Julio Torrecillas 1986 WEAK AND STRONG FORMS1 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE II Auxiliary Verbs. WORD AM Are Be Been Can
STRONG FORM [Qm] [a:]
WEAK FORM [«m], [m] [«] [bi] [bin] [k«n], [kn]
Could
[bi:] [bi:n] [kQn] [kud]
Do
[du:]
[du], [d«], [d]
Does
[dÃz]
[d«z]
Had
[hQd]
[h«d], [«d], [d]
Has
[hQz]
[h«z], [«z], [z], [s]
Have
[hQv]
[h«v], [«v], [v]
Must
[mÃst]
[m«st], [m«s]
Shall
[S¿l]
[S«l], [Sl], [l]
Should
[Sud]
[S«d]
Was
[w z]
[w«z]
Were
[w«:] [wil] [wud]
[w«] [l] [w«d], [d]
Strong form [ei]
Weak form [«]
An
[Qn]
[«n]
And
[Qnd] [eni] [Qz]
[«nd], [«n], [n] [eni] [«z]
Him His Me She
[bÃt] [hi:] [h«:] [him] [hiz] [mi:] [Si:]
[b«t] [hi] [h«] [im] [iz] [mi] [Si]
Some
[sÃm]
[s«m]
Than
[DQn]
[D«n]
That
[DQt]
[D«t]
The
[Di:]
[D«]
Them
[Dem]
[D«m], [«m]
There*
[DE«]
[D«(r)]
Will Would Articles, pronouns, … Word A
Any As But He Her
[k«d]
Us
[Ãs] [«s] We [wi:] [wi] Who [hu:] [hu] You [ju:] [ju] Weak there is just used at the beginning of a sentence: There is a book …
Prepositions. AT
[æt]
[«t]
FOR
[f«:]
[f«]
FROM
[fr m]
[fr«m]
OF
[ v]
[«v]
1 English people use strong forms when they emphasize something: e.g. Did he say he or she ? or when they want to make c lear the contrast they ex press: I said at the house, not in it. And when the word is pronounced in isolation or occurs finally: What are you looking for ?