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# How to pronounce "irregular verb" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/ɪrrɛgʌlærvɛrb/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ir·re·gu·lar·verb**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (12 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "irregular verb" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "What's the difference between win, earn and gain? That's why Esra emailed us and that's what we're doing in this Learners' Questions. Win is an irregular verb so win, won have won. It means achieve first place in a competition, contest, fight, argument, bet or attempt at something. For example, let's play a game - are you ready? One, two, three, you lose, I win!"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 33:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B92IxSTYQ18&t=2032s)

### Example 2
> "Blow is another irregular verb: They blew up the picture."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hauVv5RIG_g&t=236s)

### Example 3
> "make errors like I, uh, we holding the baby rabbits or the alligator goed kaplunk where they add a regular suffix like ed to an irregular verb like, uh, hold or hear or stick producing errors like sticked and teared and holded. Uh, I analyzed 20,000 of those forms, uh, from computer transcripts of children developing"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 7:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2VdeFKf62I&t=464s)

### Example 4
> "it's a little bit like an irregular verb. It doesn't really fit into any patterns. Um but this is an irregular verb I like because it makes absolute"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 45:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4QxyZ4JF-U&t=2701s)

### Example 5
> "Remember that break is an irregular verb with this pattern: The car breaks down."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hauVv5RIG_g&t=122s)

### Example 6
> "of one aspect of child language development the fact that kids make errors like uh I uh we holded the baby rabbits or the alligator go klunk where they add a regular suffix like Ed to an irregular verb like uh hold or hear or stick producing errors like sticked and teared and holded uh I analyzed 20,000"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VORyiW4qmo&t=38s)

### Example 7
> "make errors like uh I uh we hold in the baby rabbits or the alligator go klunk where they add a regular suffix like Ed to an irregular verb like uh hold or he or stick producing errors like sticked and teared and holded uh I analyzed"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_kOzdRqC24&t=180s)

### Example 8
> "Careful! This is an irregular verb so the past is 'rose', and the past participle is 'risen'."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqjKOZSdG90&t=45s)

### Example 9
> "Now, 'sink' is an irregular verb, isn't it?"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 5:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtbUJooywo&t=351s)

### Example 10
> "Careful, this is an irregular verb so the past is rose and the past participle is risen."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFJEhsvs320&t=43s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [irregular](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/irregular), [verb](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/verb)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "irregular verb" correctly?
"irregular verb" is pronounced `/ɪrrɛgʌlærvɛrb/`. Syllable breakdown: **ir·re·gu·lar·verb**.

### What does "irregular verb" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "irregular verb" in daily English.

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