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# How to pronounce "gotten down" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/gɒttɛndɒwn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **got·ten·down**

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

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

### Example 1
> "being the obvious copy of the iPhone 5s and its Touch ID system I don't really expect to see that that's just not something that Android phones have gotten down packed and Samsung doesn't take quite that extreme risks with their phones and also a retina scanner being something that scans your iris or your eye or retina uh and looks at your eye to lock you or log you into your phone I don't think that's going to happen uh Samsung has enough problems already with"
- **Watch at 4:13**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QF3qJ0U5K0&t=253s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "gotten down a log n query."
- **Watch at 55:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rCFkuQS968&t=3323s)

### Example 3
> "They had gotten down, and I went for it, although my wife Jenny thought-- I didn't bring a radio, so she didn't know what was up."
- **Watch at 36:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnuzVyTI2uM&t=2210s)

### Example 4
> "So once we've gotten down to that level, and oftentimes that's what we need to do inside ourselves."
- **Watch at 25:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrtccgWxrU8&t=1515s)

### Example 5
> "So they've been doing this for 250 years, just about. And they've gotten down to the toe of Italy, they're conquering the very last cities down there. And one of the last cities is actually a Greek city; it's a Greek colony."
- **Watch at 25:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyoVVSggPjY&t=1529s)

### Example 6
> "they put the program in place and after a few years we checked to see if the recidivism rate has gotten to a certain level and gotten down to a certain level so here if it gets down to ten percent Goldman gets its money back if it drops below ten percent Goldman makes a nice profit but if it doesn't drop enough then Goldman takes a haircut on the bonds alright so that's a little bit of"
- **Watch at 1:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmX9T-9OsQ&t=61s)

### Example 7
*Accent: US*
> "So now we've gotten down to a model which is a bit simpler."
- **Watch at 8:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmUVz9jEnzg&t=484s)

### Example 8
> "for enough time to have gotten discouraged and to have gotten down, and to have moved on to something else."
- **Watch at 32:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkTiSZJI1pQ&t=1943s)

### Example 9
> "bad um the main thing is that I have been a a smoker and for the 10 years previous basically during my 40s I had gotten down to the point where I'm smoking 1 two 3 four five cigarettes a week you know a dinner party you're going to have a glass of wine now I don't know your people are too smart to"
- **Watch at 41:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoLlgxcZh10&t=2492s)

### Example 10
> "what the foreign minister's spokesperson said that nothing is imminent and we're we have closed some gaps but there are issues remaining but at the same time this trip shows how they have gotten down to the very practical issues of possibly transferring some of Iran's money in Qatari banks and what role"
- **Watch at 6:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAZOXY1LTGo&t=362s)


## How to Pronounce "gotten down"

- **Syllables**: got · ten · down
- **IPA**: `/gɒttɛndɒwn/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

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

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “gotten down”?
“gotten down” is pronounced /gɒttɛndɒwn/ (got · ten · down). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “gotten down”?
“gotten down” has 3 syllables: got · ten · down.

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


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