"Evidence" is pronounced as "eh-vidence" or "ih-vidence"?

Where is your teacher from? Different accents exist of course, and vowel sounds are probably the thing that varies the most.

Is your teacher from New Zealand?

There are different accents from different places. When the vowel letter E is the end of it's syllable it can be pronounced in both ways. So some regions pronounce it one way and some people from other places pronounce it the other. To native speakers it doesn't seem strange or weird to pronounce it either way. [https://pronuncian.com/sounds](https://pronuncian.com/sounds) this is a website that can explain the link between the vowel letters and how they are pronounced

It varies depending on the accent. In American English, it is pronounced as "eh-vidence". In British English, it is pronounced as "ih-vidence". Both are correct.

Your English teacher sounds like they could be from New Zealand. Their short e sounds come out a bit like a short i sound. The 'eh-vidence' pronunciation is more common in English speaking countries (UK, USA, Australia, etc)

I suggest using Youglish to find different native pronunciations. [https://youglish.com/pronounce/evidence/english](https://youglish.com/pronounce/evidence/english) Keep in mind that the Dress vowel is \[ɛ \~ e\], even though General American and contemporary RP now pronounce it as roughly \[ɛ\], it was historically \[e̞\] in RP and \[e\] in Australian and NZ. Also, vowels are altered by the surrounding consonants, we don't usually notice it, and it won't be part of a dictionary transcription. It may simply be raised before /v/.

Eh is normal, ih is a regional accent.

I say eh-vidence

Sounds like a New Zealand accent. Or maybe South African?

Title should be: *Is “evidence” pronounced as, etc.* There are rare occasions in English where you might not invert a question, but they’re mainly colloquial and as a learner you’d be better off to always invert. Inversion is very much the default. If you invert a question, you almost certainly won’t be wrong; if you don’t invert, you usually *will* be wrong.

bisaya si ma'am? lol.

In American English it would be the first one. That second pronunciation sounds kinda like an Australian English pronunciation. Or maybe New Zealand? Apologies to folks from either Nation as I'm not good at telling those two accents apart

Somebody from New Zealand might say "ividence", but that's just how that particular accent changes that particular vowel. Most people say "evidence", and I suspect even a New Zealander hears their "ih" sound as "eh", just like I hear my (US southern accent) "ah" sound as "ai". 😅 ...And by all of that I mean that yeah, the first syllable is "ev", not "iv".

It's properly pronounced 'ev-idence' but since people rarely pronuncitate their words correctly it's more commonly pronounced 'eh-vidence'

If you’re Australian, it’s “ih-vidence”; if you’re a Kiwi, it’s “uh-vidence”

/ɛv.ə.dəns/ in my dialect (midwestern USA)

Eh-vidence is going to be more widely understood. Ih-vidence is possible but only in certain specific accents

I'm from the Philippines. I think it's her accent. You know how we pronounce it hard instead of a soft e, especially in the Bisaya regions.

Midwest American—3 syllables, ev-i-dence

ev(as in EVer)-edence

Spend an hour or two watching one of those true crime shows on TV or YouTube on the weekend and you'll probably hear the word said a dozen times. I'd agree with others here that perhaps your teacher picked up that pronunciation from a New Zealand instructor and it just stuck for him. ESL speakers are always going to have slightly (or even wildly) different pronunciation so it's something you have to live with. Having an instructor teaching English when it's not their first language isn't ideal so you just have to be aware of that. The grammar is easily taught by an ESL teacher, but it's always a good idea to try to expose yourself to some English TV shows, movies or songs to work on the other parts

Both are correct, it depends on the accent you are aiming for

Depends where you're from. Accents differ. There is no "correct pronunciation".

American here, but lived in the Philippines for 12 years. In the US we say eh-vidence. Given that most Filipinos tend to learn American English, I would guess what you're hearing is just your teacher's Pinoy accent.

It's "eh" unless you're a kiwi.

You're right, but if that's what your teacher asks for, then just say it that way. Pronunciation is a tricky thing, and it's not worth getting into a fight over it.

I'm Australian and have never heard "ih-vidence". I have heard both "eh-volution" and "ih-volution" though.