How to Pronounce CITY MinuteEnglish
It’s time for another minute
or less English lesson.
I came all the way to New York City to talk to
you about the pronunciation the word “City”.
This is a word that I hear mispronounced a
lot in my students, there are 2 reasons. One,
the vowel and the stressed
syllable that should be ih not ee.
ih,ih. The tongue isn’t as closed to
the roof of the mouth.
Ih, sit.
So there’s just a little bit more space between
the tongue and the roof of the mouth for the ih as
in sit vowel and just a little bit more jaw drop.
ih, si, city. It’s a little bit more relaxed.
Then that t, that should not be t, a true t but
it should be a flap t because it comes between
two vowel sounds (flap).
Can you do that? (flap)
City
Welcome to New York City.