Picante, Jose, etc.
Stay,
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
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Usually you say clem-ay-tis but if you say it fast it may sound more like clim-ay-tis.
The digraph ae is almost always pronounced as a long E (e.g. algae). However, words from Scottish, such as hae (have) and brae are usually pronounced with an "ay" sound.
Words that have similar vowel sounds can be grouped together, as the same sound can be made by different spellings. For example, all of these words would have the same long I sound: I words (isle, mild, find, sign) IGH and IGHT sounds (high, sigh, light, might) I words with silent E (bite, wine) IE words (die, lie, pie) EI words (stein, fraulein) AI words (aisle) Y words (my, try, type, rhyme) AY Words from French (bayou, cayenne)
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
aparte (Apart with an 'ay' sound at the end, like "compadre" or the 'a' sound in "OK")
Almost all of the words that end in AY with an "ay" sound (bay, day, hay, say) are at the end of a syllable. It is the AI words that often do not (gain, sail, maim). Other words that have a long A sound are spelled with EY, including obey, prey, and grey. Also words from French that end in E, EE, or ET have a long A sound, such as cafe, soiree, gourmet, buffet.
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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
The "ay" sound in words like "day," "way," and "play" is a common phoneme for rhyming words.
Yes, "ray" and "day" do rhyme. Both words end with the same "ay" sound.
The word "says" (sez) is a unique sound for the AY, but it is related to the past tense "said" (sed) where the AI also has a short E sound, as in the words "again" and "against." The A word many also has a short E sound.
The pronunciation of Aiken, South Carolina is AY-kin. The "Ay" sound should sound like the "ay" sound in "hay" or "way." The "ken" sound should sound like the word "kin."
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
Yes. The AY has the long A sound.
The long "a" sound is pronounced like the "ay" in the word "day." It is a vowel sound where the mouth is open and the tongue is low in the mouth.