“I speak English, but I have difficulty understanding native speakers”. Many of us have felt this way before, and this happens because there are some sounds in English that we are not familiar with. In addition, there are many sounds in English that are similar, but mispronouncing or misunderstanding them can change the meaning of an idea completely.
In the latest episode of Speak English, a podcast by Platzi English Academy, our teacher Elena teaches us the difference between two similar vowel sounds: /i/ as in leave and /I/ as in live. Are you ready to take your pronunciation to the next level?
The sound /i/ as in leave, team, and free is the same sound we find in the first letter of the Spanish words: importante or inteligente. Your lips must be slightly smiling, tense and not rounded. Your tongue must be firm, high and far forward near the roof of the mouth.
Some common spelling patterns for this sound are:
It’s the sound /I/ as in sit. To make this sound, your lips must be slightly parted (open), and relaxed. Your tongue must be relaxed too, high, but not as high as for /i/. The sides of the tongue touch the upper back teeth.
Common spelling patterns for this sound are:
Listen to our podcast episode and practice these word pairs with some of your dearest English teachers, Cesar and Elena.
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Can you make some sentences using these words? Write below in the comments.
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no entendi ni madres
Esa es la señal que necesitabas para empezar con la Academia de Ingles
y jamás volvio 😳
XD
¿Si te animaste a estudiar?
Me pregunto si terminó estudiando inglés
te animaste a estudiar?
Hay muchas palabras que se escriben igual en español y en inglés (Ejemplo: doctor, director, hospital, lateral, menu, radio, simple, visual, etc.), sería bueno una clase para aprender a pronunciarlas en inglés, porque por lo general las pronunciamos tal cual el español.
Se les llama cognados, y también hay falsos cognados ejemplo Library = Biblioteca no librería ya que librería sería bookstore
Hospital se pronuncia “jospital”, Menu se pronuncia “menyu”, Nacion:nation se pronuncia “Neishon” y México(Méjico) se pronuncia “Meksico”…
Me parece lo que pides es clase de fonética, y sí sería interesante tenerlas en platzi
Very interesting information, thank you very much for sharing.
Like the Austrian Opus group says “Live is Life”
Thank you, Cesar, for sharing this information.
Actually, it’s a real challenge🤯 for me to identify the different forms to pronoun the vowel i.
Excellent contribution, thank you for to shared. Greeting, Cesar. 👋😃
Hi there! Thanks for this information!!
Now, I’ve got a question:
In the sentence “I live in New York” the word “live” is pronounced different than in “I’m live on Facebook” so, is there a pronunciation rule for these words or is it just an exception?
The same situation happens with “lives” (“live” in the 3th person) and “lives” (the plural of “life”)
Thanks for your answer.
Hi Panto! There’s definitely a difference in pronunciation when using some words as adjectives, verbs or nouns. In the sentence “I’m live on Facebook” the word “live” is used as an adjective, pronounced /ˈlaɪv/. Some other examples are: address, record, increase, insult, permit, etc. The stress changes depending on how you’re using the word.
I fill so many documents during the day that I feel sick.
I can’t find a pair of shoes that fits to my feet.
At least, he could find a bag of banana chips to eat.
These guys steal expensive clothing and jewelry from celebrities.
That noise didn’t let me sleep.
Leave your cheap flowers on the floor, she said.
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I love pronunciation courses and exercises! The Curso de Inglés Básico: Pronunciación was a real game changer for me! I’m willing to reach the pronunciations course of the intermediate and advanced levels.
Thank you
Hello! The link to the podcast episode is not working for me :c
No matter how much I try, I always hear the same sound, I need to practice more.
this chip is very cheap…