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What is a long a vowel sound?

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A long vowel is one where you hear the name of the letter: A (ay), E (ee), I (eye), O (oh), or U (you). Some long U sounds are long OO sounds, as in dune and Flute.

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sounds like name of letter/example the "a" in hate sounds like the letter "a" when you say the word

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