When is "Y" a vowel? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
In general, the Y is a consonant when the syllable already has a vowel. Also, the Y is considered a consonant when it is used in place of the soft J sound, such as in the name Yolanda or …
What's the history of the English letter "Y" as a "sometimes vowel"?
2017年11月6日 · The answer is that Y has always been used as a vowel in English. For example, hyð. The OED has a citation from Corpus Glossary (c736): Deconfugione, statione, hyðae. …
Are W and Y vowels? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
A vowel is basically a letter you pronounce with an open vocal tract. Y is a semivowel because sometimes you pronounce it with the tract open (as in sky) and sometimes not (as in …
Are there any rules to differeniate when to use the "i" vs "y" in ...
2014年12月6日 · 1) English words do not end with I (nor do Eng. words end with U,V, or J) Therefore, I is used in the middle of English words, Y is used at the end of Eng. words. 2) The …
Semi-vowels in English [duplicate] - English Language & Usage …
2017年4月16日 · So, the terms 'semi-vowel' and 'glide' are used for these two sounds. The question, when is 'y' a vowel? Has to do with spelling, I think, as opposed to how the sound [y] …
"Hwyl" - Is the letter "Y" counted as a vowel in this case?
2017年4月13日 · In the other words these sounds occur in the nucleus, so we would regard Y as representing a vowel in those words. The word hwyl represents an interesting case. It can be …
Why does the 3rd-person of verbs that end in -y follow the rule for ...
2011年8月25日 · For an example of a verb where a vowel comes before the Y, look at how fray becomes frays. (He frays. She frays. It frays.) The bonus here is that when you move on to …
How did some English words get a "y" sound in front of "uː" …
2015年2月20日 · The /ju/ came from several places: the action of the Great Vowel Shift on the vowel /y/, which was actually used in Middle English for words of French origin like duke, and …
Pronunciation of letter y: asylum vs syrup
2012年5月9日 · a consonant cluster starting with the letter "s" (e.g. "crystal") a single consonant followed by "i" and another vowel letter (e.g. "myriad", "Syria") When "Y" comes before a …
Words starting with vowel "Y"? [closed] - English Language
2018年1月24日 · However there are two animals that start with "y". The "yllatron", another name for the " agouara " (crab-eating raccoon!) and the "ynambu", another name for the " tinamou " …