How To Understand Native English Speakers: Shortened Words

This lesson is helpful coz it shows you how native speakers shorten words in everyday English conversation. “Coz” means “because”, and there are many shortened words like this. In this class, we’ll look at comfy, delish, cas, meds, and more – I hope this lesson will be one of your faves. More of my videos on word shortening and abbreviations: How to understand native speakers Business acronyms & abbreviations In this video: 00:00 14 words that native English speakers shorten 01:26 1. “cas“ 02:13 2. “cos“/“cuz“ 03:20 3. “comfy“ 03:49 4. “delish“ 04:25 5. “congrats“ 04:50 6. “legit“ 05:38 7. “faves“ 06:24 8. “max“ 06:41 9. “meds“ 07:33 10. “sec“ 08:00 11. “slow-mo“ 08:32 12. “dunno“ 09:17 13. “f’real“ 09:53 14. “w’sup“