How to pronounce firsts
Listen to firsts in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“firsts” in real sentences
120 clips in the index · 36 American · 17 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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theme of the night was firsts.
The Moth · hear it here
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happen and while there are many firsts in this session's title many firsts are still yet
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
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There were some firsts associated with these studies.
NIH · hear it here
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>> got a lot of firsts in my life.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of firsts. 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.