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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

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00I'd like to know how 01u01b01i00have02i02b02u00 and its forms are pronounced (in American English), I'm not sure when it's pronounced with a schwa. I'll use the phonetic transcription used by the Merriam-Webster dictionary:02br
01b00a02b00 like in cat02br
01b00&02b00 is the schwa, like the a in about02br
01b00s02b00 like in snake02br
01b00z02b00 like in zebra02br
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00Ok, I have no problems (I hope so) when the forms are contracted. I'd like to understand how the forms are pronounced when they are not contracted (/hav/ or /h&v/?). I think it's also important to show which words are stressed in the sentences.02br
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00 1. I have seen your girlfriend.02br
00 2. I haven't seen your girlfriend.02br
00 3. I had seen your girlfriend.02br
00 4. I hadn't seen your girlfriend.02br
00 5. I have a black car.02br
00 6. I have to buy a new laptop. (This shoud be /haft&/)02br
00 7. I don't have to buy a new laptop.02br
00 8. He has to buy a new laptop. (/haz t&/ or /has t&/? And is the t a tapped t, like in "way to go"?)02br
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00(Ex. of possible answer: #1 - stress on "seen" - have is /h&v/)02br
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00Thank you very much in advance 050010id1
  

Top answer

0[ æ ] like in cat02br 00[ @ ] is schwa02br 02br 001. I 01b 00have02b 00 seen... emphasizing have [ hæv ] .

— Marvin A.

  • 0[ æ ] like in cat02br 00[ @ ] is schwa02br 02br 001.
  • I 01b 00have02b 00 seen...
  • emphasizing have [ hæv ] .
  • Stress on seen: "Have" is actually contracted to just [ v ] : I've seen [ aIv sin ]02br 02br 002.
  • [ hævn=t ]02br 003.
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0[ æ ] like in cat02br
00[ @ ] is schwa02br
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001. I 01b00have02b00 seen... emphasizing have [ hæv ] . Stress on seen: "Have" is actually contracted to just [ v ] : I've seen [ aIv sin ]02br
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002. [ hævn=t ]02br
003. [ hæd ] . If the sentence were longer, it would probably be contracted to [ d ] .02
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0 1. I have seen your girlfriend. /hav/02br
00 2. I haven't seen your girlfriend. /havint/ /i/ nearly absent.02br
00 3. I had seen your girlfriend. /had/02br
00 4. I hadn't seen your girlfriend. /hadint/ /i/ nearly absent.02br
00 5. I have a black car. /hav/02br
00 6. I have to buy a new laptop. (This shoud be /haft&/) yes.02
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0 Thank you so much.01blockquote
01cite10CalifJim12cite10 Not contracting auxiliary 11i10have12i10 is relatively rare in conversation.12br
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10Yeah, I usually hear contractions, so I've never really paid much attention to non-contracted forms.02br
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00Anyway, I see th
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00So when are they pronounced that way?12blockquote
10Never when I say them!02br
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00I think contracted forms can be pronounced either with a schwa or without (/&v/ or /v/, /&z/ or /z/, /&d/ or /d/).12blockquote
10Yes, as you've shown. 02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10I wonder the same thing!12br
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10Oh, well, I won't use those versions too then!02br
00Thanks 050010id1
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0 Good idea.02br
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00 ( ... won't use them 01u00either02u00then 05000 )02br
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00 CJ010id1
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01cite10CalifJim12cite12br
10 ( ... won't use them 11u10either12u10then 15010 )12br
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10Dammit, I really don't know why I keep on making the same mistakes. It must be because I'm still not used to some structures and often I don't feel like paying attention to
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