How to pronounce year in American English
“year” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to year the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“year” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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reassessing everybody this year since we, one year later and hopefully next year and the year
CDC
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year mark, at the 50 year mark, and then at the 75 year mark.
National Archives
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investments compounds year after year after year. So the President is very interested in
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “year”
Words one sound away from year — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “year”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of year. 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.