I'd be obliged if you'd treat this matter as strictly confidential.

[fenglish]

Hi,

Below is an example from Longman dictionary.

I'd be obliged if you'd treat this matter as strictly confidential.

When hearing to the pronunciation of the whole sentence, I heard the dictionary pronounce it as :

I be obliged if you treat this matter as strictly confidential.

There is no any "'d" in the pronunciation.
The question is, how do I know the sentence has "'d" if the speaker doesn't pronounce it out?

Please help, thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

Please post a link to the entry so that we can judge for ourselves.

 

[fenglish]

It's from the Longman dictionary on my Android phone, not from the website, it is unable to provide a link for it.

Let me try to record it as a file and upload to this post. But it seems only images are allowed for uploading?

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://vocaroo.com/?upload
Upload there and post the link here.

 

[fenglish]

Thanks for the website for uploading voice files.

I have just recorded and uploaded the file to: http://vocaroo.com/i/s19bY7RY3ek0
Please check.

 

[teechar]

Do you notice the extra stress or focus on the "b" sound in "I'd be?" It's just that little bit longer than "I be."

 

[MikeNewYork]

I think the "d" is there.

 

[emsr2d2]

I can hear it too. It's less clear than it would be if it preceded a vowel but it's there.

 

[teechar]

It certainly should be there. I was just pointing out another feature to look for in case it wasn't clear/audible.

 

[fenglish]

Is the pronunciation of "I'd" different with "I", or just the same?

I can hear the difference between "I've" and "I have", but I can't distinguish the pronunciation between "I'd" and "I".
Please help.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/pronunciation/british/i-d
Click on 'Pronunciation' above.

 

[emsr2d2]

You need to consider the grammar too. Of course, sometimes people make mistakes when they're speaking but if you use common sense, you would realise that "I'd" makes it a grammatically correct sentence and "I" doesn't.

 

[Tarheel]

I could barely hear it, but it's there.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0oQ8j0x4SVR

The sound file is played slowly at 60%.