Most so-called "long" vowels in English "say their name," as for example the A in rake, the E in he, the I in hike, the O in hope and the U in fume. Some "long" vowels do not "say their name," as for example the U in ruse and the Y in happy.
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The word female uses long vowel sounds because you can hear the "e" sound when you say female.
The A in hang has a short A sound, as in hat and sang. (this sounds slightly different from the short A in ant or am)
The work okay does have a long vowel sound. The letter o and a both say their name.
The word "say" has a long vowel sound--specifically, the long "a" sound.
The "a" in brave is a long "a" sound (as in day) with a silent "e" (as in fade or cake).
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.
Yes, "canary" is not a short vowel word. In the word "canary," the letter "a" makes the long vowel sound /eɪ/. Short vowel sounds are typically found in words like "cat" or "sit," where the vowel sound is pronounced briefly and does not say its name. In contrast, long vowel sounds say their names, as in "cake" or "time."
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The word female uses long vowel sounds because you can hear the "e" sound when you say female.
The word female uses long vowel sounds because you can hear the "e" sound when you say female.
Some "long" vowels "say their name."examples:ape (long a)evil (long E)ice (long I)over (long O)use (long U)Some long U vowels do not "say their name," for example the long U in dune or flute,and the long U (OO) of choose and lose.
The A in hang has a short A sound, as in hat and sang. (this sounds slightly different from the short A in ant or am)
The work okay does have a long vowel sound. The letter o and a both say their name.
The word "say" has a long vowel sound--specifically, the long "a" sound.
The "a" in brave is a long "a" sound (as in day) with a silent "e" (as in fade or cake).
The terms "long" and "short" have nothing to do with the number of vowels, or the number of letters in a word. The long and short refer to the sound of the vowels. Originally it referred to passage of time, where a "short" vowel would take less time to express than a "long" vowel. But long and short are just very simple terms for some basic vowel sounds, and there are vowel sounds that are neither short or long. In English, the long vowel sounds are those that "say the name" of the vowel : A (ay), E (ee), I (eye), O (oh) and U (yoo, but can also be a long oo sound). The short vowels have a truncated sound : ah, eh, ih, aah, and uh.
The long vowel sounds are those that "say the name" of the vowel: A (ay) as in day, gain, weigh, and survey E (ee) as in be, see, mean, and gene I (eye) as in sign, dime, my, and night O (oh) as in go, woe, bone, low, and boat U (yoo or oo) as in unit, cute, and feud / dune, flute, and suit The short vowel sounds are ah (apple, cat) eh (bet, test) ih (bid, sit) aah (dot, clock) uh (but, mud)