991 - CAN vs. CAN'T - Speak Naturally in a Minute | Happy English

Hey there! It’s Michael here - and welcome back to Speak Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every Sunday with a quick one-point lesson to help you improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.

Today, let’s look at a two words that are often hard to hear: can and can’t First is can. Can is unstressed and the sound is more like kin. And the stress is on  the verb after can: 
I kin TAKE it 
She kin DO it 
We kin GO there tomorrow.

On the other hand, can't is stressed 
I CAN’T take it 
She CAN’T do it 
We CAN’T go there tomorrow.

Listen again. I can go. She can’t go. 
Can is unstressed, can’t is stressed. I can do it. She can’t do it.

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