Prática de Shadowing: American English Pronunciation | Let me VS Lemme 😮 - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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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.

Por que praticar a fala com este vídeo?

Praticar a fala em inglês é crucial para alcançar fluência e confiança na comunicação. Este vídeo se concentra em frases comuns que iniciam com "let", como "let me" e "let her", e ajuda você a entender como conectar sons de maneira natural. Ao assistir e repetir essas expressões, você poderá aprimorar sua habilidade de prática de conversação em inglês, especialmente em situações do dia a dia. Tais construções são frequentes em diálogos informais e, portanto, essenciais para a compreensão auditiva e a capacidade de resposta em conversas.

Gramática e Expressões em Contexto

No vídeo, Alex destaca algumas estruturas gramaticais interessantes. Vamos analisar algumas delas:

  • Let me: Esta expressão é uma forma padrão de fazer um pedido ou oferecer ajuda. No caso de fala rápida, o "t" é muitas vezes omitido, resultando em "let me" se pronunciando como "lemme".
  • Let me in: Aqui, a conexão entre as vogais é altamente importante. Você deve pronunciá-las juntas, como "let me in" em vez de separar com pausas.
  • Letter: A pronúncia desta palavra demonstra a prática conhecida como "tap T", onde o "t" é pronunciado de forma suave antes de uma vogal.

A prática desses padrões de fala enfatiza a importância de ouvir e repetir, o que é um aspecto fundamental do shadow speech. Essas expressões são comuns em conversas cotidianas e vão ajudá-lo a soar mais autêntico.

Armadilhas de Pronúncia Comuns

Existem algumas armadilhas de pronúncia que você deve estar ciente:

  • Omitting the T sounds: Não pronunciar o “t” em "let me" para soar mais fluente pode ser desafiador para os falantes não nativos.
  • Conexão das vogais: Ao dizer "let me in", é fácil esquecer de juntar as vogais, tornando a fala truncada.
  • Pronúncia do "tap T": A mudança de "t" em "letter" para um som mais suave pode ser difícil, mas é uma característica importante do inglês americano que melhora a pronúncia em inglês.

Identificar e trabalhar nessas armadilhas de fala é essencial para seu progresso. A prática constante não só melhorará sua fluência, mas também o ajudará a se sentir mais seguro ao se comunicar em inglês. Utilize essas dicas e a técnica de shadowspeaks para aprimorar sua fala!

O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.