روز هجدهم - حذف کردن G

Day 18 - Dropping the G

Hi. It’s Day 18. We’re gonna have a short but useful lesson today. There’s somethin’ that I’m doin’ with my -ing endings right now. Do you know what?

English with Jennifer.

In fast speech, the -ing ending usually sounds like -in. We drop the G. So “something” sounds like somethin’. And “doing” sounds like doin’.

One exception is “going.” It could sound like goin’, for example: Are you goin’ now? But when we have “going to” Americans very often say “gonna.” For example: Are you gonna leave now? Just remember that “gonna” is a spoken form, not a written one.

Look at these examples. I’ll same them fast. Pay particular attention to how I drop the G in the -ing endings.

How are you doing?

Something wrong?

Nothing special.

Are you coming or going?

Listen closely. You know what to do. I’ll say a sentence fast. You try to understand.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Doing.

What are you doing?

I’m looking at some old photos.

I’m looking at some old photos.

Looking .

lookin.

I’m looking at some old photos.

I’m gonna do something special for you.

I’m going to do something special for you.

Something.

Somethin.

I’m gonna do something special for you.

She just keeps talking about it.

She just keeps talking about it.

Talking.

Talkin.

She just keeps talking about it.