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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, let's look at the connected sounds in a couple of phrases that all start with the word let.
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Let me, let her, let him, let them.
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All right, so the first rule here is that normally we have a glottal stop instead of a T before a consonant.
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So let me would become let me.
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Let me help you.
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Let me help you.
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Let, right, I'm just cutting off the sound in my throat.
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let me help you.
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Now, this phrase let me is so common that what actually happens is we skip the glottal stop.
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We just say let me, let me.
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We go straight from eh to me, let me.
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Let me help you, let me help you.
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So if you're speaking quickly in English and you have this phrase let me, just delete the T.
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When it's spoken quickly, we have nothing in place of that T.
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And when it's spoken more slowly, we have a glottal stop instead.
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Let me help you.
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Let me help you.
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Next, let me in.
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Let me in.
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Again, the same rule.
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Could be a glottal stop or just could be nothing.
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Let me in.
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We're also going to connect the vowels here.
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Me in.
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Let me in.
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Let me in.
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We don't put a glottal stop here.
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We don't separate it.
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We don't say, let me in, me in, right?
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We don't want to separate those vowels.
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We want to connect them with ya.
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Let me in, let me in.
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Now when we switch the pronoun, something else happens.
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We say letter, letter, take a look, just like a letter you'd get in the mail.
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Letter, letter, take a look.
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We delete the h here.
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We delete the h.
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Letter.
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Now we change the t into a tap t.
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Letter, just like the words butter, better, water, and so on.
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In American English, this is a tap T.
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Letter.
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Letter.
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Right?
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When we delete the H, we have a vowel, and we do a tap T before a vowel.
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Letter.
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Letter take a look.
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Letter take a look.
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Now, if I speak slowly, again, there's another pronunciation you can hear.
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That's where we keep the H, let her, let her, right?
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We keep the H and we turn the T into a glottal stop.
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Let her, right?
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Because H or H is a consonant, so we apply the rule, right?
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We have a glottal stop before the consonant.
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Let her.
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But in fast speech, this one takes over.
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The tap T rule takes over here.
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We delete the H and we say, let her take a look.
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Let her take a look.
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Let her take a look.
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The same thing happens with him.
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Let him go.
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Let him.
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Let him.
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This I in him also kind of gets reduced.
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Not let him.
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Let him.
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But let him.
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Let him let him.
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It's kind of like we would write that maybe as apostrophe M.
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Let him, let him go, let him go, let him go.
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Again, if we speak slowly, let him go, let him go.
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Of course, if you do choose to say the T when you're speaking slowly, then that's totally fine, right?
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Of course, we can say, let him go, let her take a look.
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That's fine, but it sounds very natural as a native speaker to delete the T if you have an H consonant afterward.
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But it sounds very natural as a native speaker to turn
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that T into a glottal stop instead in front of a consonant.
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Let him go, let him go.
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And a little faster, let him go.
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Now we're back to me, right?
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Let me think about it.
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Let me, glottal stop, or just nothing, right?
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It's an optional glottal stop.
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Let me, let me think about it.
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And we have another glottal stop here at the end of the sentence.
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This one's not optional.
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We have to have this in order to make it sound correct.
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If there's no glottal stop, it sounds like the word is continuing without ending correctly.
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Let me think about it, it, it.
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This T turns into a tap.
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About it, about it.
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Practice this combination.
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It's really, really common where you have a tap tee, then a glottal stop. About it. About it.
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Let me think about it finally let them try let them
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try let them try let them try right we did the
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same thing we had with h where we delete the th
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and we go straight from t into a tap then the m let them let them try
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and here the end of him and the end of them sound identical.
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Let them try.
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Let them go.
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Let them try.
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Let them go.
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Right?
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Now, if you're stressing the pronoun, then you would change this into a collodal stop.
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You would say, let them try.
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Let them try.
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Right?
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Maybe somebody new is coming or a new group of people are coming and you say, let them try.
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Now it's new information.
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So you stress them, stress the pronoun there.
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Let them try.
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Let them try.
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You were trying before, now let them try.
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Alright, one more time all the way through, slowly then quickly for each sentence.
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Let me help you.
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Let me help you.
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Let me in.
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Let me in.
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Let her take a look.
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Let her take a look.
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Let him go.
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Let him go.
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Let me think about it.
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Let me think about it.
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Let them try.
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Let them try.
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What other words and phrases do you want me to go into detail about next?
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Let me know in the comments and I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “American English Pronunciation”. Las palabras que más se repiten: glottal, letter, delete, tap, sound. Este vídeo tiene 130 frases y 957 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:07. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 157 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| glottal adjetivo | /ˈɡlɑ.təl/ | glótico |
| litter sustantivo | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | cama, lecho |
| delete verbo | /dɪˈliːt/ | deletear |
| consonant sustantivo | /ˈkɑn.sə.nənt/ | consonante |
| vowel sustantivo | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | vocal |
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| pronoun sustantivo | /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ | pronombre |
| optional adjetivo | /ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/ | opcional |
| distress sustantivo | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | distrés, distress |
| apostrophe sustantivo | /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/ | apóstrofo, apóstrofe |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| skip verbo | /skɪp/ | saltar |
| identical adjetivo | /ɪˈdɛntɪkl̩/ | idéntico, clónico |
| correctly adverbio | /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/ | correctamente |
| throat sustantivo | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | garganta, gorja |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| take over verbo | apoderarse, enseñorearse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- We're also going to connect the vowels here.
- We don't put a glottal stop here.
- We don't say, let me in, me in, right?
- We don't want to separate those vowels.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: optional /ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: apostrophe /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como glottal, litter, delete.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.