This reduction is used quite often among native English
speakers especially when asking about a specific topic.
Howjya like the movie last night?
Note: Reductions
Remember the following:
Reductions are reduced forms of
English words.
Reductions, such as howjya are
not real words in English.
You need to use reductions in
order to sound more natural.
You need to know reductions in
order to understand conversations between native
English speakers.
Reductions are used extensively
in American TV, movies, music, literature, and in
conversations among native English speakers.
Reductions In Music and TV
Shinedown - How Did You Love
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida,
formed by singer Brent Smith in 2001 after the dissolution of Dreve,
his previous band. Smith, still under contract with record label
Atlantic Records, recruited the band's original lineup of Jasin Todd
as guitarist, Brad Stewart on bass, and Barry Kerch on drums.
This video is a good example of the usage of "howjya",
and "gotta" English language
reductions.
Use a
dictionary
to look up words you do not understand.
Lyrics
You can have the sound of a thousand voices calling your
name
You can have the light of the world blind you, bath you
in grace
But I don't see so easily what you hold in your hands
'Cause castles crumble, kingdoms fall and turn into sand
You can be an angel of mercy or give into hate
You can try to buy it just like it every other careless
mistake
How do you justify I'm mystified by the ways of your
heart
With a million lies the truth will rise to tear you
apart
Woah
No one gets out alive, every day is do or die
The one thing you leave behind
Is howjya love,
howjya love?
It's not what you believe those prayers will make you
bleed
But while you're on your knees Howjya love,
howjya love,
howjya love?
Nothing ever feels the quite same when you are what you
dreamed
And you will never look at anything the same when you
see what I see
How we forget ourselves, loose our way from the cradle
to the grave
You can't replicate or duplicate,
gotta find your own way
woah
No one gets out alive, every day is do or die
The one thing you leave behind
Is howjya love,
howjya love?
It's not what you believe those prayers will make you
bleed
But while you're on your knees Howjya love,
howjya love,
howjya love?
This ain't no cross to carry
We are the judge and jury we are the judge and jury
No one gets out alive, every day is do or die
The one thing you leave behind
Is howjya love,
howjya love?
It's not what you believe those prayers will make you
bleed
But while you're on your knees Howjya love,
howjya love,
howjya love?
This ain't no cross to carry
We are the judge and jury, we are the judge and jury Howjya love,
howjya love? Howjya love,
howjya love?
Additional Lessons
About These
Lessons
The following classroom lessons are great for students
who want additional conversation, listening, and reading
practice.
Conversation Lesson -
Intermediate
Level. Dialogs for everyday use.
Short situational dialogs for students of English as
a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL) Language with a
written conversation and a conversation notes
section.
Conversation Lesson
35 - A Short Discussion
(Intermediate -
Conversation, Reading)
Dialogs for everyday use. Short situational dialogs for
students of English as a Foreign (EFL) or Second (ESL)
Language.
A Short Discussion
Rosalie: Don’t forget, Jim and Adrian are
coming over tonight.
Tracy: I thought they were coming next
week.
Rosalie: No. Tonight’s the night. I told
you at least a half a dozen times!
Tracy: Well, I forgot.
Rosalie: You forget all too easily if you
ask me.
Tracy: Anyway, I’ve made other plans.
Rosalie:Like what?
Tracy: I told Frank I’d help him
work on his car.
Rosalie: Then, you’ll just have to tell
him you can’t come!
This is a collection of 30 situational conversations
which focus on a wide variety of communicative and
natural encounters in English....these
lessons are for beginning students.
The complete lesson includes an audio program explaining this
topic, the script for the audio program, a words in this story section,
and other important information.
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Audio Program
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The complete lesson includes an audio program explaining this
topic, the script for the audio program, a words in this story section,
and other important information.
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Audio Program
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The lesson includes an audio program explaining this
topic, the script for the audio program, a words in this story section,
and other important information.
Click for the complete lesson
Audio Program
Listen to the audio program explaining this topic.
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