How do native speakers pronounce "is" in English?

In natural English speech, "is" appears in contexts such as: "butterflies let's go is do you mind leaving the lights on cause". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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How to pronounce“is”in English

IPA/ɪz/

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butterflies let's go

do you mind leaving the lights on cause

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Definitions of “is”

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verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of be

“He is a doctor.”

verb

Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.

“There is three of them there.”

pronoun

Alternative spelling of us (“me”).

noun

Initialism of International Sign.

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