The "i" is probably one of the harder vowels to pronounce; very nice short differentiation here: 1:50. The best part of these videos is the Ear Training Time, so I can hear the differences between a pair of words.
super awesome video! for the longest time I was trying to understand the difference between the short i sound and the schwa..this video answered my question..thank you!!
One of the trickiest sounds, no doubt! I never noticed the difference between "kiss" and "keys" and "live" and "leave" until someone told me they were different. Thank you Keenyn
here're some sentences I liked and expressing about my feelings towards you my dear I really missed you, and I'm interesting in your lessons . thank you keenyn.
I like this series. If you make this English phonology series with better sound quility, I will watch and practice it again. Actually, I need this series to improve pronunciation because Chat GPT is very STRICT English listener.
Dear Keenyn This is the lesson I have been wating for years. I now know how to pronounce the /i/ word correctly. For me, this lesson is the second most difficult after the word/dg/ in adjust and /j/ in july. I hope to practice the most difficult pronounciation words /to me/ in the next videos. I have been truggling with these words for years and I highly appreciate your efforts to to these videos from bottom of my hard. Loves
One more awesome video about phonetics! I love it. This IH sound is a little tricky for us non-native speakers of English. I'd like to talk about this vowel sound a little. In my ears, I realiazed that this short vowel IH said by the natives changes into another vowel sound depending on the other sounds after it. For example, if the letters R, NG/NC/NK come after the IH, it changes into the long EE as in SEE. So HERE / THINK and SING sound HEER / THEENK and SEENG. On the other hand, if the IH is followed by M or N, it sounds like EH as in BED. So PIN / SINCE and SIMPLE sound PEN / SENTS and 'SEMPOOL. It's so crazy, isn't? Haha.
Thanks so much Adair José! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊 Yes- it has always bothered me hoe "ing" in transcribed with /ɪŋ/ because to me it is quite apparent that it sounds like EENG /iŋ/. The IH stays IH for me in words like SINCE and SIMPLE, but it does sound like SENTS and SEMPL for some. Have you hear of the PIN/PEN merger? It's all the same here in Missouri! 😄
Thanks a lot for making video llike this. It's really useful for us foreigners to distinguish english sounds. I am looking foward to next video. I hope it comes soon!
*My request is for you to create videos on how to pronounce vowel and consonants in America accent with at least three sample words as well as use them in sentences And really appreciated for your kind help*
Thank you very much for sharing this video with us I appreciate your time for teaching us English for free Keenyn god bless you pardon my grammar greetings from north east
Grrr... I'm strugling yo get it. If I try it so much it becomes an /i/ (ee) but if I try it so little it becomes an /e/. Your tip of elevating the tounge a litle was VERY helpful! :D But I'm still having difficult with this kind of sentences: The sheep is in the ship "Shep". Or sentences like green grin "gren".
That' s a great video here, Keenyn. I' d live to see IPA next to the words you were spelling for the last 4 minutes where you were giving examples. Thanks a lot!
You can look up the words at Cambridge American English dictionary here: dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/american-english . They can be hard to type on a computer screen because we don't have those characters on the keyboard. Hope that helps!
Thx a lot keenyn......we are super......super.....need all of these stuff... becoz this one super difficult for me as a english learner Please give more....maybe you can make special videos like this...but just the word and your sound how to pronounce all the words Good job theacher...4 tumb for you...
I just realized something, in certain words sometimes my tongue is not in position for "i" sound. It skips the "i" sound altogether and goes straight for the next consonant. I notice this happens in words where the consonant requires the tongue to be raised up to either touch the back of teeth or near the roof of the mouth such as the consonants "l", "t", "s", "c", "z", "d" and "n" and then followed by "i" sound. For example in the word "lit" the tongue raises up to make the "l" sound and then retracts a little and then goes straight to make the "t" sound. I say the word but I feel the word might be hollow because it is missing "i" sound. I didn't realize it until 1:54. For the other constants is not really a problem. This is because the tongue is already starting very low and all I have to do is to raise it a little such as in the word "bit". Does that ever happen to you? Thank you for a great video
That is such an awesome observation abby Sand! 😊 This does not happen to me, but that is only because this is my native language. If I was learning and refining the sound it would make perfect since that coarticulation of other sounds like you mentioned would impact my pronunciation.
