A long U is a long OO sound, which may also sound like YOO when following certain consonants. There is also a "short OO" sound that is midway between (uh) and (oo).
Long OO words : cool, moon, dune, suit, due (also do and dew), stew, lieu, deuce
Long OO (YOO) words : cute, fuel, uniform, beauty
(Short OO words : good, foot, soot, put, could)
To make a long "U" sound, position your mouth as if you're going to say "oo" as in "pool" but then say the sound of "Y" as in "you." This will create the long "U" sound you're looking for.
yes its does the oo sound make the long u sound
No, the word "flute" does not have a long u sound. It is pronounced with a long "u" sound followed by a "t" sound.
Juice has a long "u" sound.
No, only "unique" has the long U at the start. (yoo-neek) In unique, the U has a long U sound, the I has a lone E sound. (QUE has a K sound) The U in "square" pairs with the Q to make a KW sound, then the A is a caret A (long A + R = air). The E is silent.
In huge the U is long. It has the OO sound of a long U (although it has a HYOO sound) with the near rhymes luge and scrooge.
yes its does the oo sound make the long u sound
No, only "unique" has the long U at the start. (yoo-neek) In unique, the U has a long U sound, the I has a lone E sound. (QUE has a K sound) The U in "square" pairs with the Q to make a KW sound, then the A is a caret A (long A + R = air). The E is silent.
no. they both make the long vowel sound if you can hold it then its long
No, the word "flute" does not have a long u sound. It is pronounced with a long "u" sound followed by a "t" sound.
In huge the U is long. It has the OO sound of a long U (although it has a HYOO sound) with the near rhymes luge and scrooge.
No, "scoop" does not have a long U sound. The word "scoop" has a /u/ sound, which is a short vowel sound.
Yes, the word "universe" starts with a long U sound.
Flute has a long U (long OO) sound, and a silent E. It rhymes with chute or shoot.
The U is a long U (long OO) sound as in too. But the I has a short I sound.
The U sound in "bus" is a short vowel sound. It is pronounced quickly and without elongating the sound.
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.
The long "u" sound is pronounced like "yoo," as in the word "mule," while the short "u" sound is pronounced like "uh," as in the word "cup." The distinction lies in the length of the vowel sound and the shape of the mouth when pronouncing each sound.