Sentence #2 REVEALED
How did you do?
Well, I met up with a couple of my friends and we were hanging out at my friend’s house and we decided to see a movie…
Remember, the hint for this week’s sentence was: How you can answer, “What did you do over the weekend?”
These are some features that might have tripped you up.
Vocabulary - This week we had two phrasal verbs: met up with and hanging out. If these are new for you, it’s hard to hear them clearly.
The connection + changed t + stress of met up with, which sounds more like me-dup with (the t sounding like d when it is between two vowel sounds is commonly heard in American English)
The connection + reduced sounds in a couple of, which sounds more like a_cupul_a (Apparently this is one of the top misheard phrases in English!)
The dropped g sound + connection in hanging out, which sounds more like hanginowt
The reduced to, which sounds more like ta: we decided ta see a movie
Which one affected your understanding? Comment below!
Ohhhhh!!! In my case, definitely the changed t.