Hi, Keenyn, could you explain differences between "remain something" and "remain as something"? Please explain which one of them is used in what case or if they are interchangeable. I would greatly appreciate your help if you help me understand. 1. We remained friends. 2. We remained as friends 3. Despite the job losses, he remained manager. 4. Despite the job losses, he remained as manager.
So do you raise the whole tongue a little from the Schwa sound position for IH? not just the tip or middle of the tongue? is your tongue quite even horizontally then? Thank you for the great video! this is really good
could you consider saying it with different combination like at the end, bɪ, dɪ, fɪ, rɪ then at the beginning ɪk, ɪt, ɪd, ɪp, then in two syllables tɪtɪ, dɪcɪ, sɪfɪ? I think this would help to differentiate the sound from others and also give me practice in saying it with other sounds. thanks for the video. : )
Thank you for the suggestion, erick ramones! Be sure to check out the 100 Word practice list that accompanies this lesson. That will give you practice with the sound in many contexts with highly used words!
The short i sound in american is almost like a schwa and not like a short i...what do you think? maybe we have two kind of short i ...stressed and unstressed so the other one is like almost a shawa...so whats you say about that? thanks
I have a question bothered me a long time. I don't have problems with this sound, but why I hear it as shwa sound when it is after L. For example, limit, little, lips... I asked quite some teachers, they said no no it's /i/ sound, but when they say it after L, they changed to shwa sound. Thanks Keenyn!!! Looking forward your explanation:-)
Awesome! Welcome John Carlo Succès! Thanks so much for supporting the channel! Let me know what questions you have as you are watching different lessons 😊
Thank you for your videos. I have a question about the letter 'e' in English. Sometimes it has different sounds in different words, like: bed (/bed/), response (/rɪˈspɑːns/), presentation ( /ˌprezənˈteɪʃən/), extraneous (/ɪkˈstreɪniəs/). How can I know whether to use the /ɪ/ vowel or the /e/ vowel? Is there any rule or pattern for this? Thank you for your explanation.
I cannot pronounce /ɪ/ correctly. In my native language we have /j/ sound. Do you think that the positions of the tongue and lips are similar for these sounds? Can I move from /j/ to /ɪ/ to learn how to pronounce it? Thanks
Thanks a lot for your lesson it’s very interesting it’s very difficult for me a French native to understand and heard the difference between this two sounds /i/ ans /I/ ...thanks keenyn and sorry for my english I hope you understand me
Keenyn, these pronunciation videos are great, really, most of us who speak Spanish, we commonly have those pronunciation errors that you mention, I would really like a sound comparison ear training between the schwa sound vs. the "I" like silver. I am very grateful for your videos, I appreciate you very much from Venezuela.
This is the best explanation for the difference between these two sounds I have seen so far.
Thank you so much!
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I can’t thank you enough. From NC. Usa
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Explained very well. The best coach on the planet.
1:53 Transitioning from the schwa to the /ɪ/ sound help me make a clearer /ɪ/ sound. Thanks.
Thank you so much! I'm watching it for 20th time. Hope at 500th time I will finally learn to pronounce it correctly.
I want to thank you because thanks to you my English sounds better than before.
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The "i" is probably one of the harder vowels to pronounce; very nice short differentiation here: 1:50. The best part of these videos is the Ear Training Time, so I can hear the differences between a pair of words.
I think it's very good to see a native of the english language speak congratulations teacher 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hi, Keenyn. You are my favorite American coach. Thank you so much for that video. It is very interesting!
I love it!!
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super awesome video! for the longest time I was trying to understand the difference between the short i sound and the schwa..this video answered my question..thank you!!
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One of the trickiest sounds, no doubt! I never noticed the difference between "kiss" and "keys" and "live" and "leave" until someone told me they were different. Thank you Keenyn
Thanks so much Just Fine! So glad you are enjoying the lessons! 😊
Thank you, very helpful, you help me correct my top one pronunciation mistakes.
I was struggling with the vowels sounds finally I understand it . Thank you so much.
Teacher Keenyn!
I have quit to watch any other video to learn pronunciation and American accent!💙
You are the best! Stay blessed.
Please, make videos with other vowels too. That will help a lot cause other vowels are also slightly different from vowels in other languages.
here're some sentences I liked and expressing about my feelings towards you my dear
I really missed you, and I'm interesting in your lessons .
thank you keenyn.
Thanks so much Badawy Badawy! So glad you are enjoying the lessons! 😊
I like this series. If you make this English phonology series with better sound quility, I will watch and practice it again. Actually, I need this series to improve pronunciation because Chat GPT is very STRICT English listener.
We are happy to hear that you enjoy this series, we will continue to improve our processes and system
It was hard to distiguish between those sounds, GOD!
Thank you very much Keenyn to help us to learn the difference.
Awesome teaching! Love your videos!
Actually, I'm in my upper-intermediate I didn't know the differences. thank you so much
Dear Keenyn
This is the lesson I have been wating for years. I now know how to pronounce the /i/ word correctly. For me, this lesson is the second most difficult after the word/dg/ in adjust and /j/ in july. I hope to practice the most difficult pronounciation words /to me/ in the next videos. I have been truggling with these words for years and I highly appreciate your efforts to to these videos from bottom of my hard. Loves
Awesome Benny Van! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗 I do hope to have lessons for those tricky consonant sounds in the future!
One more awesome video about phonetics! I love it. This IH sound is a little tricky for us non-native speakers of English. I'd like to talk about this vowel sound a little. In my ears, I realiazed that this short vowel IH said by the natives changes into another vowel sound depending on the other sounds after it. For example, if the letters R, NG/NC/NK come after the IH, it changes into the long EE as in SEE. So HERE / THINK and SING sound HEER / THEENK and SEENG. On the other hand, if the IH is followed by M or N, it sounds like EH as in BED. So PIN / SINCE and SIMPLE sound PEN / SENTS and 'SEMPOOL. It's so crazy, isn't? Haha.
Thanks so much Adair José! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
Yes- it has always bothered me hoe "ing" in transcribed with /ɪŋ/ because to me it is quite apparent that it sounds like EENG /iŋ/.
The IH stays IH for me in words like SINCE and SIMPLE, but it does sound like SENTS and SEMPL for some. Have you hear of the PIN/PEN merger? It's all the same here in Missouri! 😄
@@ClearEnglishCorner Yes, l've already heard of that.
I've been looking for you for a long time. You're so awesome. Thanks.
Your are such a great teacher! can you please a video about the /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ ?? please they are really confusing, I hope you see my comment.
Without any doubt the more HELPFUL was the difference between He's & His
Do you have any videos teaching the sounds of (oy) as in toy and boy?
Thanks a lot for making video llike this. It's really useful for us foreigners to distinguish english sounds. I am looking foward to next video. I hope it comes soon!
You are most welcome Iedo Pereira! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊 More to come for sure!
today i found your video and i like it. I will learn a lot of things in here . Thanks you very much !
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You’re the best teacher
Hello l'm your brother from mauritania l liked these lessone, although l Love learning English l really love you so much Keenyn 😘😍
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Thank you so much for making this video. This was the hardest one to pronunciate and you helped me a lot :)
Thanks a lot ma'am for your good advice
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You are most welcome oni Gonzalez! 😊
Thank you, Rhodes. I love your video.
You are most welcome Mai Văn Tuất! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
*My request is for you to create videos on how to pronounce vowel and consonants in America accent with at least three sample words as well as use them in sentences And really appreciated for your kind help*
More lessons to come with different vowel and consonant sounds! 😊
Thank you very much for sharing this video with us I appreciate your time for teaching us English for free Keenyn god bless you pardon my grammar greetings from north east
You are most welcome Abdon Bello! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
Grrr... I'm strugling yo get it. If I try it so much it becomes an /i/ (ee) but if I try it so little it becomes an /e/. Your tip of elevating the tounge a litle was VERY helpful! :D But I'm still having difficult with this kind of sentences:
The sheep is in the ship "Shep".
Or sentences like green grin "gren".
