what are dropped syllables ?

DROPPED SYLLABLES

The number of vowel
The number of syllable
Ex:
to=1S
Today= 2S
Vanity= 3S
But sometimes vowels dissapear giving as a consequence a reduction in the number of syllables
Ex:
Practice #1
basic
basically
practice
practically
dramatic
dramatically
aspirin
famiy
chocolate
temperature
laboratory
confortable
broccoli
Do you want to go?


Practice # 2


Probably
I don't know
until


Practice # 3 


because
Let me
Let me do it
Let me help you
Let me talk to him
give me
I don´t Know
I don't Know why

PRACTICE  N.- 1

DO YOU WANT TO GO?

Watta go

YOU HAVE BETTER DO IT?

You´ve better do it

PRACTICE N.-2

PROBABLY                     I DON´T KNOW                       BECAUSE

Probly                                         I ronow                                 cuz

GOING                                   UNTIL

Gone                                             til

PRACTICE N.-3

YOU /-YA / SEE YA (I´ll Call YA)

I’m tired because I worked all day

I don´t know what to do it

Let me do it

Give me a break

HOMEWORK N.1

FIND 20 WORDS WITH DROPPED SYLLABLE:

every                    /"evri/                 general            /"dZenr@l /

logically               /"lQdZIkli/            lonely            /"l@Unli/

business             /"bIzn@s/             evening          /"i:vniN/  

restaurant         /"restrQnt/            mystery         /"mIstri/

figure                 /"fIg@(r)/              Forehead        /"fO:hed/

bubble              /"bVbl/                  certainly          /"s3:tnli/

fiddle                /"fIdl/                   fierce                 /"fI@s/

general             /"dZenr@l/             preference      /"prefr@ns/

favourite         /"feIv@rIt/            Wednesday      /"wenzdeI/

vegetable         /"vedZt@bl/           several              /"sevr@l/

HOMEWORK N.-2

TRASLATE TO CONVENTIONAL ENGLISH

A)   Whadda you doing to night?

What are you doing tonight?

B)    I dunno yet. I think I´m gonna just stay home

I don´t know yet .I think I´m going to just stay home

C)    Wanna go to a movie?

Want to go to a movie?

D)   I´m kinda tired .I gotta get upearly tomorrow

I am kinda tired .I got to get up early tomorrow

E)    Joo go out last night?

You go out last night?

F)    Yeah, I shouldna gone  to bed so late

Yes, I should not going to bed so late

G)   Why doncha just take it easy?

Why do not you just take it easy?

H)   Ok lemme know when you´re free again  seeya

Ok let me know when you are free again see you

 what are dropped syllables ?

Dropped syllables are syllables which are not pronounced. For example the word "chocolate" would appear to have 3 syllables but in fact the middle syllable is dropped and we only pronounce the first and the last. The linguistic term for the loss of a syllable in spoken word is syncope, but I simply refer to it as dropped syllables.

Other examples of dropped syllables are the words every, favorite, and different.

That was:


ev-er-y versus ev-ry
or
fav-o-rite versus fav-rite
or
dif-fer-ent versus diff-rent

Dropping syllables occurs mostly on high-frequency words, and dictionaries are pretty good about showing both options when two choices of pronunciation are available.

The syllable that can be dropped, not surprisingly, follows a pattern. The syllables before or after a stressed syllable in a word are often unstressed. (This is opposed to a secondary stress that can occur two syllables apart from a stressed syllable.) Only the vowel sounds of unstressed syllables can get dropped, and usually the original word needed to have at least three syllables to begin with. I mentioned four words above, which I'll repeat now.

interesting
every
favorite
different

Here are some more examples. (I'm only going to pronounce these the less formal way, with the dropped syllable):

laboratory
family
vegetable
camera
mystery
beverage
restaurant

I also want to tell you the most common 2-syllable word can be reduced to a single syllable: s'pose (for suppose), as in "I s'pose I can help you tomorrow."

Also, like most informal options of pronouncing English, they may go away is the word is emphasized in a sentence. For instance, the word every. In normal speech, it drops to 2 syllables, every. However, if I were emphasizing that word, it may go back to the more proper 3 syllables, every. For example, in the sentence:

You don't need to practice every day, but you should try to most days.
I stressed the word every, and it was said with three syllables, as ev-e-ry.

Now, I do need to say, North Americans and British do this differently. So if you are more exposed to British English, you will not notice this to the same extent.