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|Am" has a short vowel. If the "A" was a long vowel it would sound like "Aim"
The AI vowel pair has a long A sound (ay) as in aim and game.
Yes. The AI pair has the sound of a long A (ay).
Yes, the letter "a" can be pronounced as a long vowel sound in words such as "cake" and "lady." The long "a" sound is typically heard when the letter is followed by a consonant and an "e."
The only verb forms with a single consonant and a short vowel seem to be "am" and "is." (are has an umlaut A sound).Other one-consonant verbs such as aid, aim, be, buy, die, do, ease, eat, eke, eye, go, hoe, obey, oil, owe, pay, queue, rue, see, sue, and tie have long vowel sounds.
|Am" has a short vowel. If the "A" was a long vowel it would sound like "Aim"
is aim a long vowel or short vowel
Bē uses a long vowel. Remember: long vowels sound like you are saying the actual letter, and short sound like you are just saying part of the letter.
The verb am has a short A vowel sound. (The long A is heard in the word aim.)*The initialism AM is pronounced like the two letters, A M.
The AI vowel pair has a long A sound (ay) as in aim and game.
Yes. The AI pair has the sound of a long A (ay).
Yes, the letter "a" can be pronounced as a long vowel sound in words such as "cake" and "lady." The long "a" sound is typically heard when the letter is followed by a consonant and an "e."
The only verb forms with a single consonant and a short vowel seem to be "am" and "is." (are has an umlaut A sound).Other one-consonant verbs such as aid, aim, be, buy, die, do, ease, eat, eke, eye, go, hoe, obey, oil, owe, pay, queue, rue, see, sue, and tie have long vowel sounds.
It has a long A sound (ay) from the AI pair. It rhymes with aim and name.
Almost all AI paired words (and AY words) are pronounced with a long A (ay). But those with an R after the AI are classified as R-shaped vowel sounds: a caret A or "air." There are a few exceptions, such as aisle (long I), said (short E) and plaid (short A). A few long A words spelled with AI are: aid, laid, maid, paid, raid waif bail, fail, and other -ail words aim, maim attain, gain, main, pain, rain malaise, raise gait, wait waive
Words with the same vowel sound as "rain" include: Train Gain Pain
Decide what your long-term goal will be - then divide it into manageable short-term goals to achieve your aim.