The Y is often a long I at the end of words, such as cry, try, fly, deny, and rely.
It is also long in silent E words such as bye, dye, rye, rhyme, and byte, and in longer words such as gyrate and zygote.
No. The Y in yourself is a consonant Y (yuh sound), not a vowel.
One example of a long "a" word spelled with "au" is "faucet."
There are no English words in which AA has a long A sound.
These are words where the letter Y is a vowel or in a vowel pair.Words ending in consonant-Yby, cry, dry, fry, my, pry, shy, spry, try, whyWords having or ending in UYbuy, guy,Words containing consonant-YExamples: byline, cyberspace, cytology, dye, gyrate, hygiene, lye, lyre, nylon, pyrite, rye, type, zygoteThe -ing form of -ie words (avoids 2 I's)dying, lying, tying, vying
This was a function of the change from Old English (a written language). The vowel Y became widely used to represent the long I sound in Middle English. The Y lost its distinct sound, and words spelled with Y became spelled with I (e.g. gyldan - gild) and vice versa. In some cases, the Y remains in British English but not US English (tyre-tire).
No. The Y in yourself is a consonant Y (yuh sound), not a vowel.
There are words from French spelled with an AY, such as bayou and cayenne.
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long "E" sound its spelled as "y"
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One example of a long "a" word spelled with "au" is "faucet."
There are no English words in which AA has a long A sound.
These are words where the letter Y is a vowel or in a vowel pair.Words ending in consonant-Yby, cry, dry, fry, my, pry, shy, spry, try, whyWords having or ending in UYbuy, guy,Words containing consonant-YExamples: byline, cyberspace, cytology, dye, gyrate, hygiene, lye, lyre, nylon, pyrite, rye, type, zygoteThe -ing form of -ie words (avoids 2 I's)dying, lying, tying, vying
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This was a function of the change from Old English (a written language). The vowel Y became widely used to represent the long I sound in Middle English. The Y lost its distinct sound, and words spelled with Y became spelled with I (e.g. gyldan - gild) and vice versa. In some cases, the Y remains in British English but not US English (tyre-tire).
Words that can be made with the letters 'y e s s c a t' are:aaceactasatateayecasecastcastecatcayeasteasyeatecstasyessaysacsatsatesayscatseaseatsetstaytateayeyeayesyet