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have to V / need to V

phonetics

The most basic tools used to express obligation, they form a phonetic unit with the following verb. In the most informal speech, one hears:

1. They all need to see a doctor.
   ni:dtə(ʊ)si:
2. We have to stop using so much petrol.
   hæftəstɑp
3. I really have to go now.
   hæftəgəʊ
4. She has to finish cooking the books.
   hæstəfɪnɪʃ

• Have and has can not be phonetically reduced on the left side.
  • have never becomes ə(v) as it does preceding a past participle.
  • has never becomes z as it does in She's got time.
  • The reduction takes place around the pivot "to".
  • There are many similar reductions around the pivot to in English.
  • I'm gonna' go (going to)
  • I wanna' go (want to)

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  Exercise 1: Pronunciation

  <p>Practice pronouncing these verbal elements in a relaxed register:
  1. has to start:
     hæstəstɑrt
  2. had to stop:
     hædtəstəstɑp
  3. have to start dealing with:
     hædtəstəstɑrtdi:lɪɳwɪθ
  4. has to get done:
     hæstəgetdʌn
  5. 'll have to get it done:
     lhæftəgetdʌn