Yes. The AY pair has a long A sound as in day and pay.
The only vowel sound in "day" is the long A sound.
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Day is a word, not a vowel or consonant. The word "Day" has the following make up: D: consonant A: vowel Y: both The consonant "d"-sound is followed by the vowel-consonant "-ay" sound.
The unstressed vowel, or schwa, is the second vowel in Saturday:Sa-tur-day
In this case, 'y' would not be a vowel. You need a vowel in each syllable of a word to make it a word. There are two syllables in maybe; 'MAY' and 'BE'. The vowel in 'MAY' is the 'a' and the vowel in 'BE' is the 'e'. I hope that wasn't too much information for you..........
A vowel. minute: I, U, E. hour: O, U. day: A.
Y is considered as a vowel in words with no other vowels such as cry, fly, by, fry, etc. Y is considered a consonant when the word has other vowels such as you, way, day, etc.
A variant vowel is an alternate pronunciation of a vowel sound in a language. It is a different way of producing the same vowel sound, which can occur in different accents or dialects of a language.
A long a is a way of pronouncing the letter a. When a vowel is a long vowel, that means the vowel says its name. So a long a is an a that would be pronounced "a".
Way.
A syllable is closed when a vowel is followed by a consonant. An easy way to remember it is that the vowel is "closed in" by the consonant.