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  • In this American English pronunciation video, were going to go over the reduction of

  • the words WAS and AS.

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  • Many words in English reduce in sentences. WAS and AS are two examples of this. When

  • a word reduces, that means a sound is changed or dropped.

  • As. By itself, the word is pronounced with the AA as in BAT vowel and the Z sound. As.

  • Most of the time, in a sentence, we reduce the vowel to the schwa: uhz. As, uhz. Why

  • do we do that? It doesn’t sound clear. That’s ok. In American English we have established

  • this as a reduction. Even if it’s really fast, a native speaker will pick up on it.

  • In fact, we want it to be really fast so that the stressed syllables, the longer syllables,

  • pop out of the sentence even more, are even more clear. It’s the contrast of long vs.

  • short that’s important in American English, so make your short really short. Reducing

  • the vowel to the schwa makes it easier to say it quickly. As, uhz. To make the schwa

  • sound, the jaw doesn’t really need to drop, uhz, uhz. It’s just a quick, quick vowel

  • before the Z sound. To make the Z, the tongue tip is forward and down, zz, teeth are together,

  • and buzz the vocal cords. Uhz, uhz, uhz. Let’s practice with some sentences.

  • As long as she says it’s ok, it’s ok with me.” As long as, as long as. Uhz [3x].

  • It’s not as if I didn’t already know that.” As if, as if. Uhz, uhz, uhz. As if.

  • “I’m not as tall as her.” As tall as, as tall as. Uhz, uhz.

  • WAS makes the same reduction. On its own it’s pronouncedwas’, with the UH as in BUTTER

  • vowel. But in a sentence, we often reduce it to the schwa, making it very fast. Wuz,

  • wuz. Just start with the lips in a rounded position to make the W consonant, wuz. The

  • rest is just likeas’. Let’s practice with some sentences.

  • “I was on the phone.” Wuz, wuz. Was on the phone.

  • She was already gone.” Wuz, wuz. Was already.

  • It was really good.” Wuz, wuz.

  • He was there.” Wuz, wuz.

  • These words are not reduced all the time. I’m thinking of the movie Clueless where

  • one of the characters saysAS IF!” There will always be cases where native speakers

  • will choose to stress and not reduce these words. But most of the time, reduce, reduce,

  • reduce. If you work on integrating these reductions into your speech, they will help to smooth

  • out your speech, help your words connect better, and give your speech greater contrast between

  • important and less important words. Youll sound more natural, relaxed, and American.

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ASとWASの発音の仕方 - アメリカ英語の発音 (How to Pronounce AS and WAS - American English Pronunciation)

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