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Do you mind if I

do you mind if i sit here you say it nice you're amazing but we could to make it more natural sounding combine do you to sound like ja ja mind say it with me do you mind if i si...

Course: Sounding polite and considerateSection: Polite requests and questionsSubtitles: en

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here

2:38

do you mind if i sit here you say it

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nice you're amazing

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but we could to make it more natural

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sounding

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combine do you to sound like ja

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ja mind say it with me do you mind if i

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sit here

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you're amazing and you're going to do

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great things

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same level of politeness we could say

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is it all right if i sit here you'll

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notice i use glottal t's

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it instead of it

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that's my preference you might be

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different

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is it all right if i sit here

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takes longer sounds a bit less natural

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but it's your choice and pronunciation

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stress on this word and this

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syllable

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right to get that nice flow we want to

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make the whole sentence sound like one

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long word

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and if you're speaking fast

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is it kind of squeezes together to sound

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like zip zill right

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no one really hears that first schwa

3:53

sound it's so quiet like it basically

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doesn't exist

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