--- title: "How to pronounce \"direct question\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"direct question\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/tc2Z-aZrRH0/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/direct-question" --- # How to pronounce "direct question" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/dɪrɛktkwɛsʃən/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **di·rec·tque·sti·on** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "direct question" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "And I think again, you have to read the room because not everyone's going to appreciate that question, but it can be a very direct question that people, I think, respect. Absolutely, I like that." - **Watch at 25:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2Z-aZrRH0&t=1524s) ### Example 2 *Accent: US* > "direct question, what is America's role in the world or what it should be in the world. I'm not sure we got a very good answer to that from either Canada, but" - **Watch at 62:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCfTqLrJkBA&t=3779s) ### Example 3 > "could be a conflict of of of issues the conflict of interest now several people have stated throughout the day that this is not an issue uh Mr lent in fact from a direct question from former chair chairman John Dingle said that no there was no influence that was being exerted in this way and people are going to speculate I speculate it it is it is what it is we should never have bailed out General Motors in the first place in my opinion and uh and now this is one of" - **Watch at 3:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMUktp-scPI&t=181s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "a direct question to the panelists i'd like to raise the point about the broader economic and political stakes" - **Watch at 78:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5cre0qHASE&t=4705s) ### Example 5 > "is to ask a direct question." - **Watch at 30:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyxIQnPEeoc&t=1827s) ### Example 6 > "Here's a direct question from Jim Young." - **Watch at 41:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifhrsn_u6mM&t=2506s) ### Example 7 > "Probably some humans are capable of that. My more direct question, if it's possible to create such a system? Have a system that has that level of agency." - **Watch at 51:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNr6gPelJ3E&t=3099s) ### Example 8 > "- By Hamas and Islamic Jihad, but 49% were killed by IDF helicopters. - You asked me a direct question and you got a direct answer. - I didn't. I got majority, which could be 51- - I said a clear- - To 99- - A clear majority- - What percent" - **Watch at 291:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs&t=17506s) ### Example 9 > "can get going on some of the changes they want happening but then a flatter profile during the rest of the parliament but if you look at France and Germany to answer the direct question I mean on the measures that the oecd publish uh I think of 35 measures there are 14 we do better than France and" - **Watch at 3:17**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sKPYq6IJTU&t=197s) ### Example 10 *Accent: US* > "desirous of deferring the direct question as to where he really was no" - **Watch at 595:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxfgh16Otys&t=35728s) ## How to Pronounce "direct question" - **Syllables**: di · rec · tque · sti · on - **IPA**: `/dɪrɛktkwɛsʃən/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [direct](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/direct), [question](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/question) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “direct question”? “direct question” is pronounced /dɪrɛktkwɛsʃən/ (di · rec · tque · sti · on). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “direct question”? “direct question” has 5 syllables: di · rec · tque · sti · on. ### How can I hear “direct question” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “direct question” with synchronized subtitles. 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