How To Pronounce Again

In British English, again is pronounced /əˈɡen/ or /əˈɡeɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [əˈɡẽn]. In American English, it is pronounced /əˈɡen/.

Again has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the second 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.