Hello again in this last lesson on the short I want to briefly mention the short I use is a Schwall
in case you run into it when you're looking up words in the dictionary.
Remember how we use the Schwabe sound in weak syllables.
I'd like to talk a little bit more about weak syllables in this lesson and how the short eye figures
into this the weak syllables and words are generally pronounced with a shorter quieter and unclear vowel.
Most often the vowel is a Schwantz sound but it can also be a short eye in some cases since the short
eye is also a relaxed and relatively quiet sound.
What tends to happen is weak syllables spelled with I tend to use the short i sound rather than the
Schwall weeks syllables spelled within me can be pronounced either as a short eye or a Schweik you can
see either depending on which dictionary you look at.
Now it's important to note that the actual pronunciation of the weak syllable needs to be quite short
and unclear.
It's not really important whether you use a shuah or short I in this syllable.
However what is important is that the syllable not stand out.
The vowel sound should not be identifiable.
We want to make sure that the primary and secondary stress syllables are heard clearly and we don't
want the weak syllables interfering with that.
Let's do a little practice.
Nowness the weak syllables and their pronunciation
foreign the weak syllables are all circled in red here.
For in foreign hundred hundred
decision decision
strategy
significant
significant.
So for each of those words they all have a short ice sound as the shuah since they're written with either
an eye or an ear in those weak syllables.
But it's really not important.
You can use a Schwabe sound as well you can use an up or an ear.
Since those sounds are very close together they're weak and they're quiet.
That's what's important.
Now let's do a little practice with this.
I'm going to give you a couple of quotes by famous people.
I want you to identify the weak syllables in the underlined words above the underlined word.
I want you to write the IPA symbol for either the Schweiger or the short eye according to the pronunciation
here goes this quote was said by Amelia Earhart the most difficult thing is the decision to act the
rest is merely tenacity.
Difficult difficult has a short eye in the middle difficult the weak syllable is the middle one decision
has two weeks syllables.
The first one and the last.
The first one is spelled with an E B C you can choose to use a shuah or a short eye in that syllable.
The second one is pronounced in decision decision.
So that is a short I.S. tenacity also has to weak syllables the first and the last the first one can
be pronounced either as a Schwall or short.
I.e. Since it's spelled with an E and the last one will likely be pronounced as a short ice instance
spelled with an I lets go ahead and say this one together now.
The most difficult thing is the decision to act.
The rest is merely tenacity.
Let's try one more.
So again take a moment to make some notes about the underlined words.
Do you think that you'll use a Schwab or a short eye for those weak syllables.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark.
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
This was said by Plato.
And here are your answers.
Let's go and say it together we can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark.
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
Again we've come to the end of another section.
Congratulations.
You're halfway through the course.
Make sure to complete all the assignments in the workbook particularly the one focusing on your personal
wordlist.
Do not move on to the next section until you have mastered all the sounds in this lesson.
Thanks for watching.