English Pronunciation - /i:/ vs /ɪ/

In this English Pronunciation lesson we are going to look at the vowel sounds /i:/ and /ɪ/ which are minimal pairs in English and many students who are learning English find these sounds difficult to either hear, or to pronounce, especially when speaking English quickly.
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The sound /i:/ is a long vowel sound found in words like Bee and He. The sound /ɪ/ is a (very) short vowel sound found in words like Bit and Hit. It is very important for you to hear the difference between these sounds because sometimes when Native English speakers speak really fast, it can be difficult to pick up.
00:00 Intro
00:44 How to Pronounce the /i:/
01:20 /i:/ in EE and EA
02:37 /i:/ in IE
03:10 /i:/ in E
04:00 /i:/ in ESE
04:35 /i:/ in Y
05:10 /i:/ in i
06:05 /i:/ in people
06:38 /i:/ in pronouns we she he
07:12 /i:/ PRACTICE SENTENCES
09:10 How to pronounce the /ɪ/
09:50 /ɪ/ in i
11:50 /ɪ/ in u
12:45 /ɪ/ in ui
13:50 /ɪ/ in y
14:20 /ɪ/ in e
15:50 /ɪ/ PRACTICE SENTENCES
18:35 MINIMAL PAIRS
21:20 OMG
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Does there any rule in English phantics that said , When two vowel hang out,
The first does the talking and the second does the walking.

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Okay James thanks alot
I do appreciate your effort
Well I have question about phantics
Does there any rule in English phantics that said , When two vowel hang out,
The first does the talking and the second does the walking

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21:20 Also there is a place in England called Bitchfield that has both of the sounds people could often say something like (Beachfild)

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1) He sees people in his dream.(5 /i:/s in this sentence ',in' has /I/ sound)
2) This thin stick is in this bin ( 7 /I/s are there pronouncing in this sentence). 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

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According to the Oxford dictionary you are wrong, but the fact I had to look into the Oxford dictionary says I wasn´t sure about it as well. ^^
There are only 4 /i:/s in He(1) sees(2) people(3) in his dreams(4). "His" has the short /I/ sound.

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5 in the long I:
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Am I right?
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There are 4 i: in the sentence
He /hi:/ sees /si:z/ people /pi:pl/ in his dreams /dri:mz/
There are 7 I in this sentence
This (1) thin (2) stick (3) is (4) in (5) this (6) bin (7)

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18:20 There're 5 /ɪ/ in this setence: 1) thin, 2) stick, 3) is, 4) in, 5) bin.

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This thin stick is in that s bin 7 short i vowel

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Bonjour James, dans la vidéo, pourquoi la transcription phonétique du mot easy est indiqué par (i: et i) est-ce deux longs i?? Est-ce que i (signifie aussi un i long représenté normalement par i:)???? Merci!

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Salut Linda, Oui, parfois le long 'i' peut être représenté avec juste un 'i' surtout quand il est à la fin d'un mot.
Si vous souhaitez vérifier la transcription IPA d'un mot, vous trouverez peut-être ce site Web très utile.
tophonetics.com/

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