How to pronounce contractions
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This document provides guidance on pronouncing common English contractions by listing each contraction and its pronunciation. It covers pronouns combined with forms of "be", "have", and "will" as well as question words combined with forms of "be" and "have". For each contraction, an phonetic transcription of the pronunciation is given.
How to pronounce contractions
- 1. How to Pronounce Contractions ? I am = I¡¯m = /aim/ ? You are = you¡¯re = strong /j??r/, j?r/ weak /j?r/ ? He is, He has = He¡¯s = /hi?z/ ? She is, she has = she¡¯s = strong /?i?z/ weak /?iz ? It is = It¡¯s = /?ts/ ? We are = We¡¯re = /w??r/ , /w?r/ ? They are = They¡¯re = /?e?r/, /?er/ ? How is = How¡¯s = /ha?z/ ? Why is = Why¡¯s = /waiz/ ? What is, what has = What¡¯s = /w?ts/, /w¨»?ts/,/w?t/ ? When is, When does = /wenz/ ? I have = I¡¯ve = /aiv/ ? You have = You¡¯ve = strong /ju?v/ weak /j?v/ ? We have = We¡¯ve = /?wi?v/ /wiv/ ? Could have = Could¡¯ve = /?k?d.?v/ ? Should have = Should¡¯ve = /???d.?v/ ? Would have = Would¡¯ve = /?w?d¡¤?v/ ? Might have = Might¡¯ve = /?ma?.t?v/ ? I will = I¡¯ll = /a?l/ ? You will = You¡¯ll= /ju?l/ ? He will = He¡¯ll = /hi?l/ ? She will = She¡¯ll = /?il/ /?i?l/ ? It will = It¡¯ll = /??t.?l/ , /??t?.?l/ ? We will = We¡¯ll = strong /wi?l/ weak /wil/ ? They will = They¡¯ll = /?e?l/ ? How will = How¡¯ll = /ha?l/ ? Where will = Where¡¯ll = /we?rl/ ? When will = When¡¯ll = /Wen ?l/ ? What will = What¡¯ll = /w? d?l/ ? Who will = Who¡¯ll = /hu?l/ ? I had, I would = I¡¯d = /aid/ ? You had, you would = you¡¯d = /ju?d/ ? He had, he would = He¡¯d = /hi:d/ ? She had, she would = She¡¯d = /?id/ /?i?d ? It had, it would = It¡¯d = /??t.?d/, /??t?.?d/ ? We had, we would = We¡¯d = /wid/ ? They had, they would = They¡¯d = /?e?d/ ? How had, how would, how did= How¡¯d = /ha?d/ ? Where did = Where¡¯d = /we?rd/ ? Why did = Why¡¯d = /waid/