ee

[US]/i:/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

abbr. Varhainen englanti.

Example Sentences

She has a degree in computer science.

hänen tutkintonsa on tietojenkäsittelytiede.

He is an employee at a tech company.

Hän on työntekijä teknologiayhtiössä.

They need to pay the fee before the deadline.

Heidän on maksettava maksu ennen määräaikaa.

The referee made a decision after reviewing the replay.

Tuomari teki päätöksen katsottuaan videotarkastuksen.

He has a keen interest in photography.

Hän on innokas valokuvaaja.

The puppy wagged its tail with glee.

Pentukoira heilutti häntäänsä iloisesti.

Real-world Examples

It's a diphthong, it's a vowel sound that starts ahh and ends up ee.

Source: Connection Magazine

And the third syllable is just 'ee'.

Source: Learn American pronunciation with Hadar.

Oh, yeah. Pluto. Ah, ee, ooh.

Source: MBTI Personality Types Guide

" Yet I know she quite forgave 'ee."

Source: Returning Home

Other vowel sounds have one mouth position, ee, for example.

Source: Rachel's Classroom: American Phonetics

A vowel is a sound that flows out freely like ei, a, ee, ow, uw.

Source: Learn American pronunciation with Hadar.

The suffix –ee, spelt e-e, makes a noun which means 'the person who receives an action'.

Source: Six-Minute Basic Vocabulary

See is a simple word, just two sounds, the S consonant and the EE as in SHE vowel.

Source: Rachel's Classroom: American Pronunciation Techniques

For example, if you add –ee to interview, you get the person who receives an interview, an interviewee.

Source: Six-Minute Basic Vocabulary

Or let's say you wanna practice the difference between sheep-ship and reach-rich – tense 'ee' and lax 'i'.

Source: Learn American pronunciation with Hadar.

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