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.