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Try LingUp Now!Start with the 'f' sound by placing your teeth on your bottom lip and blowing air.
Say the 'ai' sound like in 'tie' with an open mouth.
Finish with the 'tɪŋ' sound by placing the tongue behind your top teeth for 't', followed by a short 'i' sound and 'ng' with the back of the tongue against the soft palate.
forget (fight-ing)
say (fight-tin)
omit (fi-ting)
Start with the 'f' sound with your teeth on your lower lip, blowing air.
Say the 'ai' sound like in 'tie' with an open mouth.
Finish with the 'tɪŋ' sound, placing the tongue behind the top teeth for 't', a short 'i' sound, and 'ng' with the back of your tongue against the soft palate.
same as American
There are two syllables: fight-ing.
The stress is on the first syllable: FIGHT-ing.
Dropping the 'g' at the end is common in informal speech, but it's not standard.
The act of trying to defeat someone in a contest or battle.
/faɪt/
A struggle with someone
/ˈfaɪtər/
A person who fights
/ˈfaɪtəbəl/
Able to be fought
Fighting has two syllables while fight has one.
Fighter ends with 'er' which has a schwa /ər/ sound.
Fightable includes an additional schwa sound after 'fight'.
Always stress the first syllable in 'fighting' for clarity.
Practice saying the 'ng' sound at the end for proper pronunciation.
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