How to pronounce lays in British English
“lays” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to lays the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lays” in: all accents · American English (495 clips)
“lays” in real sentences — British speakers
409 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Destinations”, lays that bare.
The Scottish Parliament
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article 50, which lays down the two years.
UK Parliament
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danger of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “lays”
Words one sound away from lays — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lays”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lays. 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.