Here is an excellent example of how native speakers don’t realize that they are reducing some sounds.  Have you ever wondered why native speakers talk so quickly?  We don’t really speak quickly we are just not saying all the words that you think we are saying.  Native speakers will only actually say the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs in a sentence.  Everything else is reduced!   Look at the picture below- this is an excellent example:

Respect our country pronounced as “Respect are country. ”

Don’t say our – just say R.

Let’s Practice-  our car- R car, our house-R house, our book- R book, our lunch- R lunch, our dog- R dog, our kitchen- R kitchen, our couch- R couch,  our garage- R garage,  our school-R school,  our fireplace- R fireplace,  our cat- R cat.