Pronunciation Of The Word “Apprehensive”

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Apprehensive – For this word:  the “A” is short;  the “pp” combination is pronounced simply like the single letter “p” (this is the standard pronunciation of this letter combination in The Common Tongue);  the first “e” is long;  the “h” is audible;  the second “e” is short;  and for the “-ive” suffix – the “i” is pronounced as an i-schwa, and the final “e” is silent (this is the standard pronunciation of this suffix in The Common Tongue).

– /æp-ree-HEHN-sihv/ – /ˌæp.ɹiː.ˈhɛn.sə(ʌ)v/ – Notice also that there is a minor stress on the first syllable and that the major stress is on the third syllable –

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