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schwi

Noun CEFR B1
ʃwiː

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“Similarly the syllable "day" in "Sunday" is to be printed smaller than the rest⟳ of the type⟳ and in the higher position to show⟳, first that the vowel is unstressed and second that the sounds needs to be "schwi,"”
“Accent Hint No. 1 -- if the first syllable contains a one-syllable prefix, the vowel in that syllable is unaccented and thus is probably a schwa /ə/ or schwi /i/.”
“Should the schwa [ago] and schwi [very] be represented with a unique phonogram?”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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