Hi!

This is Amy, with Go Places English and today I want to talk about the reduction of linking of KIND OF in American English.

You’ll notice when Americans speak, we often interject the words KIND OF in our sentences. We don’t do this nearly as much in writing. But it’s quite common in spoken English.

For example, The pizza was kind of good.

In many cases, adding KIND OF doesn’t necessarily add any additional meaning to the sentence. KIND OF means: to some extent; somewhat; rather.

KIND OF is often linked and reduced, to sound like KINDA, KINDA. And in some cases it is further reduced to omit the D sound, KINA, KINA.

Let’s look at some example sentences and practice together.

I’d kind of like to leave early.

I’d like to leave kind of early.

We are running kind of late.

We are kind of running late.

Are you kind of hungry?

I’m kind of hungry.

Nice work.

You can instantly improve your English and sound more like a native speaker by reducing and linking words correctly.

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