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Relaxed pronunciation (also called condensed pronunciation or word slurs) is a phenomenon that happens when the syllables of common words are slurred together. It is almost always present in normal speech, in all natural languages (not in some constructed languages such as Loglan or Lojban, which are designed so that all words are parsable). A syllable (Ancient Greek: ) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. ...
An artificial or constructed language (known colloquially as a conlang among aficionados), is a language whose phonology, grammar and vocabulary are specifically devised by an individual or small group, rather than having naturally evolved as part of a culture the way natural languages do. ...
Loglan is a constructed language originally designed for linguistic research, particularly for investigating the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. ...
Lojban (IPA , official full name Lojban: a realization of Loglan) is a constructed language which was created by the Logical Language Group in 1987 based on the earlier Loglan, with the intent to make the language more complete, usable, and freely available. ...
Shortened forms of words and phrases (such as English contractions) can be considered to derive from relaxed pronunciations, but a phrase with a relaxed pronunciation is not the same as a contraction. In English, where contractions are common, they are considered part of the standard language and accordingly used in many contexts (except on very formal speech or in formal/legal writing); however, relaxed pronunciation is nonstandard and may sound uneducated. This is also sometimes reflected in writing: contractions have a standard written form, but relaxed pronunciations may not. In traditional grammar, a contraction is the formation of a new word from two or more individual words. ...
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English
Here is a list of a few common words said with relaxed pronunciation in English, along with the usual written form: - alotta = a lot of
- coulda = could have
- didja = did you
- don'tcha = don't you
- dunno = don't know
- fulla = full of
- gimme = give me
- gonna = going to
- gotcha = got you
- gotta = got to
- hafta = have to
- izzy = is he
- kinda = kind of
- lemme = let me
- migh-as well = might as well
- musta = must have
- n'ku = thank you
- outta = out of
- prolly = probably
- shoulda = should have
- 'sko = let us go
- 'sup = what is up
- wanna = want to
- wa-sat = what is that
- wazzup = what's up'
- what'cha = what do you / what are you
- woulda = would have
- y'all = you all
- zit = is it
Dutch - d'r = haar ("her")
- ie = hij ("he"), often used in phrases such as dattie for dat hij ("that he")
- amme = aan mijn ("on / to my"), for example in ammezolen for aan mijn zolen ("not on your life")
Russian The most notable example in Russian language is the greeting Zdravstvuite, colloquially pronounced as zdrasti or zdraste. the latter forms may also be seen in writing when an oral speech is rendered. Russian (Russian: , ) is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavonic languages. ...
Greetings are social customs or rituals to show attention or to confirm friendship or social status between individuals or groups of people meeting each other. ...
French Among other relaxed pronunciations, tu as (you have) is frequently elided to t'as in colloquial French. The same with je suis (I am) to chuis. Or je sais pas (I don't know) to chais pas. Moreover, most of the negative forms ne or n' are lost in non-formal discussion. The expression, "Quest-ce que..." isn't used too much in colloquial speech for forming the interrrogative, but when it is, it's shortened to:
"Qu'est-ce que tu veux?" becomes... "Quess tu veux?"
Spanish Forms of the verb estar ("to be") are often shortened by dropping the first syllable (as if the verb were *tar). - Acá ta. ← Acá está. ("Here it is", joking tone or baby-talk)
The preposition para ("for", "in order to") can be shortened to pa' (this sounds uneducated in most dialects): - Pa' servirlo. (lit. "To serve you", i. e. "At your service".)
- No es pa' cualquiera. ("It is not for anyone.")
The d in the final -ado of past participles is usually pronounced softly, and, in relaxed pronunciation, can disappear: Estoy cansado ("I am tired") is heard as Toy cansao. Doing so with the final -ido, as in *Toy perdío ("I am lost"), is perceived as more uneducated. This can lead to hypercorrections like *bacalado instead of bacalao ("cod"). Hypercorrection is (1) elaborate, prescriptively based correction of common language usage, often introduced in an attempt to avoid vulgarity or informality, that results in wording commonly considered clumsier than the usual, colloquial usage (for example, in English, adherence to the proscription against split infinitives or the ending of a clause...
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The preposition de ("of") also tends to get shortened to e when the previous word ends in a vowel.
In many dialects, the very common phrase voy a + infinitive ("I'm going to..."), which shows the immediate future tense, is shortened: some people pronounce vua /bwa/, others via /bja/. This is quite common but also considered uneducated.
Some dialects like Andalusian Spanish lose the syllable-final s. Since it is important as a mark of plurals, it is substituted with vowel opening. The Andalusian dialect (also called andaluz) of European Spanish is spoken in Andalusia (including Gibraltar). ...
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The contractions:
para + el = pal
para + la = pala
para + los = palos
para + las = palas
Or the common, "pa'que" from "para que".
Here is a list: - tá = está ([it/she/he] is)
- 'bora = embora (let's go)
- pra, pa = para (to)
- cê = você (you)
- home = homem (man)
- vô = vou (I will)
- portuga, tuga = português (both for the Portuguese people and language)
Contractions: The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the Iberian peninsula of southwest Europe. ...
para + o = pro
para + a = pra
para + os = pros
para + as = pras
The other set of contractions with "por" plus the definite article are further reduced to:
por + o = pelo = plo
por + a = pelo = pla
por + os = pelos = plos
por + as = pelas = plas
See also Mairzy Doats is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. ...
It has been suggested that Soramimi be merged into this article or section. ...
External links - Complete list of words said with Relaxed Pronunciation - also includes contractions
- The song "Mairzy Doats"
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