👄 Tim's Pronunciation Workshop: 'was' and 'were'
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- čas přidán 29. 09. 2016
- Tim's back in his Pronunciation Workshop. This time he's finding out how English speakers sometimes pronounce the words 'was' and 'were' - even though he's a bit tired.
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Transcript:
Tim
Hi. I'm Tim and this is my Pronunciation Workshop. Here, I'm going to show you how English is really spoken. Come on, let's go inside. Oh dear, excuse me. I’m a bit tired: I was out late last night, with the lads. I know, yeah, we didn't get back until 9.30. In the evening. It was a wild night. I know, I know, I am a party animal. Anyway, while I get myself together a bit, let's ask some other people in London what they got up to last night.
Voxpops
At 9 o'clock last night I was watching a movie.
I was laying in bed.
I was invited to a dinner at my friend's house.
I was playing football
I was out drinking.
Tim
Well well, what interesting lives we all lead. Now they all used the past form of the verb 'to be' - was. Now the word was is made of the sounds /w/, /ɔ:/, / z/, isn’t it? Or is it? Listen again. What sound can you actually hear?
Voxpops
At 9 o'clock last night I was watching a movie.
I was laying in bed.
I was invited to a dinner at my friend's house.
I was playing football
I was out drinking.
Tim
When the word was is unstressed, as in the examples we’ve just heard, then the vowel sound changes to a schwa - /ə/. So was becomes /wəz/, and also were becomes /wə/. These are called weak forms. Here are some more examples.
Examples
I was there when it happened.
We were delighted with the results.
We were having a good time until it rained.
He was feeling much better last night.
Tim
Right, now you've heard the examples, and now it's your turn. Listen and repeat.
Examples
I was there when it happened.
We were delighted with the results.
We were having a good time until it rained.
He was feeling much better last night.
Tim
Great work. Remember, if you want to learn more about pronunciation, then please visit our website, bbclearningenglish dot com. And that is about it from the Pronunciation Workshop for now. I'll see you soon. Bye bye! Now… oh look! Hey, you know what this is? This is WAS backwards. Get it? WAS backwards… it's a SAW. Now, I know what you were thinking. You were thinking that I was going to have some terrible accident. Well don’t worry - it’s not even switched on - look! Wooahhhhh!!!
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I really enjoy listening to Tim's British accent!
me too
Lolaz Which One?, English have a variation different accent, inside UK we have the English accent, England accent, your have been so general, Tim's accent is called RP accent and this is one of many.
Hugo Alvarez me too 😋
I too
I can listen to any British accent
You beauty Tim! Keep giving us as many videos as u can.
My favorite series. Thanks BBC
Excellent lesson, Tom. Thank you 👍
Hello Tim,I 'm Zeinab,an M.A.linguistics student, from Syria. Thank you for the important topics that you present to us,you're amazing.❤❤💖💞
the pronunciation workshop is my favorite video. thanks for bbc ♥
Thank you for sharing these amazing videos and I follow whichever you share by the way,please keep publish these great pronunciation
He is really really excellent teacher! Magnificent!
Tim makes this so fun!
Tim is so cute笑
I trully LOVE Him😂😅
Thanks Tim. Perfect pronunciation teacher
Thank you! You cleared my doubts, I'm Italian and I was doing lesson one day when I was called out for pronouncing was incorrectly, so they told me it was "woz~" instead of "waz~". I knew i said it right! after all these years using English as a main language for everything online it's the least I ask for😂👍
the pronunciation workshop is my favorite video. thanks for bbc
Thank you for this interesting lesson!
It's very interesting And i Enjoy Tim listening
wonderful！Thank you Tim!
thanks BBC for the pronunciation workshop
Tim is so cuuuuuuute~
Very useful, thanks you for sharing this
Tim please help us to improve aur clarity
Your voice has great clarity.....❤
Good job 👍🏻 I really appreciate your efforts I love it 🥰
It was fantastic, thank you.
Tom is awesome man nd way of teaching is damn great.....
I appreciate your help
Hi Tim🙋, thank you very much for your useful videos. You are really an amazing teacher💛✌. Yesterday, I heard an idiom that made me feel confused🙈. It's "media feeding frenzy" . Could you help me by giving me a clear explanation for it? and what is the difference between this idiom and "frenzy feeding"🤔?
