21. 'some'
This word is used in two different ways. In one sense (typically, when it occurs before a countable noun, meaning "an unknown individual") it has the strong form:
'I think some animal broke it'   ai 'Birjk SAtn 'aeniml
brauk it
It is also used before uncountable nouns (meaning "an unspecified amount of") and before other nouns in the plural (meaning "an unspecified number of"), in such uses it has the weak form Sam.
'Have some more tea'   'haev sam 'mo: 'ti:
In final position: SAm
i've got some'  aiv 'got said
22. 'there'
When this word has a demonstrative function, it always occurs in its strong form dea (Sear before vowels), e.g. 'There it is'   'deer it '12 'Put it there'   'put it 'dea Weak forms: 6a (before consonants)
'There should be a rule'   6e '/ud bi a 'ru:l dar (before vowels) 'There is'   der 'iz In final position the pronunciation may be 6e or dee. 'There isn't any, is there?'   dar 'iznt eni 'iz da or der 'iznt eni 'iz dee
The remaining weak-form words are all auxiliary verbs, which are always used in conjunction with (or at least implying) another ("full") verb. It is important to remember that in their negative form (i.e. combined with 'not') they never have the weak pronunciation, and some (e.g. 'don't', 'can't') have different vowels from their non-negative strong forms,
23. 'can', 'could' Weak forms: ken, ked
'They can wait'   'dei kan 'weit 'He could do it' 'hi: ked 'du: it In final position: keen, kud
'I think we can'  ai '9ink wi keen 'Most of them could'   'maust av 6am kud
24. 'have', 'has', 'had'
Weak forms: av, az, ad (with initial h in initial position)
'Which have you seen?'   'wit/ ev JU 'si:n
'Which has been best?'   'witJ az 'bi:n 'best
'Most had gone home'   'maust ad 'gon 'heum
In final position: hasv, h33Z, hasd
'Yes, we have'   'jes wi 'haev 1 think she has'   ai '8ir)k fi 'haez 'I thought we had'  ai '9o:t wi haed
25. 'shall', 'should' Weak forms: fal or Jl; Jad
'We shall need to hurry'   wi fj 'ni:d te '(wi
'I should forget it'   ai Jad fa'get it In final position: feel, Jud
'I think we shall'   ai '8ink wi Jael 'So vou should'   'sau ju fud
26. 'must'
This word is sometimes used with the sense of forming conclusion or deduction, e.g. 'she left at 8 o'clock, so she must hav arrived by now'; when 'must' is used in this way, it is rather les
likely to occur in its weak form than when it is being used in i more familiar sense of "obligation". Weak forms: mas (before consonants)
'You must try harder'   ju mas 'trai ha:da mast (before vowels)
'He must eat more'   hi mast 'i:t 'mo: In final position: mASt
'She certainly must'   fi 's3:tnli 'mASt
27. 'no', 'does' Weak forms:
'do'   da (before consonants) 'Why do they like it?'   'wai da 6ei 'laik it
du (before vowels) 'Why do all the cars stop?'   'wai du o:l da 'ka:z 'stop ' d o e s' dez
'When does it arrive?'   'wen daz it a'raiv
In final position: du:, dAZ
'We don't smoke, but some people do' 'wi: daunt 'smauk bat 'SAm 'pi:p| 'du: 'I think John does'   ai 'Girjk 'dgon dAZ
28. 'am', 'are', 'was', 'were' Weak forms: am
'Why am I here?'   'wai am ai 'hie a (before consonants)
'Here are the plates'   'hier a 6a 'pleits ar (before vowels)
'The coats are in there'   da 'kauts ar
in dee
waz 'He was here a minute ago'   hi wez
'hiar a 'minit a'gau wa (before consonants)
'The papers were late'   6a 'peipaz
wa 'leit war (before vowels)
'The questions were easy'   da 'kwestjanz
war 'i:zi
In final position: aem, a:, woz, w3:
'She's not as old as I am'   fiz 'not az 'auld az 'at asm i know the Smiths are'   ai 'nau da 'smi8s a:
'The last record was'   da 'la:st 'reko:d wdz
'They weren't as cold as we were' dei 'w3:nt ez 'keuld oz 'wi: w3: