bay
take
sail
lake
overtake
make
cake
neigh
clay
say
frail
exhale
tale
tail
way
may sleigh
glace
ace
lace
lay
stake
bail
sail
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
The AY sound is a long A sound, as in bay, day, gay, hay, okay, lay, may, nay, pay, play, pray, ray, say, stay, spay, slay, tray, and way and several others. The long A sound is heard in other spellings, such as A words - base, cake, late AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great EI words - veil EY words - obey, trey EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The "ay" sound in words like "day," "way," and "play" is a common phoneme for rhyming words.
Yes. The EIGH in both words produces the long A sound, as in weigh and neigh.
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
There are words from French spelled with an AY, such as bayou and cayenne.
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 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
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
Picante, Jose, etc.
buffet ballet
The AY sound is a long A sound, as in bay, day, gay, hay, okay, lay, may, nay, pay, play, pray, ray, say, stay, spay, slay, tray, and way and several others. The long A sound is heard in other spellings, such as A words - base, cake, late AI words - fail, maid, plain EA words - great EI words - veil EY words - obey, trey EIGH words - weigh, weight, neighbor
The "ay" sound in words like "day," "way," and "play" is a common phoneme for rhyming words.
Yes. The EIGH in both words produces the long A sound, as in weigh and neigh.
Words ending in the long a vowel sound ("eɪ" in the phonetic alphabet) usually end with -ay in English words such as:playstaygayhaymay
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 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."