Reducing unstressed words

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reducing

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this to the schah f f for about five

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years for about five

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years I've been in New York for about 5

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years so these three words I've been in

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very quick they're unstressed New York

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the pace slows down a bit there so those

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words are longer because they're

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stressed then for about those two words

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unstressed are again quite quick for

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about and then five and years are both

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given more time because they're stressed

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I've been in New York for about 5 years

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I've been in New York for about 5 years

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I've been in New York for about 5 years

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and I've already moved four times here

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I'm hearing

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all and

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moved for and times as being the most

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stressed syllables in that sentence

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fragment and I've already moved four

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times and I've already moved four times

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and I've already moved four times I also

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notice I'm not really pronouncing the L

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here this syllable is coming out more

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like the a as in law vowel already

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already and I've already moved four

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times and I've already moved four times

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also did you notice how I reduced the

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word