How do native English speakers say "was he"?

Native speakers reduce "was he" to "wuzzy" (/ˈwʌzi/) in natural speech. a past tense form of 'to be' referring to a male person

was he → wuzzy | Assimilation

Q: What is the connected speech form of "was he"?

"was he" becomes "wuzzy" — a assimilation pattern. When 'was' is followed by 'he', the 'h' sound often disappears. The 's' then becomes voiced like a 'z' because it's followed by a vowel, making it sound like 'wuzzy'.

was he → wuzzy /ˈwʌzi/ Assimilation

a past tense form of 'to be' referring to a male person

When 'was' is followed by 'he', the 'h' sound often disappears. The 's' then becomes voiced like a 'z' because it's followed by a vowel, making it sound like 'wuzzy'.

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was he → wuzzy

/ˈwʌzi/

a past tense form of 'to be' referring to a male person

When 'was' is followed by 'he', the 'h' sound often disappears. The 's' then becomes voiced like a 'z' because it's followed by a vowel, making it sound like 'wuzzy'.

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Example 1

Was he late for the meeting?

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How old was he when he moved here?

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Example 3

I wonder was he surprised by the news.

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Wuzzy coming with us to the game?

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So, wuzzy really that upset about it?

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was he → wuzzy