Five pronunciations of the vowel i separately
Below we analyze the five pronunciations of the vowel i separately.
In the first type, the vowel letter i is pronounced with its long vowel /ī/.
The vowel i makes its long vowel /ī/ in the following six situations: first, when it is in a stressed open syllable, as in the word lī on; second, when it is in an auxiliary open syllable of e when it is in the word kīte; thirdly, when it is in the word ending ie, as in the word līe, at this time, the silent vowel e is appended after the vowel i to avoid its appearance at the end of the word Occurs; fourth, when it is followed by a silent consonant combination gh, as in the words līght and sīgh; fifth, when it is located in some unstressed open syllables, as in the words ī·de·a and bī In ·ol·gy; sixth, when it is located in some stressed closed syllables, such as in the words fīnd, chīld, wīld, clīmb and be·hīnd, this is an irregular pronunciation phenomenon.
In the second type, the vowel letter i has its short vowel sound /ǐ/, which is mainly when it is in a stressed closed syllable, as in the words fǐlm and bǐt.
The third type is the long vowel /ē/ of the vowel i and the vowel e. This is mainly divided into three situations. First, when it is in an e-auxiliary open syllable, as in the word po·lice (ē). This is a special case of the pronunciation of the vowel i, because in general, the vowel V in e assists the open syllable with its corresponding long vowel, as in the words bīke and cūte, and in the word po In lice, the vowel i in -ice does not pronounce the corresponding long vowel /ī/, but the long vowel /ē/ of the vowel e. Similar words include ma·chine and mag · a · zine (ē); secondly, when it appears in the unstressed open syllable of the V · V syllable, such as in the word In · di · a (ē), similar words include ra · di · o, pi·a·no and se·ri·ous(ē)①, etc.
In the fourth type, the vowel letter i is pronounced as the universal light vowel /ə/. At this time, the vowel i is in the unstressed syllable, as in the words pu·pil and cous·in(ə).
Fifth, in addition to the above four vowels, the vowel i can also pronounce the consonant /y/ in the unstressed syllables of a few words, such as in the singular o·pin·ion, on·ion and Au·stra·lia(y).
The following sentence includes five pronunciations of the vowel i, namely /ī/, /ǐ/, /ē/, /ə/ and /y/, please memorize this sentence:
The Indian and Italian pupils like Chinese police detective films very much.
