English Pronunciation 👄 Short vowel /ɪ/ in ‘kit’, ‘bid’ & ‘him’
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This is a short vowel sound. It's pronounced
/I/. Now you try - listen and repeat after me:
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/I/,
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/I/
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Now here are some words which have this sound: 'kit', 'bid',
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'hymn', 'minute'. Now you try. Listen carefully and repeat after me: 'kit',
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'bid', 'hymn', 'minute'. Good.
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For speakers of some languages, it may be
difficult to tell the difference between this
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vowel - the short vowel /i/, and another sound
- the long vowel /I:/. Listen carefully to hear
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the difference between the two. In each pair of
examples, I'll say the short sound /I/ first:
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'hit', 'heat', 'lip', 'leap', 'sick', 'seek',
'will', 'wheel'. Now you try. Listen carefully
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and repeat after me: 'hit', 'heat', 'lip',
'leap', 'sick', 'seek', 'will', 'wheel'. Good.
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