How to pronounce twelve
Listen to twelve 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.
“twelve” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 400 American · 98 British · 34 Australian · 13 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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JY: Twelve job changes? MRW: Twelve.
TED · hear it here
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twelve threads of saffron.
Stonetop · hear it here
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it precedes it by approximately twelve weeks so twelve weeks is there seems to
Thalesians · hear it here
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is a twelve millimeter I think screw and you can use anything from twelve
CrowBox Official · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of twelve. 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.