How To Pronounce Hasty
hasty
In British English, hasty is pronounced /ˈheɪ.sti/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈheɪ.sti]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈheɪ.sti/.
Hasty has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.
Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.
Syllables, Stress And Endings
Syllables And Stress
Hasty has two syllables in British English, and the main stress is on the first syllable, shown in colour above. Its stress pattern is Oo, where O is the stressed syllable.
Questions About Hasty
How do you pronounce hasty in British English?
In British English, hasty is pronounced /ˈheɪ.sti/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈheɪ.sti].
How do you pronounce hasty in American English?
In American English, hasty is pronounced /ˈheɪ.sti/.
How many syllables are in hasty?
Hasty has two syllables, /heɪ/ + /sti/.
Where is the stress in hasty?
The main stress is on the first syllable, /heɪ/.
Do British and American English pronounce hasty the same way?
Yes. Both are /ˈheɪ.sti/.
Other Words With The Stress Pattern Oo
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