👄 Tim's pronunciation workshop: Consonant - vowel linking

Tim's back in his pronunciation workshop. This time he's finding out what happens when an English word ending in a consonant sound is followed by a word starting with a vowel sound.

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Transcript:
Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Today, I'm going to tell you about perhaps the most common feature of fluent English pronunciation. And to help me, I’m going to use one of these. Now, I know you know what it is, but let's ask the people of London to describe it.

Voxpops
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.

Tim
An egg – that's two words, right? But, when we pronounce them, there's no gap in between them. It almost sounds like one word. Listen again.

Voxpops
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.
He's holding an egg.

Tim
In fluent English, when one word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins in a vowel sound, we link the two sounds together without a pause in between them. So, an egg becomes anegg. This is called catenation. Here are some more examples.

Examples
He’s in the garden.
I used to believe in Father Christmas, but not any more.
I had to give up jogging.
He had it in his office.

Tim
Right, so you've heard the examples: you know the drill. Listen and repeat.

Examples
He’s in the garden.
I used to believe in Father Christmas, but not any more.
I had to give up jogging.
He had it in his office.

Tim
Well done! Now remember, if you want to learn more about pronunciation, then please visit our website, bbclearningenglish dot com. And that is about it from the Pronunciation Workshop for now. I'll see you soon. Bye! Now I think I’m going to have this egg, for my lunch. It is a hard-boiled egg, isn't it?

Voice
Oh yes Tim, yes, yes, it's definitely a hard-boiled egg.

Tim
Great, sounds good. Oh no no no no no! Ohhh, what a mess! Very funny.

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[Hachi]

Gosh, I love this video. I noticed and just previously imitated the way natives said it without having any ideas about it until now, I know how it really works academically

[samat]

Thank for make this channel for helping us to learn and know about english more

[tuit]

I fall in love! what a great chanel to improve my english!

[paolajrodriguezc]

I love these videos!! I have learned a lot from them.

[ducmaitrung]

hey guys, I have a question.
Is it necessary to do vowel linking whenever we see a consonant and a vowel?
As in the sentence, He had it in his office. Why didn't he link IT and IN?
Really appreciate your help!

[phuocdanhnguyen]

I think the vowel link is the hardest part in English. it is so difficult to listen to native speakers

[izzycruz]

Please make an video about the sound of s in words like baseball, base, Jason, gor example? Please.

[crzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

Oh I wonder where the bbc get this source from, I can wait for the next lesson, but it's too long to wait. Anyone know where?

[khanhlinhmai]

I like Tim's RP accent so much <3

[italianandfrenchwithchiara]

When Tim catenates "isn't it", he doesn't pronounce the "t", right? Thanks a lot!

[deliadellisanti]

Hi! Can you help me? What happen when the first word ends in /t/ and the second begins with a vowel?

[HuaJarry]

when tim catenates the an egg in An egg becomes an egg, The an sounds like ænag, right?

[artofrepetition]

'' He had it in his office''. It sounds like the "h" sound is missing. What happen?

[englangexpert]

How to stress 'do ' in weak form in a sentence

[annemburada]

the locals pronounce the gg in egg more like a k, or don't they?

[phanthuannguyen]

This guy reminds me of David Tennant...

[이동민-vj]

He is holding an egg H e i s n h o l d i n g a n e g g haha it's very fun it's very fun like korea pororo

[cleoCHuang]

He should shake the egg before break it.

[OlexiyLitinsky]

Listening your video I have noticed that one phrase touch the sphere of what people believe in. You even can't imagine how many particularities in the different countries relatively their faith the people have. One thing - is just to express your attitude, every person has ones right on one's own opinion, and another - is asking your viewers to repeat. Please be so kind to avoid it.

[muhamadahmad]

hi any one may help me of english lungege