This is one of the most confusing mistakes! This pronunciation and listen lesson (with quiz!) teaches the differences so you can AVOID future embarrassment! 📝 *GET THE FREE LESSON PDF* _here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/CanCantPDF 📊 *FIND OUT YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL!* _Take my level test here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/EnglishLevelTest12 👩🏼🏫 *JOIN MY ONLINE ENGLISH COURSES:* englishwithlucy.teachable.com/courses - _We have launched our B1 and B2 Complete English Programmes!_
As an American who speaks with a Northern California/Western US accent, sometimes I have to repeat myself when saying "can't" because it does sound so similar to "can". Once you mentioned the similarity it made me think of how many times I've repeated myself when someone misunderstood.
What I appreciate about this channel is while describing the subtle differences to listen for, you eloquently hint to native speakers how to speak clearly with no extra effort. I’m Australian and I love the many accents that people have.
As a non-native speaker I learnt to say "cannot" instead of "can't" very quickly when I came to live to the UK 😂. Another useful examples words learnt very quickly were "that place with sand most of the time but simetimes with small stones next to the sea when you typically go to have a tan" instead of "beach" and "square piece of paper, usually white, where I can write something down" instead of "sheet".
1,Sixty 2,Seventeen 3,Seventeen 4,Eighteen. Before 3 months,i was needing subtitles in English with Lucy videos,and I didn't understand what she was saying in lucy bella videos.And now I don't need subtitles and I'm really proud of myself that I understand everything fastly now.Thank you Lucy.Loads of ♥love♥ from India🇮🇳🇮🇳
I am puzzled why the native speakers do not just use "cannot", "does not" etc. Adding a "not" rather than using "n't" is definitely a good investment when we can save a lot of trouble later.
@@eugenec7130 The long forms sound really unnatural in informal situations though. They're at least a bit unusual in formal meeting too. But, they're a lot more common when writing.
With “I can try” and “I can’t try” in American English… I think most of us would use a weak form of can if it’s affirmative and a strong form if it’s negative. That helps with hearing the difference
So in British English, "I can(weak) do what I can(strong)" means "I can do what I can", while in American English, "I can(weak) do what I can(strong)" means "I can do what I can't". LOL
Thank you for your wonderful lessons, Lucy! I'm an Argentine teacher of English as a foreign language and I teach my students this tongue twister to practice the difference between CAN and CAN'T: If a can-opener can't open a can it can't be a can-opener, can it? Greetings from Buenos Aires.
I guess when an American says this tongue twister, it will sound like "If a can-opener can open a can it can be a can-opener, can it?", which makes not much difference from the original sentence!
Hey, ma'am! Thanks for the another good lesson, I know all of these mistakes you introduced but I manage to get rid of them on time! Have a great week, Lucy! Stay in safe! P.S. I'm glad to being joined "Italki", I've already chosen my English coach and we had a first lesson, I loved that so much!
I just wanted to remark that the other day at work as I was giving out some sheets to the people where I work, a lady told me my accent was beautiful, I told her I was from Colombia, she thought I was at least from the UK. I told her about how your channel helped me in my learning process and I proceeded to show her your channel, she said she follows your channel too! That was wholesome. Greetings from Miami! x
In the Japanese language there's a phenomenon called pitch accent. It's not the same as the stress accent in the European languages, although learning it has helped me recognize subtle differences between -ty and -teen words, the very same that Lucy mentioned in the video (about stress being put on the first syllable in the -ty words). I'm glad I could verify this knowledge 😊 great video as always, Lucy, love from Poland!
Very nice lesson, Lucy. I like listening to a native speaker. You can give us culture details in the language that no native teachers may ignore. Watching your videos and learning from you is my new hobbie on youtube. Thank you very much. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1) Sixty people came to the game last night. 2) I've got my dog when I was seventeen. 3) I've been with my husband for seventeen years. 4) I'm only having eighty people at the wedding.
Yes, can't agree more. Sound of "Can't" in US is really difficult for me to catch, who is not a native English speaker. Even when Lucy spoke it in US accent, i couldn't hear the difference.
