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How to pronounce carmen in American English

“carmen” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to carmen the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“carmen” in real sentences — American speakers

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  1. Chakrabarti, and Carmen Panacopoulos

    Federal Reserve

  2. You used a scary word, Carmen.

    USDA

  3. Carmen Merlo: And I'm Carmen Merlo, I'm the director of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management

    The Obama White House

Words that sound like “carmen”

Words one sound away from carmen — 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 carmen. 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.

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