How to pronounce vowels
Listen to vowels 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.
“vowels” in real sentences
128 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It's all vowels basically.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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vowels and sometimes even the associations of how many vowels there are or which consonants come
Ling Thusiasm · hear it here
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vowels, clear resonant tones, his O's.
Louis Theroux · hear it here
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vowels E for example is a simple dot.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of vowels. 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.