No, "H" is not a vowel, and so the unvoiced vowel "ə" is used in "the", similar to the sound of "thu Holy Spirit".
it is pronounced (sah). your prounce the s before a vowel only (sahs). The n is silent Also, whenever you see an "n" in the French language, it is a cue that the preceding vowel is spoken "nasally". ~majoranthro
Because the letter M has a vowel sound preceding it. You say "an" before a vowel sound, and "a" before a consonant sound.
The vowel preceding the E at the end of the word is the vowel before the E. Usually the vowel that has the long vowel sound (says its name).
preceding vowel
Umlauts are called "diéresis" in Spanish. They are used to indicate that a vowel should be pronounced separately rather than combined with the preceding vowel.
Two dots over a vowel is normally called a dieresis. There is a special case of the dieresis in German where the two dots cause the vowel to change (sound and meaning): this special case is called umlaut.
No, "smell" is not a long vowel word. A long vowel is a vowel sound that is pronounced the same way as the name of the vowel itself. In "smell," the "e" is pronounced with a short vowel sound.
the ( preceding a word beginning with a vowel)
The letter Ğ is pronounced like a soft "g" sound in Turkish, similar to the "w" in the English word "wing." It is a silent letter used to lengthen the preceding vowel sound.
A silent 'e' at the end of a word can change the preceding vowel from short to long. This phenomenon is known as the silent 'e' rule.
If you'll be singing these words, the odds are you want the Church Latin pronunciation, which is "AH-lay" and "pen-NAH-room". The Classical pronunciation of Caesar and Cicero was somewhat different. The 'ae' vowel was pronounced to rhyme with "lie", not "lay", and final 'm' was probably not pronounced but served to make the preceding vowel nasal.
No, "can" does not have a long vowel sound. The vowel 'a' in "can" is pronounced with a short vowel sound.