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# How to pronounce "falling down" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/fællɪngdɒwn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **fal·lin·gdown**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "falling down" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "That is imagination. That is creativity. Falling down the stairs, something as simple as that, all the way to stranger danger."
- **Watch at 38:06**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztzi2BD7F-A&t=2286s)

### Example 2
> "ignition risk from vegetation, as well as from certain types of equipment particularly from conductors coming together or falling down. And it's much cheaper and quicker than undergrounding so is it 100%? No but it's probably it's very high we think."
- **Watch at 76:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM3uk6XhFlA&t=4569s)

### Example 3
> "grant to look at water and really worked as a partner pushing us making us better falling down with us sometimes and I'll tell you the story of one of the things that Lewis helped really bring to the world gibbon Susan Meyers Lauren double yolk many of the people in this room worked in that manner I look around the room I see fellows interns that worked at acumen fund and what really excites"
- **Watch at 14:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJKD7jYyOmk&t=858s)

### Example 4
> "don't become really stiff and hunched over and shuffling old person, but it will never give you strength and power in the way to protect yourself from falling down >> because there's not enough weight for the most part. Yes. And we also have to think about when you're doing strength training, you are in uh you're creating a multidirectional force through the muscle and the tendons and the bones. With Pilates, especially if"
- **Watch at 19:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CeHGJOX5g&t=1142s)

### Example 5
> "hold your head, but you also hold your head when you see something that's fallen over. So, if like you've seen like a building falling down in an earthquake, you immediately I the other day, it was an old car and it was and it was parked at an angle on a road that was at an angle and they forgot to set the the brake. And I'm watching it slowly slide. I'm like and I found myself I teach this stuff"
- **Watch at 55:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuiIvevLg40&t=3304s)

### Example 6
> "preventing insulin resistance not to mention strength staying upright not falling down causing a fracture right so muscle is a metabolic endrocrine organ it releases when it releases um you know one of the things that releases is skeletal muscle contraction by curls causes the transcription of a protein called clo which is the longevity protein about 30"
- **Watch at 57:11**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffgpqk5hZBE&t=3431s)

### Example 7
> "retaliation for Israel's uh operation in southern Lebanon and we're hearing here from Rescue Services that two people were lightly Hur mostly from shrapnel falling down but also others uh were heard on their way to shelters lot of people also treat treated for uh anxiety um so what it means Here For Life uh in"
- **Watch at 16:52**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3elRnMSRKyk&t=1012s)

### Example 8
> "It was very scary when the bombs hit our town directly. We lost light, electricity, and water. And at 5 in the morning, the bombs were falling down again right in the center of the city. They killed people. The bombs killed 21 people, including three children. I have"
- **Watch at 13:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnzXb7mgOis&t=803s)

### Example 9
> "maduro has the military this was uh one command without troops and so it's more of a sign but it's peace is falling falling down from from his regime and uh what is trying to is to get support from the military that's very decessive it's very important if this humanitarian aid is coming how the military will behave but huedo has no power he is just a"
- **Watch at 3:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXR6KvByBms&t=224s)

### Example 10
> "again and also that we see a relatively good growth rate um in China on a whole um for this year we expect a solid growth rate of 8 and a half per. so this falling down is not a severe problem yeah let's take a look at the Euro Zone and the Euro crisis the EU commit Mission finally expects growth in 2014 after a 2-year recession where's that growth coming from and we see a um"
- **Watch at 1:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S87xgk3n1ro&t=80s)


## How to Pronounce "falling down"

- **Syllables**: fal · lin · gdown
- **IPA**: `/fællɪngdɒwn/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[falling](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/falling), [down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/down)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “falling down”?
“falling down” is pronounced /fællɪngdɒwn/ (fal · lin · gdown). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “falling down”?
“falling down” has 3 syllables: fal · lin · gdown.

### How can I hear “falling down” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “falling down” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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