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When making a Y sound, the starting letters depends on the following letters. If the following letter is anything else except for U, then we start with a Y like yellow, yes, yell, yarn, yearn, year, yard, yogurt, yoga, yet, yeti, yield, yonder, etc. If the following letter is U, we don't use a Y and just start with a U. This is a long U which if they begin a word, they sound like "you". Examples of words that starts with a long U is use, unit, unique, unicycle, uniform, universe, university, unite, utensil, unicorn, etc. There are some exceptions like yuck, yummy, etc., which they use a Y although the following letter is a U, but this is probably because the U sound is quite different, so in this case, using YU is fine.
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Is y a consonant or vowel in the word they're?
Y is usually a vowel when not found at the beginning of a word, i.e. Y is a consonant in "yellow."The EY vowel pair in they has a long A sound. In they're, it is a caret long A (air) sound.
Is y a vowel or consonant in chimney?
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What are ancient Rome words that start with y?
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What are vowels?
A E I O U Are the vowels And sometimes the letter Y is a vowel, such as my, any
Is y a vowel or consonant in a word anything?
well kind of of all my classes they say a,e,i,o,u and maby y so im not really sure but i think so mabey ask a teacher if not
What words start with y and end in u?
The only English option is the word "you."
What is a word that has a long U and a long I?
The word "unicycle" has both sounds, although the long I comes from the Y, not the I. The word "moonlight" has a long OO and a long I.
What vowel sound does duty have?
The word duty has a long U (long OO) and a long E sound from the Y.
Is y a vowel in the word buy?
No because u is in the word buy. If the word has no a,e,i,o,u but has a y that is when y is a vowel.
Is dry a long you word with a y at the end?
No a long u is eww not uhh. Like the name HUEY
Does the word humanity have long or short vowel sounds?
The U has a long U (long YOO) vowel sound, the A and the I have short vowel sounds, and the Y has a long E sound.
Does ladybug have a long or short vowel sound?
The word has three vowel sounds: long A, long E (from the Y) and short U.
What letters make the long i sound in buyer?
The letters U and Y together make the vowel sound. By itself, Y usually has the sound of a long I, but in this case the word buy has collected a U from its Middle English form bycgan and is differentiated from the homophone word , which is by.
What is a better word for started?
Start, begin, first, it matters how y u use it..... Lol btw yw :)
Does tummy have long e sound?
Yes, the ending Y has a long E sound. The first U is a short U, so that the word rhymes with dummy and mummy.
What is y intercept form?
the y-intercept is when u start or when you cross the y line
Words that start with a y ends with a u?
you
