ESL Hip Hop http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho Learn English with hip-hop and rap. Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:48:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4 Pronounce “Get You” Like a Native Speaker with “Rebirth of Slick” http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho2013/04/pronounce-get-you-native-speaker-rebirth-slick/ http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho2013/04/pronounce-get-you-native-speaker-rebirth-slick/#respond Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:51 +0000 http://OFFLINEZIP.wpsho?p=28 Learn how to talk like a native English speaker with Digable Planets’s Grammy-winning song “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)”. We getcha free ’cause the clips be fat boss (2:46) Many Americans pronounce “get you” like getcha. This is called a reduction. If you know IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) then getcha looks like /gɪtʃ/ Getcha for the present time […]

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We getcha free ’cause the clips be fat boss (2:46)

  • Many Americans pronounce “get you” like getcha. This is called a reduction.
  • If you know IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) then getcha looks like /gɪtʃ/
    • Getcha for the present time
    • Gotcha for the past time
  • ’cause is short for because. Many people also say this.
  • It is OK to pronounce these words as reductions, but avoid writing getcha and ’cause for work and school.

Now it’s your turn to practice getcha and gotcha. Find a video camera and practice pronouncing these sentences. When you are ready, upload your video here or on the Facebook page!

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