How many ways do we pronounce written single o?
Reduction is a basic element of American English Pronunciation.
In this lesson, we answer a question, “What is Reduction?”
and we focus on the unstressed syllable: reduced /ә/.
is king of the vowel sounds.
hello
/hə-ˈlow/
Hello, everyone.
today
/tə-ˈdey/
What are you going to do today?
tonight
/tə-ˈnɑyt/
What are you going to do tonight?
tomorrow
/tə-ˈmɑ–ɚ–ow/
What are you going to do tomorrow?
I don’t know
/ɑy–də-ˈnow/
I don’t know what I’m going to do.
has to … have to
/ˈhæ–stə/ … /ˈhæf–tə/
The cat has to get down from the tree.
I guess I’ll have to help her.
a lot of … lots of
/əˈlɑ–də/ … /ˈlɑ–t͡sə/
I see a lot of rubber ducks.
I see lots of rubber ducks.
See also:
Reduction: gonna
