[General] Pronunciation of reduced sentences.

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arjitsharma

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I would like to know how I should reduce and pronounce the followings:

1. How do we talk to strangers?
2. How did we talk to the strangers?
3. How were we being dominated?
4. How do they talk to strangers?
5. How did they talk to the strangers?
6. How do the team Russia play against china at soccer?
7. How did the team Russia play against china at soccer?
8. How will I, we, she, he, they ...........?
9. How should we, I, she, he, they.....?
10. How would we, I, she, he, they....?
11. How could we, I, she, he, they.....?
12. Where will I, she, he, we, they....?
13. Where do you, we, they...?
14. Where did we, she, he, they....?
15. Where should you, I, we, he, she, they...?
16. Where would you, I, we, he, she, they....?
17. Where could you, I, we, he, she, they.....?
18. Why do we, I, he, she, they....?
19. Why does we, he, she, I, they....?
20. When do I, we, they....?
22. When does she, he....?
23.
 

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I don't understand the question.

Please give us an example or two (not 22 all at once!) of what you mean.
 

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I should say when I reduce these followings.
1. How do we talk to strangers?
2. How did we talk to the strangers?
 

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I should say when I reduce these followings.

Unfortunately, your sentence is meaningless. It is not a question. What do you mean by "reduce" here?
 

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:idea: Do you mean 'How do we say it in rapid speech?'

For example, How do we talk to strangers? —> How'd we talk to strangers? pronounced How dwee talk to strangers?
 

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Yes, I would like to know the other one too. How do you say it in rapid speech?

How did we talk to the strangers?
 

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How do you say [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] this in rapid speech?

"How did we talk to the strangers?"
In my American dialect: How'd we talk t'the strangers?

Your other sentence:How d'we talk t'the strangers?
 

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Much the same for many BrE speakers.
 
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