How do I say professional?
How do you pronounce pro?
Words with PRO that have the stress on the first syllable will have “o” /oʊ/ or “ah” /ɑ/ for the vowel, because the stressed syllable in a word has a long, clear vowel. Pro——grammer, pro——blem. Words with the stress on another syllable will have the vowel schwa in the “pro” prefix, because it is short and unstressed.
How is 2020 pronounced?
The year 2020 will be “twenty-twenty,” and the year 2115 will be “twenty-one-fifteen.”