svetlana14
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What does he say exactly at 02:06? [
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I do not hear "I'm going to" at all. I am struggling to do this but failed and I don't understand why."I know. I'm going to have to go into the map."
I love that scene. Joey's basically saying that he has to position himself so that it's almost as if he's actually inside the map in order to find his way. It's a real thing! I know people who do this!
I don't understand why.
Now I hear "Imma".It's probably because you're listening for the pronunciation of each phoneme in each syllable. In casual speech, speakers run words together in such a way that the pronunciation changes radically. The auxiliary be going to is a good example of this:
I am going to (5 syllables)
I'm going to (4 syllables)
I'm gonna (3 syllables)
Imma (2 syllables)
Now I hear "Imma
I noticed that he says "Muna" - if one looks closely and sets a "loop" mode, he produces a sort of bilabial sound at the very beginning of his speech.It's probably because you're listening for the pronunciation of each phoneme in each syllable. In casual speech, speakers run words together in such a way that the pronunciation changes radically. The auxiliary be going to is a good example of this:
I am going to (5 syllables)
I'm going to (4 syllables)
I'm gonna (3 syllables)
Imma (2 syllables)
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