How to pronounce intonation

Listen to intonation 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.

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“intonation” in real sentences

83 clips in the index · 3 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. in um in just intonation or Pythagorean intonation.

    The Royal Institution · hear it here

  2. intonation rather than specific words.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

  3. So what's the intonation?

    TED · hear it here

  4. in excellent english but with a strange intonation

    Penguin Books UK · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of intonation. 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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