How to pronounce after in American English
“after” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to after the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “after” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“after” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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pursuing after college -- after high school, sorry.
The Obama White House
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IT WAS INFECTIONS AFTER INFECTION, AFTER INFECTION.
CDC
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This is shortly after, two years after the Apollo fire.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “after”
Words one sound away from after — 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 after. 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.