--- title: "How to pronounce \"faking it\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"faking it\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/fIPxfzfOTxk/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/faking-it" --- # How to pronounce "faking it" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/fækɪndʒɪt/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **fa·kin·git** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "faking it" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "he's coming to punch me and i react so i mean proactive is when when i i'm faking it so i i i i instigate the attack down by a fake then i take take him down and reactive is when he's i'm baiting him to throw something and then he then have a counter yeah yeah yes but all might take down in the center of the" - **Watch at 71:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIPxfzfOTxk&t=4260s) ### Example 2 > "the comedian President Obama clearly SE seems very comfortable in his R duck role and he's you know I've seen him I'm guessing four or five times and he's not faking it no some of them and George Bush I might point out is also very very funny but some of them are just getting through it not this President no I thought I thought also the line was particularly funny about uh the third" - **Watch at 1:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNsiuAchYGE&t=94s) ### Example 3 *Accent: AUS* > "faking it or that people are exaggerating so I think we're at a little bit of in terms of the discussion around those types of those types of" - **Watch at 39:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrhg3bHW8vs&t=2396s) ### Example 4 > "Basically faking it till I made it." - **Watch at 9:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAHbxTs5LDg&t=584s) ### Example 5 > "- So, the illusion, it propagates the illusion of free will amongst the other machines? - And faking it is having it. Okay? That's what true intelligence is all about." - **Watch at 0:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh7ys3GIaTM&t=41s) ### Example 6 > "- So it propagates the illusion of free will amongst the other machines. - And faking it is having it, okay? That's what Turing test is all about." - **Watch at 11:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEBI0vF45ic&t=687s) ### Example 7 > "absolutely comes from confidence when you feel good you bring that playful energy to the world and I learned to develop confidence by there was a time of Faking it till I made it where I wasn't comfortable but I had this rule in my head I'm in the elevator I have to say the thing right now that's what I did and then the interaction went well and now I'm building these reps of good experiences where I'm seeing that my belief about the world is this place" - **Watch at 27:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg4Ta7vXiIM&t=1632s) ### Example 8 > "are with non-concious entities that uh that they don't really have any feelings of their own. Again, they are very good at faking at faking it. They're very good at catering to our feelings, but um again it's just it's just manipulation in the end. Are you optimistic about the happiness of humans going forward? Or do you think happiness will take its own? You know, I've heard" - **Watch at 52:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzOJiqN_DpM&t=3148s) ### Example 9 > "know that some people are going to want proof so here it is see not faking it to answer the question no i haven't read all of the books behind me just pretty much all of the ones on the left in in english the ones on the right in german belong to my wife um i've only read a couple of" - **Watch at 19:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dICID63-sws&t=1163s) ### Example 10 > "So, what are we to do? Stop faking it. Yes, I know you've all done it. And you're so, so good at it." - **Watch at 9:10**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6DnmEFrIos&t=550s) ## How to Pronounce "faking it" - **Syllables**: fa · kin · git - **IPA**: `/fækɪndʒɪt/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [faking](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/faking) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “faking it”? “faking it” is pronounced /fækɪndʒɪt/ (fa · kin · git). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “faking it”? “faking it” has 3 syllables: fa · kin · git. ### How can I hear “faking it” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “faking it” with synchronized subtitles. 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