# 1025 - Don’t you IS Don-cha Speak Naturally in a Minute | Happy English

An episode of [Happy English Podcast (Natural American English)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/884643408), 5 Apr 2026, 1:44.

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Hey there! It’s Michael here - and welcome back to Speak Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I’m here every week with a quick one-point lesson to help you improve your pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation. Today, let’s look at another very common sound change in American English: “don’t you.” In everyday American English, we usually pronounce don'y you as don-cha. That’s because when the T sound and the Y sound come together, they blend into a CH sound. And the OO of you becomes UH. So... don’t you becomes don-cha • Don’t you know that? becomes Don-cha know that? • Don’t you want to go? becomes Don-cha wanna go? • Don’t you remember? becomes Don-cha remember? Let’s practice. Repeat after me: Don-cha know that? Don-cha wanna go? Don-cha remember? Nice and smooth - don-cha. Using this kind of linking makes your English smoother and more natural. Hey, thanks for listening! And remember to follow and subscribe so you won’t miss the next Happy English Podcast and next week’s Speak Naturally in a Minute. Until next time, keep learning and keep it cool. The Happy English Podcast Helping people speak English better since 2014 Over 1,000 episodes • 8 million downloads 📘 Get free weekly English lessons plus instant access to my FREE Vocabulary Workshop.: https://learn.myhappyenglish.com/free-english-lessons 🎥 Watch video versions of the Happy English Podcast on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@HappyEnglishNY/podcasts 🌐 Learn more about my English lessons and courses https://www.myhappyenglish.com

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here and welcome back to Speak
[0:04] Speaker 1: Naturally in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every
[0:08] Speaker 1: week with a short one point lesson to help you
[0:12] Speaker 1: improve your pronunciation, rhythm and intonation. Today, let's look at
[0:18] Speaker 1: another really common sound change in American English. Don't you
[0:24] Speaker 1: is usually pronounced as don't you. When the tea of
[0:29] Speaker 1: don't and the why of you come together, they end
[0:34] Speaker 1: up as a ch sound, and the ooh sound of
[0:38] Speaker 1: you comes out like uh, don't you sounds like don't cha?
[0:45] Speaker 1: Don't you know that? Becomes don't you know that? Don't
[0:50] Speaker 1: you want to go? Becomes don't you want to go?
[0:54] Speaker 1: Don't you remember? Becomes don't you remember? Let's practice repeat
[1:04] Speaker 1: after me. Don't you know that? Don't you want to go?
[1:12] Speaker 1: Don't you remember? Nice and smooth, don't you? Using this
[1:19] Speaker 1: kind of linking makes your English sound more natural. Hey,
[1:24] Speaker 1: thanks for listening, and remember to follow or subscribe so
[1:28] Speaker 1: you don't miss the next Happy English podcast and next
[1:31] Speaker 1: week's Speak Naturally in a Minute. Until next time, keep
[1:36] Speaker 1: learning and keep it cool.

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