In “can” we pronounce the n sound. It usually sounds like “Kin” in fast speech. However in “can’t” we pronounce it like “Kaent” and we use a glottal stop
Don't worry too much. I'm a native speaker and its an easy mistake if the person isn't speaking very clearly. It's comon to ask the speaker "did you just say can or can't/cannot".
As a native Am speaker, I perceive it as different at the end of the word. "Can" ends with an "n" sound that can be drawn out indefinitely if you like, since "n" is a voiced consonant (uses the vocal cords in the throat): cannnnnnnn. However, "can't" must end with a very abrupt stoppage for the "t" (even though the "t" is often not released/pronounced), since "t" is not a voiced consonant.
Hi. I am not a native English speaker living in Australia. But over the years I have learnt how to recognise form which part of the UK the person came according the his/her pronunciation. And as far as I can understand in some parts of the Northern England they pronounce _"can't"_ in the similar way as they do it in the US. For example if you listen to The Beatles song _"Cant Buy Me Love"_ you will understand what I am talking about. Cheers.
Hey Lucy, great video as always! Another very tricky example would be ‘better, butter and batter’ (especially the latter!). Most of the time context surely helps, but it’s still not so easy to spot the difference sometimes. Fortunately “batter” is not used that frequently
Just a few days ago my friend asked me how to distinguish "can" and "can't" (we're both not native speakers). I explained to her what I know myself and today sent her the link on this video. Thank you, Lucy! That was very informative
As someone who learned english from american movies and tv shows, i've never thought that you can have problem to differentiate between american pronunciation can and can't. That "t" at the end is always so distinctive. At least for me.
Thank you so so much Lucy, if you remember as if you saw that previously, you might not I think, once I commented on your one of the previous videos, that I'm utterly confused with the words can and can't while I watch any Hollywood movie. It's been so pleasure to watch this video, that you've cleared my confusion upto some extent about these two rhyming words. Thanks a lot!
I'm an English teacher and so I watch a lot of other teachers for ideas, so thank you. I do however have to say that I spat out my drink when you said, "rub it out" I know what you meant but just FYI in US English it means something very different. Its funny and kinda fits with this lesson of miscommunication.
Hi mark ... Is it something tendencious as in : ua-cam.com/video/VUvtlmlBbDg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=exDrBob1 ??? Sorry I'm french, and I'm not sure I really got it
Sixty people came to the game last night. I got my dog when I was seventeen. I've been with my husband for seventeen years. I'm only having eighteen people at the wedding. I'm only having eighty people at the wedding. You changed the number in the last sentence when you repeated it.
I usually use "can" in US accent and "can't" in british accent just to make it easier to understand since the environment mostly use american accent here :))
Thank you so much for your’s today lesson. Good to hear that even native speaker have troubles with numbers like thirteen / thirty, sixteen / sixty etc. 🙂 Hugs from Austria
Visiting a convent in Ireland my brother in law presented himself as being from Portugal, and the nun was surprised "Oh Portugal beautiful country" and my brother in law promptly responded, "Yes yes lots of Beaches", his pronunciation wasn't the best because the nun was chocked and silent...
1 sixty 2 and 3 seventeen 4 I think the first time you said eighteen but then you said eighty when you repeated the sentence. Thank you for this lesson, I'd love to speak with an accent just like yours. Happy eid to those who celebrate it.
0:25 Funny story ! I actually faced a lot of problem when I moved to Sussex, had a hard time understanding what those people said because of the accent. I didn't know what the 'c' word meant and my employer was a short-tempered man, always grumpy he cussed me I thought he must've said "can't" lol and everyone was shocked by the fact that I was so unbothered by it whereas in reality I didn't know he used a swear word lol. Embarrassing 😬
It sounds like to me that in AE with “can” the stress is put on one’s ability to do something, whilst with “can’t” the emphasis is on the action one is not able to perform. For example, I can (long) do it vs I can’t (short) do it…. Sort of…
I've been learning eng for more than a year by myself and I've come across to this channel by accident. Honestly, I just love being here and watching all these awesome lessons and also enjoying how she's dancing in the end... that's absolutely wonderful. Sometimes I think I have two reasons for watching Lucy: first because of her dance and the second to watch videos all the way to see in the end how she's dancing and every time watching it's like for the first time 😃 P.S. All that just came out to my mind 😁 and btw if I made some mistakes point at them Thanks 😊
Your video is so great. I can learn a lot from it. I'm Vietnamese but when I watch this video, I'm so happy because I can learn a lot of things from you.
