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I shouldn't have eaten I listen "I ˈʃʊdənt ˈitən" What is the trick ?
Sep 2, 2024 12:33 PM
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Sometimes we shorten "shouldn't have" to "shouldn't've" or "shouldn't a" especially in casual speech - not so much in writing.
September 2, 2024
A few points. The full phonetic transcription should be /ˈaɪ ˈʃʊdnt həv ˈiːtn/. Even with shorten vowels, in most standard dialects, the fleece vowel /iː/ would not be reduced to the happy vowel /i/ As pointed out by Dan, the vowels of function words in English are often reduced to a schwa /ə/. However, in rapid speech, while the /həv/ would be likely be reduced to /ə/, it would all but be elided (omitted) due to the longer /iː/ which follows.
September 6, 2024
This isn't unique to English. Native speakers of every language find ways to use fewer sounds to make it easier to say frequently used words and phrases. Do a web search for "reduced speech."
September 2, 2024
Without a recording it's hard to tell, but a native speaker pronounces this like "shouldn't've." You will sometimes see it actually spelled that way in print. The "h" in "have" is silent, the "a" is a schwa (ə), and the "v" is almost unvoiced (because it's hard to switch quickly from the unvoiced "t.") And it's very soft. A lot of times the _'ve_ or "of" is spoken like a schwa. In quoted dialog, it is sometimes written out as just "a:" "I shouldn't a done it." Other times, because of the "v" being almost unvoiced, it is written as "of," "I shouldn't of eaten it." So "shouldn't have eaten" becomes "shouldn't've eaten" becomes "shouldn't-a eaten" but the vowel sounds of the "a" and the "e" of "eaten" join and blend. If you listen carefully there is probably a _faint trace_ of something in there between ˈʃʊdənt and ˈitən, but it might just be a tiny little schwa-like sound. And then, of course, native speakers fill in missing words from context. If I carefully said "I shouldn't eaten it," many native speakers might believe they had HEARD "I shoudn't've eaten it."
September 2, 2024
Difficult to say, but you are missing the /v/ in the middle. Maybe they are talking quickly.
September 2, 2024
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