Redução: A Palavra TO

Como você já sabe, como enfatizamos as palavras mais importantes, precisamos reduzir as palavras menos importantes como preposições.

A preposição TO normalmente se reduz tanto que seu som acaba sendo:

to work
[t’wrk]

to school
[t’ school]

O TO pode ser reduzido dentro das palavras também.

tonight
[t’night]

tomorrow
[t’märou]

today
[t’day]

Use o som t’ or tə para substituir TO.

to the store
[t’ th’ store]

We have to go now.
[we hæftə go næo]

He went to work
[he wentə work]

They hope to find it.
[they houptə fine dit]

I can’t wait to find out.
[äi cæn(t)wai(t)tə fine dæot]

We don’t know what to do.
[we dont know w'(t)t’ do]

Don’t jump to conclusions.
[dont j’m t’ c’ncloozh’nz]

To be or not to be…
[t’bee(y)r nät t’ bee]

He didn’t get to go.
[he din ge(t)tə gou]

Se o TO vir DEPOIS de um som de vogal, vira sara seria sarada (d’ or də)

He told me to help.
[he told meedə help]

She told you to get it.
[she tol joodə geddit]

I go to work
[ai goudə wrk]

at a quarter to two
[ædə kworder də two]

The only way to get it is…
[thee(y)only waydə geddidiz]

You’ve got to pay to get it.
[yoov gäddə paydə geddit]

We plan to do it.
[we plæn də do it]

Let’s go to lunch.
[lets goudə lunch]

The score was 4 ~ 6
[th’ score w’z for də six]

It’s the only way to do it.
[its thee(y)ounly weidə do(w)’t]

So to speak…
[soda speak]

I don’t know how to say it.
[äi don(t)know hæwdə say(y) it]

Go to page 8.
[goudə pay jate]

Show me how to get it.
[show me hæodə geddit]

You need to know when to do it
[you nee(d)də nou wendə do (w)it]

Who’s to blame?
[hooz də blame]