跟读练习: American English Pronunciation: I'm Just... - 通过视频学习英语口语

Hey, what's up?

It's Alex.

Let's look at some common sentences in everyday English that start with the phrase, I'm just.

So one big rule here that we're going to follow with every sentence example is that the T in just disappears.

So look at this.

I'm just asking.

So the T disappears.

I'm just asking.

I'm just curious.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking.

I'm just tired.

Now, this last one, I'm just tired.

This one has a T here and a T here, but still we delete this first T.

If we had two T's, it would be a long T sound, like I'm just tired.

Like there's a little break there where you're finishing one t sound and then starting the next one.

Here, I'm just tired.

So that's the first rule.

We take out the t in just.

If you're speaking slowly and carefully, then you want to say the t.

I'm just asking, right?

If you put some emotion into your voice, it sounds a little better to say the word in its full form.

I'm just asking.

I'm just curious.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking.

I'm just tired.

Now, another interesting thing is that at the beginning of a sentence, we sometimes reduce the I vowel sound.

I'm just asking.

We could reduce that, just something like, I'm just asking.

So it's a very subtle change.

We go from I'm all the way to I'm, I'm, I'm just asking.

I'm just asking.

I'm just curious.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking.

I'm, I'm just tired.

I'm just tired.

And now if we talk about the intonation, we have a very similar intonation pattern for all of these sentences.

Look at this.

I'm just asking.

I'm just curious.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking.

I'm just tired.

So we have a very even tone on I'm just, and then we fall on the last word in the sentence.

And this is pretty simple, right?

They're just three-word sentences.

So we start with high, and we end with a fall.

I'm just asking.

I'm just curious.

I'm just kidding.

I'm just joking.

I'm just tired.

Let me know in the comments what other common English phrases you want me to analyze.

I'll see you next time.

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跟读练习: American English Pronunciation: I'm Just... - 通过视频学习英语口语

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