How to pronounce own in American English
“own” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to own the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“own” 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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to take responsibility for your own actions your own property your own safety we
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within their own clinics, to use it in their own place, with their own style.
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ideologies are their own communities, their own family members.
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Words that sound like “own”
Words one sound away from own — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “own”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of own. 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.