Pronunciation /I/

/ I / is a difficult sound for Spanish speakers because the sound does not exist in Spanish. It is a short sound. The usual spelling is with an "i" eg. fish. Listen to the sound here.


You have the same sound in these words:

it, his, him, listen, live, drink, sit, dinner, tennis, dictionary, pencil, cigarette, sister, Italy, ill, film, instruction, kiss, difficult, expensive, musician, spring, April....... and many, many more!


There are other spelling possibilties that have the /I/ sound:

busy, English, women, wallet, business, minute, builder etc.


All the plural nouns and third person singular verbs that end with the sound:

• s (/s/nake)
• sh (shower)
• ch (chess)
• ge (/d3/azz)
• x (/ks/)

have an /IZ/ sound:

buses, watches, finishes, boxes, adresses, houses, glasses, sandwiches, washes, teaches, practices, exercises, pronounces, classes, pages, languages etc.