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How to pronounce "sutskever" in English

sutskever is pronounced with standard English phonetics. Hear authentic native speakers pronounce it in 41 clips with synchronized subtitles and timestamps below.

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what will happen to us, to the human society? Ilya Sutskever says, “The day will come when AI will do all the things we can do. Not just some of them, but all of them.”

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Phonetic mechanics, syllable architecture, and conversational cadence

Syllable Architecture & Stress Distribution

Syllable 1Unstressed

sut

Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.

Syllable 2Unstressed

ske

Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.

Syllable 3Unstressed

ver

Reduced vowel sound, relaxed jaw, and minimal vocal effort.

Keep the vowel length balanced, placing subtle emphasis on the root morpheme according to standard conversational rhythm.

Common Pronunciation Traps & Learner Mistakes

⚠️ Unstressed Syllable Vowel Reduction (Schwa ⁄ə⁄)

The Trap: Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels.

How Native Speakers Say It: Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).

Connected Speech & Natural Conversational Flow

🔗 Consonant-Vowel Linking (Liaison)

When "sutskever" is followed by a word starting with a vowel, glide the final consonant into the opening vowel (e.g. "sutskever is" sounds like "sutskever-iz").

⏱️ Stress-Timed Rhythm

Maintain the stress-timed rhythm of English: compress unstressed syllables rapidly so the beat of "sutskever" aligns naturally with adjacent words.

Authentic Spoken Quotes from Native Video Context

Verified Transcripts
“Ilya Sutskever says, “The day will come when AI will do all the things we can do.”
— TEDx TalksWatch clip
“And he's really one of the leaders, and so is Sutskever.”
— MIT OpenCourseWareWatch clip
“- Ilya Sutskever. - Yes, my co-founder and the chief scientist of OpenAI and sort of legend in the field.”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“And the board, after hearing that and reflecting on all of the same concerns, they decided, Sutskever's right,”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
“I looked at I can't like Ilya Sutskever came and said, pre-training is a wall, right?”
— CNBCWatch clip
“to be with great minds like Geoff Hinton Jeff Dean Ilya sutskever I was really”
— Native SpeakerWatch clip
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Ilya Sutskever says, “The day will come when AI will do all the things we can do.

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41 clips

The English word “sutskever”. Phonologically, it consists of 3 syllables (sut · ske · ver). SayItVid indexes 41 authentic English video clips demonstrating how native speakers articulate “sutskever” in natural connected speech across American (US: 8 sampled), British (UK), and Australian (AUS) accents, including verified broadcasts from TEDx Talks, MIT OpenCourseWare, CNBC.

Spoken Video Transcripts & Contextual Quotes (5 Verified Clips)

  • 🇺🇸 USTEDx Talks
    Clip #1 · @4:01
    “what will happen to us, to the human society? Ilya Sutskever says, “The day will come when AI will do all the things we can do. Not just some of them, but all of them.””
  • 🇺🇸 USMIT OpenCourseWare
    Clip #2 · @1:08
    “So Toronto and Montreal are big centers now for deep learning. And he's really one of the leaders, and so is Sutskever. So maybe you know that the sort of progress of deep learning”
  • 🇺🇸 US
    Clip #3 · @65:18
    “a long time ago that has like stuck in my head. - Ilya Sutskever. - Yes, my co-founder and the chief scientist of OpenAI and sort of legend in the field. - Yes, my co-founder and the chief scientist of OpenAI”
  • 🇺🇸 US
    Clip #4 · @22:47
    “to be solved unless Sam is gone. And the board, after hearing that and reflecting on all of the same concerns, they decided, Sutskever's right, after hearing that and reflecting”
  • 🇺🇸 USCNBC
    Clip #5 · @28:38
    “family of models. I looked at I can't like Ilya Sutskever came and said, pre-training is a wall, right? Ilya Sutskever came and”

Pronounce: “sutskever”

Syllables:
sut · ske · ver
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"sutskever" has no true homophones in standard English — there are no other words with identical pronunciation. Unlike sound-alike pairs like there / their or peace / piece, "sutskever" has a completely distinct phonetic identity.

Frequently asked questions about sutskever

How many syllables are in “sutskever”?

“sutskever” has 3 syllables: sut · ske · ver.

How can I hear “sutskever” used in real sentences?

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What is the most common pronunciation mistake when saying “sutskever”?

Avoid pronouncing every vowel with full acoustic weight. Non-native speakers often over-enunciate unstressed vowels. Only give full vowel clarity to the primary stressed syllable. Relax all unstressed vowels into a neutral, low-energy schwa (⁄ə⁄).