Full and reduced grammatical words
Grammatical categories | Strong/stressed forms | Weak/unstressed forms | |
Auxiliaries | am | ˈæm | əm / m |
are | ˈɑː | ə | |
be | ˈbiː | bi | |
been | ˈbiːn | bɪn | |
do | ˈduː | du / də | |
does | ˈdʌz | dəz | |
had | ˈhæd | həd / əd | |
has | ˈhæz | həz / əz | |
have | ˈhæv | həv / əv | |
is | ˈɪz | ɪz / z | |
was | ˈwɒz | wəz | |
were | ˈwɜː | wə | |
shall | ˈʃæl | ʃəl / ʃl | |
should | ˈʃd | ʃəd / ʃd | |
will | ˈwɪl | wɪl / l | |
would | ˈwʊd | wəd / wʊd | |
can | ˈkæn | kən / kn | |
could | ˈkʊd | kəd / kʊd | |
must | ˈmʌst | məst / məs | |
Pronouns | her | ˈhɜː | hə / ə |
he | ˈhiː | hi / i | |
him | ˈhɪm | hɪm / ɪm | |
me | ˈmiː | mi | |
she | ˈʃiː | ʃi | |
them | ˈðem | ðəm / ðm | |
us | ˈʌs | əs | |
we | ˈwiː | wi | |
who | ˈhuː | hu / u | |
whom | ˈhuːm | huːm / hʊm | |
you | ˈjuː | ju | |
your | ˈjɔː | jə | |
that | ˈðæt | ðət | |
there (is) | ˈðeər ˈɪz | ðərɪz | |
there (are) | ˈðeər ˈɑː | ðərə | |
Determiners | a | ˈeɪ | ə |
an | ˈæn | ən | |
some | ˈsʌm | səm | |
such | ˈsʌtʃ | sətʃ | |
the | ˈðiː | ðə / ði | |
Conjunctions | and | ˈænd | ənd / ən / nd / n |
but | ˈbʌt | bət | |
or | ˈɔː | ə | |
as | ˈæz | əz | |
that | ˈðæt | ðət | |
than | ˈðæn | ðən | |
Prepositions | at | ˈæt | ət |
for | ˈfɔː | fə | |
from | ˈfrɒm | frəm | |
of | ˈɒv | əv | |
per | ˈpɜː | pə | |
to | ˈtuː | tu / tə | |
as | ˈæz | əz |