C'est magnifique , merci beaucoup , R , American r is difficult to me . I think to utilise the British one .
You are most welcome Youssef Mokadem! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊 The British definitely have an easier R... 😉
Perfect! I’m loving this channel!!!
I love you way to teach English, thanks so much.
Thanks so much Frencis Moraga! So glad you are enjoying the lessons! 😊
I love your channel because it's emphasised more to how pronouncing the words😍
Thanks for this useful lesson! It was really clear and I understood the difference between the /i/ and the /I/.
Regards.
Hi Keenyn, simple but powerful explanation you are a talented teacher. You have all my respect.
Thanks so much HHassan! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
Amazing and useful lesson 👍 thank you so much. (you look good in black) 💯
Thanks for this. I'll practice as much I can.
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Thanks a lot for Teaching Miss
You are most welcome viet nguyen! 😊
Can you make a video on UI and ue sound
Hi, Keenyn. Why do words meal, mule, and mill sound the same to me, could you help me to differentiate them? Thanks!
I like this series...please cover all the vowel sounds if possible...
Awesome Karo Pall! I am so glad you are finding the lessons helpful! 🤗
I love your lesson and your American accent!
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Thank you so much ! yes . oh boy .. it was good class teacher ... i am learning more with you ... !
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That' s a great video here, Keenyn. I' d live to see IPA next to the words you were spelling for the last 4 minutes where you were giving examples. Thanks a lot!
You can look up the words at Cambridge American English dictionary here: dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/american-english . They can be hard to type on a computer screen because we don't have those characters on the keyboard. Hope that helps!
Thx a lot keenyn......we are super......super.....need all of these stuff... becoz this one super difficult for me as a english learner
Please give more....maybe you can make special videos like this...but just the word and your sound how to pronounce all the words
Good job theacher...4 tumb for you...
You are most welcome Nikis Simply! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
Thank you for this vedio .you are very excellent. Please make a video about the pronunciation of letters 'ed' in the end of words
Did you made a lesson about the aspiration h?
I just realized something, in certain words sometimes my tongue is not in position for "i" sound. It skips the "i" sound altogether and goes straight for the next consonant.
I notice this happens in words where the consonant requires the tongue to be raised up to either touch the back of teeth or near the roof of the mouth such as the consonants "l", "t", "s", "c", "z", "d" and "n" and then followed by "i" sound.
For example in the word "lit" the tongue raises up to make the "l" sound and then retracts a little and then goes straight to make the "t" sound. I say the word but I feel the word might be hollow because it is missing "i" sound. I didn't realize it until 1:54. For the other constants is not really a problem. This is because the tongue is already starting very low and all I have to do is to raise it a little such as in the word "bit".
Does that ever happen to you?
Thank you for a great video
That is such an awesome observation abby Sand! 😊 This does not happen to me, but that is only because this is my native language. If I was learning and refining the sound it would make perfect since that coarticulation of other sounds like you mentioned would impact my pronunciation.
@@ClearEnglishCorner
Thanks Keenyn :)
Hi, Keenyn, could you explain differences between "remain something" and "remain as something"?
Please explain which one of them is used in what case or if they are interchangeable.
I would greatly appreciate your help if you help me understand.
1. We remained friends.
2. We remained as friends
3. Despite the job losses, he remained manager.
4. Despite the job losses, he remained as manager.
These statements mean the same thing.
@@ClearEnglishCorner Thank you, Keenyn.
Can you recommend somebody like you that teach Spanish....i need this for my husband.
This is video was very helpful for me , thank you keeny
So do you raise the whole tongue a little from the Schwa sound position for IH? not just the tip or middle of the tongue? is your tongue quite even horizontally then? Thank you for the great video! this is really good
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Thank you very much for another great lessson, Keenyn. In some 40 or 50 years I will pronounce better.
😄 You are most welcome Prof. Carlos! So glad you enjoyed the lesson!
could you consider saying it with different combination like at the end, bɪ, dɪ, fɪ, rɪ then at the beginning ɪk, ɪt, ɪd, ɪp, then in two syllables tɪtɪ, dɪcɪ, sɪfɪ? I think this would help to differentiate the sound from others and also give me practice in saying it with other sounds. thanks for the video. : )
Thank you for the suggestion, erick ramones! Be sure to check out the 100 Word practice list that accompanies this lesson. That will give you practice with the sound in many contexts with highly used words!
