How to pronounce three
Listen to three in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“three” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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Three minutes. Three minutes.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 38:20 · hear it here
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Three proposals. Okay, three.
NIH · watch from 32:30 · hear it here
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uh-huh and it's eight three eight three seven eight three eight three three seven okay
Census Bureau · watch from 45:04 · hear it here
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has specialized in title three prosecutions three prosecutions complex three prosecutions complex multi def three prosecutions
Dept of Justice · watch from 4:11 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of three. 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.