The Letter I 

Vowels in the English language can have many many sounds. Here we will look at some of its common ones.

"i" mainly sounds /ɪ/, the short sound of "i:"

"i" also sounds /i/:

"i" also sounds /aɪ/ when "i" stands between two consonants or occasionally at the beginning of words and before consonants:

"i" sounds /ə/:

"i" sounds /ɜː/ between two consonants:

"i" also sounds /j/ in some cases:

"i" can also appear with other letters (mainly vowels and sometimes consonants). They can create distinct vowels:

"ie" commonly has two sounds:

1. "ie" sounds /i/:

2. "i" after a consonant and before the vowel "e" sounds /aɪ/:

"ai" commonly has four sounds:

1. "ai" sounds /eɪ/:

2. "ai" also sounds /ɛ/:

3. "ai" also sounds /ə/:

4. "ai" sometimes sounds /ɪ/ in "ain" when it comes in the final syllable of a word:

"air" sounds /ɛɚ/:

"ei" commonly has two sounds:

1. "ei" mainly sounds /eɪ/:

2. "ei" also sounds /iː/:

"eigh" sounds /eɪ/, in other words, "gh" is silent:

"oi" commonly have two sounds:

1. "oi" sounds /ɔɪ/:

2. "oi" also sounds /ə/:

"ui" commonly has two sounds:

1. "ui" together sounds /uː/:

2. However, "ui" sometimes sounds /ɪ/:

"ia" sounds /ə/:

The letter "I" can be used as: the first-person singular nominative pronoun, but always in its capital form ➝ I