How to pronounce alive
Listen to alive in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“alive” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 491 American · 714 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
-
Am I alive? Are we alive?"
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 13:40 · hear it here
-
alive or whose beneficiaries were still alive and receiving benefits post conflict.
National Archives · watch from 22:23 · hear it here
-
SP They’re alive, so what do you think, alive or dead?
NIH · watch from 12:17 · hear it here
-
active and alive petition.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 53:36 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of alive. 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.