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Can and Can't: c0 H' c$ Y% ^* h
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. M, p, u4 F/ I* H+ n2 fIn an affirmative 'can', the can is pronounced as 'kn'. The modal verb 'can' in the sentence is unstressed; the main verb is stressed.
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Listen to these sound changes. The first phrase is with proper enunciation, the second phrase is with the sound changes.2 M7 a" l D1 h7 w' R% x
Then the word is used in a sentence.: J4 k5 m' ?$ L7 V; h
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'We can swim' becomes we kn swim ; Z: |" {% Q, ~$ C0 p
We can swim in the lake.
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* m* V m+ H5 U. b8 i6 G 'I can cook' becomes I kn cook.
$ u* T- P, Q3 ^8 D0 |' \ I can cook pizza.
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'She can read' becomes she kn read
. L! f& B/ h2 Q She can read Italian and Russian.
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/ _8 W V+ ?1 e 'They can ride' becomes they kn ride.
# E1 n2 p, m8 @* }0 B# z1 }. i; T They can ride on the roller coaster.
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6 J+ W+ \! x0 Q, PIn the negative, both the modal (can't) and the main verb are stressed. However the 't' in can't is dropped and replaced with a glottal stop if the next sound is a consonant.) \/ g, H+ ]6 _( Q+ ~. ~+ w; g
' y# I0 w+ U( S Listen to these sound changes. The first sentence is with can, the second with can't. Note that both the modal and main
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'We can't go' becomes
, ]9 N- N1 D5 R9 V. w4 G7 U We KAN' GO. 8 t; D0 V) s% K' I- v) r
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We can go to the movies.5 s9 k8 t6 k* Z+ n# Y# Y
We can't go to the movies.+ D8 z$ ^- g: G4 G/ V& D9 Y' { s
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: I, B7 b& `/ \( t0 \ 'Larry can't speak' becomes
$ G# N! s6 r0 X Larry KAN' SPEAK.
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Larry can speak French.' O$ B8 G: G6 t2 K1 W
Larry can't speak French.) B# O% K" W1 ?! e( q( C" F4 w
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7 E* H; t% n. Z3 b( x6 a8 F 'She can't do it' becomes
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She can do it.
' t2 ?& p- M6 m A0 r, j% FShe can't do it.
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'Some people can't sing' becomes
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Some people can sing.
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4 ^/ z, x! F9 a& N; H1 IIf the next sound after 'can't' is a vowel, a flap occurs as in 'She can't ignore it'. (... can't tig-nore...)
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6 P# Z/ @ S- E4 _6 ^' q+ w3 b: l Listen to these sound changes. The first phrase is with proper enunciation, the second phrase is with the sound changes.
& N' `! j8 { D( ^/ z" k Then the word is used in a sentence.
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'can't attend' becomes can't attend. (... cand da-ttend)
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'can't invite' becomes can't invite (... cand din-vite...)
" M* M( I( U/ S/ t# \2 y) X Wally can't invite her to the party.* d) r: q: X& j8 {8 l
# j( U5 [, s5 X* Y 'can't answer' becomes can't answer (.. .cand dan-swer)) R; `1 ]$ I* }+ K+ v
He can't answer the question.
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6 _& i3 i$ j2 n- F7 }" p4 Z 'can't understand' becomes can't understand (... cand dun-der-stand.. )4 q% D2 w& l" H9 H2 j' N2 [
I can't understand what you are saying. |
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