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Can and Can't
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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.: g3 }: s9 x# z7 ?) p
Then the word is used in a sentence.
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'We can swim' becomes we kn swim
5 O& w$ @! D. |# h- \& f We can swim in the lake." h, [6 b: D6 m3 A! R! r- a, K
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6 F* y; V7 I% k 'I can cook' becomes I kn cook.3 {4 X" R3 T1 h( n, t! C F3 Y7 f+ W" |, W
I can cook pizza.
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$ Y/ z$ Y2 o* ?) Y) u& S 'She can read' becomes she kn read . ]; M" W" S* v8 k. O
She can read Italian and Russian.
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$ q0 s0 |2 k l( | 'They can ride' becomes they kn ride.
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0 q; L: Z( g+ A; R( wIn 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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4 h5 E8 _; D. I3 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 * t! _+ Q5 m# T, v, _9 j
We KAN' GO.
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We can go to the movies." T6 l* q( {6 \, D2 ]9 t
We can't go to the movies.
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) \& m5 N* E8 X# q) M% m 'Larry can't speak' becomes( I% v/ ?$ c6 U# f Y
Larry KAN' SPEAK.# W+ L7 |8 ~5 o$ b
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Larry can't speak French.
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'She can't do it' becomes
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She 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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, l* f2 A; A3 `If the next sound after 'can't' is a vowel, a flap occurs as in 'She can't ignore it'. (... can't tig-nore...)& `$ R2 B- X* ~. U
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Listen to these sound changes. The first phrase is with proper enunciation, the second phrase is with the sound changes.1 w- j9 o- A. Q8 |- @- s
Then the word is used in a sentence.; a0 Q: K% Z" f, H* g: _- N
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'can't attend' becomes can't attend. (... cand da-ttend)% `7 l J% _7 ]; u5 L' h, `
We can't attend the concert.& L( m: [9 m5 d/ Y3 a2 g
7 a* n3 t0 ]- v7 Z 'can't invite' becomes can't invite (... cand din-vite...)% ]! ]. k6 L% q+ ~, l& ^/ y
Wally can't invite her to the party.
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* L! Z2 _/ C9 V+ k/ P 'can't answer' becomes can't answer (.. .cand dan-swer)
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'can't understand' becomes can't understand (... cand dun-der-stand.. )# G( d: H6 t0 Y
I can't understand what you are saying. |
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