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# How to pronounce "desertifying" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/dɛsɛrtɪfɪɪng/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **de·ser·ti·fying**
- **Parts of Speech**: verb
- **VERB**: present participle and gerund of desertify

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "desertifying" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Fortunately, with space technology now, we can look at it from space, and when we do, you can see the proportions fairly well. Generally, what you see in green is not desertifying, and what you see in brown is, and these are by far the greatest areas of the Earth. About two thirds, I would guess, of the world is desertifying."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI&t=142s)

### Example 2
> "Generally, what you see in green is not desertifying, and what you see in brown is, and these are by far the greatest areas of the Earth. About two thirds, I would guess, of the world is desertifying. I took this picture in the Tihamah Desert while 25 millimeters -- that's an inch of rain -- was falling."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI&t=152s)

### Example 3
> "It made me absolutely determined to devote my life to finding solutions. When I came to the United States, I got a shock, to find national parks like this one desertifying as badly as anything in Africa. And there'd been no livestock on this land for over 70 years."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 6:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI&t=410s)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "desertifying" correctly?
"desertifying" is pronounced `/dɛsɛrtɪfɪɪng/`. Syllable breakdown: **de·ser·ti·fying**.

### What does "desertifying" mean in context?
present participle and gerund of desertify

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