1 linking consonant to vowel

  • when a word ends with a consonant and its next word starts with a vowel, let this consonant be the start of the second word.
  • “hold on” pronounced as “hol don”(/hoʊl dɑːn/)
  • “like it” pronounced as “li kit”(/laɪ kɪt/), “e” is swallowed
  • “deep end” pronounced as “dee pend”(/di pend/)
  • “get up late” pronounced as “ge tu plate”(/ɡe tʌ pleɪt/)
  • “picked out” pronounced as “pick dout”(/pɪk taʊt/), “ed” pronounced as “/t/“, “e” is swallowed
  • “this guy” pronounced as “thi sguy”(/ðɪ sɡaɪ/)
  • “come on in” pronounced as “co mo nin”(/kʌ mɑː nɪn/)
  • “turn it off” pronounced as “tur ni toff”(/tɜːr nɪ tɔːf/)
  • “time is it” pronounced as “ti mi sit”(/taɪ mɪ zɪt/)
  • “leave it on” pronounced as “lea vi ton”(/li vɪ tɑːn/)
  • “this is a” pronounced as “thi si sa”(/ðɪ sɪ zə/)
  • “have an apple” pronounced as “ha va napple”(/hæ və næpl/)
  • “we’ve already” pronounced as “we veal ready”(/wi vɔːl redi/)

2 linking consonant to same consonant

  • when a word ends with a consonant and its next word starts with the same consonant, pronounce only once but a litttle bit longer or stronger. It seemed little different when pronounced as the first end or the second start.
  • “turned down” pronounced as “turn down”
  • “speaks Spanish” pronounced as “speak Spanish”
  • “black cat” pronounced as “bla cat”
  • “help Paul” pronounced as “help all”

3 final stop between consonants

  • when a stop(爆破音, bpdtkg六个音) is followed by another consonant, do not release the stop. 只做出即将发爆破音的嘴型，形成短暂停顿，但不发音
  • pop music
  • that man
  • good book
  • drop down
  • can’t go
  • keep trying

4 linking vowel to vowel

  • when a word ends with a vowel and its next word starts with a vowel, do not pause between the words(不要停止声带振动). To pronounce both of the vowel completely and smoothly, we insert a “y” (/j/) after a front vowel (i, ɪ, ɛ, æ) and insert a “w” (/w/) after a back vowel (ɑ, u, ʌ, ɔ, ʊ).
  • “go out” pronounced as “go-wout”
  • “how are you” pronounced as “how-ware you”
  • “I am” pronounced as “I-yam”
  • “they are” pronounced as “they-yare”

5 linking vowels within a word

  • ditto add a “y” (/j/) or “w” (/w/) sound between the two vowels.
  • “client” into “cliyent”
  • “science” into “sciyence”
  • “serious” into “seriyous”
  • “quiet” into “quiyet”
  • “appreciate” into “appreciyate”
  • “museum” into “museyum”
  • “cooperate” into “cowoperate”
  • “experience” into “experiyence”
  • “diet” into “diyet”
  • “negotiate” into “negotiyate”