Linking in “like a native speaker”

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da

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dat like a native

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speaker also again here we have ending

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consonant sound beginning vowel sound

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like a likea I hear the K linking to the

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schah like a like a native speaker

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native I hear this t as a

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d because again it's a t coming between

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two vowel sounds will be a flap T sounds

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like a

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d like a native

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speaker in the entire sentence I don't

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hear any gaps or pauses between words so

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in some cases there's a very obvious

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link like when one word ends with a

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consonant and the next word begins with

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a vowel but even when there's not a very

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obvious linking sound there's never a

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gap between the

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words a lot of people ask me if it's

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possible to sound like a native speaker

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we've been working for several minutes

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and here we are only halfway through one

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sentence this is just an example of how

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you might take notes from the audio or

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video clip of your

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choice after you've listened several

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times and taken thorough notes you then

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put