The letter Y has a long I sound in typhoon. (The same is true of the word typhoid.)
The letters "y" and "o" make the long I sound in the word "typhoon."
The letters U and Y together make the vowel sound. By itself, Y usually has the sound of a long I, but in this case the word buy has collected a U from its Middle English form bycgan and is differentiated from the homophone word , which is by.
The letters "ou" make the "f" sound in the word "rough."
In the word "easy," the letter "a" makes a long e sound.
The A has a long sound as in bake, cake, and take.
Besides just a A, the letters AY are the usual long A sound (bay, day). A silent E after a consonant will often give the A a long sound (came, date). Other letters that can have the long A sound are: A words - able, anal, apiary, aviation (2) 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 and rarely AE as in caeca (kay-kuh)
The letters OA make the long O sound in goal
The second A has a long A sound. In the homophone "aweigh" it is the EIGH or more specifically the EI that has the long A sound.
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The letters U and Y together make the vowel sound. By itself, Y usually has the sound of a long I, but in this case the word buy has collected a U from its Middle English form bycgan and is differentiated from the homophone word , which is by.
The letters 'c' and 'z' make the 's' sound.:)
The OW pair in "lower" makes the long O (oh).
The O. The same sound is made in the past tense verb tolled, with a silent E.
In the word "easy," the letter "a" makes a long e sound.
Just f makes the ffff sound, the other letters make up the first part of the word.
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