Here in Sheffield the standard shortening of could not is cun't in the same way the shortening of do not is dun't. So depending on the dialect and context its not always a bad word. For example in my dialect the sentence "I couldn't do anything" would be "I cun't do owt"
Distinguishing between “can” and “can’t” is so tricky I will say “cannot”; likewise with numbers I’ll spell them out, for example “I need 14 cakes, one four, cakes”.
On a similar theme, if you ever talk to a Scandinavian who tells you that he's been working on his mother's Volvo, just be aware that in some areas of Scandinavia the letter "O" is pronounced "uh." BTW, "I ka:nt do it," should be pronounced with emphasis on the "t" or else it might sound like "I conduit."
As a speaker with a native North American accent, I can say that you often will have to ask someone to clarify "can" versus "can't" especially on the phone or if the person speaks quickly. Someone might say "I can't do it" and you may find yourself saying in reply "you can or cannot?".
The pronunciation of the word “Can’t”...so interesting. What I believe I’m saying is apparently only in my head. After listening to your channel I realized I’m not actually voicing the t. In my head I’m saying the “t” but now I realize not so. I’m not sure where the “t” goes. It gets swallowed up with the following vowel? I’m in California, I grew up in San Francisco. I just discovered your channel as I was surfing for Spanish/English lessons. So fun and educational to listen to you. Thanks!
True. A few years ago, a young Dutch girl had a mortal accident while puenting. The Spanish monitor told her "You can't jump", but she understood "You can jump"; she did when the harness had not been secured yet, and plummet to her death from a height of 75 meters. It may sound a funny mistake most of the time, but in that case it was not.
Hey lucy...You being a great mentor to me. It is because of you i spoke fluently. I appeared for my speaking exam today and after speaking part 2 that is of cue card the examiner asked me to stop, he asked me one question regarding the cue card 1. I just want to confirm that he did this because i missed something in cue card. 2. Will this cost me in less band score? Eagerly waiting for reply
theres a similar issue,to the curse word, in certain areas in UK generally due to accents. That is the use of couldn't. "I couldn't do that" It gets shortened to something like 'cudden' (not in written form, just speach). I 'cudden' do that. But it also gets shortened to 'I c*nt do that'. In conversation it is not picked up on unless you deliberately zone in on it and pick it out but it can sound horrible. Its the same for "isn't it". This gets spoken as 'in't it'. Though people try to stick to 'issen it'
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As an American who speaks with a Northern California/Western US accent, sometimes I have to repeat myself when saying "can't" because it does sound so similar to "can". Once you mentioned the similarity it made me think of how many times I've repeated myself when someone misunderstood.
What I appreciate about this channel is while describing the subtle differences to listen for, you eloquently hint to native speakers how to speak clearly with no extra effort. I’m Australian and I love the many accents that people have.
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I thought she’ll at least show us what her cun’t is like when talking. Confused
Now seriously, I have no idea how I got here but she’s a lovely girl.
That background is beautiful. The white of the windows with the green of the trees - glorious.
My accent is British , and those videos always empress me of how you teach it , we do miss alot while talking and won't notice those things ....
1) Sixty
2) Seventeen
3) Seventeen
4) Eighteen, then Eighty...?
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Yes. She did say 18 and 80
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To avoid confusion, release all the letters of can't: cannot. Problem solved.
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@@ma.corazonibardaloza7814 yes ma'am
@@ma.corazonibardaloza7814 or use the Scots form " canny" for can't.
