Short or long is to determine pronunciation in vowels.
'Wife' has a long vowel sound: w-eye-f.
The A has a long sound as in bake, cake, and take.
Yes, it is. It ends with a slight sound of w at the end.
Yes, the letter "o" in "aglow" represents a long vowel sound.
Yes - it sounds like perswade when spoken. The U has a W sound, the A is long, and the E is silent.
The vowels "ee" as in "bee" and "ea" as in "beach" can make the long e sound.
the long ē sound
The letters OA make the long O sound in goal
The vowel sound for "one" is a short U, with a W preceding. (wun)
In English, the letter "y" can make a long vowel sound like in the word "myth" or a consonant sound like in the word "yes". The sound it makes depends on the word and its position within the word.
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.
Long vowel