How do you pronounce have a?
How do you say have in American?
How do you pronounce have to go?
In this American English pronunciation video, we’re going to go over the pronunciation of the phrase: I have to go. Let’s start with the stress da-Da-da-DA, I have to go. It’s a four-syllable phrase with stress on the second and fourth syllables, I have to go.
Why is have pronounced?
In Old English, have did have a short vowel, but so did many other words that are now pronounced with “long a.” So the difference in modern pronunciation cannot be explained by Old English vowel length. The reason “have” is pronounced with a short rather than a long vowel seems to be that the word is often unstressed.