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Can and Can't
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# x y& b5 |- S4 z" r2 t1 ?; ^In 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.
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1 N) |% e% b, @, k1 E 'We can swim' becomes we kn swim 7 W+ }& z; d. O) R+ @. Z9 D' n
We can swim in the lake.9 S$ Y7 I, g7 @7 |
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: t' D) ^" R6 L$ z/ n' } W 'I can cook' becomes I kn cook.' T+ j+ S, C0 X( p
I can cook pizza.
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9 W' N- o& p$ ]& `7 N. v 'She can read' becomes she kn read " S' t6 U+ Q% m' l" Z6 w6 x
She can read Italian and Russian.
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+ d/ A" V) ~3 `# K 'They can ride' becomes they kn ride.; X% j# S! d5 n5 n6 z9 B! a
They can ride on the roller coaster.
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In 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.
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verbs are stressed in the negative sentence.
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) ~( @/ _' p: Z- r 'We can't go' becomes 8 S7 O" q* y$ S& S1 N. u( N' V9 o" H
We KAN' GO.
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" \ V6 c7 y0 }+ gWe can go to the movies.
* q9 }. _/ Y) E* W2 G7 EWe can't go to the movies.4 @9 h" E) X0 f8 I
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'Larry can't speak' becomes
& y1 G" U* p# U Larry KAN' SPEAK.
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) F) [ w- g' k' ]Larry can speak French.
5 `8 c/ r# D3 h+ P+ eLarry can't speak French.* c" T4 M# P( ?. W3 U* l7 e
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'She can't do it' becomes
2 |* s/ B: X# z4 m' r: j She KAN' DO it
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+ r' m; e1 _% R ~+ i1 U 'Some people can't sing' becomes- O, a6 `9 }9 N p, T& ^7 h) C3 G
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Some people can sing.! W" b5 g S+ L9 G& R, O
Some people can't sing.
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If the next sound after 'can't' is a vowel, a flap occurs as in 'She can't ignore it'. (... can't tig-nore...)$ i, n. Y; n* p; l
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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...)
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'can't answer' becomes can't answer (.. .cand dan-swer)
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+ q# C9 L& U; K1 T 'can't understand' becomes can't understand (... cand dun-der-stand.. )
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