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As a non-native speaker I learnt to say "cannot" instead of "can't" very quickly when I came to live to the UK 😂. Another useful examples words learnt very quickly were "that place with sand most of the time but simetimes with small stones next to the sea when you typically go to have a tan" instead of "beach" and "square piece of paper, usually white, where I can write something down" instead of "sheet".
1,Sixty
2,Seventeen
3,Seventeen
4,Eighteen.
Before 3 months,i was needing subtitles in English with Lucy videos,and I didn't understand what she was saying in lucy bella videos.And now I don't need subtitles and I'm really proud of myself that I understand everything fastly now.Thank you Lucy.Loads of ♥love♥ from India🇮🇳🇮🇳
Sometimes it is confusing when we misheard between 'can' and 'can't', I would use 'can' and 'cannot' for preventing any confusions.
Cannot has a slight different connotation than can't.
@@TheZenytram No It's not
That's why I like to say "I can not" for a better understanding especially on the phone. Easy to avoid misunderstandings
I am puzzled why the native speakers do not just use "cannot", "does not" etc. Adding a "not" rather than using "n't" is definitely a good investment when we can save a lot of trouble later.
@@eugenec7130 I’m a native speaker and “cannot” and “does not” is very unnatural and it doesn’t feel right. It is also faster and flows better.
@@eugenec7130 Also, it is hard to confuse the 2 for native speakers, unless you’re speaking very fast, or you’re on the phone etc.
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The long forms sound really unnatural in informal situations though. They're at least a bit unusual in formal meeting too. But, they're a lot more common when writing.
btw cannot sound is /'kæn,not/
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Your American accent is excellent! I would love to hear you read a paragraph or two using your American accent. Could be fun! 😃
You're such a genius teacher ever
I’m a native American English speaker and your American accent was spot on! I find this topic fascinating!!
With “I can try” and “I can’t try” in American English… I think most of us would use a weak form of can if it’s affirmative and a strong form if it’s negative. That helps with hearing the difference
"I can try" - stressed try
"I can't try" - stressed can't
So in British English, "I can(weak) do what I can(strong)" means "I can do what I can", while in American English, "I can(weak) do what I can(strong)" means "I can do what I can't". LOL
@@miantiaosi3366 “can’t” is more nasally and a little shorter than strong “can”
@@Difficult1427 Exactly.
@@neitan6891 If you're from the Upper Midwest or Northeast its more nasally. Other parts of the country not so much.
Thank you for your wonderful lessons, Lucy! I'm an Argentine teacher of English as a foreign language and I teach my students this tongue twister to practice the difference between CAN and CAN'T: If a can-opener can't open a can it can't be a can-opener, can it? Greetings from Buenos Aires.
I guess when an American says this tongue twister, it will sound like "If a can-opener can open a can it can be a can-opener, can it?", which makes not much difference from the original sentence!
Hey, ma'am!
Thanks for the another good lesson, I know all of these mistakes you introduced but I manage to get rid of them on time!
Have a great week, Lucy! Stay in safe!
P.S. I'm glad to being joined "Italki", I've already chosen my English coach and we had a first lesson, I loved that so much!
I just wanted to remark that the other day at work as I was giving out some sheets to the people where I work, a lady told me my accent was beautiful, I told her I was from Colombia, she thought I was at least from the UK. I told her about how your channel helped me in my learning process and I proceeded to show her your channel, she said she follows your channel too! That was wholesome.
Greetings from Miami! x
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In the Japanese language there's a phenomenon called pitch accent. It's not the same as the stress accent in the European languages, although learning it has helped me recognize subtle differences between -ty and -teen words, the very same that Lucy mentioned in the video (about stress being put on the first syllable in the -ty words). I'm glad I could verify this knowledge 😊 great video as always, Lucy, love from Poland!
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Very nice lesson, Lucy. I like listening to a native speaker. You can give us culture details in the language that no native teachers may ignore. Watching your videos and learning from you is my new hobbie on youtube. Thank you very much. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1) Sixty people came to the game last night.
2) I've got my dog when I was seventeen.
3) I've been with my husband for seventeen years.
