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title: "How to Pronounce Communicative: IPA & Syllable Guide"
description: "Pronounce Communicative as /kəm.ˈju.nə.kə.tɪv/ — kuhm-YOO-nuh-kuh-tihv. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds."
url: "https://speakeroo.app/how-to-pronounce/communicative"
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# How to pronounce Communicative

/kəm.ˈju.nə.kə.tɪv/

kuhm-YOO-nuh-kuh-tihv

Communicative has 5 syllables. The stress is on the second syllable, "yoo". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Communicative syllables

Communicative has 5 syllables: kuhm-YOO-nuh-kuh-tihv.

1. kuhm kəm
2. YOO ju
3. nuh nə
4. kuh kə
5. tihv tɪv

Stress "myoo", the third syllable. The ending is "tiv", with a short i.

## Sounds to watch

### The v sound

Rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and add voice. Keep it distinct from w, which uses rounded lips and no teeth.

### Weak syllables

The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.

### Short i versus ee

The short i (as in sit) is shorter and more relaxed than ee. Many learners stretch it into ee, which changes the word.

## Communicative in a sentence

- The team lead is communicative and shares updates before anyone asks.
- Communicative learners improve faster because they speak more.

Read either sentence into the recorder above. The check judges only the target word, so the rest of the sentence can be rough.

## What Speakeroo listens for

These are the pronunciation patterns from Speakeroo’s speech feature catalog that this target tends to expose. The check above reports the ones it hears.

- Stress placed on the wrong syllable Make the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- /v/ and /w/ confused Use teeth-on-lip contact for /v/ and rounded lips without contact for /w/.
- Final consonant devoiced Keep the vocal folds vibrating through voiced endings such as /b/, /d/, /g/ and /z/.
- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- /ɪ/ and /iː/ confused Make /iː/ higher, tenser and usually longer than /ɪ/.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce communicative?

Communicative is pronounced /kəm.ˈju.nə.kə.tɪv/, or kuhm-YOO-nuh-kuh-tihv in plain letters. It has 5 syllables and the stress falls on the second syllable, "yoo".

### How many syllables are in communicative?

5: kuhm-YOO-nuh-kuh-tihv. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

### How do you use communicative in a sentence?

The team lead is communicative and shares updates before anyone asks. Communicative learners improve faster because they speak more.

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