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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > the "ing" again     

the "ing" again



sassouki
Tunisia

the "ing" again
 

I want to know whether it should be pronounced "ing" or "in"

14 Nov 2008      





Paola_
Argentina

 "-ing"  =  /??/   (phonetic transcription)

E.g.   goING = /�g????/




FROM WIKIPEDIA

The velar nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ?...

Features of the velar nasal:

14 Nov 2008     



Paola_
Argentina

Sorry...the SYMBOLS didn�t show :(

14 Nov 2008     



Zora
Canada

The proper way is the "ing" sound... "in" is more slang... 

14 Nov 2008     



dementia86
Poland

I study English and was taught that -ing is pronounced WITHOUT the final consonant �g�. The �n� sound becomes nasal and velar.

14 Nov 2008     



veronika74
Hungary

in + gulped down g

14 Nov 2008     



Zora
Canada

Exactly veronika! That�s it exactly... LOL

15 Nov 2008     



goodnesses
Algeria

Hi, all.

But how do you pronounce the following:

-The pupil�s going to the room.
-The pupils go into the room.

So that the listener understands what you mean?

15 Nov 2008     



Zora
Canada

The "i" sound in the ing is a tad longer and more pronouced... and the "i" in into is more clipped and shorter... I know that it�s quite hard at times for non-natives to hear the difference sometimes though. 

15 Nov 2008