English Pronunciation 👄 Short vowel /ɪ/ in ‘kit’, ‘bid’ & ‘him’

This is a short vowel sound. It's pronounced  /I/. Now you try - listen and repeat after me:

/I/,

/I/

Now here are some words which have this sound: 'kit', 'bid',  

'hymn', 'minute'. Now you try. Listen carefully and repeat after me: 'kit',

'bid', 'hymn', 'minute'. Good.

For speakers of some languages, it may be  difficult to tell the difference between this  

vowel - the short vowel /i/, and another sound  - the long vowel /I:/. Listen carefully to hear  

the difference between the two. In each pair of  examples, I'll say the short sound /I/ first:  

'hit', 'heat', 'lip', 'leap', 'sick', 'seek',  'will', 'wheel'. Now you try. Listen carefully  

and repeat after me: 'hit', 'heat', 'lip',  'leap', 'sick', 'seek', 'will', 'wheel'. Good.