American English Pronunciation Workbook
Examples of the Vowel [aɪ]
Primary Stress
1.
[laɪf]
yeah i've been here pretty much all my life until
2.
[kwaɪʔt]
even some men don't quite
3.
[bihɑɪd]
i feel like i should be standing out there giving money because my bills are getting behind
4.
[səsaɪɛɾi]
i my dad's a doctor i was raised in high society i don't want to leave high society
5.
[maɪsɛlf]
because i know i myself in my own home i've been a collector now i
Secondary Stress
6.
[maɪsɛlf]
like i was recently out of high school myself and like sure there were fights and stuff
7.
[maɪsɛlf]
i just kind of found myself being
8.
[maɪsɛlf]
doing stuff by myself or on the team wrestling with my friends so
9.
[məsəf]
getting myself to a point where i can go out
10.
[əðɚwaɪʒ]
if you have the morals to do it otherwise just ship them off to the farm
11.
[əðəwaɪz]
otherwise i'd be full time employed
12.
[aɪdiə]
personally i think it's a good idea i mean uh
13.
[aɪdiə]
that's the that's the idea that people get they don't
The Pronoun "I"
14.
[aɪm]
i'm
15.
[aɪm]
uh i'm
16.
[aɪm]
i'm
17.
[aɪv]
i've gotten kind of bad uh
18.
[aɪv]
i've met uh well
19.
[aɪv]
i've always been the kind of person to believe i never told my kids
Does the [ai] have primary or secondary stress?
20.
[sɪmtaɪmz]
i think sometimes you there's a tradeoff between
21.
[səmtaɪms]
on my job and sometimes i would have very very
22.
[səmtaɪms]
i said well he doesn't get to school sometimes until lunchtime
23.
[sm̩taɪms]
yeah four nights a week sometimes
24.
[səmɾaɪmz]
i'd do anything but touch the computer and sometimes it's like six and seven hours a day at the computer and
25.
[sm̩taɪmz]
when we go to try play golf sometimes
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