Are you supposed to not pronounce the "い" in います when reading out sentences or speaking?


New learner of two weeks. Noticed in my software course after hours of using
it that the い seems to never pronounced or maybe I don't hear it? Is this a
rule that when reading only "mas" should be heard?




Why did you think that? It's impossible not to pronounce it.

Please pronounce it.

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そこにいます。

in Romaji: sokoni imasu.

Perhaps it's hard to hear for foreigners when they are sequential, like
"に（ni）" and "い（i）".

But, being Japanese, I think I'm pronouncing it. It never sounds like it's
missing.

