LoginHow to Pronounce the /ɪ/ Sound
Are you familiar with the /ɪ/ sound? Do you wanna become a professional English speaker? Well, then you've come to the right place.
In this lesson, we are going to learn how the sound /ɪ/ is produced by looking at the articulatory organs.
What Type of Sound Is /ɪ/?
/ɪ/ is similar to the /i/ but always shorter. It sounds somehow between /i/ and /e/.
How to Produce /ɪ/?
how to pronounce /ɪ/
To produce it, as you see in the picture, lower your jaw, and open your mouth slightly, and stretch out the corner of your lips just a little bit as if you are smiling. Notice that the lips are ungrounded. As you can see in the picture, the mouth is slightly more open than when producing the /i:/ sound. However, note that when saying /ɪ/ your lips are wider than when saying the /e/ sound.
/ɪ/ can be heard in these letters:
- i:
w
- e:
b
- y:
m
- o:
w
- a in -age:
pack
man
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