How to pronounce kia
Listen to kia 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.
“kia” in real sentences
386 clips in the index · 25 American · 51 British · 18 Australian · 14 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Kia kaha te tahi, kia kaha te reo Maori.
RNZ · hear it here
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Well, do you know something, Kia?
British Library · hear it here
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Thank you Kia and good morning.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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And then Kia Hardy and I was sitting in Kia Hardy's chair which a man in
UK Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of kia. 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.