What are weak forms Connected Speech, English Pronunciation

In this video we are going to look at weak forms. You learn what weak forms are compared to full forms and why they occur in English. You might have asked yourself why it is sometimes so difficult to understand spoken English because words all seem to run together into one long word other words seem to become very short or disappear This is because English is a stresstimed language and it is therefore full of weak forms when we speak naturally Those weak forms are reduced versions of grammatical words. They can sound very different when they are said in isolation compared to in a sentence. We will go over some common weak forms and you will see what an important role the schwa sound plays in weak forms. At the end, there is a little test for you as always :) Chapters 0:00 What are weak forms INTRO 2:10 Weak forms vs. full forms 3:40 Why do we have weak forms Content words vs. grammatical words 6:20 Common weak forms 15:20 Summary: weak forms 17:04 TEST Can you re