Start with the 'm' sound, closing your lips together.
Move to the short 'i' sound, like in 'sit'.
End with the 'st' sound, pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth to produce the 's' and quickly follow with a 't' sound.
mes-t (2 syllables)
mi-s (2 syllables)
mis-t (2 syllables)
Start with the 'm' sound, closing your lips together.
Move to the short 'i' sound, like in 'sit'.
End with the 'st' sound, pressing your tongue against the roof of your mouth to produce the 's' and quickly follow with a 't' sound.
mes-t (2 syllables)
mi-s (2 syllables)
mis-t (2 syllables)
Close your lips and let your vocal cords vibrate.
No, it's a short 'i' sound, like in 'sit'.
No, it is a single-syllable word with even stress.
Mist is a cloud of small drops of water in the air near the ground.
/ˈmɪsti/
Having mist; foggy.
/ˈmɪstinəs/
The quality of being misty.
/ˈmɪstɪli/
In a misty manner.
'Misty' has an additional 'y' sound at the end.
'Mistiness' has two additional syllables.
'Mistily' changes the ending to an 'ily' sound.
Combine 's' and 't' quickly to avoid inserting a vowel sound between them.
Keep the 'i' sound short and not too drawn out to avoid sounding like 'ee'.
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