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Try LingUp Now!Start with the 'j' sound: position your tongue at the roof of your mouth, near the ridge behind your teeth and release a voiced sound.
Continue with the long 'ee' sound as in 'see'.
End with the 'nyus' sound: lightly tap the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth for the 'n', then finish with 'yus', softening the last 's'.
jey-ni-us (in-correct vow-els)
ge-ni-us (soft g in-stead of hard j)
jee-nus (omit-ting the 'ee' sound)
Start with the 'j' sound: position the tongue at the ridge behind the upper teeth and release a voiced sound.
Continue with the long 'ee' as in 'see'.
End with the 'nias' sound: lightly tap the tongue for the 'n', then softly blend 'i' like 'bit' with final 's'.
same as American
No, it starts with a 'j' sound, not 'g'.
It has three syllables: ge-ni-us.
The stress is on the first syllable: 'ge'.
A very smart and creative person.
/ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/
Clever and inventive
/ˌɛn.dʒɪˈnɪər/
A person who designs and builds
/ˈdʒiːni/
A magical spirit from stories
Ingenious has the stress on the second syllable.
Engineer has an additional 'en' syllable.
Genie is two syllables with a soft 'e' sound.
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