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IAm Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Shakira - Hips Don't Lie.

0 Hi to everyone here. =)02br
00I have one question about the line of the Shakira's songs 01i00"Hips Don't Lie"02i00.02br
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00There're the lines there:02br
01i00<...>02br
00I never really knew that she could dance like this 02i02br
01b00She make02b00 a man want to speak Spanish02br
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00Why "01b00she make02b00", not01b00 02b00"01b00she makes02b00"? 02br
00That's some sort of slang or what? =)0-
  

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0Lyric error. 02br 02br 00It is makes. html11id1

— L.Yuki

  • 0Lyric error.
  • 02br 02br 00It is makes.
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0Lyric error. 02br
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00It is makes. 02br
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00and if you listen carefully, you can hear him said "makes" 02br
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0510230hrefhttp://www.muvids.com/shakira_videos/hips_dont_lie.html11id1
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0 I've been already listening to it for dozens of times and I can't hear there 01b00makes02b00. =)0-
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0 That is weird then.02br
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00hm. Funny when I heard it the first few times earlier there is "s"02br
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00Reheard it again there seem no "s".02br
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00I guess it was because I was listening to while reading lyrics the first time. 02br
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00Funny all the lyric sites have all the "s" in there. 02br
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01cite10L.Yuki12cite10Often a lot of people tend to say "he don't" "she don't" so it is probably the case here.12br
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10So what a conclusion did we come to? Sorta slang? Like "01b00asks - a'ks02b00", "01b00do you - d'you02b00"? =)0-
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0 Hi,02br
00there is no "s" there, he says "she make". 01blockquote
01cite10L.Yuki12cite10Well the only reason that can explain it is the singer. 12br
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10Yep, Yuki is right. You can clearly notice his accent... and if you watch the video you can see him. Leaving out the "s" is a feature of African Ame
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01cite10IAm12cite11blockquote
11cite20L.Yuki22cite20Often a lot of people tend to say "he don't" "she don't" so it is probably the case here.22br
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20So what a conclusion did we come to? Sorta slang? Like "11b10asks - a'ks12b10", "11b
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01cite10L.Yuki12cite10What is AAVE? Just wondering.12br
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11b00A02b00frican 01b00A02b00merican 01b00V02b00ernacular01b00 E02b00nglish? 0-
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0 Hi02br
00AAVE = African American Vernacular English = Black English = Ebonics... more or less.02br
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00From Wikipedia (01a05000 02a00):02br
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