Diphthongs
How to pronounce /eɪ/ AY as in day
daymakewait
How to make it
Start with your tongue forward at mid height, then slide up to EE in one move.
- Tongue
- Starts mid front, slides up
- Lips
- Spread more as you glide
- Voice
- One long moving sound
Watch the mouth
Glide from E upward into EE without stopping.
Say it on real English. See if it lands.
Lang Shadow scores /eɪ/ every time you say it — in Shorts, in role plays and in your own words — and colours it next to the other 40 sounds.