How to pronounce qua
Listen to qua 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.
“qua” in real sentences
80 clips in the index · 24 American · 20 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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You know, one qua from Nazi Pawa and a staunch white side.
RNZ · hear it here
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bids for the industry, which is a sine qua non— Cabinet secretary.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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in Greek that qua sound instead became a - a T sound before front vowels like
AlliterativePodcasts · hear it here
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the data are collectively known as flight operational quality assurance or fo QA pronounced Bo qua
FAA · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of qua. 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.