Hello, the video is great and incredibly helpful (as always). Many thanks! 08:10 as for the past conditionals, I've been meaning to ask you whether the modal verbs are content or function words there and whether the weak or the strong form is supposed to be used, and I was delighted to hear the answer to my question (the one I've never actually asked 😅) As for that "Would OF done" thing : many years ago I got a text like that and it was so bewildering. I honestly couldn't decipher it, because back then I had no idea about strong /weak forms. I wish I had found it out earlier. But better late than never 😁
Sorry for my late reply and thanks as always! Past Conditionals are most definitely a bizarre topic, both because of pronunciation and the OF thing. As wrong as it is to write OF instead of HAVE, for a language geek like me the fact that a language has these little tricks is extremely fascinating and mentally satisfying haha I don't think we have anything like that in any of the other languages I speak 🤩💪
I've got a question about "I'll" : I know that it's supposed to be pronounced as /ail/. However, it sounds different to me when I hear it : it sounds like schwa +L or like the Cat vowel +L. Is it just me or is it a real thing? Thanks in advance!
Well done for spotting that! 'I' is never really taught as a weak form, in fact, I've just done a quick google search and couldn't find it mentioned on any website and I could only find 1 video about it. 'I' is not often used weak but can indeed be /æ/ from 'cat'. However, I'd say it's not as quacky and strong as that sound would be in a normal word and it's definitely shorter, to the point where it might sound like a /ʌ/ from 'cut'. The same applies to 'I'LL', which is used as weak more than a simple 'I'. /æl/ is what it should be, but especially because of the dark l, the sound gets distorted and loses brightness, so depending on how someone speaks, you might hear different versions, just like you mentioned. I know this is a bit of a non-answer but I hope it makes sense :)
DO YOU ALREADY USE THE WEAK FORMS OF THESE VERBS? DO YOU PRONOUNCE /h/ IN THE WEAK FORM OF 'HAVE' OR DO YOU PREFER LEAVING IT OUT?😉
Thank you for this very helpful video!
I'm really happy you liked it, Emanuela! 🤩
Hello, the video is great and incredibly helpful (as always). Many thanks!
08:10 as for the past conditionals, I've been meaning to ask you whether the modal verbs are content or function words there and whether the weak or the strong form is supposed to be used, and I was delighted to hear the answer to my question (the one I've never actually asked 😅)
As for that "Would OF done" thing : many years ago I got a text like that and it was so bewildering. I honestly couldn't decipher it, because back then I had no idea about strong /weak forms. I wish I had found it out earlier. But better late than never 😁
Sorry for my late reply and thanks as always!
Past Conditionals are most definitely a bizarre topic, both because of pronunciation and the OF thing. As wrong as it is to write OF instead of HAVE, for a language geek like me the fact that a language has these little tricks is extremely fascinating and mentally satisfying haha I don't think we have anything like that in any of the other languages I speak 🤩💪
Nice sounds!!
Thanks, Camila! 🤩
I've got a question about "I'll" : I know that it's supposed to be pronounced as /ail/. However, it sounds different to me when I hear it : it sounds like schwa +L or like the Cat vowel +L.
Is it just me or is it a real thing?
Thanks in advance!
Well done for spotting that! 'I' is never really taught as a weak form, in fact, I've just done a quick google search and couldn't find it mentioned on any website and I could only find 1 video about it. 'I' is not often used weak but can indeed be /æ/ from 'cat'. However, I'd say it's not as quacky and strong as that sound would be in a normal word and it's definitely shorter, to the point where it might sound like a /ʌ/ from 'cut'. The same applies to 'I'LL', which is used as weak more than a simple 'I'. /æl/ is what it should be, but especially because of the dark l, the sound gets distorted and loses brightness, so depending on how someone speaks, you might hear different versions, just like you mentioned. I know this is a bit of a non-answer but I hope it makes sense :)