American English Pronunciation Workbook
Examples of the Vowel [ɪ]
Primary Stress
1.
[ɪz]
is
2.
[ɪs]
how what love is
3.
[ɪz]
is the
4.
[ɪz]
but the thing is
5.
[wɪð]
and the kid knew where the key was he climbed up on the ladder unlocked it and he ended up shooting himself with it
6.
[ʧɪldən]
children
7.
[ʧɪldɹɛn]
well not exactly you're giving up your children and
8.
[dɪn̩]
didn't come across to giving it to me so i accidentally got on the phone with the
9.
[ɪŋkəm]
to generate income
10.
[ɪzɪn]
someone isn't making that distinction
11.
[ɪzɪn]
a little closet with clothes yknow there isn't stuff all around everything is more expensive so everyone has a lot less and here it's like
12.
[wɪmən]
some women
Secondary Stress
13.
[ɛvɹiθɪŋ]
pay to do everything yknow slow your life down a little bit yknow
14.
[ɛvɹiθɪŋ]
and everything is all
15.
[əvɹiθɛŋ]
putting a more uniform one up for everything
16.
[ɛviθɪŋ]
everything but you look at his theory of relativity
17.
[ɪnfɚmeɪʃɛ]
and your display might be different but it's it's basic information and i and
18.
[ɪnfɚmeɪʃɛn]
information classroom kind of stuff but
19.
[ɪnfɚmeɪʃən]
giving the information aren't ready to accept it then
20.
[sɪʧueɪʃən]
that's kind of a sticky situation because they've always kept the university
21.
[sɪʧueɪʃən]
situation
Unstressed
22.
[ɪmpɔɹn̩]
important
23.
[m̩poʊɹʔtn̩]
we learned to say the negatives in a positive way and that's important
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