English pronounciation question?

there are no 'f's in the pronunciation, it's vuh, so "Eye (I) ve ('ve) ....

here's a link to an english dictionary site, but there's a link that looks like a little speaker that will give you a recording of how you say it.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/I've

yes, you're right, "we are" and "we're" sound different!

here's the link with the sound recording of "we're"
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/we're
it sounds more like "weer"

with we are you pronounce both words exactly as they are, like "wee" and then "arr"

I've=jive without the j sound
we are=2 syllables
we're=1 syllable