How do native English speakers say "what have you been doing?"?

Native speakers reduce "what have you been doing?" to "whaddaya been doin'?" (/wɑɾəjə bɪn duɪn/) in natural speech. This asks about a person's recent activities or occupation.

what have you been doing? → whaddaya been doin'?

Q: What is the connected speech form of "what have you been doing?"?

"what have you been doing?" becomes "whaddaya been doin'?" — a reduction pattern. This is a very common reduction. 'What' becomes 'wha' with a flapped 't' (sounding like 'd'). 'Have' is often completely dropped, and 'you' reduces to 'ya'. Finally, 'doing' is shortened to 'doin''.

what have you been doing? → whaddaya been doin'? /wɑɾəjə bɪn duɪn/ Reduction

This asks about a person's recent activities or occupation.

This is a very common reduction. 'What' becomes 'wha' with a flapped 't' (sounding like 'd'). 'Have' is often completely dropped, and 'you' reduces to 'ya'. Finally, 'doing' is shortened to 'doin''.

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