American English Pronunciation Workbook

Examples of the Vowel [i]


Primary Stress

1.   [ðiz]

they have these

2.   [ðiz]

yknow these there's a whole generation of kids now

3.   [nis]

who's one of these

4.   [ðiz]

i asked these germans what the

5.   [bɪtwin]

between naples and rome

6.   [bitwin]

uh uh very clear distinction between what is

7.   [bɪtwin]

seems like they only had the distinction between

8.   [bətwin]

he's kind of between the west and the south area southwest yeah

9.   [bitwin]

should be between two people that love each other

10.   [izi]

think about things i mean it's pretty easy to do

11.   [izi]

like most of the time it's pretty easy like it's pretty straightforward sometimes it's really aggravating when

12.   [izi]

it wasn't easy

13.   [ikwəli]

equally

14.   [ikwl̩i]

equally but with the where we are in our evolution that we're not ready for it

15.   [aɪdiə]

probably wouldn't be a good idea

16.   [aɪdiɪ]

think a little bit safer idea

Secondary Stress

17.   [noʊbɑɾi]

came to it and it got so used to be nobody appreciated a substitute nobody

18.   [noʊbəɾi]

nobody in my

Unstressed

19.   [ɛni]

any huge difference

20.   [ɛni]

any uh

21.   [ɛni]

have any


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