--- title: "How to pronounce \"taks\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"taks\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/mfs5pdT1V4I/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/taks" --- # How to pronounce "taks" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/tæks/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **taks** - **Parts of Speech**: verb - **VERB**: third-person singular simple present indicative of tak ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "taks" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "gemacht poli taks against that had filled the streets that day. But he was wearing a cafea which is neither a forbidden symbol in Germany nor a criminal off to wear." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfs5pdT1V4I&t=22s) ### Example 2 > "Think of some great names: the Place de la Bastille, Zuccotti Park, Tahrir Square, Taksim Square in today's headlines in Istanbul, or, yes, Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Those are the public spaces where we announce ourselves as citizens, as participants, as people with the right" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-lBlZ3hqKc&t=160s) ### Example 3 > "I voted for Bernie Sanders. Sara Taksler, the one who did this amazing documentary about me, "Tickling Giants," she's a Jew. She's married to an Israeli Jew." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 116:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG8u6owzad4&t=7013s) ### Example 4 > "during the rally today in the afternoon local time but earlier before the rally uh a leader of an opposition party tim takshi was arrested by police for suspicions words so a police accused him of uh spreading hatred and inciting contempt against the government so um this is uh the this is uh the investigation and the arrest was" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEy_qR-nF7o&t=229s) ### Example 5 > "gezi protests had some kind of legal proceeding against them and we saw the organizers of the Taksim solidarity platform charged with forming a criminal gang but now we see the most ludicrous case of all which is football fans" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHHeiOZmzA&t=95s) ### Example 6 > "charged with a coup attempt the basic Tosh stadium on the shore of the Bosphorus not far from Taksim Square is currently being renovated the district is known for its relaxed western lifestyle the public consumption of" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHHeiOZmzA&t=112s) ### Example 7 > "will stop protesting their leaders are concerned that prime minister yingluck shinawatra could win at the polls and that her brother taksin shinowat would then return from exile and reclaim power he fled the country amid corruption charges five years ago the opposition claims that he is still pulling the strings behind the scenes they're vowing to end the toxin regime" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7BIoY7eQk&t=56s) ### Example 8 > "That may come to an end soon, too, but I'll always fight for it. As Deniz walks across Istanbul's central Taksim Square with her brother after rehearsal, she finds much of it cordoned off by the police. This is how we prepare for Pride Week!" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw8GQoNHb6s&t=145s) ### Example 9 > "in certain locations. More than 50,000 police officers were deployed across the city today. That's a massive show of force. And still, although you mentioned that the Taksim Square area in central Istanbul is a very sensitive area and protests there have been banned for many years. Some people tried to march towards Taksim Square. They were stopped and blocked by police. We've seen people being dragged into police buses. There have been" - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg9-nNnI0tM&t=100s) ### Example 10 > "although you mentioned that the Taksim Square area in central Istanbul is a very sensitive area and protests there have been banned for many years. Some people tried to march towards Taksim Square. They were stopped and blocked by police. We've seen people being dragged into police buses. There have been scuffles and so far, according to the numbers we have received, some 400 people have been detained. So, a very tense May Day here in Istanbul." - **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 1:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg9-nNnI0tM&t=108s) ## Related Words & Synonyms - **Nearby Vocabulary**: [taas](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/taas), [tabs](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tabs), [taa](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/taa), [taal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/taal), [taan](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/taan), [tab](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tab), [taba](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/taba), [tabes](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/tabes) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce "taks" correctly? "taks" is pronounced `/tæks/`. 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