How to pronounce abu in American English
“abu” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to abu the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “abu” in: all accents · British English (61 clips)
“abu” in real sentences — American speakers
411 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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in recent weeks, finance chief Abu Saleh; senior extortionist Abu Maryam; and weapons trafficker Abu Rahman
The Obama White House
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as Abu-’Umar al-Turkmani.
State Department
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of what we call ABU recipients, and so ABU means approved but unfunded, and this would
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Words that sound like “abu”
Words one sound away from abu — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of abu. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.