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How to pronounce mai in American English
“mai” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to mai the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“mai” in real sentences — American speakers
82 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Le Thi Quynh Mai: Thank you, chairman, and good morning.
NIH
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MAI: My family was dissatisfied with Diem from the beginning.
National Archives
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Mai Medhat: Where else can we meet Mark Zuckerberg and the President?
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “mai”
Words one sound away from mai — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of mai. 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.