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The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The phrase (likely from the Spanish ay, "oh") is often spelled "Ay-yi-yi!"The nautical phrase is "aye aye", and the small lemur species is the same (aye-aye).
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The common English words that have the I sound are I, aye, and eye.There is also a South American animal called the "ai" (the three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus) that has the same pronunciation.The Spanish song word "ay" has the same sound (no standard translation).
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Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
Most AI words sound like long A as in AY - maid, waif, maim, nail, main, fair, baitOnly some sound like E or I : said, aisle
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Yes, as with pail and sail. Most words with AI are pronounced as a long A (ay). Most of those that are not are still sounded similarly in the R-shaped AI words (air).
No, the vowel sound in "quail" is pronounced as [ei], while the vowel sound in "rain" is pronounced as [eɪ]. The sound in "quail" is a diphthong, combining two vowel sounds into one, while the sound in "rain" is a pure vowel sound.
No, the word "mail" does not have a long "a" sound. It is pronounced with a short "a" sound like in the word "cat."
Almost all AI paired words (and AY words) are pronounced with a long A (ay). But those with an R after the AI are classified as R-shaped vowel sounds: a caret A or "air." There are a few exceptions, such as aisle (long I), said (short E) and plaid (short A). A few long A words spelled with AI are: aid, laid, maid, paid, raid waif bail, fail, and other -ail words aim, maim attain, gain, main, pain, rain malaise, raise gait, wait waive
The EA has a long A (ay) vowel sound. This is also seen in A words - base, cake, late AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EI words - veil EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
ay ai ey --- The long A sound is mainly made by A-consonant-E (the silent E), by AY, and by AI. These are the ways in which some words spell a long sound: A words - able, anal, apiary, aviation (2) A words (silent E) - base, cake, late, name AY words - lay, may, pay AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great, steak EI words - veil, vein, beige EY words - obey, trey, they EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor From French: ET/ IT - buffet, cachet, chalet, crochet, filet, sachet, sorbet, parfait QUE/ QUET (kay) - risque, bouquet, croquet E / EE / ER - cliche, passe, soiree, toupee, dossier
Some words with a long "a" sound spelled with "ia" include: Liars Dial Liar Crier
The phrase (likely from the Spanish ay, "oh") is often spelled "Ay-yi-yi!"The nautical phrase is "aye aye", and the small lemur species is the same (aye-aye).
The words include some that start with A: able, ace, age, ale, anal, ape, apex, ate, and aviation and words such as cable and table, pace and race, bale and pale, late and latex, that include those words. Other long A words are spelled with AI or AY.