How to pronounce til
Listen to til 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.
“til” in real sentences
134 clips in the index · 32 American · 22 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I stuck around ’til 2014.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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They scrubbed her ’til she was bleeding.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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that til will get you somewhere in life.
RNZ · hear it here
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And baby, I ain't you til nothing was left.
British Library · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of til. 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.