The word "suit" has a short vowel sound. The "u" in "suit" is pronounced like "uh" as in "duck" rather than a longer "oo" sound as in "boot."
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It's short.
The word "suit" does not have a long vowel sound. The 'u' in "suit" is pronounced as a short vowel.
No, "suit" is not a long vowel word. The "u" in "suit" is actually a short vowel sound.
Yes, "suit" is a short vowel word. It has a short vowel sound in the middle (short 'u' sound).
No, the word "suit" does not have a long vowel sound. The "ui" dipthong in suit makes a single sound, not a long vowel sound.
The UI vowel pair has a long U (long OO) sound, as in suit and root.
Yes, "suit" is a short vowel word. It has a short vowel sound in the middle (short 'u' sound).
No, "flute" is not a short vowel word. It contains the long vowel sound "oo" as in "flu-te."
It's short.
Yes, the word "flute" has a long vowel sound in the letter "u," pronounced as "floo-t."
The U in mug has a short vowel sound (uh), because one does not phonetically say the letter U in the word (e.g. unit, uniform). Some long U's also say (oo) as in dune and suit.
Yes, "suit" has a short U sound. It is pronounced as "soo-t".
The word "suit" has a long OO sound, to rhyme with boot and shoot.
The sound of a long vowel is usually the same as the name of the letter. However, the long U as seen in chute and flute is the OO sound, not the YOO sound. So most sources consider the long OO and long YOO the same long vowel sound, with or without the consonant y-glide. 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)
There are 5. long A - day, paid, name long E - we, seed, bean long I - lie, fine, sigh long O - bowl, comb, low, sew long U (oo or yoo) - cool, moon, suit / cute, fuel, unit The semi-vowel Y may be a long E, short I, or long I.
The long vowel sounds have a sound like the name of the letter: A (ay) as in cane, day, and main E (ee) as in he, me, feet, and seat I (eye) as in sigh, pie, and my O (oh) as in cold and load U (oo) as in Flute, toot, and suit *The long U in some words has a YOO sound : unit, uniform, cute, mule, fuel, feud, pupil.
The word sure has a long OO (long U) sound that is followed by a separate R, and a silent E. This is the same sound heard in other UR words such as during and the US pronunciation of poor and pour. The long OO is the same as in flute and suit. There is a similar long U (long yoo) that is heard in unit, cute, and feud.