4. Paco decided to sit in the armchair (pronunciation)
Watch this interesting video about Brighton and listen to the song One Thing by Finger Eleven. Say if there are any past endings in /id/ sound throughout the text. Which?
Paco came back to the hotel. He was tired after the visit to Brighton and he decided to sit in the armchair and listen to some music.
He found this video on the Internet.
Restless tonight
Cause I wasted the light
Between both these times
I drew a really thin line
It’s nothing I planned
And not that I can
But you should be mine
Across that line
[Chorus:]
If I traded it all
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something
I promise I might
Not walk on by
Maybe next time
But not this time
Even though I know
I don’t want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds
[Chorus x2]
Even though I k
Ejercicio Resuelto
Importante
The /id/ ending pronunciation is the only ending that is pronounced with an additional syllable.
There is a rule: if the last sound of a verb is /t/ or /d/, you add an additional syllable /id/.
"want" (one syllable) becomes "wanted" and is pronounced "want/id/" (two syllables)
"need" (one syllable) becomes "needed" and is pronounced "need/id/" (two syllables)
"decide" (two syllables) becomes "decided" and is pronounced "decide/id/" (three syllables)
"dedicate" (three syllables) becomes "dedicated" and is pronounced "dedicate/id/" (four syllables)
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