How to pronounce ago
Listen to ago in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ago” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago.
Dept of Labor · watch from 0:56 · hear it here
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>> it months ago, years ago?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 45:33 · hear it here
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than two weeks ago, less than 10 days ago.
State Department · watch from 11:15 · hear it here
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long time ago, Todd, that was nine years ago.
Federal Reserve · watch from 8:31 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ago. 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.