Their, they're, there - how to pronounce ‘em?

23 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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A short pronunciation lesson by Hadar Shemesh demonstrating that "their", "they're", and "there" are pronounced the same and showing how full forms (e.g., "they are", "we are") can be reduced in fast speech ("they're", "we're", sometimes approaching "were"). The chunk includes example utterances and reduced pronunciations.

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Are reduces to you are you? They are, they're, they're. And yes, it sounds like they're as in their company or over there. All three words are pronounced the same. They are, they're, they're, they're. Over there. We are, we're, we're, we're going to go there next year. We're going to go there next year. However, when people speak fast and if you want to reduce it even more, we're going to go there. Were, were, were.