Apostrophe Pronunciation 100% correct. (American & British English)

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How to pronounce Apostrophe

We shared IPA Pronunciation Guide, Sound Like Words, and correct pronunciation of Apostrophe. You should know that apostrophe is pronounced differently in American and British English.

IPA-key:

• US: [ ə - ˈpɑː - strə - fi ]
• UK: [ ə - ˈpɒs - trə - fi ]

Sounds like:

• US: ( uh - PAH - struh - fee )
• UK: ( uh - POS - truh - fee )

Listen audio pronunciation: Apostrophe - (Cambridge Dictionary).

(1). First syllable, pronounce with unstressed. [ ə ] in both American and British English, ( uh ).

• [ ə ]: ( schwa ) pronounce as “a” in sofa, above, alone, around, alaska.

(2). Second syllable, pronounce with stressed. [ pɑː ] in American English and [ pɒs ] in British English, ( PAH / POS ).

• [ p ]: pronounce as “p” in pen, pie, pet, pit, pan.
• [ ɑː ]: [ use: US ] pronounce as “a” in palm, calm.
• [ ɒ ]: [ use: UK ] pronounce as “o” in hot, log, god, off, don.
• [ s ]: [ use: UK ] pronounce as “s” in safe, sun, son, say, sit.

(3). Third syllable, pronounce with unstressed. [ strə ] in American English and [ trə ] in British English, ( struh / truh ).

• [ s ]: [ use: US ] pronounce as “s” in safe, sun, son, say, sit.
• [ t ]: pronounce as “t” in toy, take, tell, two, try.
• [ r ]: pronounce as “r” in run, red, race, radio, rice.
• [ ə ]: ( schwa ) pronounce as “a” in sofa, above, alone, around, alaska.

(4). Fourth syllable, pronounce with unstressed. [ fi ] in both American and British English, ( fee ).

• [ f ]: pronounce as “f” in fun, find, few, feet, fate.
• [ i ]: pronounce as “ee” in see, meet, free, need.