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In this American English pronunciation video,
we're going to go over how to pronounce the
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I in ING.
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The ING ending is written in IPA with the
'ih' as in 'sit' vowel followed by the NG
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consonant sound. But actually, when the IH
vowel is followed by this consonant, it tends
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to sound a lot more like the 'ee' as in 'she'
vowel. Take for example these words. Win,
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wing, and ween. 'Win' is written with the
'ih' as in 'sit' vowel. Wi-, wi-, win. 'Wing'
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is also written with the 'ih' as in 'sit'
vowel, but clearly the vowel sound is different.
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Wi-, wi-, win, wi-, wi-, wing. It's actually
a lot more like the sound in 'ween'. Wee-,
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wee-, ween.
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So keep this in mind when you look up a word
in the dictionary and find the IPA 'ih' as
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in 'sit' followed by the NG consonant sound.
It is more like the 'ee' as in 'she' vowel.
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Let's look at some more examples.
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Sing, si-i-i-i, sing. Nothing. Nothi-i-i-i,
nothing. Winning, winni-i-i, winning. Ring.
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Ri-i-i-i, ring. I hope this helps to clear
up the confusion that some students have when
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they hear this ING ending sounding so much
like an 'ee' as in 'she'.
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That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's
English.
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Don't stop there. Have fun with my real-life
English videos. Or get more comfortable with
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the IPA in this play list. Learn about the
online courses I offer, or check out my latest
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