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# How to pronounce "first personal" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/fɪrstpɛrsɒnæl/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **fir·stper·so·nal**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "first personal" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "started reading science fiction there you go but I got that's that's it that that's that's where I got hooked and then and then you know I had one of the first personal computers and I got hooked in programming and so it just you know start with fiction and then make it a reality that's right Yoshio thank you so much for talking to my pleasure"
- **Watch at 41:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azOmzumh0vQ&t=2503s)

### Example 2
> "start anew. Incidentally, we have our first personal contact; whether a male friendship develops, I don't know yet. Finally,"
- **Watch at 10:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOy0jqyfQTM&t=618s)

### Example 3
> "initiatives the area area is known locally as tiger Valley underscoring its high-tech Ambitions almost 30 years ago Russia's first personal computer was developed and produced here in recent years software developers have also settled here the special commercial Zone was established in 2007 now it's hoped that Innovative companies from Germany will open facilities in a technology"
- **Watch at 3:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R10DOElxPSg&t=184s)

### Example 4
> "And I want to tell you a story about a personal project. My first personal experience with studying the microbes on the human body actually came from a talk that I gave, right around the corner from here at Georgetown. I gave a talk, and a family friend who happened to be the Dean of Georgetown Medical School was at the talk,"
- **Watch at 4:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27lMmdmy-b8&t=295s)

### Example 5
> "with the first personal computer."
- **Watch at 7:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdhiDgO_O_g&t=438s)

### Example 6
> "US vice president kamla Harris and former president Donald Trump have held their only planned debate of this year's presidential campaign us Network ABC hosted the first personal Encounter of the two contestants in Philadelphia which is in the highly competitive swing state of Pennsylvania we'll go to Washington for analysis in just a moment but first here's Donald Trump attacking kamla Harris on Migration by repeating an unpro unproved allegation about"
- **Watch at 0:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAO1xeHUuY4&t=7s)

### Example 7
> "youth these early computer games became popular at the time when computer technology as a whole was spreading these Graphics became known along with the first personal computers and looking back today we know how important this development was for us a digital Revolution began back then and so these retrographics don't stand just for dumb old games but for computer technology as a home and retro games are popping up in"
- **Watch at 19:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nSA6_THx4I&t=1153s)

### Example 8
*Accent: US*
> "Detroit it's the first personal computer somewhat larger than the personal"
- **Watch at 79:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Lv9GxigYU&t=4748s)

### Example 9
> "these are computers these early computer games became popular at the time when computer technology as a whole was spreading these graphics became known along with the first personal computers and looking back today we know how important this development was for us a digital revolution began back then and so these retro graphics don't stand just for dumb old games but for computer technology as a whole"
- **Watch at 3:24**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJBMd26XrjU&t=204s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "that actually then was in fact the first uh true individual that was the first personal genome that was sequenced was craig venters"
- **Watch at 38:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgHAXCMMcro&t=2334s)


## How to Pronounce "first personal"

- **Syllables**: fir · stper · so · nal
- **IPA**: `/fɪrstpɛrsɒnæl/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[first](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/first), [personal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/personal)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “first personal”?
“first personal” is pronounced /fɪrstpɛrsɒnæl/ (fir · stper · so · nal). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “first personal”?
“first personal” has 4 syllables: fir · stper · so · nal.

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


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