4) I'm only having eighty people at the wedding.
I’ve been being confused by “can” and “can’t “ in US English since I was born. You explained the difference very well, but I can’t distinguish still.
Yes, can't agree more.
Sound of "Can't" in US is really difficult for me to catch, who is not a native English speaker. Even when Lucy spoke it in US accent, i couldn't hear the difference.
In “can” we pronounce the n sound. It usually sounds like “Kin” in fast speech. However in “can’t” we pronounce it like “Kaent” and we use a glottal stop
Don't worry too much. I'm a native speaker and its an easy mistake if the person isn't speaking very clearly. It's comon to ask the speaker "did you just say can or can't/cannot".
As a native Am speaker, I perceive it as different at the end of the word. "Can" ends with an "n" sound that can be drawn out indefinitely if you like, since "n" is a voiced consonant (uses the vocal cords in the throat): cannnnnnnn. However, "can't" must end with a very abrupt stoppage for the "t" (even though the "t" is often not released/pronounced), since "t" is not a voiced consonant.
I'm sorry but is "been being" correct??
PS: I'm brazilian lol
Hi.
I am not a native English speaker living in Australia. But over the years I have learnt how to recognise form which part of the UK the person came according the his/her pronunciation. And as far as I can understand in some parts of the Northern England they pronounce _"can't"_ in the similar way as they do it in the US. For example if you listen to The Beatles song _"Cant Buy Me Love"_ you will understand what I am talking about.
Cheers.
Thank you for the lessons, Lucy
my speaking, listening and pronunciation improved so much😊
Respect to you:)
That's very evident. You should be proud of yourself :)
Also, I love some British dialects when they say numbers like (80) ate-ee and (90) nighnt-ee.
Hey Lucy, great video as always! Another very tricky example would be ‘better, butter and batter’ (especially the latter!). Most of the time context surely helps, but it’s still not so easy to spot the difference sometimes. Fortunately “batter” is not used that frequently
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Just a few days ago my friend asked me how to distinguish "can" and "can't" (we're both not native speakers). I explained to her what I know myself and today sent her the link on this video. Thank you, Lucy! That was very informative
Mam, please keep this background permanent. I love it, I don't want the black or white one, this is PERFECT.
As someone who learned english from american movies and tv shows, i've never thought that you can have problem to differentiate between american pronunciation can and can't. That "t" at the end is always so distinctive. At least for me.
Loved the ending tiles in B&W! Must mention your editing is impeccable!
Thank you so so much Lucy, if you remember as if you saw that previously, you might not I think, once I commented on your one of the previous videos, that I'm utterly confused with the words can and can't while I watch any Hollywood movie. It's been so pleasure to watch this video, that you've cleared my confusion upto some extent about these two rhyming words. Thanks a lot!
I'm an English teacher and so I watch a lot of other teachers for ideas, so thank you. I do however have to say that I spat out my drink when you said, "rub it out" I know what you meant but just FYI in US English it means something very different. Its funny and kinda fits with this lesson of miscommunication.
Hi mark ... Is it something tendencious as in : ua-cam.com/video/VUvtlmlBbDg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=exDrBob1 ???
Sorry I'm french, and I'm not sure I really got it
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I need words for my vocab diary
She has already
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By the Boudicca, looking on you and listening to your speech is so much satisfying.
Sixty people came to the game last night.
I got my dog when I was seventeen.
I've been with my husband for seventeen years.
I'm only having eighteen people at the wedding.
I'm only having eighty people at the wedding.
You changed the number in the last sentence when you repeated it.
No I didn’t. This is so stupid
@@BlissOn47 You did.
Yees! Hahaha she changed it!
ah, great, I thought I misheard it, so she indeed changed the number of the people attending when she repeated the sentence.
I wouldn't mind having an english professor like you!!
Perfectly emphasized. I found it useful and extremely fascinating. You rock !!!
American TC here loves your American accent! You have a new subscriber!!
I usually use "can" in US accent and "can't" in british accent just to make it easier to understand since the environment mostly use american accent here :))
Hi, Miss Lucy ( From VIETNAM, a nation of Asia). Thank for your video, i can upgrade my pronun for the next ielts test.
