Wie man „afire“ auf Englisch ausspricht
əˈfaɪər
ə·FY·ər
Hauptbetonung: FY
Höre Muttersprachler „afire“ im Kontext echter Videoclips sprechen
Linguistic Pronunciation Masterclass: “afire”
Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence
Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution
ə
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
FY
Gliding diphthong with sustained vocal resonance.
ər
Neutral schwa (⁄ə⁄): relaxed jaw, brief unstressed breath.
Primary emphasis falls on the second syllable ("FY"). Raise your pitch and sustain the vowel length on this syllable while relaxing the surrounding syllables.
Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes
The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.
How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).
Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow
When followed by a vowel, insert a subtle glide (/w/ or /j/) to connect into the subsequent word without an abrupt glottal stop.
Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "afire" aligns naturally with adjacent words.
Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context
“Maybe your pappy slipped it out there and set it afire, a third said.”— YaleCoursesWatch clip
“the end of his life he was it's fair to say a recording a verse verse afire”— Harvard UniversityWatch clip
“is afire lately with the hurricanes you watch CNN or MSNBC or even Fox right and”— StanfordWatch clip
“aground and set afire but the Americans had bought themselves valuable time the”— Smithsonian ChannelWatch clip
“from the old church is opened at the same chapter afire my are being go Foofa”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“So inflammation means to be set afire.”— Native SpeakerWatch clip
Aussprache üben: „afire“
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Maybe your pappy slipped it out there and set it afire, a third said.
Im Kontext hören: “afire”
11 ClipsThe Englisch word “afire” is transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) as əˈfaɪər (phonetic respelling: ə-FY-ər). Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (ə · FY · ər), with primary lexical stress placed on the 2nd syllable (FY). Grammatically, “afire” functions as a adverb, adjective. SayItVid indexes 11 authentic Englisch video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “afire” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from YaleCourses, Harvard University, Stanford.
Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)
- 🇺🇸 USYaleCoursesClip #1 · @47:32
“ought to burned, and with a little human fat meant to start it good. Maybe your pappy slipped it out there and set it afire, a third said. Maybe your pappy slipped it out there and set it afire, a”
- 🇺🇸 USHarvard UniversityClip #2 · @3:01
“Sylvia Plath Stephens recording history is condensed into about four years at the end of his life he was it's fair to say a recording a verse verse afire according to a Harvard Crimson article from the same period”
- 🇺🇸 USStanfordClip #3 · @10:26
“create things that will make persons more likely to be data-driven my image is afire lately with the hurricanes you watch CNN or MSNBC or even Fox right and you get computer driven models of what the Hurricanes are going to do they're”
- 🇺🇸 USSmithsonian ChannelClip #4 · @2:01
“those that were not sunk were run aground and set afire but the Americans had bought themselves valuable time the had bought themselves valuable time the”
- 🇺🇸 USClip #5 · @16:29
“my granddad was standing here a Bible in the shrine and Tongo language rescued from the old church is opened at the same chapter afire my are being go Foofa Terry who a fire oh the fasting ever made the laden for power dot the film of”
Definition & Bedeutung: “afire”
- On fire (often metaphorically).
- On fire (often metaphorically).
Beispielsätze im Kontext (3)
- “Zuleika blushed. “Yet,” she said more gently, “be sure they would all be not a little envious of YOU! Not one of them ever touched the surface of my heart. You stirred my heart to its very depths. Yes, you made me love you madly. The pearls told you no lie. You were my idol—the one thing in the wide world to me. You were so different from any man I had ever seen except in dreams. You did not make a fool of yourself. I admired you. I respected you. I was all afire with adoration of you. And now,” she passed her hand across her eyes, “now it is all over. The idol has come sliding down its pedestal to fawn and grovel with all the other infatuates in the dust about my feet.””
- “start it good. Maybe your pappy slipped it out there and set it afire, a third said.”
- “the end of his life he was it's fair to say a recording a verse verse afire”
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Aussprache: “afire”
- Pronunciation:
- ə-FY-ər
- Silben:
- ə · FY · ər
- Written Hyphenation:
- a · fire
- Hauptbetonung:
- FY
- IPA:
- əˈfaɪər
- Im Kontext hören
- afire
Synonyme: “afire”
Höre bedeutungsverwandte Wörter zu „afire“ in echten Videoclips:
Reimwörter für “afire”
-aɪərKlangidentische Wörter (Homophone)
Einzigartiger KlangFür "afire" (⁄əˈfaɪər⁄) sind keine exakten Homophone bekannt.
Häufige Fragen zu „afire“
Wie spricht man „afire“ aus?
„afire“ wird als ⁄əˈfaɪər⁄ (ə-FY-ər) ausgesprochen. Höre dir die Videoclips von Muttersprachlern oben an, um es im echten Sprachgebrauch zu hören.
Wie viele Silben hat „afire“?
„afire“ hat 3 Silben: ə · FY · ər.
Wo liegt die Betonung bei „afire“?
Die Hauptbetonung bei „afire“ liegt auf „FY“. Achte in den Clips oben besonders auf die betonte Silbe.
Was bedeutet „afire“?
On fire (often metaphorically).
Wie kann ich „afire“ in echten Sätzen hören?
Diese Seite enthält 11 echte Videobeispiele für „afire“ mit synchronisierten Untertiteln. Nutze Zurück / Weiter (oder die Pfeiltasten ← / →), um jedes Beispiel genau im Moment des Sprechens zu hören.
What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “afire”?
Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).