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Real English - lesson 2: Talking about places of origin.
In the second part of the video you'll hear the same scenes but with subtitles.
Report mistakesPay attention to the pronunciation of WHAT'S YOUR NAME? It is usually pronounced like "watcha name?"
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? - at the end of the sentence FROM is usually pronounced with the vowel in SOCK
I'M FROM FRANCE- in the middle of the sentence it is pronounced with a SCHWA, very weak
TORONTO- he pronounces it "torono", because in AmE, when the T goes after an N it may disappear
MANHATTAN- listen carefully to the pronunciation of the T here. She pronounces it in the back or her throat, rather than with the tip of her tongue. That often happens when we have an N after the T (in the syllable -TAN, the A is pronounced with a SCHWA, so weak that it has disappeared and we are left with -TN)
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?- another different T. When a T goes between vowels, like here, it is usually pronounced like the /R/ in the Spanish "cara". That may happen in BrE, but it always happens in AmE
HI! HOW YA DOING?- This is a very common greeting, especially in AmE. It is a relaxed pronunciation of "how are you doing?", and it means "how are you?"