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/i:/ and /i/ in phonetics Try pronouncing the following: a) Can you see the sea? b) A pizza for dinner. What sounds do you identify in the underlined letters?Try it out. The words see, sea and pizza have a long /i :/.������������������������������������������������������������������ Now repeat these words: ������� seat, agree, eat, team Where do we use /i:/? We use /i:/ in the following cases.Here is an example for each case: ie - field e� - these ey - key i -�� ski eo - people ea - meat The word dinner has a short /i/ Repeat these words: if, listen, miss, die, swim, little Where do we use /i/? We use /i/ in the following cases.Here is an example for each case: i - ill ui - building u - busy y - crazy Exercise I words given below have /i/ and /i:/.Write i or i:(i with a colon) in the space given beside the letters of the given words underlined 1.pit = � � � �� 2.leave = � � 3.child = � � � 4.kid = � � � � 5.donkey =� 6.donkey =� 7.Steve = �� 8.six = � � � �� 9.people =� 10.agree = � �� ���