The word 'attack' begins with a short 'a' sound, as in 'assault', 'action' and so on. The short 'a' is written phonetically as 'ə'.
Words which begin with a longer 'a' sound include, longest first: 'ache' (ā), 'army' (är), 'agony' (æ), and 'ambulance' (æ).
Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
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umbrella ugly up unpleasant
Some words that begin with the short 'i' sound are: information intuition inability invariably
Nope - it's a short sound - like back, sack and rack. Not a long sound like rake, take or bake
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No. It has a short U to begin and a long I, to rhyme with fun bike.
inch inside inner interest immobile idiot insane if ill
Yes. It is (ah-mish) although it is widely mispronounced as (ay-mish) with a long A.
It has a short I sound.
The A has a short A sound, and the I has a short I sound.