--- title: "How to pronounce \"koru\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"koru\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/MSNdjAdZZHA/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/koru" --- # How to pronounce "koru" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/kɒrʌ/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **ko·ru** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - A spiral shape that symbolizes growth, strength and peace, used in Māori art. ### Example Sentences - "korus south asia correspondent rajini vijayanathan rajini over to you well as you say i'm in kathmandu and" - "So Korubi is really concerned, and she wants to understand what this means." ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "koru" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "responsibility to help given its close ties to nepal well let's cross live now to kathmandu and join our south korus south asia correspondent rajini vijayanathan rajini over to you well as you say i'm in kathmandu and where i am in the durabug square was the scene of some devastation in 2015 when this country experienced the earthquake and many" - **Watch at 0:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSNdjAdZZHA&t=22s) ### Example 2 > "So Korubi is really concerned, and she wants to understand what this means." - **Watch at 11:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIPGhL3bysA&t=713s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "addressed Pope's Iliad korus stood foremost among the prisoners entwining" - **Watch at 380:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUvqgU25cfQ&t=22812s) ### Example 4 > "and and you can see in these videos this you know there's no 2-meter distancing there's no keeping any kind of distance he's talking to people out there and continuing his message really but this this koruna virus is a bit of a little bit of flu it's a bit of the sniffles that's the the translation the best translation for it really he's really downplaying what the rest of the world is seeing as an increasingly urgent pandemic and Casey I mentioned earlier" - **Watch at 18:51**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85yDRic52tI&t=1131s) ### Example 5 > "Korea it closer to home in Europe and they've seen what's happened and they're like right okay we need to try and stop and put in some some drastic measures to try and stop the spread of koruna virus so we've seen across the region we've seen in Peru in Cantina Uruguay Colombia they've had and actually in Brazil they've closed the air borders too and some land borders they've basically you know clamped down not letting any foreigners in and that" - **Watch at 19:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85yDRic52tI&t=1182s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "see a child who has korus and a child with conditions that you would like to like to prevent but you can see the conditions um uh from the newborn and" - **Watch at 46:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTSqo_ob30&t=2768s) ### Example 7 *Accent: UK* > "it in the context of Korus m bleah because if it's the context value first assemble the protein container in the" - **Watch at 71:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHnHwTFKM_Q&t=4313s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "these Noble Warriors stand and let helmet wearing Arjun guard the sacred koru land who shall then contest thy prowess from the sea to farest sea ruler" - **Watch at 190:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMWWeeqJKEM&t=11400s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "in Crow Town one day when the crows had gathered in Council koru stood up and" - **Watch at 31:16**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgl7lqCP4ww&t=1876s) ### Example 10 > "population live below the French poverty line the unemployment rate is about 1 and three and at least a third of the territories 320,000 people live in Shanty towns John balow is a 39-year-old musician and composer he's from korus in East Africa he is seeking Asylum right now in mayot as are many other people who live there at the moment let's have a listen to his experience of the" - **Watch at 2:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvj_JOFcyFA&t=158s) ## How to Pronounce "koru" - **Syllables**: ko · ru - **IPA**: `/kɒrʌ/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [koa](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/koa), [koae](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/koae), [koan](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/koan), [koap](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/koap), [koaro](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/koaro), [kob](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/kob), [kobe](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/kobe), [kobo](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/kobo) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “koru”? “koru” is pronounced /kɒrʌ/ (ko · ru). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “koru”? “koru” has 2 syllables: ko · ru. ### What does “koru” mean? A spiral shape that symbolizes growth, strength and peace, used in Māori art. ### How can I hear “koru” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “koru” with synchronized subtitles. 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