How to pronounce passive

Listen to passive 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.

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“passive” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 556 American · 256 British · 228 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. Alix is very good at passive, passive evasiveness, right?

    Stonetop · hear it here

  2. Passive >> great question.

    The 92nd Street Y · hear it here

  3. passive investigation is 18.

    Dungeon Select · hear it here

  4. Remembrance is not passive.

    The Scottish Parliament · hear it here

Why real speech

A dictionary gives you one careful reading of passive. 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.

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