是一个前元音，对我来说，它就好像是从这里（视频中所指的位置）而不是像ah, father那样从这里（喉咙处）发出来。

This is a front vowel, which for me, means it feels like it comes more from here, eh, than from here, ah, father.

youdao

显然，它的长音i被长音闭元音e所替代，这种在字母r前的替代过程在南方方言中常见，在北方却不太常见。

Obviously, at one time its long i was replaced with long closed e, a process usual in southern dialects before r, but not in the north.

youdao

在法语中，如果一个单词的首字母是元音字母，那么它会与前一个单词连读。

In French if a word begins with a vowel then it's linked to the previous word.

youdao