My fiancee is having this exact issue. Thank you very much.
You’re such a beauty, Miss Keenyn. You rock😍.
Thankyou for this video maam Godbless.
Really you have a such a great skill
Amazing and clear as usual. May you please make another video comparing this sound with the sound e as in will and well.
best lesson ever
Thanks so much Flutar Yu! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
What vowel sound out of all these 4 in this series do you use for the word "bed" and "up"?
I really love your videos, the way you explain the sounds, etc.
As always helpe me a lot with your lessos
Give an hug 🤗 to us from Brazil 🇧🇷
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Hey Keenyn, probs to you for the great work (Best Teacher). You make TH-cam to a better place 👍. Best greetings from Germany
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I agree.
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Great video, and very useful. Your voice and your pronunciation are so clear and your explanations as well! Thanks a lot!!!!! ;)
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That's incredible man
The short i sound in american is almost like a schwa and not like a short i...what do you think? maybe we have two kind of short i ...stressed and unstressed so the other one is like almost a shawa...so whats you say about that? thanks
It's so informative video. You're the best teacher. Love you
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I have a question bothered me a long time. I don't have problems with this sound, but why I hear it as shwa sound when it is after L. For example, limit, little, lips... I asked quite some teachers, they said no no it's /i/ sound, but when they say it after L, they changed to shwa sound. Thanks Keenyn!!! Looking forward your explanation:-)
Your video is very good, teacher. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! 😃
I love your channel, it does help me a lot. Plus you have sweetest smile, big fan here. Waiting for your another vedio.
Thank you Emma Smith! 😊 More to come fore sure!
Yes nice and clear explanation. Actually in poland which im come from , people always mistake IH and EE
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thank you wonderful professor for your great effort
You are most welcome Motwakil Alkhair! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
Your videos are so helpful 💗. You should make your American Accent app 🙄.
Great lesson
This video is my second but I loved it so much your accent is clear, I subscribed immediately
Awesome! Welcome John Carlo Succès! Thanks so much for supporting the channel! Let me know what questions you have as you are watching different lessons 😊
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Thank you Sajed Ph! 😊 Many blessings to you as well!
Thank you for your videos. I have a question about the letter 'e' in English. Sometimes it has different sounds in different words, like: bed (/bed/), response (/rɪˈspɑːns/), presentation ( /ˌprezənˈteɪʃən/), extraneous (/ɪkˈstreɪniəs/). How can I know whether to use the /ɪ/ vowel or the /e/ vowel? Is there any rule or pattern for this? Thank you for your explanation.
Notice the schwa on the second syllable of the word "presentation".
So enjoyed 👍
I cannot pronounce /ɪ/ correctly. In my native language we have /j/ sound. Do you think that the positions of the tongue and lips are similar for these sounds? Can I move from /j/ to /ɪ/ to learn how to pronounce it? Thanks
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Hello keenyn. Thanks for this class again 👌 I'm in english class. but when I go back home I'll wached at my huose.!!!
You are most welcome Gabino Duran! 😊
Thanks a lot for your lesson it’s very interesting it’s very difficult for me a French native to understand and heard the difference between this two sounds /i/ ans /I/ ...thanks keenyn and sorry for my english I hope you understand me
You are most welcome Jacques Verilhac! I understand you perfectly- thank you for taking the time to leave your kind note! 😊
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thanks for your answer keenyn I like yours lessons
Keenyn, these pronunciation videos are great, really, most of us who speak Spanish, we commonly have those pronunciation errors that you mention, I would really like a sound comparison ear training between the schwa sound vs. the "I" like silver. I am very grateful for your videos, I appreciate you very much from Venezuela.
Excellent lesson and very helpful. Love it.
Awesome Alex malahov! So glad you found the lesson helpful! 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you for another great lesson. It's really helpful👍
You are most welcome Kings Time! So glad you enjoyed the lesson! 😊
Thanks :)
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