How to pronounce first in American English
“first” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to first the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“first” 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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think first-- let's see, who's first here? Let me ask Dawn first to talk
NIH
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And I remember that first night, though, that first trap.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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FIRST Robotics competition.
NASA
Words that sound like “first”
Words one sound away from first — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “first”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of first. 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.