1011 – TO Sounds Like TUH – Speak Naturally in a Minute | Happy English

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Today, let’s talk about another tiny word that changes in natural American English: TO.

In everyday English conversation, to usually reduces to a quick “tuh” sound.
I went to bed, sounds like I went tuh bed
I need to study, sounds like I need tuh study.
I walk to the station sounds like, I walk tuh the station

The OO vowel sound of to becomes the unstressed schwa sound ə
Like, Nice tuh meet you. I hafta leave. I went to work

Let’s practice: Repeat after me:

I’ll say blue, you say green:
I went to work
They go to school
I have tuh study

Now, you’re speaking like a native!
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