How to pronounce possessive
“possessive” pronunciation in American and British English
Listen to possessive 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.
“possessive” in real sentences
163 clips in the index · 1 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Inker was the possessive.
The 92nd Street Y
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- I'm not possessive, anyway.
Jubilee
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learned about articles, and demonstratives, and pronouns, and possessive nouns, or possessive adjectives, or whatever they
Ling Thusiasm
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It's a little bit possessive.
This Morning
Words that sound like “possessive”
Words one sound away from possessive — 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 possessive. 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.