If you mean the a in make, it is a long vowel. An example of a short a would be apple.
It has a short vowel sound, like "bat," "hat," and "cat." A long vowel sound can be found in words like "bake," "cake," and "make."
No, "A" is not considered a short vowel. "A" is a vowel that can make both short and long vowel sounds in English words.
Loser long or short vowel
"Ruby" has a long u sound (long vowel), while "Spanish" has a short a sound (short vowel).
The vowel sound in breath is short. If you added an 'e' to make breathe, then the sound would be long.
No, "can" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel 'a' in "can" is pronounced with a short vowel sound.
The A in "fast" is a short A sound. (The long A would make it sound like faced.)
The e is a short vowel, while the o is more of a long vowel.
"Zipper" contains a short vowel sound as both the "i" and "e" make their short sound /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ respectively.
then is a short vowel
long. This word is one proof that the terms long and short do not properly apply to English vowels. The vowel sound in "girl" is no kind of i, long or short. Long i in "girl" would make guy-yerl, and a short i would make ghih-url. What we have in fact a long vocalic r: Grrl ( or a short e: gel, in BBC English).
The "a" in "face" is a long vowel sound.