👄 Tim's pronunciation workshop: Consonant - vowel linking

Tim&back in his pronunciation workshop. This time he&finding out what happens when an English word ending in a consonant sound is followed by a word starting with a vowel sound. More episodes in this series: We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 Transcript: Tim Hi. I&Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I&going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let&go inside. Today, I&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&ask the people of London to describe it. Voxpops He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. Tim An egg – that&two words, right? But, when we pronounce them, there&no gap in between them. It almost sounds like one word. Listen again. Voxpops He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. He&holding an egg. He&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&heard the examples: you know the drill. Listen and repeat. Examples...