字母 i 与 y 的发音

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字母 i 和 y 的某些发音非常相似，容易混淆，但别担心，本课会帮助你搞清楚！

通常，字母 i 有以下两种发音方式：

：主要出现在短词中，位于两个辅音字母之间。

牛奶

鱼

：当 i 前面是辅音字母，且单词以 ‑e 或 ‑ht 结尾时

发光，照耀

正确的，右边的

雇用，租用

字母 y 有两种发音：

，主要出现在双音节词末尾

开心的，快乐的

德国

，当单词只有一个音节时

为什么？

我的

练习 1

How do you pronounce mine?

I don't know

How do you pronounce mine?

You heard men , not mine . Men is the irregular plural of man. Example: many men like going to the stadium on Sundays.

This is how you pronounce mine , with the sound since the letter ‑i‑ in the middle is preceded by a consonant (m) and the word ends in -e. You can hear the same sound in words like crime and lime .

Here you heard mean , not mine . Example: you're mean! I don't like you!

练习 2

Which word did you hear?

spy

spine

spin

I don't know

Which word did you hear?

spy

This is how you pronounce spy: , but in this clip you heard spine with -ne at the end (the letter e is generally silent at the end of a word).

spine

In this clip you heard spine with the sound since the letter ‑i‑ in the middle is preceded by a consonant (p) and the word ends in -e. The same sound appears in words like nine and line .

spin

Spin is pronounced , but here you heard spine . Spin contains the sound which appears mostly in short words between two consonants, like ring or fix .

练习 3

How do you pronounce shy?

I don't know

How do you pronounce shy?

Here you heard she with , not shy . Other examples: me and we .

Here you heard shin , not shy .

This is how you pronounce shy . The letter y here is pronounced with the sound as is often the case at the end of words with one syllable like try and fly .