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# How to pronounce "harki" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/hærkɪ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **har·ki**
- **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c8/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Harki.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Harki.wav.mp3)

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- An Algerian Muslim who fought with the French during Algeria’s war of independence from 1954-1962; loosely, an Algerian Muslim who supported the French presence in Algeria.
  - *Example*: "On top of this there is the residual bitterness and strife between the ‘new’ immigrants and the Harkis, the Algerians loyal to the French Army who took root in France in 1962 and have assiduously resisted integration."

### Example Sentences
- "On top of this there is the residual bitterness and strife between the ‘new’ immigrants and the Harkis, the Algerians loyal to the French Army who took root in France in 1962 and have assiduously resisted integration."
- "Harkin and I and Alan and dr. Greene said you know for many many years"
- "Harking back to Nicholas Taleb`s concept of Anti-fragility."

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "harki" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Washington DC where doctor named Alan Green and we were speaking with tom harkin you know we all want a panel Tom Harkin and I and Alan and dr. Greene said you know for many many years research said that the children with our lowest quality of life in America were"
- **Watch at 27:59**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR7iVPv-xRg&t=1679s)

### Example 2
> "So Jan six was a very different day for us, having seen the actual people who were doing it from Facebook. Harking back to Nicholas Taleb`s concept of Anti-fragility. Our team even though we were working crisis constantly and polarization."
- **Watch at 56:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQdjMHooq64&t=3411s)

### Example 3
> "hi everyone I'm Elena and Nadia who is Maria's daughter I went to University in harkiv we did our last performance in student theater on 23rd of February and then I remember 5 A. M"
- **Watch at 1:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbtUuR8y6kk&t=69s)

### Example 4
> "a moment we'll assess how significant the ukrainian advances are but first our senior international correspondent oligarian has the very latest from the harkief region in the northeast after months of shattering losses plenty to smile about ukraine's president vladimir zelinski came to thank his troops for their"
- **Watch at 0:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4rixOzv9Eo&t=22s)

### Example 5
> "and these British volunteers have driven from the UK over the border from Poland to deliver Aid and help the resistance Simon's been in touch with a friend in harkive I said what's going on and she goes you don't want to know she goes it's awful we've been bombed all night and she sent me some videos and I was just like I mean I said you know I'll quit my job I'm in I want to do something to help you help your friends help your family and help Ukraine"
- **Watch at 2:48**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd2MYpt4THE&t=168s)

### Example 6
> "huge shock to the country that we're going to bounce back and very well we want to build our way back to health and to do it harking back to some familiar themes we are going to unite and level up again the idea of leveling up tackling inequality with a promise of new schools hospitals and transport schemes ministers are trying to motor the"
- **Watch at 0:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Devm4-cBPSc&t=46s)

### Example 7
> "the full-scale invasion and she is a staunch supporter of Ukraine and like the last time she had visited such as after the liberation of butcher or to harkiv during winter time in January um the main message is that Germany stands by Ukraine side and will continue to support Ukraine and help it defend itself she touched on a few additional points when she came when she came here this morning one of them just to point out a few one of them would be EU"
- **Watch at 0:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDtf4Dlgeo&t=53s)

### Example 8
> "be more logical If instead of these posters there were photos of boys who died in the war for our country they sacrificed their lives not only for free harkif but also for Ukraine by the time curfew hits at 11 o'clock most of the cutouts are gone destroyed"
- **Watch at 2:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zubp26v2oG8&t=139s)

### Example 9
> "because around bakmud there were some advances um by the Ukrainian forces in the south of bakmud there is kind of a trade of territory in in the kupansken harkiv region where it seems like the Russians are on the offensive there and are making progress there so it's difficult to predict what the battlefield will look like but winter will make it even more difficult because sustainment of troops requires food Heating and so on so to get the troops"
- **Watch at 5:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mp7Ogk54_c&t=305s)

### Example 10
> "treat the bodies before burial harkison I wish everyone was still alive but we're here treating the bodies as they should be treated in the Islamic way to give the families peace of mind"
- **Watch at 6:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBO31NvbpcM&t=387s)


## How to Pronounce "harki"

- **Syllables**: har · ki
- **IPA**: `/hærkɪ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[habaki](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/habaki), [hack](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hack), [hackie](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hackie), [hacks](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hacks), [hacky](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hacky), [hadji](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/hadji)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “harki”?
“harki” is pronounced /hærkɪ/ (har · ki). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “harki”?
“harki” has 2 syllables: har · ki.

### What does “harki” mean?
An Algerian Muslim who fought with the French during Algeria’s war of independence from 1954-1962; loosely, an Algerian Muslim who supported the French presence in Algeria.

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


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