Vowel Sound [aeiou] -Vowel Sound Linking [aeiou] Linking
Vowel Sound [aeiou] -Vowel Sound Linking [aeiou] Linking
Everyday conversational speaking can be difficult to understand because it is very different compared to what you might read or practice in the classroom. One thing that happens during conversation speech is words get linked together.
매일 대화하는 것은 여러분이 교실에서 읽거나 연습하는 것과 매우 다르기 때문에 이해하기 어려울 수 있습니다. 대화 중에 일어나는 한 가지 일은 단어들이 서로 연결된다는 것이다.
Two kinds of V-V linking
When one word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, we link the words with a sort of Y [j] or W sound. It depends on the shape of our mouth at the end of the first word.
When the first word ends in a LONG a, e, i vowel sound, our lips are wide. Then we say a Y [j] sound to join the next word:
Examples
pay all becomes payyall
the end becomes theyend
lie on becomes lieyon
When the first word ends in a LONG o, u vowel sound, our lips are round. Then we insert a W sound at the beginning of the next word:
Examples
no other becomes nowother
you are becomes youware
too often becomes toowoften
Let's look at how some of the sentences from Unit 9 change even more when spoken with V-V links:
Are youWand Julie free tomorrow?
Would chu like to go toWa concert-on Saturday?
Do ya want ta play tennis-on MondayYat-eight?
Would ju like ta goWout for dinner tomorrow?
We're going toWa concert next Friday.
Would ju like to seeYa play next weekend?
We want ta have-a partyYon Saturday.
We don't enjoy theYopera at-all. It's boring!
Now you try...
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