Minimal Pairs in English /iy/ and /I/
The vowel /iy/ is also written as /i/ but the addition of y shows that the vowel ends in the y sound in English. It is a long and tense vowel.

QUESTION: Can you think of other minimal pairs with the vowels /iy/ and /I/? Let me know in the comments!

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0:00 i vowels in English
0:20 What are minimal pairs?
2:08 How to pronounce /iy/ as in feet
3:40 How to pronounce /I/ as in fit
4:40 beach or bitch?
5:00 sheet or shit?
5:40 Minimal pairs practice
7:06 vowels before L
8:13 Quiz!
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