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Tongue has a schwa vowel followed by a voiced consonant called the velar nasal, which gives it a long syllable. The terms "long" and "short" do not properly apply to English vowel sounds.
It has three short vowel sounds, for the A, the E, and the I.
It has two short vowel sounds, the A and the I.
No. Both the A and the I have short vowel sounds.
Both the A and I in rapid have short vowel sounds.
In focus, the o has a long vowel sound and the u has a short vowel sound.
"Afraid" has two vowel sounds. One of them is short and the other is long.
Both the A and the I in grabbing have short vowel sounds.
The word "rapid" has two short vowel sounds, A and I.
The length of a vowel sound is determined by the amount of time it is pronounced. In general, long vowel sounds are pronounced for a longer duration than short vowel sounds. Examples of long vowel sounds include "a" in "cake" or "i" in "bike," while short vowel sounds include "a" in "cat" or "i" in "sit."
Short vowel sound. Words such as ice and item are long I vowel sounds.
No, "A" is not considered a short vowel. "A" is a vowel that can make both short and long vowel sounds in English words.