectic. If you distinctly pronounce the "sts", you will sound right.

No? It's about at 13:59 minutes ("it tastes just like any ice cream sandwich"). It's again at 17:50 minutes where he says "it tastes like any nut". On both occasions, he does not pronounce the 's' ending in 'tastes'.

Enoon, yes that's what it sounds like, 'tayss'. Are you American? Do you think British will pronounce it differently?

Is it only with "sts" endings or can you do it

geoyoAre there other examples where this is done?

Many Americans leave out the 't' when it occurs between two 's' sounds. Maybe that's what you're hearing.

It's sometimes difficult to hear whether a 't' or an 's' is missing.

forests is another example.

CJ

Hi

In the UK, I've just spent 30 seconds saying 'tastes' and 'forests' to myself and I'm pretty sure that we lose the 't' also

It is possible to bring your tongue up to your teeth to pronounce the 't' but I don't think many people say it that way. It sounds awkward

As others have said, 'tastes' is usually pronounced "tayss" and the plural of a forest is pronounced "for

geoyothey omit the 's' ending of 'tastes', so it sounds more like 'it taste like'. Do all native speakers do it?

In natural speech flow, elision or reduction of sounds is common, and the combination [tst] commonly reduces to [ss] or even . Few native speakers actually pronounce a clear [tst]—it wastes too much air.

Thank you all, that was very helpful. I have learnt another way to improve my pronunciation