How to pronounce left in American English
“left” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to left the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “left” in: all accents · British English (1,000+ clips)
“left” 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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Left, left, left, right, left.
National Park Service
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You have four months left, 60 prisoners left.
The Obama White House
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Good afternoon, gentlemen. Starting on the left, my left, with
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Words that sound like “left”
Words one sound away from left — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “left”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of left. 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.