Thank you so much for your’s today lesson. Good to hear that even native speaker have troubles with numbers like thirteen / thirty, sixteen / sixty etc. 🙂 Hugs from Austria
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Visiting a convent in Ireland my brother in law presented himself as being from Portugal, and the nun was surprised "Oh Portugal beautiful country" and my brother in law promptly responded, "Yes yes lots of Beaches", his pronunciation wasn't the best because the nun was chocked and silent...
Love this video, as an Indonesian, I found it really hard to differ can/can't while watching hollywood movie 😁
You possibly just spoiled my fun, I can not pretend that i'm not doing it on purpouse anymore.
Love your videos Lucy! The way you teach is so fresh and simple. Keep going, love from Argentina.
I always have the other speaker asking me is it "ninety or nineteen"
Even I refer to the "90's or 19's"
Thank you Lucy for this video. 🤩
How can anybody mix up "nine" and "nineteen"?
Hi Lucy...my name is Bing from Philippines...i wanted to say thank you for all your videos..it's really help me a lot..💕💕💕💕
Love the background and the nature Sounds!!!!
I have no idea what I am learning but I can ensure you that I am watching you.
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1 sixty
2 and 3 seventeen
4 I think the first time you said eighteen but then you said eighty when you repeated the sentence.
Thank you for this lesson, I'd love to speak with an accent just like yours.
Happy eid to those who celebrate it.
0:25 Funny story ! I actually faced a lot of problem when I moved to Sussex, had a hard time understanding what those people said because of the accent. I didn't know what the 'c' word meant and my employer was a short-tempered man, always grumpy he cussed me I thought he must've said "can't" lol and everyone was shocked by the fact that I was so unbothered by it whereas in reality I didn't know he used a swear word lol. Embarrassing 😬
OMG what a horrible man I am so sorry you had that experience but how amazing that you didn't react :'D
"Ignorance is bliss." 😁
@@Sam-fq5qu yes 💯
Wow your teaching skill is mind blowing!!!!👍👍👍
The way you describe the words with facial expresssion was literally hilarious!!!!😂😂😂
While I said "I can't" many time, I recorded my voice and the Google voice typing heard "icon, I caught".
I have gotten so mad with voice command that I prefer typing.
Extremely difficult to catch for Spanish speakers (and French, and Italian, and Portuguese, and Catalan, and..., and...)
Thanks for postings
I often change my sentence in order to be able of using "cannot" instead of "can't" lmao
That might clear up confusion haha. I recommend that you learn how to pronounce “can’t” though because it sounds much more natural
Really, I still continue to love you teacher until die because you cause me to be very happy now
If you combine the pronunciations of “can” and “can’t” you sound like a typical Australian
But how is this possible?))
You can't just say half of t. How can you combine them?
Maybe switch the vowels... I believe that is what he meant.
How did this make sense???
oh, my god
I prefer British pronunciation rather than American, much more easy to discern in speaking. Thank you for this
My Chinese students say "can't" with the uh sound and it's just so hard for them to unlearn it. I'll show them this video. Thank you.
LMFAOOO
To be honest, natives would never get them mixed up, because it's obvious based on context what is meant, even if you say can't like cunt.
One minute in and you just made me feel super self conscious about my british accent. Nice job.
It sounds like to me that in AE with “can” the stress is put on one’s ability to do something, whilst with “can’t” the emphasis is on the action one is not able to perform.
For example, I can (long) do it vs I can’t (short) do it…. Sort of…
To me, the vowel in the AE version of "can't" is actually not shorter than the vowel in "can".
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As I was waiting a video on this lesson ❣️😀
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I've been learning eng for more than a year by myself and I've come across to this channel by accident. Honestly, I just love being here and watching all these awesome lessons and also enjoying how she's dancing in the end... that's absolutely wonderful. Sometimes I think I have two reasons for watching Lucy: first because of her dance and the second to watch videos all the way to see in the end how she's dancing and every time watching it's like for the first time 😃
P.S. All that just came out to my mind 😁 and btw if I made some mistakes point at them
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Your video is so great. I can learn a lot from it. I'm Vietnamese but when I watch this video, I'm so happy because I can learn a lot of things from you.