Thanks "party animal" :)
I love it!
Oh my,Tim is really good actor as well!
Thanks for you Tim
Really helpful the time accent is so clear & precise .. I enjoyed Tim British accent 🙂👍👍
Hi prawasha singh We are glad to know you find our video helpful. We have more videos on pronunciation on our website (Sounds of English). Check it out: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation
Excellent, thank you BBC
Thank for helpful video.
Thank your Tim!
Very useful, thanks you for sharing this. :)
You are welcome, Lu Q. Visit our website for more videos, guides and quizzes to help you improve your English: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/
Tim I love your posh accent!
But now I wish to see new videos of yours.
I really enjoy it
you are amazing teacher i love you
thanks for the efforts
Really nice！Thanks a lot
His voice is so clear and harmonious..
Can't take my eyes of your gorgeous eyes...Thank you for ur lesson. Heart from Indonesia....
Changig to schwa sounds are amazing.
A bright lesson, helpful for me to revise my pronouncing skill
Great job
Thank you. So useful, so funny.
thanks , the video is helpful.
The lesson was very useful thanks a lot. But when can we use the strong form of them?
this is awesome
Amazing
Notebook this is for assignment 🙏
⚫︎weak forms : verbs change to schwa when they are unstressed
I'm watching this back because Tim's accident in the late video really stuck in my memory
Great, thx!
Hey!
Many thanks, BBC Learning English, and of course, my favorite teacher pronunciation in all the world, yeah that's you, Tim!.
You made me laugh! hahaha
:D
wonderful
thanks for video
thank you☺
Very useful
Where are you, sir? I miss you so much. Plz come back
thank you very much
it is really helpful
Thank you
What does he do with his eyebrows? I love it 😍😂
Could you talk about the pronunciations of "bold", "bald", "bored" and how to tell the difference, and how to pronounce them properly in British English?
You beauty Tim.. .
Actually I was worried if you were going to cut something with that gadget, lol.
thank you
Thank you.
TIM I LOVE U.😘
I have always pronounced "were" as in "where", till I realized it was wrong. I have tried hard to change it, then I discovered that it was often pronounced as "where" by Scots. So I am back to to my old pronunciation (You "where" my friend), and I don't care if it sounds wrong for some.
very gooood 👍
Thanks, do you have any lesson on linking V and F ? Like Love forever
I've always watched the BBC learning English when I'm free.
I am now going to stick with British English 'cause they sound awesome.
Hello, Teacher! May I ask you a question?
How can you identify weak or strong?
Great, thank you
Yes, you are right, but we have to know our local hour, where are you from?
Thanks
Cool
could you please give me a website or a dictionary where i can find thousand of word search by word last sound & word first sound for practice.
poor Tim, they continue torturing him at the end 😂
omg he is the cutest
Oh Tim... If you're back by 9:30, you don't qualify for a party animal designation... Great video though. Keep 'em coming!
It was an obvious joke.
awsome
thanks for bbc
Great English from a handsome young man
nice
Haii..it's really interesting. I have a doubt in mind. Most of the English man's voice same like as you. Can you explain the secret.
British is unique. ☺
Can we join sentences with relatives in more than one way e.g my cousin who lives in London works as a an accountant. Or my cousin who works as an accountant lives in London.
The best thing is the nice faces of the team😍😍😍
Your performance Great
I love You
They speak so quick
Gosh I love British accent
I still hear "were" as "were" !!
You are looking like griezman the french footballer 🤣
First, I love you.. dont't take me wrong... anyway i have a question. How about using was in interrogative sentences? Does the pronunciation remain the same?
Yes, it is the same pronunciation even when used in interrogative sentences. 😃
Woah that's some high level english. Some ppl can't even differentiate between was and were sadly.
Hi Flamenco. Tim's Pronunciation Workshop shows you how English is really spoken. It'll help you become a better listener and a more fluent speaker. You'll find more videos here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/pronunciation
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Jajajaja tim is very funny
=) thanks
How to read pronunciation letters?