Day 16 - Dropping the D and Saying 'and' - Understanding Fast Speech in English

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INDEX:
0:01 A question about your grandparents.
0:44 Dropping the D in a-n-d combinations.
1:07 Group 1 ("grandma" and more).
1:39 Group 2 ("sandwich" and more).
1:58 Dropping the D in other n-d combinations.
2:08 Group 3 ("windmill" and more).
2:36 The conjunction "and."
3:02 Listening practice.
4:40 Daily tip

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[Englishwithjennifer]

Hi everyone! Sorry, but I had to reload this one. I needed to clarify that the D is always dropped in some words like "handsome, " but in other words dropping the D is optional. Some speakers do and some don't. For example, I always drop the D when I talk about my grandparents, but it's not wrong to say the /d/. Thanks for understanding!

[ruqih]

Hello from Azerbaijan. thank you for all lessons. it is very usefull Jennifer :)

[Philibert]

Definitely the most exhaustive and helpful course about fast speech! And I mean it!

[KokerClone]

These videos help me a lot in learning English ! Thanks ! Jennifer !

[mvijay]

Thank you very much dear madam..I really appreciate your efforts you have made to teach us.. in addition, you're very polite and I love the you smile..
I've watched so many videos of yours and all have something special which have been gaining my knowledge in English.. again, thank you.

[arthurchakmakyan]

Hi Jennifer I have caught myself in my invocations and decrees saying thousand dropping the D at the end a thousand dollars like the metathesis Government, pronounced sometimes goverment

[shakti]

Dear Mam,
I understood both day 16 & 17 lessons.Your lessons are easy and very useful.
Lovely Mam, The way You Teach, The Knowledge You Share. The Care You Take, The Love You Shower. Makes you The World's Best Teacher.

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[medinekrit]

Thank you Jennifer for this piece of information! 👍

[raxyang]

Great lesson! I enjoy watching your videos and learning English with you. I really appreciate your work. :D

[mahdiu]

The guy looks handsome! and you look very respectful teacher . thanks for your effort.

[abethomas]

Thank you so much.
Please let us to understand the words like
guandary and boundary . should we drop D .

[echomandarin]

Hi, Jennifer, thank you so much! I really love the series. Can we download the script?

[bozhenwang]

Hi Jennifer,
Thanks so much for your excellent lessons on youtube.
I've got a question with regard to the reduced sound of "and", which is pronounced /ən/ or /n/.
But for the word "on", it's also reduced to /ən/, right?
If so, how can I distinguish between these two words in listening, since they sound the same.
More importantly, in speaking, how should I pronounce them? If I pronounce them the same, it'll make my sentence confusing.
Many thanks again. Look forward to your valuable response.😊
Best regards!

[Msspmex]

¡Hola Jennifer!

What does it mean that they got hand picked for the job?

¡Gracias, my dear teacher! :D

[chienle]

Hi teacher!
With word "friendly", should we drop the word D? Thanks!

[saidrachid]

thank you very much . my problem is I understand 60% some native english as BBC NEWS but I cannot understand others native english speakers like a movies

[hezronjafetcui]

Oh Yeah! I speak Tagalog and from the Philippines! :)

[andrewcao]

Instead of saying " hands", can i say " hans", " thousans" instead of " thousands

[srdansavic]

I am from Serbia...like your grand parents ;)

[aujitrudra]

I like to your all videos. really really nice and understandable. which collage you are teacher i don't know. if you are in my city, should be i will take admission for Learning english. i want your help for learning english. Please don't say go this website or other. because same some video there also. where i can show you my problem. where you can see my English level, you can see my problem, have anything like this please tell me respected Great teacher
Thanks you so much