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I super respect that you didn’t want to say the nasty word! Many American women tell me that is the 1 word that they cannot tolerate!
Lucy, I need to tell you that "Last" is harder to get "First" ;)
Haha
Here in Sheffield the standard shortening of could not is cun't in the same way the shortening of do not is dun't. So depending on the dialect and context its not always a bad word. For example in my dialect the sentence "I couldn't do anything" would be "I cun't do owt"
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US listener here. I find it amusing to use the British pronunciation of can't as it does sound a bit like saying a bad word! :D
What I usually do when people couldnt get when I say "sixty" or "sixteen", I'll just go with "six zero" or "one six" 😂
Yup, that's more common
Just love your lessons and your accent. I ALWAYS share your videos with my students at school
first :P
Second
I'm second 😀
Third
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Haha as always.. 😁
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Beautiful video. Lovely setup 💕. Well done, Lucy.
Distinguishing between “can” and “can’t” is so tricky I will say “cannot”; likewise with numbers I’ll spell them out, for example “I need 14 cakes, one four, cakes”.
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Never had i heard such an amazing British pronunciation 😍
You mean English pronunciation.
cu*t means something which is killing my mind after googling it
On a similar theme, if you ever talk to a Scandinavian who tells you that he's been working on his mother's Volvo, just be aware that in some areas of Scandinavia the letter "O" is pronounced "uh."
BTW, "I ka:nt do it," should be pronounced with emphasis on the "t" or else it might sound like "I conduit."
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Lucy lots of love to you from India and I got my English soo improved just because of you ❤ ♥ thanks Lucy 😊 😘
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As a speaker with a native North American accent, I can say that you often will have to ask someone to clarify "can" versus "can't" especially on the phone or if the person speaks quickly. Someone might say "I can't do it" and you may find yourself saying in reply "you can or cannot?".
Why Mick Jagger didn’t sing “SATISFACTION” in a British way?
The pronunciation of the word “Can’t”...so interesting. What I believe I’m saying is apparently only in my head. After listening to your channel I realized I’m not actually voicing the t. In my head I’m saying the “t” but now I realize not so. I’m not sure where the “t” goes. It gets swallowed up with the following vowel? I’m in California, I grew up in San Francisco. I just discovered your channel as I was surfing for Spanish/English lessons. So fun and educational to listen to you. Thanks!
True. A few years ago, a young Dutch girl had a mortal accident while puenting. The Spanish monitor told her "You can't jump", but she understood "You can jump"; she did when the harness had not been secured yet, and plummet to her death from a height of 75 meters. It may sound a funny mistake most of the time, but in that case it was not.
And that's why the English language should never be used in important situations. It's just broken. Embrace Latin!
@@davidp.7620 i didn't know that cannot was a latin word :/ (cause if you say cannnot more than can't, you will never misunderstand it)
@@davidp.7620 People should just use thier native language in these kind of situations.
@@GenocideWesterners That wasn't an option in that case
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Hey lucy...You being a great mentor to me. It is because of you i spoke fluently. I appeared for my speaking exam today and after speaking part 2 that is of cue card the examiner asked me to stop, he asked me one question regarding the cue card
1. I just want to confirm that he did this because i missed something in cue card.
2. Will this cost me in less band score? Eagerly waiting for reply
Lucy made me speak "TWENTEEN" 😂and then I had to laugh at myself.
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theres a similar issue,to the curse word, in certain areas in UK generally due to accents. That is the use of couldn't. "I couldn't do that" It gets shortened to something like 'cudden' (not in written form, just speach). I 'cudden' do that. But it also gets shortened to 'I c*nt do that'. In conversation it is not picked up on unless you deliberately zone in on it and pick it out but it can sound horrible. Its the same for "isn't it". This gets spoken as 'in't it'. Though people try to stick to 'issen it'
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