Do people pronounce "trying to" as "tryna"? Yes, sometimes. Is it an example of good English? No. The reality is, you should know when to use either. If you're pronouncing the "a" clearly in "tryna", you're definitely saying it wrong.

No. This is not standard pronounciation for national media, education, or office work. This pronunciation might be heard on a TV show for a character who is drunk or who has something in their mouth like gum or a cigarette. There are some regional accents in the US and Great Britain that drop quite a few sounds in relaxed speech but these speakers shift between careful (national) speech for school and office work and their regional speech for home. Here is the careful North American pronunciation (in IPA phonetic transcription, the same as in modern dictionaries) I'm trying to help you. [aɪm.tɹaɪ.ɪŋ.toʊ.hɛlp.joʊ] Here is the normal reduced North American pronunciation.. I'm trying tuh hel pyuh. [aɪm.tɹaɪ.ɪŋ.tə.hɛl.pjə] or I'm trying t'el pyuh. [aɪm.tɹaɪ.ɪŋ.təɛl.pjə]

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