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affirmative

How many syllables in affirmative?

  4 syllables

Divide affirmative into syllables:   af-firm-a-tive
Stressed syllable in affirmative:   af-firm-a-tive
How to pronounce affirmative:   uh-fur-muh-tiv
How to say affirmative:

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